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Great Lakes Greenpeace collection, 1970-1980

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 264 large

Scope and Contents

Great Lakes Greenpeace was a non-profit, grassroots environmental organization in East Lansing, Michigan, concerned primarily with the protection of marine mammals, particularly whales. The organization's methods involved education, research, grassroots lobbying, and non-violent direct action. The collection's materials include pamphlets, leaflets, correspondence, and press clippings from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Much of the correspondence is between representatives of Greenpeace and those in a position to influence policies affecting marine mammals (legislators and corporate officers in the fishing industry).

Dates

  • Creation: 1970-1980

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.

Biographical / Historical

Great Lakes Greenpeace was a non-profit, grassroots environmental organization in East Lansing, Michigan, concerned primarily with the protection of marine mammals, particularly whales. The organization’s methods involved education, research, grassroots lobbying, and non-violent direct action. In 1977, it described itself in its GreenPieces newsletter as “the natural outgrowth of a three-year-old “Save the Whales” office on the M.S.U. campus. Our office is currently functioning in full support of the Greenpeace seal and whale expeditions. We are developing as the media center for the Midwestern U.S.”

Greenpeace was founded in 1969 by a group of Vancouver environmentalists who banded together to protest U.S. nuclear testing in the Aleutians. In 1971, the group renamed itself as the Greenpeace Foun

Extent

.6 Linear Feet (2 boxes (25 folders)) ; 27 x 13 x 31 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession information unknown.

Processing Information

Processing information is unknown.

Title
Finding Aid for the Great Lakes Greenpeace collection, 1970-1980
Status
4 Published And Cataloged
Author
Finding aid prepared by MarcEdit.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

Contact:
MSU Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing MI 48823 USA