Save Lake Superior Association records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains articles of incorporation; bylaws; annual meeting materials; minutes; correspondence; financial materials; news releases; resolutions; issue files on topics such as acid rain, conservation, harbor refuge, etc.; some Reserve Mining case exhibits; scrapbooks; and bumper stickers.
An oral history project conducted in 2006-2007 includes recordings on compact disc of interviews with Arlene Lehto, John Pegors, Arnold Overby, LeRoger Lind, Walter Sve, Grant Merritt, Judge Miles Lord, and Gary Glass. There is a text summary for each recording and a transcript of the Arlene Lehto interview.
Dates
- 1969-2007
- Majority of material found in 1969-1985, 2006-2007
Creator
- Save Lake Superior Association (Two Harbors, Minn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Save Lake Superior Association was founded February 22, 1969 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. The purpose of this organization was to promote, in the interest of the general welfare, the education of the public about the urgent need to prevent pollution of Lake Superior. The association promoted education of the public by disseminating all pertinent information on the subject of water pollution and water pollution. Their goals included: promoting the adoption of sound anti-pollution programs; encouraging the enactment of adequate water pollution control and water quality standards by local, state, and federal governments; developing sound conservation practices; and performing any and all acts not prohibited by law which are necessary and incidental to the carrying out of such corporate objectives.
The Save Lake Superior Association had chapters in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. It was also aligned with other environmental groups such as the Citizens to Save the Superior Shoreline and the Northern Environmental Council.
The main scope of the organization originally centered around the legal case brought against the Reserve Mining Compand its parent companies for the pollution of Lake Superior by the dumping of taconite tailings into the lake. Save Lake Superior Association was a plaintiff in this case as a part of the Northeast Minnesota Intervenors.
Current goals of the organization include: Preserve and protect Lake Superior from air and water pollution; Continue to oppose stocking of exotic game fish in Lake Superior; Support zero discharge of persistent toxic contaminants; Support efforts to eliminate chlorine discharge by the paper industry and others; Protect the integrity of natural land features of the North Shore; Educate the public about pollution and other threats to Lake Superior.
Extent
9.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains articles of incorporation; bylaws; annual meeting materials; minutes; correspondence; financial materials; news releases; resolutions; issue files on topics such as acid rain, conservation, harbor refuge, etc.; some Reserve Mining case exhibits; scrapbooks; bumper stickers; and an oral history project.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Articles of incorporation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Associations, institutions, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Audio Recordings Subject Source: Local sources
- By-laws Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Court records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drinking water Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Environmental protection Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Environmentalists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ephemera Subject Source: Local sources
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Lake Superior Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Oral history Subject Source: Local sources
- Oral history interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political activists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pollution Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reserve Mining Company
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- Silver Bay (Minn.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Taconite--Environmental aspects--Lake Superior Subject Source: Local sources
- Two Harbors (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water--Pollution Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Save Lake Superior Association records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff, P. Maus.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
