Cathy Wilson collection on Red River Gorge
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Cathy Wilson collection on Red River Gorge
- Date
- 1960-1975 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.5 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Community activists
- Dams
- Environmental policy -- Kentucky
- Environmental protection -- Kentucky.
- Geology -- Kentucky.
- Legal documents.
- Legislators -- United States -- Congresses.
- Newspaper publishing -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 2011ms072 : [identification of item], Cathy Wilson collection on Red River Gorge, 1960-1975, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- In the early 1960s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought to alleviate flooding by constructing a dam in the Red River Gorge area in east central Kentucky. Congress initially authorized the construction of the dam in 1962, but through the efforts of numerous conservationists, local activists, and environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, and Save Our Red River, the construction of the dam was eventually halted through a court injunction. It is now a protected wilderness and geological area.
- Scope and Content
- The Cathy Wilson collection on Red River Gorge (dated 1960-1975; 0.5 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprises correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, clippings, court filings, and reports regarding the efforts of environmental activists, led by the Sierra Club, to save the Red River Gorge in Kentucky from being dammed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960s to 1970s.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Organizational newsletters, promotional materials, and court filing, 1960-1975
Timeline of events, undated
Red River Gorge maps, undated
Press fact sheet, undated
Save our Red River, Sierra Club et al vs. Corps of Engineers et all, US District Court filing, 1974
Newsletters, 1960-1975
Correspondence, 1974-1975
Audubon Society correspondence, 1974
Statements of concern regarding U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers' 1974 environmental impact statement, 1974-1975
Sierra Club Miami, Ohio, chapter correspondence and meeting minutes, 1974-1975
Red River Legal Defense Fund petition, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial report and progress report, 1974-1975
Executive Office of the President Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Management and Budget correspondence, 1974-1975
U.S. House and Senate correspondence, testimony, committee roster, and bill, 1974-1975
Kentucky Governor correspondence, 1975
Solicitation list, 1975
Personal correspondence, 1974-1975
Publications, 1968-1976
Clippings, 1968-1976
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Red River Lake Project, Kentucky. Prepared by U. S. Army Engineer District, Louisville, Kentucky., 1974
Response to Comments by the Council on Environmental Quality on the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Red River Lake Project, Kentucky, volumes 1-2, 1974
Final Environmental Statement for Management of the Red River Gorge Unit, Daniel Boone National Forest. Prepared by USDA Forest Service., 1974
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