Collection ID: NPkMC-223-071

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Hudson River Environmental Society
Abstract:
The Hudson River Environmental Society Collection documents the research, actions, and legal cases involving environmental issues surrounding the Hudson River Valley. Various interests include Storm King Mountain, Con Edison’s Cornwall Pumps, Indian Point, Dredging, Transportation, Danskammer, and many others. The collection also contains communication and records of cooperation with other environmental groups such as Scenic Hudson and the Hudson River Valley Greenway Council.
Extent:
26 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description of item, date, location of item in order of series, box number, folder number ], in the Hudson River Environmental Society Collection, Archives and Special Collections, James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College.

Background

Scope and Content:

The Hudson River Environmental Society Collection contains materials and documents pertaining to the history and accomplishments of the Hudson River Environmental Society. Its contents consist of correspondence, subject files, scientific studies, legal papers, printed materials, and photographs.

Biographical / Historical:

The Hudson River Environmental Society (HRES), a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1970 to research and make available that research of the Hudson River environment and related costal areas, as well as providing communication and cooperation among researchers. While still managing to be objective, HRES provides valuable information on forces that affect the environment surrounding the Hudson River. Studies include topics ranging from PCBs, Acid Rain, Dredging, the Hudson River Fisheries, State Environmental Quality, Cultural Resources, Scenic and Historic Area Preservation, Toxic and Hazardous Waste, and others. Membership in the society includes corporate members, individuals from academic and research institutions, consulting firms, government agencies, organizations concerned with environmental matters in the Hudson Valley, and interested citizens. The Society’s best known activities include conferences and workshops on a variety of environmental issues concerning the Hudson River Valley, which attract participants from the region as well as neighboring states.

Acquisition information:
The Hudson River Environmental Society Collection was donated to the Marist College Library by the Hudson River Environmental Society in 2003.
Arrangement:

These records are organized into 11 series: 1) Correspondence, 2) Meetings, 3) Subject Files, has 16 subseries, 4) Scientific Studies, 5) Research Materials, 6) Printed Materials, has four subseries, 7) Legal Documents, has 3 subseries, 8) Chronological Files, 9) Environmental Folders, 10) Scenic Hudson Files, has four suberies, 11) HRES History/Background, has three subseries.

Materials are arranged alphabetically, by subject and/or chronologically

Rules or conventions:
DACS Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2013.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

There are no restrictions on this collection

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Individuals requesting reproductions expressly assume the responsibility for compliance with all pertinent provisions of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ss101 et seq. Patrons further agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Marist College Archives and Special Collections and its staff in connection with any disputes arising from the Copyright Act, over the reproduction of material at the request of patrons. For more information please visit the following website: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Description of item, date, location of item in order of series, box number, folder number ], in the Hudson River Environmental Society Collection, Archives and Special Collections, James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, United States
CONTACT:
845-575-3364
library.archives@marist.edu