Executive director of the Sierra Club, 1987-1992 :
oral history transcript /
Michael L. Fischer ; with an introduction by Susan D. Merrow. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1992 and 1993. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
1997.

Description

Main Author

Fischer, Michael L. (Michael Ludwig), 1940-

Related Names

Lage, Ann, interviewer.
Merrow, Susan D.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

Sierra Club. > Sierra Club. / Legal Defense Fund.
California. > California. / Office of Planning and Research.
California Coastal Commission.
Sierra Club.
Environmentalists > Environmentalists / California > Environmentalists / California / Interviews.
California Desert National Conservation Area (Calif.)
Arctic regions.
Oral histories.

Summary

Michael Fischer discusses his family and childhood; his work with the California Coastal Commission and with Governor Jerry Brown's Office of Planning and Research, 1973-1985; managing the Sierra Club as Director, finances and fund-raising, the Arctic, the California Desert, relations with Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, lobbying in Washington, D.C., and fostering local Sierra Club groups and chapters.

Note

Forms part of: Sierra Club oral history series.
Also available online.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2892 C.

Physical Description

Phonotapes: 8 sound cassettes.
Transcript: 1 v. (vii, 191 p.) : facsims. ; 28cm.

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