Dee Frankfourth and Peter Scholes Papers

Collection

Identifier: CONS244

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Papers related to their work on behalf of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 and the Alaska Coalition.

Dates

1976-1980

Creator

Frankfourth, Dee. (Person)
Scholes, Peter D. (Person)

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

Frankfourth was director of the Alaska Center for the Environment, 1976 to 1977 until leaving to organize conservation participation in the Congressional field hearings, the Alaska lands act. She then became a lobbyist in Washington D.C. for the Alaska Coalition working to pass the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Scholes was the Alaska representative of the The Wilderness Society in 1976, then became the Alaska Program Director for the Wilderness Society and the lobbying coordinator for the Alaska Coalition.