Summary Organizational records of the Eau Claire Area Ecology Action (ECAEA), later renamed Northern Thunder, and the National Environmental Teach-in. The ECAEA grew out of a local teach-in to observe “Earth Day” on April 22, 1970. While their first project focused on the water quality of the Chippewa River, their focus quickly turned to the issue of solid waste, such as recycling and nuclear power. Records include newspaper clippings, newsletters, administrative material, letters, papers, speeches,...

Summary Officers’ records and subject files from the student political organization UW-Eau Claire Young Democratic Caucus of Wisconsin, founded as a student organization in 1978. According to the organization’s first constitution, it was founded “to create an active interest and awareness in the government so as to help and assist it in its function; to foster new ideas to benefit the people of the nation; to make public interest and awareness in the government grow; and … provide justice and...