Norman B. Livermore, Jr. Papers
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8445rws No online items Finding Aid to the Norman B. Livermore, Jr. Papers Lara Michels The Bancroft Library The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 (510) 642-6481 [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Finding Aid to the Norman B. BANC MSS 2011/129 1 Livermore, Jr. Papers Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Norman B. Livermore, Jr. papers creator: Livermore, Norman B. Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2011/129 Physical Description: 28.5 linear feet (21 cartons, 4 tubes) Date (inclusive): approximately 1933-2006 Abstract: The papers of Norman B. Livermore, Jr., conservationist, lumber industry executive, and Secretary of Resources under the Reagan gubernatorial administration in California. Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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Immediate Source of Acquisition The Norman B. Livermore, Jr. papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Samuel M. Livermore in 2011. Processing Information Processed by Lara Michels in 2015. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Norman B. Livermore, Jr. papers, BANC MSS 2011/129, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biographical / Historical Norman B. Livermore, Jr. was born in 1911 in San Francisco to Norman B. Livermore, Sr. and Caroline Livermore (for whom Mt. Livermore on Angel Island is named). He was the great-grandson of California pioneer and state senator (from El Dorado County) Horatio Gates Livermore and the grandson of Horatio Putnam Livermore. Norman B. Livermore, Jr. was a noted California conservationist and Secretary of Resources under Governor Ronald Reagan. He was also an avid and accomplished mule packer and guide and, in the 1930s and 1940s, was actively involved in running packing stations and leading packing trips into the Sierra. He was also an early director of the Sierra Club. From 1957 to 1965, Livermore served as Treasurer for the Pacific Lumber Company. In 1967, Reagan named Livermore as Secretary of Resources, hoping that Livermore would act as a bridge between the worlds of lumber and conservation. Livermore would become one of Reagan's closest advisers. It was Livermore who convinced Reagan to take the pack trip into the high Sierra that convinced that governor to oppose the building of a freeway from the Central Valley across the Sierra into Nevada. Livermore also played a key role in Reagan's decision to curtail development in the Tahoe Basin. Livermore served on the boards of the National Audubon Society, the Peregrine Fund, Save the Redwoods League, Tamalpais Savings and the Stanford Business School Advisory Council. He was the founder of the High Sierra Packers Association and treasurer of the Commonwealth Club. Content Description The papers of Norman B. Livermore, Jr., conservationist, lumber industry executive, and Secretary of Resources under the Reagan gubernatorial administration in California. The collection is arranged into ten series: Resources Agency of California; Speeches; Water; Reagan Presidential Transition; Wilderness; Pack Trips and Packing Stations; Subject Files; Pacific Lumber Company; Personalia; and Maps. Within the files created by Livermore during his tenure as Secretary of Resources in California are correspondence, administrative files, files relating to the Minarets highway controversy, files relating to the Finding Aid to the Norman B. BANC MSS 2011/129 2 Livermore, Jr. Papers establishment of Redwood National Park; and files documenting the Dos Rios Project (to build a dam on the Eel River). The Speeches series contains Livermore's speech transcripts and notes arranged chronologically by year. Files in the Water series pertain to Hetchy Hetchy and to the Garrison Diversion Project. The collection contains a small number of files documenting Livermore's connection to the Ronald Reagan presidential transition. Wilderness files document Livermore's interest in and work on various wilderness related issues in California. The Wilderness series contains some materials created by Livermore as Secretary of Resources in California. The Pack Trips and Packing Stations series documents Livermore's extensive interest and work with pack trips into the High Sierra and includes files of the Packing companies and a packing association he founded and helped operate. The Pacific Lumber Company series consists soley of correspondence created by Livermore during his tenure as Treasurer of the Pacific Lumber Company. This correspondence dates only from 1965 and does not cover his entire tenure as treasurer (1957-1965). Subjects and Indexing Terms Livermore, Norman B. Reagan, Ronald California. Resources Agency Sierra Club Garrison Diversion Project Pacific Lumber Company Mount Whitney Pack Trains Mineral King Packing Company High Sierra Packers Association Livermore, Norman B. -- Archives Conservationists--California. Environmentalists--California. Wilderness area users -- California Wilderness areas -- California Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Calif.) Reservoirs -- California -- Eel River Minarets Wilderness (Calif.) Redwood National Park (Calif.) Series 1: Resources Agency of California approximately 1967-1974 Physical Description: Carton 1-9; carton 10, folder 1-12 carton 1, Subseries 1.1: Correspondence 1967-1974 folder 1-17, carton 2, folder 1-12 carton 1, Governor's Office 1967-1974 folder 1-3 carton 1, Miscellaneous Sacramento correspondence 1968-1974 folder 4-5 carton 1, Sierra Club correspondence 1967-1974 folder 6-10 carton 1, Press, radio, and television correspondence 1967-1973 folder 11-12 carton 1, folder 13 Henry L. Diamond 1971-1972 carton 1, folder 14 Bernie Orell (regarding clearcutting) 1972 carton 1, folder 15 Ed Carpenter (Pacific Lumber Company) 1972-1973 carton 1, folder 16 Angel Island 1968-1973 Finding Aid to the Norman B. BANC MSS 2011/129 3 Livermore, Jr. Papers Series 1: Resources Agency of California approximately 1967-1974 Subseries 1.1: Correspondence 1967-1974 carton 1, folder 17 California Redwood Association (Phil Farnsworth) 1967-1969 carton 1, William P. Mott 1974 folder 17a carton 2, folder 1 California Forest Protective Association 1968-1973 carton 2, folder 2 Forest Industries Committee on Timber Valuation and Taxation 1966-1968 carton 2, folder 3 National Audubon Society 1969 carton 2, folder 4 National Park Service 1967 carton 2, folder 5 Bob Cahn 1973 carton 2, folder 6 Bert Broemmel (Marin County Assessor) 1971 carton 2, folder 7 Boggs Mountain Forest 1973-1974 carton 2, folder 8 Regarding "Black Box" method of controlling traffic (England) 1973 carton 2, folder 9 Regarding beauty strips along state highways 1968 carton 2, folder 10 American Forestry Association 1967-1972 carton 2, folder 11 Regarding American Forests article The Problems of Being California 1970 carton 2, folder 12 Small Timber Owners (California) 1968 carton 2, Subseries 1.2: Administrative approximately 1967-1974 folder 13-59, carton 3, folder 1-37, carton 4, folder 1-31 carton 2, folder 13 Livermore's appointment papers 1967 carton 2, folder 14 Livermore's retirement lunch 1974 carton 2, folder 15 Livermore's file indices and correspondence regarding records and files 1965-1967 carton 2, folder 16 Reagan administration environmental goals and accomplishments 1969-1974 carton 2, folder 17 Commentaries on the Reagan administration approximately 1974 carton 2, folder 18 Administration's position on role of state government 1973 carton 2, folder 19 Evaluations and recollections, Ed Meese et. al. 1974 carton 2, folder 20 Summary of cabinet position on forest practice legislation 1972 carton 2, folder 21 14 points: major goals of California's Resources Agency 1969 carton 2, folder 22 Resources Agency department objectives 1967 carton 2, folder 23 Innovations 1972 carton 2, folder 24 Forward planning meeting 1971 carton 2, folder 25 Forward planning 1972 carton 2, folder 26 Cameron Park meeting notes and follow-up 1972 carton 2, folder 27 Cabinet Meetings (Cameron Park Inn) 1972 carton 2, folder 28 Cabinet comments 1971 carton 2, folder 29 Governor's tax program 1969-1973 carton 2, folder 30 1972 Governor's environmental speech 1972 carton 2, folder 31 Governor Reagan proposed campaign reform program 1974 carton 2, folder 32 Governor's Creative Society papers approximately 1968 carton 2, folder 33 First year accomplishments of the Resources Agency 1968 carton 2, folder 34 Departmental accomplishements and goals, meetings with