Lowell L. Klessig papers, 1969-1982 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Papers of a professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point who was active in the movement to block Project Sanguine, the U.S. Navy's Extremely Low Frequency submarine communication system, later known as Project ELF. Included are papers collected by Klessig as an officer and founding member of the State Committee to Stop Sanguine including correspondence; press releases and other informational material issued by SCSS, the Northern Environmental Council, the Wisconsin Resources Conservation Council, and other ELF opponents; scientific and general reference material about ELF; and files on the Governor's Ad Hoc Committee on Sanguine. There is also a draft and correspondence concerning publication of Klessig's book "The ELF Odyssey: National Security Versus Environmental Protection" (1980). Prominent correspondents include Les Aspin, Robert Kastenmeier, Gaylord Nelson, and William Proxmire and SCSS members Kent Shifferd and Charles H. Stoddard