Tichenor, Carroll and Doris Collection, 1966-2009
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Tichenor, Carroll and Doris
Title: Collection, 1966-2009
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.
Size of Collection: 6 cubic feet
Locator Number: Mss. A T555
Scope and Content Note
The Tichenor Collection consists of correspondence, court documents, organizational records, and ephemera collected by Carroll and Doris Tichenor and related to the couple’s environmental activism, which spanned from the late 1960s through the early twenty-first century. Of particular interest are items related to the early years of the Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club, including previously un-archived material related to efforts to save Red River Gorge in Kentucky from a proposed dam, which were highlighted by a 1967 protest hike led by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. The collection also contains newsletters and correspondence related to the national Sierra Club, as well as material from the Tichenors’ efforts to stop the Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) from constructing a transmission cable that would cross their property. Also included are a number of environmental reports, compiled by both governmental and private agencies, and related to Kentucky and the nation at large.
Although the collection has not been formally separated into series, its organization emphasizes its two major themes: the Sierra Club and the EKPC campaign. Both major sections are organized alphabetically, with environmental reports of indeterminable context organized similarly at the end of the collection.
Biographical Note
Carroll (b. 1927) and Doris (b. 1931) Tichenor—activists, outdoor enthusiasts, and partners—fought to ensure the preservation and protection of the natural environment from the late 1960s through the early twenty-first century. They were instrumental in the formation of the first Kentucky chapter of the Sierra Club and in the organization of the protest march, led by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, which gave the chapter much of its early energy, and Carroll later became president of the chapter from 1970-1971. The Tichenors remained active in the organization throughout the later half of the twentieth century, and in the early twenty-first century successfully prevented the construction of an electrical transmission line across their family farm, which would have damaged the land and disturbed historic sites on the property. Carroll and Doris have two children, a daughter Karen, born in 1955, and a son, Annis, born in 1956.
Folder List
Folder 1: Action Cleanup
Folder 2: Agricultural Waste Products
Folder 3: Akers vs. Corps of Engineers
Folder 4: Alaska
Folder 5: Arizona
Folder 6: Bays, J.W., Correspondence
Folder 7: Berry, Phillip, Correspondence
Folder 8: Bishop, Jane, Correspondence
Folder 9: Big South Fork, Cumberland
Folder 10: Big South Fork Environmental Impact Statement, 1975
Folder 11: Board of Directors, National, 1968-1969
Folder 12: Borelli, Peter, Correspondence
Folder 13: Bulletins, Great Lakes Chapter
Folder 14: Cannon, Julie, Correspondence
Folder 15: Channelization
Folder 16: Coleman, Richard D., Correspondence
Folder 17: Congressmen & Senators
Folder 18: Combs Questionnaire
Folder 19: Conservation Material, General
Folder 20: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Cave Run Reservoir
Folder 21: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Cumberland Gap
Folder 22: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Devil’s Jump Dam
Folder 23: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Kingdom Come Reservoir
Folder 24: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Licking River Reservoir
Folder 25: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Lillys Woods
Folder 26: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Mammoth Cave
Folder 27: Conservation Projects, Kentucky, Scenic Rivers
Folder 28: Conservation Projects, National, Grand Canyon
Folder 29: Conservation Projects, National, Miscellaneous
Folder 30: Conservation Projects, National, North Cascades
Folder 31: Conservation Projects, National, Redwoods
Folder 32: Conservation Projects, National, Smoky Mountains
Folder 33: Conservation Policy Guide, 1969
Folder 34: Corps of Engineers
Folder 35: Corps of Engineers, General Information
Folder 36: The Cumberland, February 2000-February 2004
Folder 37: The Cumberland, March 2004-June 2007
Folder 37a: The Cumberland>, July 2007-February 2009
Folder 38: Cumberland Falls
Folder 39: Cumberland Lake
Folder 40: Dam Propaganda, General
Folder 41: Emberton-Host
Folder 42: Environmental Protection Agency
Folder 43: Environmental Law
Folder 44: Flynn, Mike, Correspondence
Folder 45: Forestry
Folder 46: Friends of the Earth
Folder 47: Funk, Marshall
Folder 48: Governor’s Environmental Conference
Folder 49: Grand Canyon
Folder 50: Greasy Creek
Folder 51: Group Accreditation
Folder 52: Highways
Folder 53: Holstein, Bill, Correspondence
Folder 54: Hopper, Jack, Correspondence
Folder 55: Impact Study Team
Folder 56: Insurance
Folder 57: Jaros, Dean, Correspondence
Folder 58: Kentucky Conservation Council
Folder 59: Kentucky Geological Survey
Folder 60: Kentucky River Basin Environmental Impact Statement, 1975
Folder 61: Kentucky River Flood, 1978
Folder 62: Kentucky Section, Bylaws, 1966
Folder 63: Kentucky Section, Executive Committee, 1968
Folder 64: Kentucky Section, Mailing List
Folder 65: Kentucky Section, Publicity
Folder 66: Kentucky Section, Resolutions, 1967
Folder 67: Kentucky, State Senators & Representatives
Folder 68: Kentucky, Water Resources Information
Folder 69: Kiwanis Club, 1974
Folder 70: Kresek, Ray, Correspondence
Folder 71: Leaders
Folder 72: Leathers, Carl, Correspondence
Folder 73: Legal Committee
Folder 74: Luke, David III, Correspondence
Folder 75: Maggard, Clarence, Correspondence
Folder 76: Mammoth Cave, 1970-1971
Folder 77: Mammoth Cave, 1972-1980
Folder 78: Mammoth Cave Environmental Statement
Folder 79: Mammoth Cave Master Plan, 1976
Folder 80: Materials
Folder 81: Mayfield Creek
Folder 82: Meetings, Board of Directors
Folder 83: Meetings, Council
Folder 84: Meetings, Cumberland Chapter
Folder 85: Meetings, Executive Committee
Folder 86: Membership
Folder 87: Membership Materials
Folder 88: Midwest Regional Conservation Committee
Folder 89: Midwest Representative
Folder 90: Miller, Anne, Correspondence
Folder 91: Miller, Mike, Correspondence
Folder 92: Miscellaneous
Folder 93: National Campus Plan
Folder 94: National News Report
Folder 95: National Reports
Folder 96: Natural Resources Development Committee
Folder 97: Newsletters, 1971
Folder 98: Newspaper Clippings
Folder 99: Nuclear Pollution
Folder 100: Off Road Vehicle Policy
Folder 101: Oil Spills
Folder 102: Organizational Problems
Folder 103: Outing Schedules, 1970-1971
Folder 104: Pesticides
Folder 105: Politics
Folder 106: Power Production Task Force
Folder 107: Preserve Our Planet
Folder 108: Recreation Review, 1968-1969
Folder 109: Recreational Areas, National
Folder 110: Red River Gorge, 1967-1968
Folder 111: Red River Gorge, 1967-1970
Folder 112: Red River Gorge, 1967
Folder 113: Red River Gorge, 1968-1969
Folder 114: Red River Gorge, 1970-1971
Folder 115: Red River Gorge, 1971-1975
Folder 116: Red River Gorge, 1974
Folder 117: Red River Gorge Cleanup
Folder 118: Red River Gorge, H.B. Farmer Correspondence
Folder 119: Religion & Environment
Folder 120: Remembrance of Douglas’s Visit to Red River Gorge
Folder 121: Renewable Resources Report, 1975
Folder 122: Rivers
Folder 123: Shropshire, James S., Correspondence
Folder 124: Sierra Club, 1967-1968
Folder 125: Smoky Mountains, 1971
Folder 126: SOAR Committee
Folder 127: Snake River
Folder 128: SST (Super Sonic Transport)
Folder 129: Strip Mining, 1974
Folder 130: Strip Mining, 1970-1971
Folder 131: Strip Mining, 1970-1971
Folder 132: Strip Mining, 1971-1972
Folder 133: Strip Mining, Kentucky, Conservation Projects
Folder 134: Talbott, Alex F., Correspondence
Folder 135: Tennessee By-laws
Folder 136: Urban Conservation
Folder 137: Walcott, Francis, Correspondence
Folder 138: Water Pollution Laws
Folder 139: Water Resources in Appalachia
Folder 140: White, David C., Correspondence
Folder 141: Wild Rivers
Folder 142: Wilderness Management
Folder 143: Wilderness Management, Tennessee Citizens for
Folder 144: Wood, Ginny Hill, Correspondence
Folder 145: Archeological Sites
Folder 146: Big Bend Land Owners & Easements
Folder 147: Consulting Parties October Meeting, 2005
Folder 148: Consulting Parties Meeting, 2006
Folder 149: Cooperative Cultural Resource Analysis Survey
Folder 150: Corps of Engineers
Folder 151: Correspondence and Court Materials, Eastern Kentucky Power
Folder 152: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative Correspondence, 2005
Folder 153: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative Environmental Report
Folder 154: EKPC Environmental Report, Comments
Folder 155: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative, Magazines
Folder 156: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative, Newspaper Clippings
Folder 157: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative Open House, May 17, 2005
Folder 158: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative Request for Confidentiality
Folder 159: EPRI-GTC Project Report & Appendices
Folder 160: Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 9-12-2005
Folder 161: Final Capitulation, 2006
Folder 162: Fitzgerald, Tom, Doerfield Brief
Folder 163: Hearing Materials from Milner, June 2005
Folder 164: Heritage Council
Folder 165: Indian Tribes
Folder 166: Joey Roberts
Folder 167: Legislating Research Commission, 2005-2007
Folder 168: Letters to Editor, 2006
Folder 169: Maps
Folder 170: McConnell Meeting
Folder 171: Motion to Remand
Folder 172: National Landmark (Deweese Mound)
Folder 173: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Folder 174: Public Services Commission
Folder 175: Public Services Commisssion 1st Data Request
Folder 176: Public Services Commission Application
Folder 177: Public Services Commission Order & Appeal
Folder 178: Roberts Data Request
Folder 179: Rough Notes
Folder 180: RUS/USDA
Folder 181: Section 106
Folder 182: Section 106 Materials
Folder 183: Section 106 Hearing, January 2006
Folder 184: Section 106 Hearing, January 2006, Doris’s Folder
Folder 185: Section 106 Hearing, January 2006, Other People’s Statements
Folder 186: Technical Appraisal
Folder 187: Tichenor 1st Data Request
Folder 188: Tichenor 1st Data Request
Folder 189: Tichenor 2nd Data Request
Folder 190: Tichenor 2nd Data Request
Folder 191: Tichenor Data Request CDs
Folder 192: TVA
Folder 193: Commission on the Future of the South, Report
Folder 194: Environmental Reports, Can Run Lake, 1975
Folder 195: Environmental Reports, Daniel Boone National Forest
Folder 196: Environmental Reports, Kentucky
Folder 197: Environmental Reports, Kentucky River Basin Flood Control, 1975
Folder 198: Environmental Reports, Kentucky Water Resources, 1975
Folder 199: Environmental Reports, Kentucky Wild Rivers
Folder 200: Environmental Reports, Mammoth Cave
Folder 201: Environmental Reports, Miscellaneous
Subject Headings
Appalachian Region
Cumberland Lake (Ky.)
Daniel Boone National Forest (Ky.)
Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980
Environmentalism – Kentucky
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Historic sites – Conservation and restoration
Indians of North America – Kentucky – Antiquities
Mammoth Cave (Ky.)
Recreation & travel
Red River Gorge (Ky.)
Rivers – Kentucky
Sierra Club. Cumberland Chapter
Strip mining – Environmental aspects
Tichenor, Carroll, b. 1927