This exhibit presents over 60 individual documents from the Dorothy V. Gilbert Papers (Accession #1997-01894) describing the efforts of the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council to establish and preserve the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Originally presented online, it has been recast in PDF files for sustainability.
This document provides an overview of the pages included in the website.
This document briefly discusses the history of grassroots efforts to "save the mountains" from urban development, including the establishment of the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council in 1971, and provides a biographical sketch of Dot Gilbert. It also includes a list of resources in the Arizona State University Library's manuscript holdings documenting the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of newspaper clippings, letters, and petitions documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1960 and 1964.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of a newspaper clipping, letter, and Resolution 12376 documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1965 and 1969.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of presentations, articles, minutes, proposals, letters, maps, and other materials documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1970 and 1974.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of promotional materials, letters, reports, and recommendations documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1975 and 1979.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of a report, a ballot, and a promotional flyer documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1980 and 1984.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of charter amendments, ballots, newsletters, a bond issue proposition, and a newspaper clipping documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1985 and 1989.
This page includes images and brief descriptions of letters, materials regarding H.B. 2218, and speeches documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains in the 1990s.