In addition to the collection retained at the office, older materials are accessioned by the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Librarian Rebecca Wright, who holds a Masters degree in Library and Informational Sciences from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri, currently curates the collection. The collection was unmanaged for at least 10 years before a librarian was hired in December 1994, and existed as unsorted papers, documents and random groups of files. The documents were cleaned and stored in more than 50 archival boxes labeled according to the location in which the materials were found. The books, magazines and government documents are now shelved, and papers, correspondence and clippings are classified and filed.
Organizational records are in a separate set of files.
The collection is intended to be a resource for Coalition staff, students and the community on state and local environmental issues and related materials on global and national environmental issues. However, copy machine is available and we encourage donations for its use. Currently, the librarian is available on Thursdays and Fridays or by appointment. A reference interview is recommended to facilitate access to relevant documents. The Coalition website is also a useful research tool and offers links to both general and topical environmental websites.