Get Oil Out! (GOO!) collection, 1969-2014

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Summary

Creators:
Get Oil Out!
Abstract:
Office files (bylaws, minutes, fundraising, publications, newsletters), governmental action, legal, and subject files, mainly pertaining to efforts to contain and monitor oil industry off coast of Santa Barbara, especially in the aftermath of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill.
Extent:
36.2 Linear Feet (75 document boxes, 4 flat oversize boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Get Oil Out! (GOO!) Collection, SBHC Mss 10. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection primarily contains files on oil-related issues stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. Materials are grouped into the following series:

Series:
  1. Government Action/Response (Boxes 1-15) - local, state, federal, including hearings, reports, and legislation.
  2. Lawsuits/Legal Action (Boxes 16-20) - mainly court records and related material re lawsuits GOO was involved in or was monitoring.
  3. Office Files (Boxes 21-27) - including bylaws, minutes, fundraising, mailings, membership, newsletters, and publications.
  4. Subject Files (Boxes 28-71) - the largest part of the collection, arranged alphabetically.
  5. 2016 Addition (Boxes 72-76) - GOO! Office files and historical photographs (prints and slides), mainly of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill.

Published materials, such as Environmental Impact Reports, have been transferred to the UCSB Libraries Government Information Center (GIC). They have been cataloged and may be searched in the UCSB Libraries online catalog.

This collection has received preliminary processing only. A brief container list is available.

Acquisition information:
Multiple donations by GOO!, ca. 1989, 1994, 2016.
Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Get Oil Out! (GOO!) Collection, SBHC Mss 10. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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