Robert C. Sharp Collection, ca. 1963-1974

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Creators:: Sharp, Robert C.
Abstract:: Includes bids, contracts, leases, logs, reports, charts, and court records pertaining to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel, mainly regarding lawsuits stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill.
Extent:: 4 linear feet (4 document boxes, 1 oversize box and 1 map file).
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Robert C. Sharp Collection. SBHC Mss 7. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: Files relating to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel, ca. 1963-1974, mainly as pertaining to hearings and lawsuits stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. Includes bids, contracts, leases, logs, reports, charts, maps, court records, and other related technical data. Arrangement is unclear.
Biographical / historical:: See background and qualifications sheet submitted on behalf of Robert C. Sharp as expert witness in United States District Court, Central District of California, Civil Action No. 69-1068 (attached).
Acquisition information:: Undetermined.
Physical location:: Del Sur (Boxes 1-4), Del Sur Oversize (Box 5), and Map Cabinet 20/8.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: Oil spills -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel.
Actions and defenses--California.
Names:: Sharp, Robert C.

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Restrictions:: None known.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special 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:: Robert C. Sharp Collection. SBHC Mss 7. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US