Descriptive Summary
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography
Scope and Content Notes
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert C. Sharp Collection
Dates: ca. 1963-1974
Collection number: SBHC Mss 7
Creator:
Sharp, Robert C.
Collection Size:
4 linear feet
(4 document boxes, 1 oversize box and 1 map file).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
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.
Physical location: Del Sur (Boxes 1-4), Del Sur Oversize (Box 5), and Map Cabinet 20/8.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None known.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
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).
Scope and Content Notes
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Sharp, Robert C.
Oil spills -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel.
Actions and defenses--California.