Guide to the Marc McGinnes papers UArch FacP 59
Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Rae Allen 2017; revised by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2016; 2019
Title: Marc McGinnes papers
Identifier/Call Number: UArch FacP 59
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
19.6 linear feet
(19 document boxes, 1 flat box, 107 videocassettes, 6 audiocassettes, 1 DVD)
Creator:
McGinnes, J. Marc, 1941-
Date (inclusive): 1965-2019
Date (bulk): 1979-2003
Abstract: These papers contain environmental studies course files, correspondence, notes, research materials, photographs, and recorded
lectures relating to Marc McGinnes' tenure as a professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara, as well as his work
with the Institute for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict and the Environmental Defense Center of Santa Barbara, California.
Also included are case files, research reports, and conference proceedings relating to his career as a lawyer and legal ecologist.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
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], Marc McGinnes papers, UArchFacP 59. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Marc McGinnes, 2016.
Biographical note
In June of 1969, Marc McGinnes was a young lawyer when Republican Representative Pete McCloskey encouraged him to move to
Santa Barbara to start the new field of environmental law. As an environmental activist and lawyer since 1969, Marc McGinnes
led the founding of one of the first ecology centers in 1970. Concurrent to the founding, McGinnes began his teaching career
in 1970 at UC Santa Barbara in one of the first environmental studies programs. His course, Principles of Environmental Law,
is one of the longest-running undergraduate courses in environmental law in the United States. His teachings covered environmental
law, policy, and ecopsychology. As a Stanford University graduate and recipient of a law degree from UC Berkeley, in addition
to his teaching, McGinnes has pursued parallel careers as both an environmental lawyer and a legal ecologist. McGinnes was
a founder of one of the first public interest environmental firms, the Environmental Defense Center of Santa Barbara, in 1977,
as well as the Institute for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict. McGinnes is a former Alfred P. Sloan, Rotary International Foundation,
and Ford Foundation scholar and fellow. In 2005, after over thirty years of teaching, McGinnes retired.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, course work and syllabi, administrative documents, recorded lectures, case files,
photographs, research files, and notes relating to professor Marc McGinnes activities during his tenure, from 1970 to 2005,
as a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The bulk of the material reflects
his activities in environmental education and community political activism as well as his involvement with establishing the
Institute for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict. Noteworthy components of the collection includes iterations of his
Principles of Environmental Law, a course and curriculum book related to Env S 125A: Principles of Environmental Law, the longest-running undergraduate course
in environmental law in the United States. Also included are conference proceedings, correpondence, and ephemera related to
his work with Institute for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict. In addition, the collection includes case proceedings, reports,
and related legal research materials regarding practicing environmental law as a consultant to the Environmental Defense Center.
Of particular note, the collection includes case proceedings form Santa Barbara County in relation to Western LNG (Liquid
Natural Gas) and Cold Spring Canyon Bridge barrier, all of which summarizes the county government's actions.
Arrangement
The collection has been kept physically in original order but arranged descriptively by subject. The filenames retain the
creator's naming convention. The files are organized into six series:
Biographical files,
Teaching career,
Institute For Peaceful Resolution of Conflict,
Environmental law career,
Audiovisual, and
2019 Addition.
Separated Material
Published literature listed below has been separated out from the collection for cataloging, and will be accessible through
the UCSB Library Catalog.
Milovskiĭ, Aleksandr Sergeevich.
Ancient Russian Cities: A Travel Guide to the Historical and Architectural Monuments and Fine Art Museums. Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1986.
Brailsford, Barry, Maaka Tipa, & Renzie Hanham.
Song of the Old Tides. Christchurch, N.Z.: StonePrint Press, 2004.
Related Material
Environmental Defense Center records, SBHC Mss 94, University of California, Santa Barbara. Special Research Collections.
Community Environmental Council records, SBHC Mss 109, University of California, Santa Barbara. Special Research Collections.
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Collection, Mss 18, University of California, Santa Barbara. Special Research
Collections.
Paul Relis journals, PA Mss 110, University of California, Santa Barbara. Special Research Collections.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Arts and Lectures Records, UArch 16, University of California, Santa Barbara. Special
Research Collections.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Public Information Biographical Files, UArch 11, University of California,
Santa Barbara. Special Research Collections.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies Program Collection, UArch 76, University of California, Santa
Barbara. Special Research Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Environmental education
Environmentalism -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Environmental law -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Environmental justice -- California -- Santa Barbara -- History
Environmentalists -- California -- Santa Barbara
Political activists -- California -- Santa Barbara
California -- Politics and government
Administrative records
Audiocassettes
Case files
Conference proceedings
Correspondence
DVDs
Lectures
Photographs
Printed ephemera
Research notes
Sound recordings
Syllabi
Videocassettes
McGinnes, J. Marc, 1941- -- Archives
University of California, Santa Barbara. Faculty
University of California, Santa Barbara. Environmental Studies Program
Environmental Defense Center
Series I.
Biographical files
1975-2008
Box-folder 2:2
Personal photo album
1992 August 1
Box-folder 7:5
Correspondence
1987, 1994, 2004
Box-folder 7:6
Tree loss claim
2007-2008
Box-folder 7:7
Buddist/christian views on consumerism and miscellaneous notes
2001-2002
Box-folder 7:8
Mother Earth Church
1979-1980
Box-folder 7:9
Community Environmental Counsel
1982, 1989, 2008
Box-folder 9:1
Environmental articles
1993, 2002, 2005
Box-folder 9:2
The environment, peace and human rights 1969-1989 notes/flyer, Epluribus unum
1992
Box-folder 9:3-6
Personal correspondence, press mentions, and family photographs
1975, 1997-2005
Box-folder 12:1
La Casa invitational, the big picture summit
1994 May 1-5
Box-folder 12:2
A Matter of life and death, conference material
1995 May 1-5
Series II.
Teaching career
1970-2003
Scope and Content
Includes correspondence, academic adminstrative files, class syllabi and readers, and research materials for UC Santa Barbara
and Semester at Sea.
Box-folder 1: 1
Fish Banks, LTD.
2001
Scope and Content
A group role-playing simulation educating players on sustainable management of renewable resources.
Box-folder 1:2
Defense and military reports and course materials
2000-2003
Box-folder 1:3
Law Heart notes and articles, "Love and the Law"
1990-1991
Box-folder 1:4
Thinking About the Future, supplemental readings and materials
2000
Box-folder 1:5
ES 131- International Environmental Law and Diplomacy, reader
2003
Box-folder 1:6-8
Thinking About the Future, supplemental readings and materials
1999, 2000 Fall
Box-folder 1:9
"Limited World, Limited Rights," by Garrett Hardin
May/June 1980
Box-folder 1:10-2:1
Principles of Environmental Law, annotated draft
2001
Scope and Content
Includes case studies and commentary regarding ecology in the legal context, history, and cases.
Box-folder 3:6
Principles of Environmental Law, publishing materials
1980-1984
Box 5-6
Semester at Sea program
1997-2000
Scope and Content
Includes course readers, course articles, notes, and adminstrative material.
Box-folder 11:1
Santa Barbara oil spill
1997, 2001
Box-folder 11:2-5
School Communications/Environmental studies information
1970, 1991-1994
Box 16
Environment and Global studies booklets
circa 1990s-2000
Series III.
Institute For Peaceful Resolution of Conflict
1986-2003
Scope and Content
As the Founder of the Institute for Peaceful Resolution of conflict in 1986 the files mainly consist of his trips to the USSR,
do to McGinnes's interest in a nuclear testing ban, and Iraq, as a member of the Iraqi-American Academics Together For Peace
delegation in 2003.
Box-folder 2:3
U.S.S.R. tour correspondence and articles
1986
Box-folder 2:4-6
USSR ephemera and Soviet sponsored booklets
1986
Iraqi-American Academics Together For Peace delegation Series II.
Box-folder 7:1-4
Iraq conference
2003 January 18
Box 8
Iraqi ephemera and memorabilia
2003
Scope and Content
Includes a patch, patterned ceramics, peace rose, Iraqi coins and dinar, Iraqi stamps, and miscellaneous Babylon University
souvenirs.
Series IV.
Environmental law career
1965-2008
Scope and Content
Includes case files regarding the Cold Spring Canyon Suicide Barrier, which details in 2005 Caltrans proposed mesh fence-style
barrier to deter and protect people from jumping, which McGinnes opposed. But a majority of the series consists of the case
files regarding Western LNG (Liquid natural Gas)Terminal Associates vs. Indian Center of Santa Barbara INC., et al., Western
LNG Associates sought to build a shipping terminal near Point Conception in 1977 from which to pipe liquefied natural gas
to Long Beach. McGinnes served as the Environmental Defense Center's (EDC) chief counsel. Of particular note, the series consists
case files from McGinnes early days as a lawyer.
Box-folder 2:7-3:2
Legal cases
1965-1968
Scope and Content
Includes McGinnes' summaries of cases.
Western LNG (Liquid natural Gas)Terminal Associates vs. Indian Center of Santa Barbara INC., et al.
Box-folder 4:1
LNG newspaper clippings
1980
Box-folder 4:2-3
California Coastal Comission press releases and LNG case files
1978-1983
Box-folder 14:4
Nuisance action
1978-1979
Box-folder 14:5
Zoning violations
1978-1979
Box-folder 14:6
Liquid Natural Gas vs. Indians criminal matters
Box-folder 14:7
Unfiled declarations
1979
Box 15
Legal documents
1978-1982
Environmental Defense Center
Box-folder 4:4-5
Environmental Defense Center adminstration records
1977-1979
Box-folder 4:6
Environmental Defence Center/University of California Santa Barbara internal correspondence
1978-1982
Box-folder 4:7
Freedom of Information Act and corporations aren't people research
Box-folder 4:8
Excerpt analysis of environmental cases
1981-1983
Box-folder 4:9
"On the Protection of Sacred Groves," 1986 Wilderness calender
1986
Cold Spring Canyon Bridge Suicide Barrier Project
Box-folder 12: 3
Cold Springs Bridge information
2007-2008
Box-folder 12:4-5; 13:3
Environmental impact report
2008 May, 2009 June, 2010 December
Box-folder 13:2
Cold Spring Bridge articles
2007-2009
Box-folder 13:4
Cold Springs Bridge research
2007-2008
Box-folder 13:5-14:3
Cold Spring Canyon Bridge suicide barrier project, volumes 1:1-2:3
2008
Box-folder 9:7-8
Environmental articles and conference files
1979-1981, 2005
Box-folder 10:1-4
Professional correspondence and newspaper articles
1987-1988
Series V.
Audiovisual
1997-2003
Scope and Content
Includes VHS, cassettes, minicassettes of lectures by McGinnes for his UC Santa Barbara courses. Also included are recordings
from his trip to Iraq. Please contact the Special Research Collections Reading Room for further inquiry.
item V7839/VHS
The Big Picture: Our Whole Life is Change (La Casa Invitational)
item V7840/VHS
ES 21 1/19/99 --Tuesday
1999 January 1
item V7841/VHS
ES 21 3/04/99 -- Thursday
item V7842/VHS
ES 125 9/29/97
1997 September 29
item V7843/VHS
ES 21 3/09/99 -- Tuesday
1999 March 9
item V7844/VHS
Environmental Studies 125A Mark McGinnes Tuesday 10/05/99
1999 October 5
item V7845/VHS
The Challenge of a Stabilized Community
undated
item V7846/VHS
LAHA: NAPF GPS NCPLR 1993
1993
item V7847/VHS
Fishbanks ES/3/ SP. 95
undated
item V7848/VHS
Law as a Healing Art 15 March 1992 Eugene, Oregon
1992 March 15
item V7849/VHS
ES 21 Winter '96 Marc McGinnes 3/7/96
1996 March 7
item V7850/VHS
Earth Day '93 Talk-Song
1993
item V7851/VHS
Electric Blue Eagle, 9/15/92, Lawyers as Healers w/Richard Hurlbut, Guests Marc Mcginnes & Hillary Berk
1995 September 15
item V7852/VHS
Electric Blue Eagle #8, Lawyers as Healers: Mediation. Host Richard Hurlbut, Guests Gail Rapport and Marc McGinnes. 10/27/92
58:30
1992 October 27
item V7853/VHS
ES 125A Monday, 12/2/96
1996 December 2
item V7854/VHS
Environmental Studies 125 Monday - 11/25/96
1996 November 25
item V7855/VHS
Environmental Studies 125A Monday 11/18/96
1996 November 18
item V7856/VHS
Environmental Studies 125A Friday 12/6/96
1996 December 6
item V7857/VHS
Environmental Studies 125 A Friday 11/15/96
1996 November 15
item V7858/VHS
Environmental Studies 125A Weds. 11/20/96
1996 November 20
item V7859/VHS
ES 125A Weds. 12/4/96
1996 December 4
item V7860/VHS
Environmental Studies 125A Marc McGinnes Thursday 09/30/99
1999 September 30
item V7861/VHS
ES 125 10/1/97 - Wednesday
1997 October 1
item V7862/VHS
Excellence in Teaching: Instructional Development
undated
item V7863/VHS
ES 125 9/26/97
1997 September 26
item V7864/VHS
Environmental Studies 125A Marc McGinnes Thursday 10/07/99
1999 October 7
item V7865/VHS
Stew Shapiro -- ES 106 Sp. '93
1993 September
item V7866/VHS
Hudson River - Environmental Law Benjamin Henrey
undated
item V7867/ VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Thursday 10/14/99
1999 October 14
item V7868/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc Mcginnes Thursday 09/30/99
1999 September 30
item V7869/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Tuesday 10/05/99
1999 October 5
item V7870/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Thursday 10/07/99
1999 October 7
item V7871/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Tuesday 10/12/99
1999 October 12
item V7872/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Tuesday 10/19/99
1999 October 19
item V7873/VHS
Sim Coast County Planning Commision Meeting 5/6/98
1998 May 6
item V7874/VHS
Sim Coast BD/SUPS 6/2/99 #1 of 2
1999 June 2
item V7875/VHS
Sim Coast BD/Sups 6/2/99 #2 of 2
1999 June 2
item V7876/VHS
Sim Coast '99 Planning Comm. 5/12/99 #1
1999 May 12
item V7877/VHS
Sim Coast /99 Planning Comm. 5/12/99 #2
1999 May 12
item V7878/VHS
Zero Point Part II Gregg Brandon
undated
item V7879/VHS
Environmental Studies 1 Marc McGinnes Thursday 12/02/99
1999 December 2
item V7881/VHS
Sim Coast County Board Supervisors 5/27/98
1998 May 5
item V7882/VHS
Sim Coast '01 B/S
undated
item V7883/VHS
Sim Coast, ES 126 Sim Vision Episode #2, #3,#4,#5
undated
item V7884/VHS
ES 125 11/3/97 - Monday
1997 November 3
item V7886 /VHS
Santa Barbara County Planning Commision 2/19/97 - Briefing w/ County Counsel
1997 February 19
item V7887/VHS
ES 125 10/8/97 - Wednesday
1997 October 8
item V7888/VHS
ES 21 3/3/98 Tuesday
1998 March 3
item V7889/VHS
ES 21 2/26/98 Thursday
1998 February 26
item V7890/VHS
ES 21 1/6/98 - Tuesday
1998 January 6
item V7891/VHS
Sim City New TV #1 #2 #3 #4
undated
item V7892/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Thusday 11/18/99
1999 November 18
item V7893/VHS
Environmental Studies 1, Marc McGinnes Thursday 11/11/99
1999 November 11
item V7894/VHS
ES 21 1/22/98 Thursday
1998 January 22
item V7895/VHS
ES 125 10/31/97 -- Friday
1997 October 31
item V7896/VHS
ES 125 11/12/97 -- Wednesday
1997 November 12
item V7897/VHS
ES 125 10/17/97 -- Friday
1997 October 17
item V7898/VHS
ES 125 11/14/97 -- Friday
1997 November 14
item V7899/VHS
ES 125 10/15/97 -- Wednesday
1997 October 15
item V7900/VHS
ES 125 11/7/97 -- Friday ES 125 11/10/97 - Monday
1997
item V7901/VHS
ES 125 10/20/97 -- Monday
1997 October 20
item V7902/VHS
ES 125 10/24/97 -- Friday
1997 October 24
item V7903/VHS
ES 125 11/17/97 -- Monday
1997 November 17
item V7904/VHS
ES 125 12/3/97 -- Wednesday
1997 December 3
item V7905/VHS
ES 125 12/5/97 -- Friday
1997 December 5
item V7906/VHS
ES 125 10/22/97 -- Wednesday
1997 October 22
item V7907/VHS
ES 125 10/10/97 -- Friday
1997 October 10
item V7908/VHS
ES 125 11/5/97 -- Wednesday
1997 November 5
item V7909/VHS
ES 125 11/24/97 -- Monday
1997 November 24
item V7910/VHS
ES 125 11/21/97 -- Friday
1997 November 21
item V7911/VHS
ES 125 10/13/97 -- Monday
1997 October 13
item V7912/VHS
ES 125 12/1/97 -- Monday
1997 December 1
item V7913/VHS
ES 125 11/19/97 -- Wednesday
1997 November 19
item V7914/VHS
ES 125 10/6/97 -- Monday
1997 October 6
item V7915/VHS
ES 125 10/3/97 -- Friday
1997 October 3
item V7916/VHS
ES 21 1/28/99 -- Thursday, Alice Alldredge
1999 January 28
item V7917/VHS
ES 21 2/18/99 -- Thursday, Deborah Anderson
1999 February 18
item V7918/VHS
ES 21 2/25/99 -- Thursday, Rudolf de Groot
1999 February 25
item V7919/VHS
Environmental Studies 21 1/14/99 -- Thursday
1999 January 14
item V7920/VHS
ES 21 3/11/99 -- Thursday
1999 March 11
item V7921/VHS
ES 21 3/16/99 -- Tuesday
1999 March 16
item V7922/VHS
ES 21 2/9/99 -- Tuesday, UN (United Nations) conference
1999 February 9
item V7923/VHS
ES 21 2/23/99 -- Tuesday
1999 February 23
item V7924/VHS
ES 21 3/18/99 -- Thursday, Student Visions
1999 March 18
item V7925/VHS
ES 21 2/16/99 -- Tuesday, Affluenza
1999 February 16
item V7926/VHS
ES 21 3/02/99 -- Tuesday
1999 March 2
item V7927/VHS
ES 21 2/2/99 -- Tuesday
1999 Febraury 2
item V7928/VHS
ES 21 1/26 -- Tuesday, France Cordeka
undated
item V7929/VHS
ES 21 1/21/99 -- Thursday
1999 January 21
item V7930/VHS
Environmental Studies 21 1/7/99 -- Thursday
1999 January 7
item V7931/VHS
Environmental Studies 21 1/12/99 -- Tuesday
1999 January 12
item V7932/VHS
Fish Banks LTD. Introduction, game visualization
undated
item V7933/VHS
Untitled videocassette
undated
item V7934/VHS
ES 125, 10/08/97 -- Wednesday
1997 October 8
item V7935/VHS
ES 125, 11/10/97 -- Monday
1997 November 10
item A28757/CS
Marc- PBS radio interview 2/7/03
2003 February 7
item A28758/CS
Marc- PBS radio interview 2/7/03
2003 February 7
item A28759/CS
Iraq #2, microcassette
circa 2003
item A28760/CS
untitled, microcassette
circa 2003
item A28761/CS
untitled, microcassette
circa 2003
Series VI.
2019 Addition
1982-2019
Scope and Content
This addition contains materials, including correspondence, clippings, research files, class notes, and photographs, as well
as audiovisual items, related to McGinnes' environmental law career as well to his activities as a professor in enviromental
studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Box 17, Folder 1
Bar Association section draft
1987-1988
Box 17, Folder 4
Conception Coast Project watersheds and topography map
undated
Box 17, Folder 5
Conference programs
1970 January 28
Box 17, Folder 6
Court cases, parks/public trust
1995
Box 17, Folder 8
EDC [Environmental Defense Center]
2000-2002
Box 17, Folder 9
EDC [Environmental Defense Center] history project
2000
Box 17, Folder 10
ES [Environmental Studies] general
1998-2004
Box 17, Folder 11
ES [Environmental Studies] 197A
1993
Box 17, Folder 13
For Marc and Katey
1982-1991
Box 17, Folder 15
JMM [J. Marc McGinnes] personal items
1993
Box 17, Folder 16
Law as healing art
1980-1991
Box 18, Folder 1
Law as healing art
1989-1992
Box 18, Folder 4
Marc McGinnes press clippings [1]
1980s-2018
Box 18, Folder 5
Marc McGinnes press clippings [2]
1980s-2019
Box 18, Folder 6
Marc McGinnes press clippings [3]
1980s-2019
Box 18, Folder 8
OLLI, Fall 2016, main
2006
Box 19, Folder 1
OLLI, Fall 2016, miscellaneous items
2006
Box 19, Folder 2
Perennial philosophies
1988-1991
Box 19, Folder 4
Principles of environmental law
1980
Box 19, Folder 5
Readings in class
1993-2006
Box 19, Folder 9
Scrapbook originals
1977-1981
Box 19, Folder 10
Teaching abroad
1981-2000
Box 20, Folder 1
UCSB general [1]
1980s-2000s
Box 20, Folder 2
UCSB general [2]
1980s-2000s
Box 20, Folder 3
UCSB general [3]
1980s-2000s
Box 20, Folder 4
University of Oregon
1993
item V11241/VHS
People to people TV: "Peace Congress 2003: January 18 rally"
2003 January 18
item V11242/VHS
Marc at City Visioning
1997 October 10
item V11243/VHS
KEYT-TV "Teaching on stilts"
1994 September 29
item V11244/VHS
SOLSTICE '89 (stilts)
1989
item V11245/VHS
McGinnes Lectures 1, 2, and 3 (part 1)
undated
item V11246/VHS
McGinnes Lecture 3 (part 2)
undated
item V11247/VHS
McGinnes Lectures 4 and 5
undated
item V11248/VHS
Marc, local TV interview
2003 July
item V11249/VHS
People to people TV: "Become the change we seek"
undated
item V11250/DVD
Selma Rubin and Community of life a film by Beezhan Tulu (Living Web films)
2004
item A37354/CS
Frank Frost, Selma Rubin interview about Environmental Defense Center (EDC) history
undated
