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Environmental Coalition of Orange County Records
MS.R.164
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Environmental Coalition of Orange County records
Creator:
Environmental Coalition of Orange County, Inc.
(Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.164
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1967-1981
Abstract: This collection consists of materials
related to the Environmental Coalition of Orange County (ECOC), a non-profit environmental
group based in Santa Ana, California. The collection includes subjects divided into various
county environmental issues from the mid-to-late 1970s to the early 1980s. In addition to
correspondence to and from ECOC Executive Director, Harold (Hal) M. Thomas sprinkled
throughout the collection, there are a variety of printed materials on many different local
environmental issues.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
This collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or
to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Environmental Coalition of Orange County Records. MS-R164. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Transferred by UCI Reference Librarian Yvonne Wilson, May 2012.
Processed by Chris S. Ervin, 2012 September.
Formed in 1972, the purpose of the Environmental Coalition of Orange County, Inc. was
stated, "...to preserve and enhance the environmental quality of Orange County." The
Coalition informed its members and the public through its newsletter, "Environmental News"
which was described as a clearinghouse of all environmentally concerned groups and
individuals in Orange County.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of materials related to the Environmental Coalition of Orange
County (ECOC), a non-profit environmental group based in Santa Ana, California. Formed in
1972, the ECOC described itself as a clearinghouse of all environmentally concerned groups
and individuals in Orange County. The collection includes subjects divided into various
county environmental issues from the mid-to-late 1970s to the early 1980s. In addition to
correspondence to and from ECOC Executive Director, Harold (Hal) M. Thomas sprinkled
throughout the collection, there are a variety of printed materials on many different local
environmental issues.
This collection is arranged in 5 series:
- Series 1. Correspondence
- Series 2. Operational records
- Series 3. Program records
- Series 4. Project records
- Series 5. Public relations records
Related material can be found in the following collections:
Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Records (Collection MS-R064). Department of Special Collections and
Archives, University of California, Irvine.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7v19p15z/
Orange County Environmental Issues, Land Use, and Planning Collection (Collection MS-R065).
Department of Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4f59n9gg/
Laguna Beach Historic Survey Board Records, 1980-1981 (Collection MS-R098). Department of
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2h4nb12j/
Ray E. Williams Files on Newport Bay Environmental Issues (Collection MS.R.108). Department
of Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3b69r8n9/
Raymond L. Watson Papers (Collection MS.R.120). Department of Special Collections and
Archives, University of California, Irvine.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt867nf5qj/
August S. Carstens Collection (Collection MSS 0042). Mandeville Special Collections
Library, University of California, San Diego.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6d5nb4pj/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Activists -- California -- Orange County.
Environmental impact statements -- California -- Orange
County.
Environmental protection -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
Land use -- Environmental Aspects -- California -- Orange
County
Environmentalists -- California -- Orange County
Coastal ecology -- California -- Orange County
Regional planning -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources
Open spaces -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources.
Slides -- 20th century.
Maps -- California -- Orange County.
Environmental Coalition of Orange County, Inc.
(Calif.)