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California Department of Conservation offshore oil and gas platform slide collection
Mss 366
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Title: California Department of Conservation offshore oil and gas platform slide collection
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 366
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.8 linear feet
(9 document boxes, 5 half-size document boxes)
Creator:
California. Department of Conservation
Date (inclusive): circa 1969-1990s
Abstract: 35 mm color slides, dating, roughly, from 1969 through the 1990s, gathered by the California Department of Conservation documenting
the history of offshore oil and gas islands and platforms, as well as oil spills and seeps off the Central Coast and Santa
Barbara Channel region of California.
The collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of Item], California Department of Conservation offshore oil and gas platform slide collection, Mss 366. Department
of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert N. Chester, on behalf of the California Department of Conservation, 2018.
35 mm color slides, dating, roughly, from 1969 through the 1990s, gathered by the California Department of Conservation, documenting
the history of offshore oil and gas islands and platforms, as well as oil spills and seeps off the Central Coast and Santa
Barbara Channel region of California.
The collection includes slides of the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969, as well as documentation of natural oil and gas seep
activity offshore. The collection also contains slides of onshore oil and gas activity, including pipelines, as well as harbors,
drills and drillships, oil workers and engineers in various locations, and charts, and maps.
In addition to the 35 mm slides, the collection contains an aerial surveillance book with charts and photographic prints,
providing a comprehensive catalog of offshore oil and gas platforms.
These slides (following original order) have been organized according to the following series: District 1: Southern Area,
District 2: Northern Area, and District 3: Central Area.
Supplied series include: Charts Maps and Graphs, Offshore Aerial Surveillance Flight Book, and Miscellaneous.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Drilling platforms -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Offshore gas industry -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Offshore oil industry -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Oil seepage -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Oil spills -- California -- Santa Barbara Channel -- History
Aerial photographs
Color slides
Maps (documents)
California. Department of Conservation -- Archives