Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Barry Schuyler papers
- Dates:
- 1973-2001
- Creators:
- Schuyler, Arent Henry, 1923-2011 and Schuyler, Peter T.
- Abstract:
- Papers of Barry Schuyler, founding member of UC Santa Barbara's Environmental Studies program and former lecturer emeritus in Environmental Studies at UCSB.
- Extent:
- 23 Linear Feet; (20 cartons, 2 flat boxes, 1 flat file)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Barry Schuyler papers, UArch FacP 77. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains research and teaching materials compiled and produced by Barry Schuyler, mostly related to his work on oil and gas risk assessments. Also included are several folders of information related to the early operation of UCSB's Environmental Studies Program.
Materials may include analysis reports, proposed and finalized risk assessments, reprints and publications, newspaper clippings, course readers, lecture notes and slide transparencies, correspondence, and other reference materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Arent H. "Barry" Schuyler, Jr. (November 7, 1923 – April 28, 2011) was a founding member and former chairman of UC Santa Barbara's Environmental Studies program and former lecturer emeritus in Environmental Studies at UCSB.
Dr. Schuyler first came to Santa Barbara County in the 1930s to attend Midland School. Staying in the area, he received a B.A. in chemistry from Caltech, an M.S. in biology from UCSB, and a Ph.D. in environmental studies and engineering from UCLA. His research interests focused on energy policies and the hazards and risks of oil and marine operations in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Before teaching at UCSB he taught high school science and math in the Santa Barbara area at Midland School, Polytechnic School, and Laguna Blanca School. In 1970, Dr. Schuyler worked with twenty-one other UCSB faculy to found an Environmental Studies (ES) Program, one of the first educational programs of its kind in the country. He served as chairman of the program for four years, and taught in the program for twenty.
In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Schuyler was the president of the trustees of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, chairman of the board of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, a trustee of the UCSB Foudation, and advised State Senator Gary Hart on matters related to oil and marine operations in Santa Barbara County. He and his wife, Jean, were also members of UCSB's Chancellor's Council and Lancaster Society, and endowed a chair in environmental studies at UCSB.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Peter Schuyler, December 2017.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged by topic into two series:
- Series 1: Oil and Gas Risk Assessments
- Series 2: Research subject files
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Schuyler, Peter T.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-08 11:58:24 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Barry Schuyler papers, UArch FacP 77. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062