Bottoms (Bud) GOO! files, circa 1969-2010

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Summary

Title:
Bud Bottoms GOO! files
Dates:
circa 1969-2010
Creators:
Bottoms, James
Abstract:
This collection consists of materials gathered by Bud Bottoms over the course of his involvement with GOO! (Get Oil Out!), an organziation formed in the aftermath of the 1969 oil spill in the Santa Barbara Channel, in order to prevent further oil development. Files contain correspondence, oil-related research, clippings, artwork, slides, ephemera, and artifacts.
Extent:
3.8 linear feet (1 document box, 1 half size document box, 2 flat boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Bud Bottoms GOO! files, SBHC Mss 124. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of materials gathered by Bud Bottoms over the course of his involvement with GOO! (Get Oil Out!). Files contain oil-related clippings and graphics by Bottoms and artist Don Freeman, as well as correspondence, ephemera, and issue files maintained by Bottoms over the years. The collection also contains a small selection of slides of the Santa Barbara Channel and beaches in the aftermath of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill.

In addition to the smaller clippings and sketches, the collection contains larger drawings for posters about the 1969 oil spill and GOO!-related events, including a number by Don Freeman, as well as larger GOO!-related artifacts.

Biographical / historical:

Californian James Alfred "Bud" Bottoms (1928-2018) was a founding member of GOO! (Get Oil Out!) in Santa Barbara, California in the aftermath of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. In addition to his activities as an environmental activist, Bottoms worked as an art instructor at Santa Barbara High School for a time, and turned to sculpting, specializing in statues of marine mammals that now adorn the waterfronts of such cities as Santa Barbara, California and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

All of Bottoms' four sons (Timothy, Joseph, Sam, and Ben Bottoms) acted in Hollywood films, including Apocalypse Now! (Joseph Bottoms) and The Last Picture Show (Timothy Bottoms). Bud Bottoms appeared in the 1978 film The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-03-04 14:46:51 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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], Bud Bottoms GOO! files, SBHC Mss 124. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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