Description
Correspondence, research and subject files (including Chumash, natural resources, wilderness, and women's issues), drafts
of writings, and related materials of the Santa Barbara author of
Black Tide (on the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill),
Love and War: Pearl Harbor through V-J Day, and the acclaimed multi-volume
Saga of California series. Also includes materials on Sisquoc Ranch and Zaca Lake.
Background
The following biographical information is taken from the guide to the Robert Olney Papers at the University of Wyoming, American
Heritage Center:
Extent
ca. 40 linear feet
(48 document boxes, 20 cartons, 2 oversize boxes, 4 audiocassettes, 1 videotape).
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special 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.
Availability
None. Most materials are stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.