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Preliminary Guide to the George Clyde Scrapbooks
SBHC Mss 53
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Title: George Clyde Scrapbooks,
Date (inclusive): 1965-1976
Collection Number: SBHC Mss 53
Creator:
Clyde (George)
Extent:
.9 linear feet
(3 oversize boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur Oversize
Language:
English.
None.
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.
George Clyde Scrapbooks. SBHC Mss 53. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Gift of Mrs. George Clyde, 1983.
George Clyde (1918-1996), a wealthy Montecito native, worked for the
Santa Barbara News-Press for a number of years and was a member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors from 1964 to 1973, which included
the period of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill and its aftermath. During his time on the Board, he is best remembered for
leading the fight against offshore oil leasing.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains three large scrapbooks with clippings of oil stories, many relating to the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil
Spill, but also earlier and later articles, from 1965 to 1976. The clippings are from the
Santa Barbara News-Press, as well as other papers from Santa Barbara to Ventura, and the
Los Angeles Times.