South Coast Air Quality Management District records, ca. 1955-1983
LSC.1675
Finding aid prepared by Dan Luckenbill and David MacGill; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited
by Josh Fiala.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575
(310) 825-4988
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Finding aid last updated 30 August 2017.
Title: South Coast Air Quality Management District records
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1675
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
61.0 linear feet
(122 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1955-1983
Abstract: The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) formed as a result of the passage of the Lewis Air Quality Management
Act (1976). In 1977, smaller county air pollution control programs merged together to form the AQMD; the AQMD's primary responsibility
is to develop and implement the region's air quality management plan to provide a framework for air pollution control efforts
in the South Coast basin. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, films, slides, reports, and various files
related to the activities of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
South Coast Air Quality Management District (Calif.)
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Technical Information Center, 1991.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], South Coast Air Quality Management District Records (Collection 1675). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
History
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) covers a region in California made up of the non-desert portion of
San Bernardino County in addition to Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties; it formed as a result of the passage of
the Lewis Air Quality Management Act in 1976; in 1977, smaller county air pollution control programs merged together to form
the AQMD; the AQMD's primary responsibility is to develop and implement the region's air quality management plan to provide
a framework for air pollution control efforts in the South Coast basin.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, films, slides, reports, and various files related to the activities of
the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
South Coast Air Quality Management District (Calif.)--Archives.
Air quality management--California, Southern.
Air--Pollution--California, Southern.
Boxes 1-2
There is no Box 1 nor Box 2. The collections starts with Box 3.
Language of Material:
English
Box 4
Revenue, permit conditions, testimony.
Box 5
Procedures, media response.
Box 6
SOHIO, SCAQMD
vs. Barnett Roofing.
Box 7-10
Archive drawer “C”.
General note
Material not in folders.
Box 12
Bi-monthly reports.
1960s
Box 14
Archives drawer “A” and “D”.
Box 19-23
Archive drawer, no label.
Box 35-36, 39-44, 62-69, Box 109-112
Box 37
Photographs and publications.
Box 38
Photographs “names” files.
Box 45
Photographs, includes Olympics.
Box 46-48, 56-58, 88-89, 99-101, Box 113-114
Box 51-52
News releases,
APCD Digest.
1960s-1970s
Box 61
Correspondence, Murray, and Williamson.
Box 73-75
School outreach.
ca. 1980
Box 80-81
T.I.C. Chemical lab reports.
ca. 1983
Box 85-87
Reports, Air Pollution Foundation.
1950s
Box 90-91
Consolidated monthly reports.
1950s
Box 92-93
Laboratory reports.
1970s-1980s
Box 115, 118, Box 116-117, Box 119
Glass slides
General Physical Description note: [5 boxes.]
Box 120
Office biographies (from SCAQMD newsletter?).
Box 121-124
Films
General Physical Description note: [Each box contains 3 reels]
Scope and Contents note
Box 121 contains 3 reels and 4 small boxes of slides.