South Coast Air Quality Management District records, ca. 1955-1983 LSC.1675

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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

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3222200 

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 3-5

Archive drawer “E”.

Box 3

Unlabeled.

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 11-13

Archive drawer “A”.

Box 12

Bi-monthly reports. 1960s

Box 14

Archives drawer “A” and “D”.

Box 15-18

Archive drawer “D”.

Box 19-23

Archive drawer, no label.

Box 19

Eye irritation.

Box 24-26

Archive drawer “F”

Box 24-25

Riverside County.

Box 26

Ventura County.

Box 27-33

Stenographer.

Box 34

Meteorology. 1970s

Box 35-36, 39-44, 62-69, Box 109-112

Photographs.

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

Files

Box 46-48

Files. late 1950s

Box 88-89

Files. late 1970s

Box 99-101

Files early 1970s

Box 49-50

Monthly distribution.

Box 51-52

News releases, APCD Digest. 1960s-1970s

Box 53-55

El Paso Natural Gas.

Box 59-60

News releases. 1965-1977

Box 61

Correspondence, Murray, and Williamson.

Box 62

“Misc”.

Box 65

Newsletter. 1960s

Box 71-73, 76-79

Reports, photographs.

Box 73

Reports. ca. 1980, 1983

Box 72-72

Reports. ca. 1980

Box 73-75

School outreach. ca. 1980

Box 80-81

T.I.C. Chemical lab reports. ca. 1983

 

Alphabetical Files

Box 82

“R”. 1950s-1960s

Box 83

“R - S”.

Box 84

“S”.

Box 85-87

Reports, Air Pollution Foundation. 1950s

Box 90-91

Consolidated monthly reports. 1950s

Box 92-93

Laboratory reports. 1970s-1980s

Box 94-98

Archive drawer “B”.

Box 102

Negatives, microfiche.

Box 103-108

Motion pictures.

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.