Oil Spill Information Center (OSIC) Collection
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Guide to the Oil Spill Information Center (OSIC) Collection, ca. 1923-1973 [bulk dates 1969-1972]
Collection number: SBHC Mss 11
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Information:
- Department of Special Collections
- Davidson Library
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone: (805) 893-3062
- Fax: (805) 893-5749
- Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff; latest revision D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- 06 February 2003
- Latest revision:
- June 16, 2009
- Encoded by:
- David C. Gartrell, A. Demeter
© 2003-2012 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Oil Spill Information Center (OSIC) Collection
Dates: ca. 1923-1973
Bulk Dates: 1969-1972
Collection Number: SBHC Mss 11
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Oil Spill Information Center
Extent:
45 linear feet
(20 document boxes, 1 half-size document box, 31 record containers, 2 oversize boxes, 19 film reels, 1 drawer of slides, and
5 open-reel tapes).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Series I-IX (Boxes 1-51, SRLF; Series X (Box 52, Del Sur); Series XI, XIII (Film and Audiotape sections, Annex 2); Series
XII (Cab. 1:4, Vault); Series XIV (Boxes, 53-54, Del Sur Oversize).
Language:
English.
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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. Film footage KEYT-TV may be viewed and copies made for non-commercial,
educational use, but for commercial use, permission to copy must be obtained from KEYT-TV.
Preferred Citation
Oil Spill Information Center (OSIC) Collection. SBHC Mss 11. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Transfer from UCSB Science and Engineering Library (SEL), 1983.
History
The following information was taken from a 1971 printed pamphlet about the Oil Information Center (OSIC):
The Oil Spill Information Center was established in March, 1969, in order to answer an immediate need for information on the
causes, effects, and subsequent implications of the Santa Barbara Channel oil spill of January 28, 1969. Initial collection
efforts centered around material which was available at the time only locally.
Within a few months, however, it became apparent that documentation of the Santa Barbara incident was but part of much larger
and more urgent need for a comprehensive documentation program on all offshore oil pollution phenomena, particularly in relation
to consequences and effective abatement measures. In view of the fact that no facility existed in the United States that offered
a readily available, comprehensive, and organized collection of relevant material on the subject, the Center began to develop
a systematic program of bibliographic searching, acquiring, indexing, and disseminating all information pertaining to offshore
oil spill events on a global scale, whether of natural, technological, intentional or accidental origin. As a result, the
Center has expanded into an international documentation network covering all offshore oil spills and related aspects, with
a literature survey and collection effort dating to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 (Submerged Lands Act, May 22, 1953 [67
Stat. 29], also called Public Law 83-31).
At present the Center's information resources contain more than 10,000 items represented in a wide variety of source material,
including newspaper and journal articles; local, state, and federal legislative hearings; technical and government contract
reports; maps and aerial photographs; slides; video tapes and films; monographs, symposia, and conference proceedings; patents
and theses. More than two hundred tanker incidents and major drilling accidents are documented in this collection, including
the
Torrey Canyon spill off the Cornwall Coast of England, the
Ocean Eagle off Puerto Rico, and the
Arrow off Nova Scotia. The Santa Barbara Channel spill is comprehensively documented."
The Oil Spill Information Center was closed June 30, 1972, due to lack of ongoing financial support. The collection was transferred
to Special Collections in 1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
The four-volume publication
Oil Pollution: An Index-Catalog to the Collection of the Oil Spill Information Center (Santa Barbara: University Library, UCSB, 1972) serves as a guide to specific items in the collection. Copies of the index
are located in Special Collections and the Sciences and Engineering Library (SEL) [Z7173.W3 C3)].
Citations in the index include locations (OSIC, SEL, Map Room, GP, etc.) and reference numbers. The OSIC citations refer to
the material now housed in Special Collections as SBHC Mss 11. Additional oil spill material is housed in other parts of the
library. Many of these items have been cataloged separately and can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.
The following is a key to the Oil Pollution references:
- AP = Aerial Photograph (in Map and Imagery Lab [MIL])
- F = Film
- GP = Government Publication
- JO = Journal
- LE = Letter
- ML = Miscellaneous
- MO = Monograph
- NE = Newspaper
- PA = Pamphlet
- PH = Photograph
- PO = Poster
- PT = Patent
- SL = Slide
- TA = Tape
- TR = Technical Report
- UN = Unpublished Research, Speeches
- VT = Videotape
Arrangement
The collection contains the following series, which are listed in roughly the same order as originally received:
Series I: Newspapers (Boxes 1-15: 55 binders), 1967-1972. Primarily clippings of articles, letters to the editor, and cartoons from the
Santa Barbara News-Press and other California newspapers. Contains several sections, the binders for each being numbered separately. These are; Miscellaneous
Newspapers, 1969-1970 (12 binders), Collected Cartoons, ca. 1967-1970 (1 binder),
Santa Barbara News-Press Letters to the Editor, 1969 (5 binders),
Santa Barbara News-Press Articles, 1969 (12 binders),
Santa Barbara News-Press Articles, 1970 (11 binders),
Santa Barbara News-Press Letters, 1970-1972; Selected Cartoons, 1969-1972 (1 binder), All Newspapers, 1970-1972 (12 binders), Unnumbered Newspaper
Articles, 1969 (1 binder).
Series II: Pamphlets (Box 16: 3 binders), ca. 1963-1972. Includes announcements, flyers, programs, brochures, technical specifications, data sheets,
proposals, and advertisements.
Series III: Patents (Box 16: 1 binder), 1967-1971. Photocopies, mainly relating to removal of oil films from water.
Series IV: Government Publications (Boxes 17-22), ca. 1923-1972. Copies of local, California, and U.S. materials such as hearings, statements, news releases,
reports, bills, resolutions, regulations, laws and statutes. Also some items from other states and countries.
Series V: Journals (Boxes 23-36: 57 binders), ca. 1936-1972. Primarily copies of articles in journals, magazines, newsletters, and bulletins.
Contains four sections, the binders for each being numbered separately. These are: Santa Barbara Case (6 binders), General
Pollution (27 binders), Other Cases (6 binders), and General (18 binders).
Series VI: Letters (Box 36: 1 binder), ca. 1967-1971. Mainly copies of memos and letters from private individuals, geologists and other experts,
legislators, and from oil companies to employees.
Series VII: Monographs (Boxes 37-47), ca. 1964-1973. Mainly items with identified authors and titles, such as papers, reports, plans, and chapters
from books.
Series VIII: Technical Reports (Box 48), 1967, 1970. Three items, including a bibliography on oil pollution of marine waters.
Series IX: Miscellany (Boxes 49-51), ca. 1969-1972. OSIC office files, as well as clippings, blueprints, maps, and reports apparently not filed
in other series.
Series X: Photographs (Box 52), 1969. Photos (b/w and color prints) taken by several individuals.
Series XI: Film (19 black and white reels), 1969. KEYT-TV news film footage of the Oil Spill. Film may be viewed and copies made for non-commercial,
educational use. For commercial use, permission to copy must be obtained from KEYT-TV.
Series XII: Slides (1 drawer), 1969. Color.
Series XIII: Audiotapes (5 open reel tapes), 1969, n.d. Dubridge Panel Report and Tempest in the Sea Lecture Series.
Series XIV: Oversize (Boxes 53-54), 1969-1970. Newspaper articles, journal articles, beach use survey; bound
Santa Barbara News-Press.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Oil Spill Information Center
Related Materials in UCSB Special Collections
California Coastal Commission Collection (SBHC Mss 39).
Clyde (George) Scrapbooks (SBHC Mss 53).
County Resource Management Office (CRMO) Collection (SBHC Mss 25).
Easton (Robert O.) Collection (SBHC Mss 6).
Get Oil Out (GOO) Collection (SBHC Mss 10).
Rand (William Whitehill) Papers (SBHC Mss 46).
Saadi (Ruth) Collection (SBHC Mss 14).
Santa Barbara Oil Spill Scrapbook (SBHC Mss 52).
Sharp (Robert C.) Collection (SBHC Mss 7).
Smith (Dick) Collection (SBHC Mss 56).
Sollen (Robert) Collection (SBHC Mss 33).
Von Breton (Harriette) Papers (SBHC Mss 8).
Weigand, et al, v. County, et al (Channel Island Drilling) Collection (SBHC Mss 31).
Series 1.
Newspapers
1969-1970
Additional Note
55 binders. NE = Newspaper.
Subseries 1.
Miscellaneous Newspapers
1969-1970
Additional Note
12 binders.
Box 1
NE1 - NE77,
Oct. 4, 1967-Feb. 8, 1969
Box 1
NE78 - NE178,
Feb. 9-24, 1969
Box 1
NE179 - NE288,
Feb. 25-Mar. 31, 1969
Box 1
NE289 - NE405,
Apr. 1-May 11, 1969
Box 2
NE406 - NE509,
May 12-July 16, 1969
Box 2
NE510 - NE618,
July 17-Oct. 31, 1969
Box 2
NE619 - NE733,
Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 1969
Box 2
NE734 - NE854,
Jan. 1-Feb. 10, 1970
Box 3
NE855 - NE959,
Feb. 11-Mar. 4, 1970
Box 3
NE960 - NE1065,
Mar. 5-24, 1970
Box 3
NE1066 - NE 1176,
Mar. 25-Apr. 30, 1970
Box 3
NE1177 - NE1281,
May 1-Sept. 22, 1970
Subseries 2.
Collected Cartoons
ca. 1967-1970
Box 4
NE1400 - NE1419,
ca. 1967-1970
Subseries 3.
Santa Barbara News-Press Letters to the Editor
1969
Additional Note
5 binders.
Box 4
NE2006, Nos. 1-155,
Jan. 28-Feb. 12, 1969
Box 4
NE2006, Nos. 156-317,
Feb. 13-23, 1969
Box 5
NE2006, Nos. 318-448,
Feb. 24-Mar. 17, 1969
Box 5
NE2006, Nos. 449-575,
Mar. 18-June 8, 1969
Box 5
NE2006, Nos. 576-646,
June 10-Dec. 29, 1969
Subseries 4.
Santa Barbara News-Press Articles
1969
Additional Note
12 binders
Box 5
NE2000 - NE2165,
Jan. 5-Feb. 1, 1969
Box 6
NE2169 - NE2449,
Feb. 10-18, 1969
Box 6
NE2452 - NE2709,
Feb. 19-28, 1969
Box 6
NE2710 - NE2887,
Mar. 1-17, 1969
Box 7
NE2889 - NE3088,
Mar. 18-Apr. 14, 1969
Box 7
NE3092 - NE3325,
Apr. 15-May 14, 1969
Box 7
NE3328 - NE3478,
May 15 - June 11, 1969
Box 8
NE3479 - NE3631,
June 12-July 14, 1969
Box 8
NE3632 - NE3766,
July 15-Aug. 18, 1969
Box 8
NE3767 - NE3943,
Aug. 19-Oct. 7, 1969
Box 9
NE3944 - NE4102,
Oct. 8-Nov. 26, 1969
Box 9
NE4104 - NE4253,
Nov. 27-Dec. 31, 1969
Subseries 5.
Santa Barbara News-Press Articles
1970
Additional Note
11 binders
Box 9
NE4254 - NE4314,
Jan. 1-18, 1970
Box 9
NE4315 - NE4372,
Jan. 19-28, 1970
Box 10
NE4373 - NE4429,
Jan. 29-Feb. 10, 1970
Box 10
NE4430 - NE4472,
Feb. 11-20, 1970
Box 10
NE4473 - NE4527,
Feb. 21-Mar. 12, 1970
Box 10
NE4528 - NE4595,
Mar. 13-Apr. 1, 1970
Box 11
NE4596 - NE4643,
Apr. 2-24, 1970
Box 11
NE4644 - NE4719,
Apr. 25-June 24, 1970
Box 11
NE4720 - NE4797,
June 25-July 31, 1970
Box 11
NE4798 - NE4872,
Aug. 1-Sept. 15, 1970
Box 12
NE4873 - NE4930,
Sept. 16-Nov. 16, 1970
Subseries 6.
Santa Barbara News-Press Letters
1970-1972
Subseries 7.
Selected Cartoons
1969-1972
Additional Note
1 binder.
Box 12
NE5001, Nos. 1-35,
1969-1972
Subseries 8.
All Newspapers
1970-1972
Additional Note
12 binders. Includes some
SBNP.
Box 12
NE6000 - NE6123,
ca. May-Dec. 1970
Box 12
NE6124 - NE6392,
ca. Dec. 1970-Jan. 1971
Box 13
NE6393 - NE 6631,
ca. Jan-Feb. 1970
Box 13
NE6632 - NE6956,
ca. Dec. 1970-Mar. 1971
Box 13
NE6957 - NE7189,
ca. Feb. 1969-Apr. 1971
Box 13
NE7190 - NE7379,
ca. Feb. 1969-May 1971
Box 14
NE7380 - NE7534,
ca. Feb. 1969-May 1971
Box 14
NE7535 - NE8172,
ca. Feb. 1969-May 1971
Box 14
NE8173 - NE8377,
ca. Feb. 1969 - July 1971
Box 14
NE8385 - NE8916,
ca. Apr-Sept. 1971
Box 15
NE8926 - NE9316,
ca. Apr. 1971-Jan. 1972
Box 15
NE9317 - NE9520,
ca. Jan. 1971-Mar. 1972
Box 15
NE9521 - NE9582,
ca. Nov. 1971-Apr. 1972
Subseries 9.
Unnumbered Newspaper Articles
1969
Additional Note
1 binder. Mainly
SBNP.
Series 2.
Pamphlets
ca. 1963-1972
Additional Note
3 binders. PA = Pamphlet. Includes announcements, flyers, programs, brochures, technical specifications, data sheets, proposals,
and advertisements.
Series 3.
Patents
1967-1971
Additional Note
1 binder. PT = Patent. Photocopies, mainly relating to removal of oil films from water.
Series 4.
Government Publications
ca. 1923-1972
Additional Note
Boxes 17-22. GP = Government Publication. Copies of local, California, and U.S. materials such as hearings, statements, news
releases, reports, bills, resolutions, regulations, laws and statutes. Also some items from other states and countries.
Series 5.
Journals
Additional Note
6 binders. JO = Journal.
Subseries 1.
Santa Barbara Case
Additional Note
57 binders.
Subseries 2.
General Pollution
Additional Note
27 binders.
Subseries 3.
Other Cases
Additional Note
6 binders.
Subseries 4.
General
Additional Note
18 binders.
Series 6.
Letters
ca. 1967-1971
Additional Note
Box 36: 1 binder. LE = Letter. Mainly copies of memos and letters from private individuals, geologists and other experts,
legislators, and from oil companies to employees.
Series 7.
Monographs
ca. 1964-1973
Additional Note
Boxes 37-47. MO = Monograph. Mainly items with identified authors and titles, such as papers, reports, plans, and chapters
from books.
Series 8.
Technical Reports
1967,
1970
Additional Note
Box 48. TR = Technical Report. Three items, including a bibliography on oil pollution of marine waters.
Series 9.
Miscellany
ca. 1969-1972
Additional Note
Boxes 49-51. OSIC office files, as well as clippings, blueprints, maps, and reports apparently not filed in other series.
Box 49-51
OSIC Office files, including correspondence re building and maintaining the collection; clippings, blueprints, maps, reports,
ca. 1969-1972
Series 10.
Photographs
1969
Additional Note
Box 52. Photos (b/w and color prints) taken by several individuals.
Box 52
Photos (b/w and color prints) taken by several individuals,
1969
Series 11.
Film
1969
Additional Note
19 black and white reels. KEYT-TV news film footage of the Oil Spill. Film may be viewed and copies made for non-commercial,
educational use. For commercial use, permission to copy must be obtained from KEYT-TV.
A/V Items VO436-O454/F1
19 black and white reels, KEYT-TV news film footage of the Oil Spill,
1969
Series 12.
Slides
1969
Additional Note
1 drawer. Color.
Cabinet 1: 4
Unnumbered slides relating to the Oil Spill,
1969
Series 13.
Audiotapes
1969,
n.d.
Additional Note
5 open reel tapes. Dubridge Panel Report and Tempest in the Sea Lecture Series.
A/V Item A5017/R7
Dubridge Panel Report - John Steinhart (member of Pres. Nixon's Office of Science & Technology)
Tempest in the Sea Lecture Series
Series 14.
Oversize
1969-1970
Additional Note
Boxes 53-54. Newspaper articles, journal articles, beach use survey; bound
Santa Barbara News-Press. NE = Newspaper.
Box 53
Newspaper articles, journal articles, beach use survey,
1970
Box 54
NE 5500 - Newspapers (bound),
Santa Barbara News-Press,
1969-1970
