Descriptive Summary
Emmott, Sarah H.
Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection1960's-1980'sMSS.0260
3.75 Linear feet,
4 boxes
Materials are in English.
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials gathered by Sarah H. Emmott in the course of her active work in the environmental movement in Houston from the 1960's onward, together with the library of the Texas Coastal & Marine Council.
Arrangement
Box 1 contains miscellaneous papers concerning the Citizens Environmental Coalition and Citizens Environmental Coalition Education Fund, mainly minutes of meetings and reports of activities, plus a few clippings on Sarah and Army Emmott, other environmentalists and environmental issues. Boxes 2-4 contain scrapbooks of clippings, letters, etc., on environmental topics, mainly concerning Texas, from 1965 through 1974.
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
Related Archival Materials note
RG F 019: Citizens Environmental Coalition Collection
Separated Materials note
38 boxes of magazines and governmental and non-governmental reports and other publications on a wide range of environmental issues, including the Texas Coastal & Marine Council Library, have been placed in the Citizens Environmental Coalition Library where they may be consulted.
Preferred Citation
Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection. MSS 260. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Acquisition Information
Donated by: Sarah H. Emmott, 1984.
Index Terms
Citizens Environmental Coalition
Emmott, Sarah H.
Environmental movements
Environmentalists--Texas--Houston
Environmental Papers
1
1
Miscellaneous Citizens Environmental Coalition Education Fund (CECEF) Papers,
1973-1980
1
2
Citizens Environmental Coalition (CEC). Platform. Rough Drafts,
April and
August, 1973
1
3
Recycle Day report. CECEF Delegates, officers, budget,
1974
1
4
CECEF Houston Ship Channel Inquiry Report,
1974
1
5
Miscellaneous clippings on environmental issues,
1967-1981
1
6
Clippings on Sarah and Army Emmott, environmentalists,
January 2, 1990
1974 and
1984; CEC Newsleaf, miscellaneous issues,
CEC Annual meetings
April 1983
1
7
1
8
Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Emmott from environmental groups
1
9
Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues,
1970's
1
10
Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues,
1980's
1
11
Article, notes by Mrs. Emmott on Armand Yramategui,
1985 clipping
1
12
Endorsements and Opinion in support of the proposd historic shrine in honor of Lorenzo de Zavala,
1964
1
13
Hettie Cunningham - the first woman pharmacist in Texas and her husband, James - by Sarah Emmott
1
14
Proceedings of the Texas State Pharmaceutical Association, 1890-1895
1890-1895
1
15
References
Scrapbooks
2
1
Lest we forget - Armand Yramategui
2
2
Artificial Reegs
2
3
Shell Dredging I
2
4
Shell Dredging II
2
5
Galveston - Oil drilling. Shell Dredging - Pelican Island, Galveston Bay & Ship Channel
2
6
Injection Wells; Solid Waste Disposal; Pollution: noise, thermal, heavy metals
2
7
Air Pollution,
1965-1972
2
8
Water Pollution,
1965-1967
2
9
Water Pollution,
1968-1970
3
10
Texas Water Plan,
1969
3
11
Texas Water Plan: Specific Dams,
1967-1973
3
12
Texas Legislature. Consolidated Fund Act,
1964-1973
3
13
Addicks Reservoir,
1961-1973
3
14
U.S. Corps of Engineers. Reports, Meetings, Texas
3
15
Estuaries, National and other states
3
16
Texas Parks,
1963-1967
4
17
Texas: Lorenzo de Zavala park proposal,
1960-1973
4
18
Wildlife Preservation - endangered species,
1965-1973
4
19
Coastal Zone, Texas,
1970-1977
4
20
Nature Conservancy. No dates. Many items by Richard H. Pough.
4
21
Grand Canyon (Preservation) I,
1964-1967
4
22
Grand Canyon II,
1963-1965
4
23
Superports & Population, inc. Texas,
1970-1973
4
24
Alaska Pipeline,
1967-1974
4
25
Pesticides,
1955-1973