Descriptive Summary
Emmott, Sarah H.
Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection
1960's-1980's
Materials
are in English.
MSS 0260
4 boxes
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 onwards, 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.
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.
RG F 019: Citizens Environmental Coalition Collection
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.
Preferred Citation
P 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 TermsSubjectsEnvironmental movementsEnvironmentalists--Texas--HoustonSubjects (Persons)Emmott, Sarah H.Subjects (Organizations)Citizens Environmental CoalitionDetailed DescriptionEnvironmental Papers11Miscellaneous Citizens Environmental Coalition Education Fund (CECEF) Papers, 1973-198012Citizens Environmental Coalition (CEC). Platform. Rough Drafts, April and August, 197313Recycle Day report. CECEF Delegates, officers, budget, 197414CECEF Houston Ship Channel Inquiry Report, 197415Miscellaneous clippings on environmental issues, 1967-198116Clippings on Sarah and Army Emmott, environmentalists, January 2, 199017CEC Annual meetings 1974 and 1984; CEC Newsleaf, miscellaneous issues, April 198318Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Emmott from environmental groups19Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues, 1970's110Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues, 1980's111Article, notes by Mrs. Emmott on Armand Yramategui, 1985clipping112Endorsements and Opinion in support of the proposd historic shrine in honor of Lorenzo de Zavala, 1964113Hettie Cunningham - the first woman pharmacist in Texas nad her husband James - by Sarah Emmott114Proceedings of the Texas State Pharmaceutical Assocation, 1890-1895115ReferencesScrapbooks21Lest we forget - Armand Yramategui22Artificial Reegs23Shell Dredging I24Shell Dredging II25Galveston - Oil drilling. Shell Dredging - Pelican Island, Galveston Bay & Ship Channel26Injection Wells; Solid Waste Disposal; Pollution: noise, thermal, heavy metals27Air Pollution, 1965-197228Water Pollution, 1965-196729Water Pollution, 1968-1970310Texas Water Plan, 1969311Texas Water Plan: Specific Dams, 1967-1973312Texas Legislature. Consolidated Fund Act, 1964-1973313Addicks Reservoir, 1961-1973314U.S. Corps of Engineers. Reports, Meetings, Texas315Estuaries, National and other states316Texas Parks, 1963-1967417Texas: Lorenzo de Zavala park proposal, 1960-1973418Wildlife Preservation - endangered species, 1965-1973419Coastal Zone, Texas, 1970-1977420Nature Conservancy. No dates. Many items by Richard H. Pough.421Grand Canyon (Preservation) I, 1964-1967422Grand Canyon II, 1963-1965423Superports & Population, inc. Texas, 1970-1973424Alaska Pipeline, 1967-1974425Pesticides, 1955-1973