Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection MSS.0260


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Emmott, Sarah H.
	Title:	Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection
	Dates:	1960's-1980's
	Identification:	MSS.0260
	Quantity:	3.75 Linear feet, 4 boxes
	Language:	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	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.

Restrictions

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.


Index Terms

		Citizens Environmental Coalition
		Emmott, Sarah H.
		Environmental movements
		Environmentalists--Texas--Houston

Related Material


	RG F 019: Citizens Environmental Coalition Collection

Separated Material


	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.

Administrative Information

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.

Detailed Description of the Collection



Environmental Papers
Box	Folder
1	1	Miscellaneous Citizens Environmental Coalition Education Fund (CECEF) Papers, 1973-1980
	2	Citizens Environmental Coalition (CEC). Platform. Rough Drafts, April and August, 1973
	3	Recycle Day report. CECEF Delegates, officers, budget, 1974
	4	CECEF Houston Ship Channel Inquiry Report, 1974
	5	Miscellaneous clippings on environmental issues, 1967-1981
	6	Clippings on Sarah and Army Emmott, environmentalists, January 2, 1990
	7	CEC Annual meetings April 1983
	8	Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Emmott from environmental groups
	9	Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues, 1970's
	10	Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues, 1980's
	11	Article, notes by Mrs. Emmott on Armand Yramategui, 1985 clipping
	12	Endorsements and Opinion in support of the proposd historic shrine in honor of Lorenzo de Zavala, 1964
	13	Hettie Cunningham - the first woman pharmacist in Texas and her husband, James - by Sarah Emmott
	14	Proceedings of the Texas State Pharmaceutical Association, 1890-1895 1890-1895
	15	References



Scrapbooks
Box	Scrapbook
2	1	Lest we forget - Armand Yramategui
	2	Artificial Reegs
	3	Shell Dredging I
	4	Shell Dredging II
	5	Galveston - Oil drilling. Shell Dredging - Pelican Island, Galveston Bay & Ship Channel
	6	Injection Wells; Solid Waste Disposal; Pollution: noise, thermal, heavy metals
	7	Air Pollution, 1965-1972
	8	Water Pollution, 1965-1967
	9	Water Pollution, 1968-1970
Box	Scrapbook
3	10	Texas Water Plan, 1969
	11	Texas Water Plan: Specific Dams, 1967-1973
	12	Texas Legislature. Consolidated Fund Act, 1964-1973
	13	Addicks Reservoir, 1961-1973
	14	U.S. Corps of Engineers. Reports, Meetings, Texas
	15	Estuaries, National and other states
	16	Texas Parks, 1963-1967
Box	Scrapbook
4	17	Texas: Lorenzo de Zavala park proposal, 1960-1973
	18	Wildlife Preservation - endangered species, 1965-1973
	19	Coastal Zone, Texas, 1970-1977
	20	Nature Conservancy. No dates. Many items by Richard H. Pough.
	21	Grand Canyon (Preservation) I, 1964-1967
	22	Grand Canyon II, 1963-1965
	23	Superports & Population, inc. Texas, 1970-1973
	24	Alaska Pipeline, 1967-1974
	25	Pesticides, 1955-1973