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Descriptive Summary

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Separated Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Environmental Papers

Scrapbooks

Houston Public Library, Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection:

An Inventory of Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorEmmott, Sarah H.
Title Mr. & Mrs. A. V. Emmott Environmental Collection
Inclusive Dates1960's-1980's
IdentificationMSS 0260
Extent4 boxes
LanguageMaterials are in English.
RepositoryHouston 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.

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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.

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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.

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Index Terms

Subjects
Environmental movements
Environmentalists--Texas--Houston
Subjects (Persons)
Emmott, Sarah H.
Subjects (Organizations)
Citizens Environmental Coalition

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Related Material

RG F 019: Citizens Environmental Coalition Collection

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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.

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Administrative Information

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.

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Detailed Description

 

Environmental Papers

BoxFolder
11Miscellaneous Citizens Environmental Coalition Education Fund (CECEF) Papers, 1973-1980
2Citizens Environmental Coalition (CEC). Platform. Rough Drafts, April and August, 1973
3Recycle Day report. CECEF Delegates, officers, budget, 1974
4CECEF Houston Ship Channel Inquiry Report, 1974
5Miscellaneous clippings on environmental issues, 1967-1981
6Clippings on Sarah and Army Emmott, environmentalists, January 2, 1990
7CEC Annual meetings 1974 and 1984; CEC Newsleaf, miscellaneous issues, April 1983
8Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Emmott from environmental groups
9Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues, 1970's
10Miscellaneous letters on environmental issues, 1980's
11Article, notes by Mrs. Emmott on Armand Yramategui, 1985clipping
12Endorsements and Opinion in support of the proposd historic shrine in honor of Lorenzo de Zavala, 1964
13Hettie Cunningham - the first woman pharmacist in Texas nad her husband James - by Sarah Emmott
14Proceedings of the Texas State Pharmaceutical Assocation, 1890-1895
15References

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Scrapbooks

BoxScrapbook
21Lest we forget - Armand Yramategui
2Artificial Reegs
3Shell Dredging I
4Shell Dredging II
5Galveston - Oil drilling. Shell Dredging - Pelican Island, Galveston Bay & Ship Channel
6Injection Wells; Solid Waste Disposal; Pollution: noise, thermal, heavy metals
7Air Pollution, 1965-1972
8Water Pollution, 1965-1967
9Water Pollution, 1968-1970
BoxScrapbook
310Texas Water Plan, 1969
11Texas Water Plan: Specific Dams, 1967-1973
12Texas Legislature. Consolidated Fund Act, 1964-1973
13Addicks Reservoir, 1961-1973
14U.S. Corps of Engineers. Reports, Meetings, Texas
15Estuaries, National and other states
16Texas Parks, 1963-1967
BoxScrapbook
417Texas: Lorenzo de Zavala park proposal, 1960-1973
18Wildlife Preservation - endangered species, 1965-1973
19Coastal Zone, Texas, 1970-1977
20Nature Conservancy. No dates. Many items by Richard H. Pough.
21Grand Canyon (Preservation) I, 1964-1967
22Grand Canyon II, 1963-1965
23Superports & Population, inc. Texas, 1970-1973
24Alaska Pipeline, 1967-1974
25Pesticides, 1955-1973

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