Preserving California's environmental history: processing the records of the Environmental Affairs Agency

Project (M.A., History (Public History)) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2009.The California State Archives houses the historic records of the Environmental Affairs\ud Agency, the predecessor to the California Environmental Protection Agency. While\ud available to the public, their state of disorganization meant that accessing them for\ud specific research purposes was virtually impossible. In order to facilitate public access to\ud the records, the Graduate Intern arranged and described the records according to archival\ud principles. A multitude of sources were used to complete this thesis project, including archival\ud record collections housed at the California State Archives, manuals, publications, and\ud internet articles. By arranging and describing the records of the Environmental Affairs Agency, the intern\ud provided a means for the public to access this archival collection.History (Public History