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Guide to the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records, Addendum (ANR-2)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-96-40

Scope and Contents

This collection, which is a continuation of the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records --MSS 94-29 (1974-1994, bulk dates 1978-86), covers the period of 1980-1998 with the bulk of the materials from 1989-96. The materials in the collection document anti-smoking activities on a national and international scale, focusing primarily on legislation and litigation, although it also includes some program materials relating to California Proposition 99-funded educational projects. The collection includes clippings, correspondence, educational and promotional materials, petitions, legal documents, and videotapes. The materials in this collection fall into three overlapping series. The first series, Adminstrative Files, includes a wide variety of materials including correspondence, newsletters, petitions, legal documents, and program materials. The second series, Subject Files, comprises material from ANR's "Master File" of reference materials and is primarily made up of clippings and other ephemera. The third series, Media, contains tobacco control magazines and newsletters ( Tobacco Observer, In Time), videotapes, audio tapes and a copy of the film, "Death in the West." A large quantity of printed books and monographs were included in the donation; a few significant books included in the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1980-1998

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Organizational History

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) was established in 1976 as the Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) when several local GASP chapters across California merged and incorporated. In 1981 California GASP became Californians for Nonsmokers' Rights (CNR). CNR went national in 1986 and became ANR. ANR advocates the rights of nonsmokers. It has been involved in political campaigns in California for Propositions 5 (1977-1978), 10 (1979-1980), and 99 (1986), and against Proposition 188 (1994). ANR has put nonsmokers' rights on the national agenda, by working to ban smoking on airline flights, and upholding the Environmental Protection Agency's risk assessment of secondhand smoke as a carcinogen. ANR works with cities and counties to enact local ordinances to protect nonsmokers on the job, in restaurants and public places, and on public transportation. ANR has established a National Resource Center to provide information and technical assistance to government agencies, local advocates and the media. ANR's mission, history, and programs are described on their Web site at http://www.no-smoke.org/ .

Extent

8.15 Linear Feet (5 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversized box)

Abstract

This collection is a continuation of the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records (MSS 94-29), and covers the period of 1980-1996. The materials in the collection document anti-smoking activities on a national and international scale, focusing primarily on legislation and litigation, although it also includes some program materials relating to California Proposition 99-funded educational projects.

Arrangement

Collection is divided into three series: Administartive Files, Subject Files, and Media

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.

Accruals

No future additions are expected.

Related Collections

The collection is part of the Tobacco Control Archives Collection. Learn more about related collections by contacting the UCSF Archivist or visiting https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/tobacco/.

Processing Information

Processed by Julia Bazar and Arel Lucas in 2002.

Title
Guide to the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records, Addendum (ANR-2)
Date
October 2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
UCSF Kalmanovitz Library
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San Francisco CA 94143-0840 USA