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- Source of title proper: Title from content of the fonds.
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ca. 1979 - ca. 1992 (Creation)
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ca. 35.5 m of textual records and other material
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Fonds consists of the records of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain documenting all aspects of its activities and operations during its 10-year existence from 1981-1991. These include correspondence, minutes and reports, research files, financial records, legal records, publications, ephemera, audio-visual material, realia, and other material created or received by the CCAR and CAPF in the course of their business, and constitute a study in Canada-U.S. environmental relations.
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Physical condition
Includes 33.5 m of textual records, 3 cm of photographs, 0.5 m realia, 23 sound recordings, 14 videorecordings.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 1994. In 1996 1 audio cassette was added: “Acid Rain Retires”, a recording of Michael Perley with Peter Gzowski on “Morningside”, CBC, Nov. 20, 1990.
Arrangement
Fonds is arranged in 6 broad series with sub-series:
- 100. Acid Rain: Canada.
- 200. Acid Rain: United States.
- 300. Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain.
- 400. Acid Rain: Foreign.
- 500. Canadian Acid Precipitation Foundation.
- 700. Non-textual materials.
The first five series numbers are as assigned by the Coalition while series number 700 has been arbitrarily assigned. There is no series 600. CCAR’s complex series, sub-series and file numbering system has been retained and some gaps and inconsistencies in numbering are present.
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Copyright University of Waterloo Library.
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General note
Article featuring a photo taken at the opening of the Papers of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain appeared in January 3, 1996 University of Waterloo Gazette article titled: "Library's special collections have shelves groaning."
General note
Article "Acid in the community" by Jodi Carbert about the donation of the fonds and the history of the Coalition appeared on Page 16 of the February 10, 1995 edition of the Imprint.
Accompanying material
Books forming the library of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain were catalogued and can be found in the University of Waterloo Library catalogue