The Marvin Levine 1969 Oil Spill Papers cover the 5-year period from the 1969 Santa Barbara Channel oil spill to 1974 when a settlement was reached between Santa Barbara County and Union Oil. The collection contains correspondence, court documents, congressional testimony, press releases, technical data, and news clips related to County Counsel Marvin Levine's involvement in successfully holding Union Oil responsible for clean-up of the disaster.