3. Save Our Coast

Series Three: Save Our Coast features materials from Mary Frampton’s time directing this organization to advocate for various environmental causes in Malibu. Frampton was particularly interested in establishing a Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Malibu, but she was also involved in many other causes, such as cleaning up the Malibu watershed and Lagoon, preventing L.A. County from building sewers in Malibu, fighting for Malibu cityhood, campaigning to free Keiko (the orca used in the film Free Willy), defending dolphins and sea life in general, and educating schoolchildren about the importance of caring for the environment. This series contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, reports, artwork and memorabilia reflecting Frampton’s involvement with these causes. Notably, this series contains posters and essays created by elementary school children in 1989 as part of a city-wide contest promoting awareness around protecting coastal ecosystems.