Citizens University Committee records
Processed by Celeste Navas and Bianca Lisek, 2015.
Special Collections & University Archives
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University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Citizens University Committee records.
Date (bulk): 1957-1978
Date (inclusive): 1948-2009, undated.
Collection Number: UA 227
Creator:
Citizens University Committee.
Extent:
3.0 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special
Collections
Department.
Abstract: This collection is comprised of material pertaining
tot he Citizens University Committee, a community group founded in 1948 to aid the
development of a University of California campus in Riverside and to strengthen
relations within the community. Includes membership records, development proposals
for the University of California, Riverside campus, scholarship funds, and project
books. Correspondence with Gordon B. Watkins, University of California, Riverside's
first provost and Robert Gordon Sproul,the President of University of California
system from 1930-1958, lectures from visiting professors in the early years of the
University of California, Riverside, and audiovisual material featuring Judge John
Gabbert, one of the community members instrumental with the founding of the campus,
are also included.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Citizens University Committee records
(UA 227). Special Collections & University Archives, UCR Library, University of
California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
The Citizens University Committee records was acquired as a gift in 2009.
Processing History
Processed by Celeste Navas and Bianca Lisek, 2015.
Processing of the Citizens University Committee records was completed by
undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the
Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in
2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules,
University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts
Curator.
Historical Background
The Citzens University Committee was founded in 1948 to aid the development of a
University of California campus in Riverside and to strengthen relations within the
community. The Citizens University Committee lobbied for and eventually succeeded in
turning the land occupied by the Citrus Experiment Station into an undergraduate
campus of the University of California.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection is comprised of Citizens University Committee membership records,
development proposals for the University of California, Riverside campus,
scholarship funds, and project books. Includes correspondence with Gordon B.
Watkins, University of California, Riverside's first provost and Robert Gordon
Sproul,the President of University of California system from 1930-1958, lectures
from visiting professors in the early years of the University of California,
Riverside, and audiovisual material featuring Judge John Gabbert, one of the
community members instrumental with the founding of the campus.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into eleven series. The series arrangement for this
collection is as follows:
- Series 1. Membership, 1953-1994.
- Series 2. Committees, 1953-1978, undated.
- Series 3. Campus Development Proposals, 1953-1970.
- Series 4. Finances and Scholarship Funds, 1948-1982.
- Series 5. Correspondence, 1948-1982.
- Series 6. Projects, 1965-1971.
- Series 7. Lectures and Speeches, 1959-1973.
- Series 8. Publicity, 1953-1963.
- Series 9. Audiovisual, 1983-2004.
- Series 10. Meetings and Minutes, 1948-2009.
- Series 11. Events, 1953-1981.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Citizens University Committee.
University of California, Riverside.
Genres and Forms of Materials
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Fliers (printed matter).
Minutes.
Series 1.
Membership.
1953-1994.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains membership records.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 1, Folder 1
Citizens University Committee membership records.
1953-1957.
Box 1, Folder 2
Citizens University Committee membership records.
1955-1976, undated.
Box 1, Folder 3
Citizens University Committee membership records.
1963.
Box 1, Folder 4
Citizens University Committee membership records.
1965-1994.
Box 1, Folder 5
Citizens University Committee membership records.
1969-1970.
Box 1, Folder 6
Citizens University Committee membership records.
1971-1979.
Series 2.
Committees.
1953-1978, undated.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains membership and contact lists regarding the Citizens
University Committee Scholarship Committee.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 1, Folder 7
Scholarship Committee - Campus Community Coalition.
undated.
Box 1, Folder 8
Citizens University Committee qualifications and applications for
Scholarship.
undated.
Box 1, Folder 9
Finance and Scholarship Committee.
1953-1968.
Box 1, Folder 10
Citizens University Committee - Executive Committee.
1962-1965.
Box 1, Folder 11
Citizens University Committee - Executive Committee
members.
1964-1970.
Box 1, Folder 12
Solicitations for Contributions.
1968-1977.
Box 1, Folder 13
Recipients of Scholarships.
1972-1976.
Box 1, Folder 14
Scholarship applicants.
1977-1978.
Series 3.
Campus Development Proposals.
1953-1970.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains plans and proposals for the creation and development of
the University of California, Riverside campus.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 1, Folder 15
Land Use in University Zone.
1953-1961.
Box 1, Folder 16
Appraisal to transfer agriculture from Los Angeles, California to
Riverside, California.
1958-1959.
Box 1, Folder 17
College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences.
1957-1959.
Box 1, Folder 18
College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences.
1960.
Box 1, Folder 19
College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences -
reorganization.
1967-1970.
Series 4.
Finances and Scholarship Funds.
1948-1982.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains financial statements and scholarship fund
information.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 1, Folder 20
Scholarship Committee Fund.
1954-1963.
Box 1, Folder 21
Annual Scholarship and Summary Statements.
1955-1962.
Box 1, Folder 22
Donald Adams Memorial Scholarship Fund.
1963-1966.
Box 1, Folder 23
The Haynes Foundation and Undergraduate Scholarship.
1963-1971.
Box 1, Folder 24
Tom Gore Scholarship Fund.
1966-1967.
Box 1, Folder 25
Funds Collected for Special Events.
1966-1971.
Box 1, Folder 26
Financial Statements.
1970-1974.
Box 1, Folder 27
Financial Statements.
1981-1982.
Box 1, Folder 28
Financial Records.
1948-1964.
Box 1, Folder 29
Financial Records.
1958-1972.
Box 1, Folder 30
Financial Records.
1963-1968.
Box 1, Folder 31
Financial Records.
1972-1981.
Series 5.
Correspondence.
1948-1982.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains correspondence with the members of the Citizens
University Committee and the Scholarship Committee. It includes
correspondence with Gordon B. Watkins, University of California, Riverside's
first provost and Robert Gordon Sproul,the President of University of
California system from 1930-1958. It also includes constituent
correspondence involving development, finances, and scholarship funds.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 2, Folder 1
General Correspondence.
1948-1957.
Box 2, Folder 1
General Correspondence.
1961-1963.
Box 2, Folder 3
General Correspondence.
1962-1964.
Box 2, Folder 4
General Correspondence.
1965-1980.
Box 2, Folder 5
General Correspondence.
1969.
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence - Citizens University Committee.
1948-1957.
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence - Scholarship Committee.
1966-1982.
Box 2, Folder 8
Constituent Correspondence - Development.
1953-1958.
Box 2, Folder 9
Constituent Correspondence - Development.
1958-1966.
Box 2, Folder 10
Constituent Correspondence - Development.
1964-1972.
Box 2, Folder 11
Constituent Correspondence - Finances and Scholarship
Funds.
1970-1972.
Box 2, Folder 12
Constituent Correspondence - Finances and Scholarship
Funds.
1973-1977.
Box 2, Folder 13
Constituent Correspondence - Finances and Scholarship
Funds.
1978-1981.
Series 6.
Projects.
1965-1971.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains materials from project books and the faculty club
building project.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 2, Folder 14
General Planning Citizens Committee.
1965.
Box 2, Folder 16
Faculty Club building project.
1966-1971.
Series 7.
Lectures and Speeches.
1959-1973.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains lectures and speeches from professors, chancellors, and
other administrative leaders who were members of the Citizens University
Committee.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 2, Folder 20
Speech by Thomas J. Cunningham.
1959.
Series 8.
Publicity.
1953-1963.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains brochures and documents about Citizens University
Committee events.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 2, Folder 21
Publicity - Newsclippings.
1953-1961.
Box 2, Folder 22
Publicity - Special Projects Brochure.
1962.
Box 2, Folder 23
Publicity - Opportunities for Sharing.
1962-1963.
Series 9.
Audiovisual.
1983-2004.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains videocassettes of Judge John Gabbert's
presentations.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box number.
Box 2
Judge John Gabbert Breakfast Presentation.
1983.
Box 2
Citizens University Committee- Gabbert Presentation.
2004.
Series 10.
Meetings and Minutes.
1948-2009.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains annual meeting minutes.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 3, Folder 1
Annual and Annual Dinner Meeting.
1957.
Box 3, Folder 2
Committee Meetings.
1958-1959.
Box 3, Folder 3
General Meeting Notices.
1960-1962.
Box 3, Folder 4
Annual Meeting Notes.
1965.
Box 3, Folder 5
Citizens University Committee Chairman Meetings.
1967-1973.
Box 3, Folder 7
Annual Meeting - Minutes.
1969.
Box 3, Folder 13
Executive Committee and General Meetings.
1968-1970.
Box 3, Folder 14
Meetings and Meeting Minutes.
1968-1971.
Box 3, Folder 15
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Meetings with committee
members.
1970-1975.
Box 3, Folder 16
General Meetings and Articles of Association.
1971.
Box 3, Folder 17
Minutes of the Scholarship committee meeting.
1977-1978.
Series 11.
Events.
1953-1981.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains notes and fliers regarding events on the University of
California, Riverside campus.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 3, Folder 55
Events - Rivera Luncheon.
1981.
