Access Restrictions
Use Restrictions
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Related Archival Material
Title: Multiracial Americans of Southern California records
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 373
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.03 linear feet
(1 document box, 20 audiocassettes, 53 videocassettes, 1 DVD)
Creator:
Multiracial Americans of Southern California
Date (inclusive): 1987-2004
Abstract: This collection contains audiovisual and other material including videocassettes, audiocassettes, organizational records,
newsletters, and ephemera documenting the activities of the Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC) from 1987
to 2004.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Multiracial Americans of Southern California records, Mss 373. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Acquisition Information
Gift of Nancy Brown, 2019.
Historical Note
Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC) formed in 1987 as a nonprofit interest group focused on interracial and
intercultural issues specific to racially and culturally blended families, couples, and individuals. MASC is the sister organization
to i-Pride, and was one of several organizations involved in changing the 2000 United States Census, allowing individuals
to check more than one racial identity.
Scope and Content
This collection contains records dating from 1987 to 2004 documenting the work of the nonprofit organization Multiracial Americans
of Southern California (MASC) in providing services and organizing conferences supporting interracial, multi-ethnic, and cross-cultural
communities through dialogue and education.
Material includes audiovisual items such as video- and audiocassette recordings, as well as organizational records, newsletters,
and ephemera documenting sponsored events, conferences, workshops, and MASC United States Census activism.
Arrangement
The collection has been divided into two series: 1. Organizational records, newsletters, and other material, and 2. Audiovisual.
Related Archival Material
iPride organizational records, Mss 328. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Multiculturalism -- California
Racially mixed people -- California -- Ethnic identity
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Census
Administrative records
Audiocassettes
DVDs
Newsletters
Printed ephemera
Videocassettes
Multiracial Americans of Southern California -- Archives