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School of Social Ecology Pandemic Histories Archive collection (University of California, Irvine)
AS.222
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: University of California, Irvine, School of Social Ecology Pandemic Histories Archive collection
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. School of Social Ecology
Identifier/Call Number: AS.222
Physical Description:
12.669 Gigabytes
(921 digital files)
Date (inclusive): 2020-2021
Abstract: The Pandemic Histories Archive was developed through a collaboration between the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology, the UCI
Libraries, and the Blum Center Compassion in Action program. Throughout history, pandemics have had pervasive and enduring
impacts on societies. In the United States, COVID-19 has intersected with multiple forms of inequality and injustice, affecting
people in dramatically different ways. The collaboration recognizes it is important to record these diverse experiences, to
be inclusive in assembling the historical record of this crisis, and to give future generations as complete an understanding
of what happened as possible.
This collection consists of submissions by students in the academic year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 who documented their own
or others' experiences of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the social justice issues, including anti-Black
and anti-Asian racism, that were of public concern. The submissions include field notes about daily life, oral histories,
photographs and videos, and other files documenting the pandemic and social justice issues.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is only minimally processed, but is open for research. Researchers may request access copies to digital materials.
Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University
Archivist.
University of California, Irvine, School of Social Ecology Pandemic Histories Archive collection. AS-222. Special Collections
and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed].
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Transferred by the UCI School of Social Ecology, 2020-2021.
Select items from this collection are available on
Calisphere .
Collection Scope and Contents Summary
The Pandemic Histories Archive was developed through a collaboration between the University of California, Irvine School of
Social Ecology, the UCI Libraries, and the Blum Center Compassion in Action program. Throughout history, pandemics have had
pervasive and enduring impacts on societies. In the United States, COVID-19 has intersected with multiple forms of inequality
and injustice, affecting people in dramatically different ways. The collaboration recognizes it is important to record these
diverse experiences, to be inclusive in assembling the historical record of this crisis, and to give future generations as
complete an understanding of what happened as possible.
This collection consists of submissions by students in the academic year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 who documented their own
or others' experiences of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the social justice issues, including anti-Black
and anti-Asian racism, that were of public concern. The submissions include field notes about daily life, oral histories,
photographs and videos, and other files documenting the pandemic and social justice issues.
This collection is arranged in five series:
- Fall Quarter 2020 submissions, 2020. 2.16 GB
- Winter Quarter 2021 submissions, 2021. 7.22 GB
- Spring Quarter 2021 submissions, 2021. 2.22 GB
- Summer Sessions I and II 2021 submissions, 2021. 0.978 GB
- Fall Quarter 2021 submissions, 2020-2021. 0.0913 GB
A container list of the submissions is available via this link:
Container List .