Guide to the John Ridland collection
SBHC Mss 47
Finding aid prepared by David C. Tambo, 2002.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu; URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections
2002
Title: John Ridland collection
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 47
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.42 linear feet
(1 document box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1957-1999
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language of Materials: The collection is in English.
creator:
Ridland, John
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special 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], John Ridland collection, SBHC Mss 47. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donated by John Ridland, 1998 and 2001.
Biography
John Ridland is a UCSB Professor of English, Emeritus, a poet, and a supporter of local literary endeavors. Several of his
published works are located in Special Collections. They can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.
Ridland also was a longtime faculty advisor and contributor to the UCSB student literary publication,
Spectrum.
Poetry/literature Series 1.
Scope and Contents note
Material relating to Santa Barbara area poets and presses, including ephemera and other items laid in printed works. Monographs
and serials have been cataloged individually and may be searched in Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.
Box-folder 1: 1
Ephemera and laid-in items
Box-folder 1: 2
Magazines, newspapers and other serials (mainly single issues, including Jan. 1976 issue of
The Fly, produced in Isla Vista)
Isla Vista-related items Series 2.
Scope and Contents note
Isla Vista items relating to the troubles of 1970 and including a piece by Ridland entitled "Eyes and Ears on Isla Vista:
An Unpublished Review from 1970."
Box-folder 1: 3
Eyes and Ears on Isla Vista: An Unpublished Review from 1970, by John Ridland
Box-folder 1: 4
Newspaper accounts of Isla Vista troubles (
El Gaucho,
LA Times, and
Maine Times), 1970
Spectrum files
Series 3.
Scope and Contents note
Ridland's files as faculty advisor of the UCSB student publication,
Spectrum.
Box-folder 1: 12
Prizes and Publicity, ca. 1957-1989
