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SBHC Mss 48
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Title: Rolfe G. Buzzell Collection
Dates: 1969-1978
Bulk Dates: 1970-1972
Collection Number: SBHC Mss 48
Collector:
Buzzell, Rolfe G.
Extent:
1.6 linear feet
(3 document boxes and 7 audiotapes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Abstract: Correspondence, depositions, documents and evidence, witness statements, California State Assembly hearings, and audiotapes
relating to the 1970 Isla Vista disturbances. Collected by Rolfe G. Buzzell, UCSB graduate student at the time.
Language:
English.
None.
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.
Rolfe G. Buzzell Collection. SBHC Mss 48. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Donated by Rolfe G. Buzzell, ca. 1980.
Rolfe G. Buzzell (1944 - ) was a UCSB graduate student at the time of the Isla Vista disturbances in 1970. He lived in an
apartment on Camino Pescadero in Isla Vista. On June 10, 1970, the night of the Perfect Park riot, police officers broke into
Buzzell's apartment in search of rioters. Buzzell was beaten and arrested. He claimed that he was not involved in the riots
and offered no resistance to the officers. Subsequent charges against Buzzell were dropped, but he suffered medical problems
as a result of the beating. Buzzell filed legal complaints of police brutality and later won a settlement against the police.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains articles, photos and papers relating to the 1970 Isla Vista riots, Buzzell's arrest, and subsequent
legal action taken by Buzzell (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Barbara, No. 91214).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Buzzell, Rolfe G.
Riots -- California -- Isla Vista.
Social change.