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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Facilities Management Records
UArch 27
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Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Facilities Management Records
Dates: 1874-1998
Bulk Dates: 1960-1980
Collection number: UArch 27
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Office of Campus Planning & Design
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Office of Facilities Management
Collection Size:
11.25 linear feet
(9 cartons)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The UCSB Office of Facilities Management records contain correspondence, maps, surveys, easements, deeds, lease agreements,
photographs, meeting minutes and construction and planning documents pertaining to the facilities development of the University
of California, Santa Barbara, focusing on its current Goleta location. Many of the documents pertain to the establishment
of roads (in particular, Storke, Los Carneros and El Colegio), sewage lines and other utilities. Another portion of the documents
pertain to land acquisitions which resulted in the establishment and maintenance of the Goleta campus, the Devereux Center,
and the Isla Vista Sanitary District.
Physical location: Annex 2.
Languages:
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.
[Item description, folder title, box number]. University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Facilities Management Records.
UArch 27. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Transfer from Facilities Management.
Biography / Administrative History
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) began as Santa Barbara State College, and was converted to Santa Barbara
College of the University of California during World War II. Thomas M. Storke, publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press,
was a dominant advocate for the transition from state college to university status. The original campus location was situated
on land previously occupied by Santa Barbara Junior College, situated on the mesa site. Additional land was located in an
area known as the "Riviera" site.
In 1949, the entire campus moved to its current site in Goleta, previously occupied by a Marine Air Corps Station. The land
offered 400 acres of "improvements that included miles of paved road, a water system, a sewage disposal plant and seventy-five
other buildings, some of which could be used as temporary classrooms, dormitories, dining halls, and recreation facilities
(p. 348)." Obtaining the land from the War Assets Administration could be done for no cost because the land would be used
for educational purposes. The Marine station was previously the Bishop Den Ranch, part of the Rancho Los Dos Pueblos. In
1958, the name was officially changed to University of California, Santa Barbara. The adjacent student community of Isla Vista
was formed in 1954.
Source: Stadtman, Verne (1970).
The University of California, 1868-1968. McGraw-Hill, 594.
Scope and Content of Collection
Both series contain correspondence, maps, surveys, easements, deeds, lease agreements, photographs, meeting minutes and construction
and planning documents pertaining to the facilities development of the University of California, Santa Barbara, focusing on
its current Goleta location. Many of the documents pertain to the establishment of roads (in particular, Storke, Los Carneros
and El Colegio), sewage lines and other utilities. Another portion of the documents pertain to land acquisitions which resulted
in the establishment and maintenance of the Goleta campus, the Devereux Center, and the Isla Vista Sanitary District.
Many of the deeds, easements and other legal documents are also filed with the Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder's Office
and exist in these records as copies. These documents are identified by the abbreviation O.R (Official Record), and are further
divided by Book and Page Number. For example, 1389/475 O.R. pertains to Official Record, Book 1389, Page 475.
The files, as originally received, are designated as General Files and Fred Gillard's Files. The titles from each folder are
taken from the title included on each folder. In the event that a folder did not contain a title, a title was assigned and
given in brackets. Due to its smaller size, the folders in the General Files are arranged alphabetically by title.
The collection is divided into the following series:
I. GENERAL FILES, 1948-1998: Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
II. FRED GILLARD'S FILES, 1874-1989: This series is arranged in the exact order as it was received from the Office of Facilities Management.
Fred Gillard was the Associate Civil Engineer for the Office of Facilities Management. The files are limited to records of
the Office of Facilities Management. There is no personal material from Fred Gillard located in these files.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Office of Campus Planning & Design
Office of Architects and Engineers records, UArch 63
Campus Planning Committee records, UArch 33
Physical Planning Committee records, UArch 59
Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12
Predecessor campus collections in University Archives History section