Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Black Studies Collection

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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Black Studies Collection, ca. 1975-2009

Collection number: UArch 45

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
Date Completed:
Sept. 2, 2009
Latest revision:
Feb. 22, 2012
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Black Studies Collection
Dates: ca. 1975-2009
Collection number: UArch 45
Creator: University of California, Santa Barbara. Center for Black Studies
Collection Size: 0.6 linear feet (1 document box, 1 half-sized document box and 9 videotapes)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The Center for Black Studies collection contains mainly center reference publications for research assistance and a historical review of the center, as well as flyers for events sponsored by the center.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives, 24A (boxes 1-2); Annex 2 (videotapes).
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None. Videotapes stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.

Publication Rights

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

University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Black Studies Collection. UArch 45. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Undetermined.

Scope and Content of Collection

From the Center for Black Studies former website, http://research.ucsb.edu/cbs/xsite/: 
"The Center for Black Studies conducts research on the social, historical, political, economic and cultural meanings that have affected peoples of African heritage throughout the world. The center sponsors a faculty development program (dissertation fellows); organizes and presents seminars, lectures, and symposia; and serves as a liaison between the campus and the Santa Barbara community."
The center is now known as the Center for Black Studies Research.
The collection contains mainly Center for Black Studies reference publications for research assistance and a historical review of the center, as well as flyers for events sponsored by the center.
The new site can be found at: http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/index.html 

Indexing Terms

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. Center for Black Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara. Center for Black Studies Research
Black studies

Related Material

In Special Collections:
  • Academic Senate records, UArch 13 – File on Center for Black Studies.
  • UCSB Broadsides and Posters collection, UArch 32 – Center for Black Studies and Black Studies Department posters and broadsides,
  • Center for Black Studies Newsletter, center publication in University Archives Serials Short Runs.
  • Center News, Center for Black Studies serial in University Archives Serials Short Runs Oversize.
  • Department of Black Studies records, UArch 14.
  • Elimu, the Black Studies Department newsletter, in University Archives Serials Short Runs.
  • Isla Vista Archives, SBHC Mss 41 – File on UCSB Black Studies policy.
  • Office of the Chancellor, Chancellor's records, UArch 17 – Chancellor Cheadle's subject files on the Black Student Union and the North Hall Incident.
  • Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12 – File on Black Studies.
  • 20th Anniversary of the Black & Chicano Studies Department, Centers, & Library [videorecording]. Special Collections V2182/VHS.
In Main Library and Ethnic and Gender Studies Library (EGSL):
  • Annual report. Center for Black Studies. Black Studies E185.5 .C44.
  • Center for Black Studies, 1976-1977 : seminar papers : selected papers. Black Studies E185 .C455 1977.
  • Center for Black Studies Newsletter. Black Studies E185.5 .C46.
  • Evaluation report on the Center for Black Studies, the Department of Black Studies, and the Black component of the Educational Opportunity Program. Submitted to the Advisory Board of the Center for Black Studies by Agrippah T. Mugomba, acting director. Black Studies E184.7 .M833 1978.
  • Guide to resources : research materials in Santa Barbara about Afro-Americans (U.S.A.). Center for Black Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. Black Studies Z1361.N39 G8295 1977.
  • A historical review of the UCSB Center for Black Studies 1969-1977. Submitted to the Advisory Board of the Center by Agrippah T. Mugomba, acting director. Black Studies E184.7 .M834 1978.
  • Selected works of Black sociologists. Center for Black Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. Ethnic Gender Studies Reference Z1361.N39 C15.
  • University of California Department of Black Studies, Center for Black Studies, Santa Barbara. Black Studies E184.7 .U558 1985.
The Center for Black Studies Research maintains a website at http://research.ucsb.edu/cbs/ , which has an online archive of past reports, publications, dissertation fellowships, etc.
The Department of Black Studies maintains a website at http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/index.html 

 

Subject Files

Box 1: 1

Memos, Oct. 24, 2002

Box 1: 2

Seminar series flyers, pamphlets, etc., 1984-2002

Box 1: 3

"Selected Working Bibliography in Black Studies," Feb. 1977

Box 1: 4

"Guide to Resources: Research Materials in Santa Barbara About Afro-Americans," Jan. 1977

Box 1: 5

"Selected Texts of Afro-American History," Feb. 1977

Box 1: 6

"Selected Works of Black Sociologists," Mar. 1977

Box 1: 7

Agreement regarding the Black Studies Center, May 1975

Box 1: 8

"Information about Organized Research Units & the Center for Black Studies," May 1975

Box 1: 9

Center for Black Studies Chronology, Fall 1977

Box 1: 10

"A Historical Review of the UCSB Center for Black Studies, 1969-1977," June 1978

Box 2: 1

"A Historical Review of the UCSB Center for Black Studies, 1969-1977, Appendix," June 1978

 

Videotapes

 

"The Spirit and the Reality: Vodou and Haiti," Apr. 25, 1997

Tape No. V4892/VHS

Plenary Session: Max Bealivoir, Vodun priest, "Vodun, Origins, Philosophy and Practices"

Tape No. V4893/VHS

Tape 1: Opening remarks ; Libation ; Panel 1 ; Keynote address

Tape No. V4894/VHS

Tape 2: Opening remarks ; Libation ; Panel 1 ; Keynote address

Tape No. V4895/VHS

Panel II: Tape 1

Tape No. V4896/VHS

Panel II: Tape 2

Tape No. V4889/VHS

"All the Voices," first edit, sample edit, sound clips, Aug. 3, 2002

Tape No. V4891/VHS

"Library Slavery Collection," KCOY-TV Live, Apr. 18, 2002

Tape No. V4890/VHS

"Many Voices, the Sound of Unity: Life at UCSB," 2003

Tape No. V4888/DVD

Robert Bullard, "Environmental Justice for All," Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture, 2009