Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara Office of Public Events Collection

Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara Office of Public Events Collection, 1950-2006

Collection number: UArch 84

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
Date Completed:
May 3, 2010
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: University of California, Santa Barbara Office of Public Events Collection
Dates: 1950-2006
Collection number: UArch 84
Creator: University of California, Santa Barbara. Office of Public Events
Collection Size: 0.2 linear feet (1 half-sized document box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains memos, and event flyers and invitations. Events include Charter Day, Parents' and Family Weekend, and Commencement.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives, 25A.
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

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 Office of Public Events collection. UArch 84. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Undetermined.

Scope and Content of Collection

"The Office of Public Events plans and orchestrates many major campus events, including Parents' and Family Weekend and all of UCSB's commencement ceremonies. In addition, the office frequently assists individual campus departments in arranging special events and receptions."
From Office of Public Events page, http://www.instadv.ucsb.edu/pe/index.shtml 
The office organizes Commencement and Parents' and Family Weekend, among other events. The Office of Public Events was previously known as the Office of Public Ceremonies / Committee on Public Ceremonies, then briefly the Office of Public Events & Ceremonies.
The collection is arranged chronologically and contains memos, and event flyers and invitations. Events include Charter Day, Parents' and Family Weekend, and Commencement.

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. Office of Public Events

Related Material

Commencement Program, annual publication in University Archives Serials.
Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12 – Many files on Commencement and Charter Day, as well as file on Parents' Weekend.
Office of the Chancellor, Chancellors' records, UArch 17 – Contains files on Chancellor Cheadle's Commencement and Charter Day speeches.
Academic Senate records, UArch 13 – File on Charter Day.
Office of Public Events website: http://www.instadv.ucsb.edu/pe/index.shtml 

 

Office of Public Ceremonies

Box 1: 1

Memos, 1950-1979

Box 1: 2

Invitations, 1969-1978

Box 1: 3

Flyers, 1967-1976

Box 1: 4

Commencement, 1971-1979

 

Office of Public Events & Ceremonies

Box 1: 5

Memos, 1981

Box 1: 6

Flyers, 1980

Box 1: 7

Commencement, 1980

 

Office of Public Events

Box 1: 8

Memos, 1989-2000

Box 1: 9

Flyers, 1990-2006

Box 1: 10

Commencement, 1997