Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Collection
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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Collection, 1963-2005
Collection number: UArch 28
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
- Date Completed:
- Aug. 4, 2009
- Latest revision:
- May 17, 2011
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Collection
Dates: 1963-2005
Collection number: UArch 28
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. College of Creative Studies
Collection Size:
0.7 linear feet
(1 document box and 9 audiotapes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: The College of Creative Studies collection contains proposal for college; reports; course, exhibition and lecture flyers,
and other related materials.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives, 26A; Annex 2 (audio).
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None; Some materials 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, College of Creative Studies Collection. UArch 28. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
"Planning for the College began in 1965 when Chancellor Vernon I. Cheadle commissioned Dr. Marvin Mudrick, Professor of English,
to serve as Academic Planner for the UCSB campus during the academic year 1965-1966. He was asked to propose a long-range
academic plan for this campus's growth. Chancellor Cheadle informed Dr. Mudrick early in their discussions that he was interested
in the possibility of a special small college that would serve a part of the student population for which the University,
at that time, made no provision. Dr. Mudrick, who himself entered college at 15, formulated several proposals. Among them
was the suggestion for a separate college, independently staffed and administered, with a specially selected and identifiable
student body: students who, in addition to meeting UC entrance requirements, demonstrate talent for original work in an art
or science (CCS Proposal, pg.1). The proposal was approved by the Regents in February 1967 and the College opened in Fall
1967 with an enrollment of 50 students. The College was originally housed in a cramped Marine barracks building next to the
library, a relic of WWII when the seaside campus was a military base. The College moved to its present site, still a former
Marine barrack, but a larger one, in the Fall of 1975."
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. College of Creative Studies
Related Material
Spectrum, College of Creative Studies publication in University Archives, Serials and Main Library, P1 .S645.
Into the Teeth of the Wind, CCS publication in University Archives, Serials, PS580 .I58. Some issues separated from this collection.
Arrow, CCS publication in University Archives, Serials Short Runs.
Peter Racine Fricker papers, PA Mss 17 – Papers of music professor who taught some courses in the College of Creative Studies.
Campus Planning Committee records, UArch 33 – File on administrative response to College of Creative Studies.
Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12 – File on the college.
Chancellor Cheadle's speeches to College of Creative Studies in Office of the Chancellor, Chancellors' records, UArch 17.
Many artist books and creative writing publications attributed to CCS can be searched in Pegasus, the online catalog.
Separated Material
Into the Teeth of the Wind, College of Creative Studies publication in University Archives Serials, PS580 .I58.
Arrow, CCS publication in University Archives Serials Short Runs.
Box 1: 1
Proposal for College of Creative Studies,
1966
Box 1: 3
Announcements,
c. 1967-1990s
Box 1: 4
Course offerings,
1978-1994
Box 1: 5
Course announcements, lectures,
c. 1968-1990s
Box 1: 7
College of Creative Studies gallery, exhibition announcements,
1968-1993
Box 1: 8
"Cross Currents: Bookworks from the Edge of the Pacific," exhibition, CCS,
1990
Box 1: 9
"This Week in CCS" and
CCS Notes, flyers and newsletters,
1994,
1997
Box 1: 10
Transcripts, Marvin Mudrick's
Troilus and Criseyde course, Spring 1982,
2005
Tape No. A14362/R7
William Stuckey, RG 272, Stuckey exhibit no. 4, William Stuckey's private 35 min interview with Lee Harvey Oswald,
Aug. 17, 1963
Tape No. A14363/R7
Buckminster Fuller, lecture,
Dec. 4, 1967
Tape No. A14364/R7
Buckminster Fuller, lecture,
Dec. 5, 1967
Tape No. A14366/R7
Buckminster Fuller, lecture,
Dec. 6, 1967
Tape No. A14367-14368/R7
Buckminster Fuller, lecture,
Dec. 7, 1967
Tape No. A14369/R7
Buckminster Fuller, lecture,
Jan. 4, 1969
Tape No. A14371-14372/R7
Buckminster Fuller, lecture,
Jan. 9, 1969
