Guide to the Herbert C. Simpkins Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Herbert C. Simpkins Collection, ca. 1918-2000 [bulk dates 1970s-1980s]

Collection number: Mss 218

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
Date Completed:
Oct. 5, 2010
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Herbert C. Simpkins Collection
Dates: ca. 1918-2000
Bulk Dates: 1970s-1980s
Collection number: Mss 218
Creator: Simpkins, Herbert C.
Collection Size: 0.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains items collected by Herbert C. Simpkins on a variety of subjects, including the environment, Get Oil Out [GOO] and Santa Barbara oil spill, Ku Klux Klan, Santa Barbara and UCSB flyers on contemporary social issues, World War II.
Physical location: Del Sur.
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

Herbert C. Simpkins Collection. Mss 218. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Herbert C. Simpkins, 2004, 2008.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains items collected by Herbert C. Simpkins on a variety of subjects, including the environment, Get Oil Out [GOO] and Santa Barbara oil spill, Ku Klux Klan, Santa Barbara and UCSB flyers on contemporary social issues, World War II.
Some items were added to other collections such as fallout shelter publications (to the Atomic Age Collection, Mss 245) and Paul Conrad cartoons (to a separate collection by that name, SC 941).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Simpkins, Herbert C.
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Oil spills--California--Santa Barbara Channel.
World War, 1939-1945.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )


Box 1

Environment  – incl. broadside for "January 28, 1970: A day of environmental rights"

Box 1

Get Oil Out [GOO]  – materials relating to the Santa Barbara oil spill, incl. "The Santa Barbara Declaration of Environmental Rights" and broadside: "Town Meeting on Oil"

Box 1

Ku Klux Klan  – incl. membership card; printed instructions, "The Practice of Klanishness," 1918; "Fiery Summons" stationery; blank invoice; "The Tenets of the Christian Religion," beginning with White Supremacy; and a metal token, with initials MIAFA "Made in America for Americans"

Box 1

Santa Barbara and UCSB Flyers  – for events dealing with issues such as affirmative action, apartheid, homophobia, population growth, tenants' rights, and U.S. intervention in El Salvador

Box 1

World War II  – ration books