Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Guide to the University of California, Irvine, Collection on the Anteater Mascot and other University Symbols
AS.144
AS.144
No online items
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: University of California, Irvine, collection on the Anteater mascot and other university symbols
Identifier/Call Number: AS.144
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
(2 boxes and 1 XOS folder)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1965
Date (inclusive): circa 1965-1986
Abstract: This collection is comprised primarily of materials related to the University of California, Irvine mascot, the Anteater.
Included is an original inscribed and signed drawing of the Anteater mascot by cartoonist Johnny Hart (undated), drawings
of mascots proposed by the UCI administration (1965), clippings (photocopies) and ephemera related to the Anteater mascot
and the controversy at the time it was chosen. Also included is an audio oral history interview with Schuyler Hadley Bassett,
who is credited with taking up the successful campaign to elect the anteater as the mascot. The collection also includes design
proposals for UCI logos, including one with a seahorse theme (1965), and proposed design for the UCI Medal, which was established
in 1984.
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
The collection has not been processed. It may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Collections
and Archives in advance to request access.
Related materials (early correspondence regarding the choice of the Anteater mascot) can be found in: AS-016, Student Activities
Office records, Box 4.
This collection is comprised primarily of materials related to the University of California, Irvine mascot, the Anteater.
Included is an original inscribed and signed drawing of the Anteater mascot by cartoonist Johnny Hart (undated), drawings
of mascots proposed by the UCI administration (1965), clippings (photocopies) and ephemera related to the Anteater mascot
and the controversy at the time it was chosen. Also included is an audio oral history interview with Schuyler Hadley Bassett,
who is credited with taking up the successful campaign to elect the anteater as the mascot. The collection also includes design
proposals for UCI logos, including one with a seahorse theme (1965), and proposed design for the UCI Medal, which was established
in 1984.