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Collection on the Anteater mascot and other university symbols (University of California, Irvine)
AS.144  
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box accn2009-027A 001

Box 1 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This box contains an oral history interview with Schuyler Hadley Bassett, who is credited with taking up the successful campaign to elect the anteater as the mascot; correspondence and pin with Playboy-inspired anteater design, 1965; 2009 clippings about the mascot controversy and mascot-related UCI ephemera, bulk 1965; and a proposed UCI Medal design, circa 1984.
box accn2009-027A 002

Box 2 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This box contains artistic renderings of mascots proposed by UCI administration (6 total): mariners (2), toros, explorers, dolphins, clippers; proposed UCI logos; anteater mascot-related ephemera and photographs (including photograph of mascot with Jack W. Peltason and Daniel G. Aldrich); and page 1 and 2 of and "extra" edition of the UCI student newspaper Spectrum reporting on the final vote that made the Anteater the official mascot.
folder accn2009-027A XOS001

XOS Folder 1 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This folder contains 1 drawing of the Anteater mascot by "B.C." cartoonist Johnny Hart, inscribed: "To my patient friends at UC Irvine, best wishes from Johnny Hart" (20" x 30").
box accn2014-030 001

Box 3 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This box contains two anteater basketball mascot bobbleheads.
box FB-072, folder accn2014-053 : 7

OS Folder 1 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This folder contains prints from design services including bookstore license art and UCI logos.
box FB-072, folder accn2014-053 : 6

OS Folder 2 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This folder contains prints from design services including various anteaters - stats (images) and Bren Events Center logo.
box FB-072, folder accn2014-053 : 5

OS Folder 3 circa 1965-2009

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This folder contains prints from design services including selected anteater negatives (1992).
folder accn2023-026 001

Digital Folder Accession 2023-026 2015

Series Scope and Contents Summary

A song written in 2015 as an anthem for the UC Irvine Anteater community.