Earline H. Tate collection, 1920s - 1960s

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Summary

Creators:
Tate, Earline H., 1921-2008
Abstract:
Papers of Earline H. Tate, a former social worker for the California Department of Mental Health in the Los Angeles area.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet; (1 flat box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Earline H. Tate collection, CEMA 144. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains photographs of Earline Tate and her family, a 1937 Santa Barbara Year book with signatures, newspaper articles, and materials related to Tate's Board of Trustee campaign for the Pasadena Board of Education.

The newspaper clippings cover racial hatred in the Santa Barbara area, a NAACP-sponsored talk at UCSB, and Tate's Pasadena Board of Education bid.

Biographical / historical:

Artie Earline Frederick Douglas Hopkins Tate (Feburary 1, 1921-September 22, 2008) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Otto and Emma Hopkins. The family moved to California in the early 1920s, spending several years in Los Angeles before settling in Santa Barbara, CA. The Tate family owned and operated several businesses in Santa Barbara, including The Cotton Club, The Brown Derby supper club, Clean Way Garbage, and the Casitas family ranch.

After graduating high school early, Earline studied Sociology at the Santa Barbara State College, now known as the University of California, Santa Barbara, before she transferred to the University of Southern California, where she earned her Bachelor's of Science degree in Biological Sciences and a Master's degree in Medical Social Work. While at USC, Tate joined the Alpha Kappa Apha sorority and was elected as the first African-American Vice President of the Graduate Students Association at the School of Social Work.

Tate worked for 31 years as a social worker with the California Department of Mental Health, and in 1967, she ran to become a member of the Board of Trustee for the Pasadena Board of Education. Although she was not elected, she was the first African-American to run for the position.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Wilbur Tate, December 2012.
Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Earline H. Tate collection, CEMA 144. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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