Elizabeth Spedding Calciano Papers
M. Carey
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California, 95064
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Elizabeth Spedding Calciano Papers
Collection number: UA 31
The University Library
University Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Processed by:
- M. Carey
- Date Completed:
- 7/11/2014
- Encoded by:
- M. Carey
© 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Elizabeth Spedding Calciano papers
Dates: 1961-1975
Collection number: UA 31
Creator:
Calciano, Elizabeth Spedding
Collection Size:
1 half carton
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
University Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This small collection contains research papers on the Cowell Ranch and early land grants and grantees in the Santa Cruz and
Pajaro Valley area.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Elizabeth Spedding Calciano papers. UA 31. University Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Transferred in 1975
Biography
Elizabeth Spedding Calciano was born in Iowa in 1939 and lived in Ames, Iowa until her college years. She received an A.B.
cum laude in history from Radcliffe College in 1961 and an MA from Stanford University in 1962. She and her husband moved
to the Santa Cruz area in 1962, and her husband worked as a physician in Santa Cruz.
Mrs. Calciano was hired by Dean McHenry as the founding director of the Regional History Project on July 1, 1963, two years
before UCSC opened its doors. She was UCSC's 13th staff person and held the first professional appointment in the University
Library after founding University Librarian Donald T. Clark. Beginning in 1967, Calciano taught a course on the history of
Santa Cruz County for University Extension. In 1969 she wrote and published The Campus Guide: A Tour of the Natural Environment
and Points of Historical Interest, which included her extensive research on the Cowell Ranch. She served as director of the
Regional History Project until 1974.
Scope and Content of Collection
This small collection contains research papers on the Cowell Ranch and early land grants and grantees in the Santa Cruz and
Pajaro Valley area.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Calciano, Elizabeth Spedding, 1939-
Cowell Ranch (Calif.)--History
Santa Cruz (Calif.)--History
Related Material
MS 80 Cowell Ranch Collection
box-folder 1:1
Administrative notes & correspondence,
1965-1975
box-folder 1:2
Cowell Family research notes,
ca. 1965-1968
box-folder 1:3
Cowell Ranch information,
ca. 1965-1975
box-folder 1:4-5
News articles - transcriptions,
ca. 1965-1968
box-folder 1:6-7
Card files containing research, news articles on Cowell family & ranch
ca. 1965-1975
box-folder 1:8
"Cowell's Limestone Quarrying Operations in Santa Cruz" by Mary Heassler, Crown 14 class,
1969-1875
box-folder 1:9
Notes on Portola Expedition & Land grants and grantees of the ranchos in and adjacent to the Pajaro Valley . . . by Elizabeth
Spedding Calciano,
ca. 1975
box-folder 1:10
"The First Pajaro Apples" by H. Hyde,
1912
box-folder 1:11
"Save the Redwoods Movement, 1918-1931" by Janet Swan - photocopy of paper for Basic History Seminar, Dr. Pease, Autumn Quarter
1960, Stanford,
1960
box-folder 1:12
Research citations from "Circuit Rider",
1943-1944
box-folder 1:13
"How to Lay a Treasure in Heaven", Santa Cruz News, Friday, 5/25/1860,
ca. 1965-1975
