Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Historical Background
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Citizens University Committee records.
Date (bulk): 1957-1978
Date (inclusive): 1948-2009, undated.
Collection Number: UA 227
Creator:
Citizens University Committee.
Extent:
3.0 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special
Collections
Department.
Abstract: This collection is comprised of material pertaining
tot he Citizens University Committee, a community group founded in 1948 to aid the
development of a University of California campus in Riverside and to strengthen
relations within the community. Includes membership records, development proposals
for the University of California, Riverside campus, scholarship funds, and project
books. Correspondence with Gordon B. Watkins, University of California, Riverside's
first provost and Robert Gordon Sproul,the President of University of California
system from 1930-1958, lectures from visiting professors in the early years of the
University of California, Riverside, and audiovisual material featuring Judge John
Gabbert, one of the community members instrumental with the founding of the campus,
are also included.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections
may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the
reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or
purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing
agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written
permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply,
permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is
also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests
exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Citizens University Committee records
(UA 227). Special Collections & University Archives, UCR Library, University of
California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
The Citizens University Committee records was acquired as a gift in 2009.
Processing History
Processed by Celeste Navas and Bianca Lisek, 2015.
Processing of the Citizens University Committee records was completed by
undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the
Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in
2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules,
University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts
Curator.
Historical Background
The Citzens University Committee was founded in 1948 to aid the development of a
University of California campus in Riverside and to strengthen relations within the
community. The Citizens University Committee lobbied for and eventually succeeded in
turning the land occupied by the Citrus Experiment Station into an undergraduate
campus of the University of California.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection is comprised of Citizens University Committee membership records,
development proposals for the University of California, Riverside campus,
scholarship funds, and project books. Includes correspondence with Gordon B.
Watkins, University of California, Riverside's first provost and Robert Gordon
Sproul,the President of University of California system from 1930-1958, lectures
from visiting professors in the early years of the University of California,
Riverside, and audiovisual material featuring Judge John Gabbert, one of the
community members instrumental with the founding of the campus.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into eleven series. The series arrangement for this
collection is as follows:
- Series 1. Membership, 1953-1994.
- Series 2. Committees, 1953-1978, undated.
- Series 3. Campus Development Proposals, 1953-1970.
- Series 4. Finances and Scholarship Funds, 1948-1982.
- Series 5. Correspondence, 1948-1982.
- Series 6. Projects, 1965-1971.
- Series 7. Lectures and Speeches, 1959-1973.
- Series 8. Publicity, 1953-1963.
- Series 9. Audiovisual, 1983-2004.
- Series 10. Meetings and Minutes, 1948-2009.
- Series 11. Events, 1953-1981.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Citizens University Committee.
University of California, Riverside.
Genres and Forms of Materials
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Fliers (printed matter).
Minutes.