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Johnson (Dr. Marian Ashby) Santa Barbara oral history collection
SBHC Mss 90
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Title: Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson Santa Barbara oral history collection
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 90
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.92 linear feet
(19 document boxes, 1 shoebox)
Creator:
Johnson, Marian Ashby
Date (inclusive): 20th century
Abstract: More than 170 original oral history audiocassettes of interviews recorded with 125 identified cultural and political leaders
of Santa Barbara of that day. Collection also includes other historical tapes, research notes, photographs, interviews, clippings
and subject files.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Dr. Marian A. Johnson Santa Barbara oral history collection, SBHC Mss 90. Department of Special
Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift, 2013[?], G. Wesley Johnson, Professor of History and Political Science, emeritus, BYU (Former professor of history,
UCSB, 1972-1985, co-founder with Robert Kelley and director of the UCSB Public History Program, founder and editor of the
UCSB journal published by the UC Press, The Public Historian Quarterly, 1978-1987)
The "Santa Barbara Oral History Office UCSB, from the late 70s to early 80s", was carried out by Dr. Marian A. Johnson, who
served as a community oral historian at the University, based at the Santa Barbara Historical Society, then the Hutchins Center,
UCSB, later at UCSB Library, where most of this work was done. The project was halted when Dr. Marian Johnson moved to a professorship
in Utah in the spring of 1984.
More than 170 original oral history audiocassettes of interviews recorded with 125 identified cultural and political leaders
of Santa Barbara. The collection also contains other historical tapes, research notes, photographs, interviews, clippings
and subject files. Many of the interviews have tape indexes in their folders. Includes many release forms and alphabetical
forms listing names of persons to interview. The list of interviewees is a "kind of crème de la crème of the Santa Barbara
elite of the time."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- History, Local
Santa Barbara County (Calif.) -- History, Local
Audiocassettes
Clippings (information artifacts)
Interviews
Photographs
Research notes
Transcripts