Guide to the Kresge College records UA.106
Kate Dundon, Karina Tavares Perez
University of California, Santa Cruz
2017
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Note
Finding aid revised in 2018
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Kresge College records
Creator:
Kresge College (University of California, Santa
Cruz)
source:
Kresge College (University of California, Santa
Cruz)
Identifier/Call Number: UA.106
Physical Description:
18.75 Linear Feet
14 boxes
Physical Description:
.845 GB
2 digital videos, 235 digital photos
Date (inclusive): 1965-2006
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Digital
files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Access to
digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies.
Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media
and digital files.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for this collection resides with the Regents of the University of California. The
publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for
research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. UCSC
Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it holds
the copyright.
Preferred Citation
Kresge College Records. UA106. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from Kresge College in 2016.
Biographical / Historical
Kresge College is a residential college in the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Founded in 1971 as an experiment in participatory democracy and community-building, Kresge
was originally collectively planned and managed by faculty, administrators, and students.
Early curriculum centered on humanistic psychology, women's studies, and environmental
studies. Prominent early faculty include the theorist Gregory Bateson, and Beat poet William
Everson.
Content Description
This collection documents the history of Kresge College from its inception to the early
2000s, and primarily comprises early college planning documents, administrative records and
correspondence, event-related ephemera, and recordings of commencements, lectures, and other
events on DVD, VHS, and cassette tape.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Kate Dundon and Karina Tavares Perez in 2017.
Related Materials
UCSC Directories and Handbooks (UA 69); UCSC Commencements Collection (UA 32)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kresge College (University of California,
Santa Cruz)
Kresge College (University of California, Santa
Cruz)
Box 1, Folder 1
File listing
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains lists of Kresge College records files before transfer to University
Archives.
Box 1, Folder 2
Food Co-op Health inspection
1980-1983
Box 1, Folder 3
The Naked Man sculpture
1973
Box 1, Folder 4
Early Stages of Kresge
1979-1988
Box 1, Folder 5
General Electric Grant
1970-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes information on creating early curriculum at Kresge.
Box 1, Folder 6
M. Khan-Early History of Kresge
1981
Box 1, Folder 7
The Corner of the College Project
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 10
1976 Accreditation Report
1976
Box 1, Folder 11
Woodbridge Report '79
1979
Box 1, Folder 12
1975 Provost Report to Chancellor
1975
Box 1, Folder 16
Danforth Grant Report-Graduate Students
1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Proposal for Kresge Graduate Program
Box 1, Folder 17
Ford Venture Grant
1971-1974
Scope and Contents
Proposals for Ford Grant Renewal
Box 1, Folder 18-19
Kresge College: The Early Years; An appraisal for The Ford
Foundation
1970-1974
Box 1, Folder 20
Development of Kresge Communications
1975-1977
Scope and Contents
Grant Proposal and Courses for the Development of Kresge Communications Major
Box 1, Folder 21
Media and Communications Letter to New or Potential Kresge Students
1976
1976-1977
Scope and Contents
Student Letters inquiring about the Communications major at Kresge
Box 1, Folder 22
Limits to IS Media Support Services
1976-1977
Scope and Contents
Letters of concern based on the CMP program
Box 1, Folder 23
Idler Cafe finance
1975
Scope and Contents
Food inventory and management reports on the Idler restaurant
Box 1, Folder 24
Idler Cafe Spring 1979 finance
1979
Box 1, Folder 25
Idler Cafe Summer Idler finance
undated
Box 1, Folder 26
Budget Committee
1970-1973
Box 1, Folder 26
Budget Committee
1970-1973
Box 1, Folder 27
Development of Kresge Curriculum part 1
1971
Box 1, Folder 28
Development of Kresge Curriculum part 2
1972-1980
Scope and Contents
Contains history booklet of Kresge's early years, curriculum development,
Interpersonal Communication memos, and Reader for the Kresge Core Course.
Box 1, Folder 29
Construction Planning Kresge
1965-1967
Box 1, Folder 30
Community Affairs Committee (CAC) Budget
1972-1973
Box 1, Folder 31-32
Community Affairs Committee Minutes
1973-1976
Box 1, Folder 33
Community Affairs Committee Information
1975-1976
Box 1, Folder 34
Academic Planning Kresge
1976
Box 1, Folder 35
Town Hall Meetings and Plans
1976-1980
Scope and Contents
Revised planning guides
Box 1, Folder 36
Initial Compliment Task Force
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 37
Kresge history clippings, articles
1977-2001
Box 1, Folder 38
The Kresge Picture Book
1976-1978
Box 1, Folder 39
Report on the Kresge Community Affairs Committee
1977-1978
Box 1, Folder 40
Kresge Faculty and Fellows
1981-1982
Box 1, Folder 41
Kresge Fellows and Meetings
1981
Box 1, Folder 42
Administrative Dissolution of the Religious Studies Board
1980-1983
Box 1, Folder 43
Kresge Newsletter correspondence
1980-1982
Box 2, Folder 1
Budget and Academic Planning Committee
1978-1981
Box 2, Folder 2
Student Life and Housing
1979-1993
Box 2, Folder 3
Karesge administrative organizational charts
1977-1981
Box 2, Folder 4
UCSC Foundation notes and correspondence
1980
Box 2, Folder 5
UCSC Foundation Board meeting
1980
Box 2, Folder 6
Public relations for Kresge Foundation
1979-1980
Box 2, Folder 7
Kresge College By-Laws
1981-1983
Box 2, Folder 8-13
Cumulative Bio-Bibliographies for Kresge faculty
1977-1987
Box 2, Folder 14
Cooperative Learning Program
1985-1986
Box 2, Folder 15
Cooperative Learning Program Workshops
1984
Box 2, Folder 16
College Program Coordinator (CPC) Meetings Notes
1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 17
College Handbooks and Publications
1983-1996
Box 2, Folder 18
1995-1996 Handbook
1995-1996
Box 2, Folder 19
1997-1998 Handbook
1997-1998
Box 2, Folder 20
Core course yearbook
1995-1996
Box 2, Folder 21
Student newsletter guidelines
1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 22
Student Voice Task Force Report
1995
Box 2, Folder 23
College Reorganization
1992-1993
Box 2, Folder 24
Summer Advising Committee
1995-1996
Box 2, Folder 26
Sick and Twisted Animation Festival
1995
Box 2, Folder 28
Kresge Co-op benefit concert Dance/Windcave
1995
Box 2, Folder 31
Rocky Horror Picture Show
1995
Box 2, Folder 32
Frankenstein performance
1995
Box 2, Folder 33
Women of Color Film/Video Festival part 1
1995
Box 2, Folder 34
Women of Color Film/Video Festival part 2
1995
Box 2, Folder 35
UCSC Arts and Lectures
1995-1996
Box 2, Folder 36
Arts and Lectures Advisory Committee
1990-1996
Box 3, Folder 1
Hip Hop in the Parking Lot
1995
Box 3, Folder 2
Honoring Teachers
1995-1996
Box 3, Folder 4
Kresge Student Activities Office: Orientation Evaluation
1992
Box 3, Folder 6
Fall Orientation Mailings
1995
Box 3, Folder 10
Banana Slug Spring Fair
1996
Box 3, Folder 12
Spring outdoor music
1996
Box 3, Folder 13
Drive In Movie Spring
1996
Box 3, Folder 14
UCSC newsletters and clippings on Kresge
1982-1983
Box 3, Folder 15
Judicial Committee
1980-1982
Box 3, Folder 16
Judicial Committee
1976-1978
Box 3, Folder 18
Culture and Recreation
1977-1991
Box 3, Folder 19
Transfer Resource Center
1996-1998
Box 3, Folder 20
Multicultural event proposals
1989-1990
Box 3, Folder 21
Council of Provost Student Projects Awards
1988-1989
Box 3, Folder 22
Ethnic Diversification Committee
1987-1993
Box 3, Folder 23
Miscellaneous Handbooks
1979-1982
Box 3, Folder 24
Kresge Building Pictures
undated
Box 3, Folder 26
Staff/Group of 5 Meetings
1994-1995
Box 3, Folder 27
Nasty Girl Film (Anna Rosmus)
1994 April
9
Box 3, Folder 28
Sick and Twisted Animation Festival
1994
Box 3, Folder 29
Martin Luther King, JR. Convocation
1994
Box 3, Folder 30
Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
1994
Box 3, Folder 31
Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
1995
Box 3, Folder 32
Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
1995
Box 3, Folder 33-34
Kresge Student Parliament (Town Meetings)
1994-1995
Box 3, Folder 36
College Commendation 1995
1995
Box 3, Folder 37
Faculty Letters, Procedures 1995
1995
Box 3, Folder 38
Kresge College alcohol and drug survey
1995-1997
Box 3, Folder 39
Student Speeches- Graduation
1995
Box 3, Folder 40
Mailings to Graduates
1995
Box 3, Folder 41
Jazz and Blues Series
1994
Box 3, Folder 42
Jazz/Blues Series Winter
1996
Box 3, Folder 46
Kresge Frolic Newsletter
1995-1996
Box 3, Folder 47
Diversity Task Force
undated
Box 3, Folder 48
Residential Staff Information
1995-1996
Box 4, Folder 1
Event attendance reports
1997
Box 4, Folder 2
Town Hall Manager Meetings
1995-1996
Box 4, Folder 3
Kresge Connections
1995-1996
Box 4, Folder 4
Winter 1995 Event Report
1995
Box 4, Folder 8
Miscellaneous Winter events
1995
Box 4, Folder 11
Women's self defense class
1996
Box 4, Folder 14
Chicano/Latino Film Festival 1995
1995
Box 4, Folder 16
College Administrative Officer (CAO) and management meetings
1995
Box 4, Folder 17
Staff and College Administrative Officer (CAO) meetings
1995-1996
Box 4, Folder 18
College Program Coordinator (CPC) meetings
1995-1996
Box 4, Folder 19
Student Affirmative Action / Educational Opportunity Program
(SAA/EOP)
1995
Box 4, Folder 23
Housing and Residential life welcome packet
1995
Box 4, Folder 24
Kresge Connection
circa
1979-1980
Box 4, Folder 25
Seminars, Conference Info
1995
Box 4, Folder 27
Miscellaneous correspondence
1982
Box 4, Folder 29
Kresge College secession
1990
Scope and Contents
In 1990, Kresge students voted to secede from the University of California. Included
are clippings, text of the ballot measure, and Kresge College visas.
Box 4
Peer advisor log books
1979-1982
Conditions Governing Access
Student records are restricted for 75 years after the date of creation. This material
is restricted until 2057.
Box 12
Curriculum Planning
1970-1972
Box 12
Kresge Stage II
1976-1973
Box 12
Major Capital Improvements Plan
1968-1969
Box 12
Orientation schedules
1973, 1980,
1983-1988
Box 12
Kresge College history
1969-1976
Scope and Contents
Includes documentation of T-Group and Kin Group planning, lists of Kresge College
committees, committee meeting minutes, grant planning documentation, and newspaper
clippings. Also included are memos and correspondence from founding provost of Kresge
College, Robert S. Edgar.
Box 12
Kresge College early materials
circa
1971-1978
Scope and Contents
Includes early planning records such as documentation of decision-making process and
Kin Groups; Planning, Policy, and Community committee meeting agendas and minutes;
reports on the characteristics and budget of Kresge College; early curriculum planning
for Women's Studies; and information on housing, parking, and events.
Box 12
Budget requests, communication issues, meeting announcements
circa
1971-1973
Box 12
Kresge College budget
1971
Box 12
Kresge College Policy Committee
1972
Box 12
Library Committee
1972-1973
Box 12
Community Meeting notes
1971-1973
Box 4, Folder 52
Kresge College cookbooks
circa
1970-1999
Box 11
Posters
1980-1993,
undated
Box 11
Student Communications System Project Kresge, Kresge East and Graduate
student Housing Communications Wiring (architectural planning blueprints)
1998
Audiovisual materials
Conditions Governing Access
Recordings need to be reformatted before use. Contact Special Collections staff to
request access.
Box 4
Adjustments: Spring 2000 ua0106_vid_0002
2000
Physical Description: 1 Digital
Files
Physical Description: Originally stored on DVD. Digital
access file in .mkv format.
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request
to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request
access to audiovisual media and digital files.
Scope and Contents
Video interviews with Kresgee students.
Box 4
Kresge Is... ua0106_vid_0003
circa 2000
Physical Description: 1 Digital
Files
Physical Description: Originally stored on DVD. Digital
access file in .mkv format.
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request
to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request
access to audiovisual media and digital files.
Scope and Contents
Short student-made documentary about Kresge College.
Box 4
A Time for Learning
1981 November
10
Physical Description: Video cassette tape
Box 5
A Time for Learning
1981 October
11
Box 5
Westward/In Search of a Dream: about Kresge College UCSC by Craig
Smith
ua0106_vid_0001
circa 1980
Scope and Contents
Includes scenes of Kresge College and narration about the early planning philosophy
of Kresge. Tape is damaged.
Conditions Governing Access
This tape has been digitized. Contact Special Collections staff to request
access.
Box 5
Free Speech Panel Town Hall
1992 February
27
Box 5
1989 Kresge Graduation
1989
Box 5
Kresge College Commencement
2001 July
9
Box 5
Adjustments: Spring 2000
2000
Box 5
Air Bands at Kresge
1986 April
9
Box 5
Lord Harold Wilson at UCSC
1987 April
9
Box 5
"Bloods" by Wallace Terry Kresge Town Hall (lecture)
1987 February
3
Box 6
Mark Moore
1993 February
24
Box 6
Nina Totenberg at Town Hall
1992 May
6
Box 6
Bob Lowry
1993 February
3
Box 6
Kit Gamble at the Howling
1993 February
10
Box 6
Searching Through Life Together, Kresge College
undated
Box 6
Kresge College Graduation
1992 June
12
Box 6
K- 1, 101 Winter quarter 1972
Box 2023.013.001, 2023.013.002
Accession 2023.013 unprocessed addition to Kresge College records
circa
1970-2002
Physical Description: 2 Linear
Feet2 cartons
Physical Description: .198
GB235 digital files
Scope and Contents
Student publications, student handbooks, early Kresge college planning documents,
coursepacks, and print photographs. Also includes 1 CD "Kresge photos from 2001 reunion"
and 1 VHS tape "Kresge College Commencement June 10, 2000 with Martha Mendoza."
Conditions Governing Access
This addition has not been processed but is open for research.