Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Santa Barbara Public Library
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of the organizational records of the Santa Barbara Public Library, including annual reports, correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, deeds and contracts, registers, circulation and catalog books, dating from the 1870s through the 2010s. Scrapbooks include a complete collection of Faulkner Gallery art exhbition catalogs, with press clippings, from 1929 to 1937, as well as some artifacts, artwork, and ephemera.
- Extent:
- 50.24 Linear Feet (16 cartons, 23 flat boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
- Language:
- English, Spanish; Castilian.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Santa Barbara Public Library records, SBHC Mss 128. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of the organizational records of the Santa Barbara Public Library, including annual meeting reports, correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, deeds and contracts, expansion and building proposals, hearings and reports, master plans, celebrations news releases, Black Gold reports, registers, acccession, circulation and catalog books, bibliographies, as well as Library branch records, dating from the 1870s through the 2010s. Scrapbooks include a complete collection of Faulkner Gallery art exhbition catalogs, with press clippings, from 1929 to 1941. The collection also includes some artifacts, artwork, and ephemera.
Scrapbooks and other records cover the Santa Barbara Public Library and its branches, including the Central Library, Eastside Library, Carpinteria Library, Montecito Library, Goleta Library, Solvang Library, and other branches. Annual meeting reports stretch from 1909 to 1977.
Library activities and programs covered include the Adult Literacy Program, the Children's Library, the Bookmobile, Children's Poster Week, and school visits throughout Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast region of California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Santa Barbara Public Library, 2020.
- Arrangement:
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These records have been organized into the following series: Scrapbooks, Annual reports, Library history City, Library history County, Artwork and ephemera.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of Item], Santa Barbara Public Library records, SBHC Mss 128. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062