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Title: Santa Barbara Public Library records
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 128
Language of Material:
English,
Spanish; Castilian.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
50.24 Linear Feet
(16 cartons, 23 flat boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Creator:
Santa Barbara Public Library
Date (inclusive): 1870s-2019
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
The collection is open for research.
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.
Gift of the Santa Barbara Public Library, 2020.
[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.
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.
These records have been organized into the following series: Scrapbooks, Annual reports, Library history City, Library history
County, Artwork and ephemera.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Annual reports
Artifacts (object genre)
Bibliographies
Catalogs (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts
Correspondence
Ephemera (general object genre)
Master plans (orthographic projections)
Photographs
Programs
Scrapbooks
Works of art
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