Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Merrill College (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Extent:
- 21.2 Linear Feet 19 boxes and 4.24 GB 1,593 digital files
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Merrill College records. UA 104. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection comprises records from Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Included are administrative records; budgets; core course syllabi; course proposals and requests for course approvals; committee agendas and minutes; documentation of the People's Alternative Dwelling cooperative housing; commencement material; faculty by-laws; files from former Merrill provost, John Schechter; event flyers, posters and other ephemera; photographs of Merrill College staff, students and buildings; and newspaper clippings and scrapbooks that document the history of the college.
Also included are reports and resource catalogs produced by the Third World Teaching Resource Center (TWTRC), a research project and collection of academic resources related to the study of the Global South.
The collection also contains digital videos and photographs featuring imagery of Merrill College from circa 1999-2013, and a small number of digital photographs of the College and its students and staff in the late 1960s-1970s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Merrill College is a residential college in the University of California, Santa Cruz. It was founded in 1968 as the fourth college at UCSC, and early faculty and students established an academic focus on the study of global poverty and cultural identity in the Global South.
- Acquisition information:
- Transfer from Merrill College, 2017 and 2024.
- Processing information:
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Physical collection was processed by Kate Dundon in 2018. Digital portion of collection was processed by Kate Dundon in 2021. Additions were processed by Zoe MacLeod in 2025.
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022. Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged into six series:
- Series 1: Administrative files
- Series 2: Third World Teaching Resource Center resources
- Series 3: Media
- Series 4: Scrapbooks
- Series 5: Merrill Historical Task Force
- Series 6: John Schechter papers
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. 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.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by Regents of the University of California. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. UCSC Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it holds the copyright. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
- Preferred citation:
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Merrill College records. UA 104. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547