Guide to the University Archives Photographs Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Phone: (805) 893-3062

Fax: (805) 893-5749

Email: special@library.ucsb.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/

Guide to the University Archives Photographs Collection, ca. 1891-1995 [bulk dates 1950s-1980s]

Collection number: UArch 112

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara

Processed by:: Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
Date Completed:: Aug. 4, 2010
Latest Revision:: May 1, 2012
Encoded by:: A. Demeter

Descriptive Summary

Title: University Archives Photographs Collection

Dates: ca. 1891-1995

Collection number: UArch 112

Collection Size: 16.0 linear feet (63 photo binder boxes, 6 negative boxes, 2 oversize flat boxes and 1 map cabinet drawer).

Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Abstract: The University Archives Photographs collection is comprised of photographs culled from other collections in the University Archives. The dates of the photographs range from the 1890s to the present, with the majority being black and white photos from the 1920s and 1950s. The subjects covered include all aspects of the UCSB campuses and academic and student life.

Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives, 25B.

Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special 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.

Preferred Citation

University Archives Photographs collection. UArch 112. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Various sources and dates.

Scope and Content of Collection

The University Archives Photographs collection is comprised of photographs culled from other collections in the University Archives. The photographs from various collections are stored together in order to provide improved archival storage and easier retrieval. Most of the photographs were donated by the Office of Public Affairs. Older photographs were donated by Hazel Severy, Ednah Rich Morse, and Anna Blake. The dates of the photographs range from the 1890s to the present, with the majority being black and white photos from the 1920s and 1950s. The subjects covered include all aspects of the UCSB campuses and academic and student life.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series:

Series I: Photographs. The photographs listed here are all prints. Negatives are available for about ten percent of the collection and they are stored in the vault (see Series III). Most of the photos from the 1960s through the present have negatives in the Photography Department at Learning Resources. This series is divided into the following subseries: Antecedents; Riviera Campus; Mesa Campus; Goleta Campus, which contains many photos of departments, buildings, faculty, staff, and students, events, and the library; and Oversize Photographs.

Series II: Slides. Contains slides of similar subjects found in the photographs series. This series is divided into the following subseries: Campus and Buildings, Departments and Offices, Campus-wide Events, Library, and Students.

Series III: Negatives. Contains negatives for some of the photographs in Series I and one glass negative. Stored in Vault.

Related Materials

In the University Archives:

Office of Public Information biographical files, UArch 11, has a large photograph series containing portraits of UCSB faculty and administrators.
Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12, has a photograph series that covers many of the same subjects in this collection, but are linked to specific subject files.
Home Economics Club collection, UArch 105 – Contains many scrapbooks with photos of students.
UCSB History and Antecedents collection, UArch 100 – Contains many scrapbooks with photos of students, student groups, campus, and the Child Development Laboratory.

In Special Collections:

Community Conservation and Development Collection (CDCC), SBHC Mss 1 – Also known as the Pearl Chase collection. Contains large series of photographs, including images of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Isla Vista, and Santa Barbara City College.
Isla Vista Archives, SBHC Mss 41 – Contains series of photographs of people (including students), places, and events of Isla Vista.
Santa Barbara and Suburban Railway Photographs, SC 844 – Collection of four black and white photos showing Miss Ednah A. Rich, President of the State Normal School, being presented with a spike maul, which she used to drive the golden spike at the end of the Normal School Extension of the Santa Barbara & Suburban Railway, Nov. 6, 1913.
Walker A. Tompkins collection, SBHC Mss 19 – Contains series of photographs, including images of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and UCSB.

In Main Library:

La Cumbre yearbook – Includes photos of students, campus, and sometimes faculty and staff. Main Library & Special Collections Reading Room LD800 .S35L.
UCSB 1970-71 [cartographic material]. Aerial photograph in poster format of the campus and area surrounding the University of California, Santa Barbara. Map & Imagery Lab 3853 .S3:282:2U5 A4 1970 .U5.
University of California at the century [electronic resource]. Karen Sinsheimer, project co-director ; Therese Heyman, project co-director ; Stan Nicholson, administrative director ; Cathy Pollock, coordinator ; Steven Brown, creative director and designer. Map & Imagery Lab and Special Collections LD729.8 .U557 2001.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

University of California, Santa Barbara.

Series I: Photographs

Antecedents

Box 1: 1

Morse, Ednah Rich, c. 1898-1916

Box 1: 2

Morse, Ednah Rich – Friends and family, 1915-1916, n.d.

Box 1: 3

Blake, Anna S.C., 1897, n.d.

Box 1: 4

Blake Manual Training School, c. 1891-1917

Riviera Campus

Box 2: 1

Buildings – Exterior, c. 1912-1929

Box 2: 2

Buildings – Interior, 1915, n.d.

Box 2: 3

Postcards, c. 1944-1954

Box 3: 1

Administrators, 1944, 1947, n.d.

Box 3: 2

Faculty and Staff, 1941-1961, n.d.

Box 3: 3

Ceremonies, c. 1913-1951

Box 3: 4

Events, c. 1912-1952

Box 4: 1

Students – Music, c. 1915-1936

Box 4: 2

Students – Theater, c. 1915-1936

Box 4: 3

Students – Activities, 1915, 1951, n.d.

Box 4: 4

Students – General, c. 1917-1953

Box 4: 5

Displays of student work, 1915, n.d.

Mesa Campus

Box 5: 1

Buildings, 1943, n.d.

Box 5: 2

Events, c. 1949-1954

Box 5: 3

Faculty, c. 1953-1954

Box 5: 4

Drama Department, c. 1952-1953

Box 5: 5

Home Economics, c. 1949-1954

Box 5: 6

Student life, c. 1942-1954

Goleta Campus

Box 6: 1

Early aerial view of Goleta Campus Marine Base, c. 1953-1959

Box 6: 2

Marine Base, 1948-1950, n.d.

Box 6: 3

Goleta Campus prior to construction

Box 6: 4

Goleta Campus under construction, c. 1952-1959

Box 7: 1

Air views of campus, c. 1963-1985

Box 7: 2

UCSB Campus – General, c. 1963-1979

Box 7: 3

Storke Campus, c. 1968-1970

Box 7: 4

Lagoon, 1962-1988

Box 7: 5

Beach, c. 1949-1978

Box 7: 6

Students on campus, c. 1950s-1960s

Box 7: 7

Bicycles, c. 1981-1987

Administrative offices

Box 8: 1

Affirmative Action

Box 8: 2

Architects and Engineers, c. 1953-1971

Box 8: 3

Computer Center, 1965-1966

Box 8: 4

Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)

Box 8: 5

Financial Aid, c. 1983-1987

Box 8: 6

Graduate Division

Box 8: 7

Health Center

Box 8: 8

Housing

Box 8: 9

Misc. administrators, 1948

Box 8: 10

Regents, c. 1948-1973

Box 8: 11

Staff – General, 1974-1981

Box 8: 12

University Relations with Schools, 1982

Box 8: 13

Public Affairs Publication Offices, 1985-1989

Box 8: 14

UCSB Fire Department

Buildings

Box 9: 1

Anacapa Residence Hall

Box 9: 2

Arts Building, 1962-1966, n.d.

Box 9: 3

Broida Hall (Physics), 1966, n.d.

Box 9: 4

Campbell Hall, 1962-1971, n.d.

Box 9: 5

Centennial House, 1969

Box 9: 6

Central Lab for Radioactive Materials

Box 9: 7

Cheadle Hall, 1964-1974, n.d.

Box 9: 8

Chemistry Building, c. 1966

Box 10: 1

Cliff House – Building 446, Faculty Club (original)

Box 10: 2

Counseling and Career Center

Box 10: 3

Dining Commons, 1954-1959, n.d.

Box 10: 4

Ellison Hall, 1968-1969

Box 10: 5

Engineering Building I, c. 1967-1985

Box 10: 6

Events Center, 1976, n.d.

Box 10: 7

Financial Aid – Warshaw Mural Building, 1972

Box 10: 8

Francisco Torres Residence Hall

Box 10: 9

Learning Resources, 1973, n.d.

Box 10: 10

Marine Biology, 1965, n.d.

Box 10: 11

Married Student Housing

Box 11: 1

Misc. buildings, c. 1962-1988

Box 11: 2

Music Building, c. 1956-1969

Box 11: 3

Noble Hall (Biological Sciences building), 1966-1968

Box 11: 4

North Hall, 1962-1966, n.d.

Box 11: 5

Old Gym / Swimming Pool

Box 12: 1

Phelps Hall (East), 1964-1969

Box 12: 2

Psychology, 1964-1967

Box 12: 3

Residence Halls – Off-campus, c. 1981

Box 12: 4

Robertson Gym, 1967-1968, n.d.

Box 12: 5

San Miguel Residence Hall, 1962-1972, n.d.

Box 12: 6

San Nicolas Residence Hall, 1962-1965, n.d.

Box 12: 7

San Rafael Residence Hall, 1966-1968

Box 13: 1

Santa Cruz Residence Hall, 1957, n.d.

Box 13: 2

Santa Rosa Residence Hall, 1966, n.d.

Box 13: 3

Snidecor Hall (Speech and Drama building), c. 1966-1967

Box 13: 4

South Hall, 1967, n.d.

Box 13: 5

Storke Tower – Bell production, c. 1969

Box 14: 1

Storke Tower – Construction, 1968-1969

Box 14: 2

Storke Tower – Plaza, 1988, n.d.

Box 14: 3

Storke Tower – Thomas Storke, 1968-1969

Box 14: 4

Student Health Center

Box 14: 5

University Center, 1966-1967, n.d.

Box 15: 1

University Center – Construction, c. 1965-1966

Box 15: 2

University Center – Interior, c. 1966-1980

Box 15: 3

University House

Box 15: 4

Webb Hall (Science Building), c. 1954-1967

Departments

Box 16: 1

Anthropology / Archeology Department, 1982, n.d.

Box 16: 2

Art Department – Faculty, 1953-1986

Box 16: 3

Art Department – Students, 1980-1988, n.d.

Box 17: 1

Arts and Lectures Department, 1965-1986

Box 17: 2

Art Museum, c. 1984

Box 17: 3

Biological Sciences, 1948-1983

Box 17: 4

Chemistry Department, c. 1962-1968

Box 18: 1

Computer Science Department, 1981-1984

Box 18: 2

Counseling Department, 1984-1985

Box 18: 3

Creative Studies Department

Box 18: 4

Dance Department, 1953-1954, 1969

Box 18: 5

Drama Department, 1958-1988

Box 19: 1

Education Department, c. 1950-1964

Box 19: 2

Education Abroad (EAP), 1985, n.d.

Box 19: 3

Engineering Department, 1960-1988

Box 19: 4

English Department, 1956

Box 19: 5

Geology Department, c. 1954-1961

Box 20: 1

Language Laboratory

Box 20: 2

Home Economics Department, 1954-1957

Box 20: 3

Marine Science Institute, c. 1954-1983

Box 20: 4

Military Science / ROTC Department, c. 1952-1957

Box 20: 5

Misc. departments, c. 1956-1965

Box 20: 6

Physics Department, 1983-1984, n.d.

Box 20: 7

Speech and Drama Department, 1955-1956

Events

Box 21: 1

Charter Day, 1960

Box 21: 2-3

Charter Day, 1962-1963

Box 21: 4-7

Charter Day, 1966-1969

Box 22: 1-11

Commencement ceremonies, 1962-1972

Box 23: 1-5

Commencement ceremonies, 1973-1977

Box 24: 1

Commencement ceremonies, 1978

Box 25: 1-7

Commencement ceremonies, 1980-1986

Box 26: 1

Awards, 1954-1981

Box 26: 2

Dedications, 1954-1979

Box 26: 3

Engineering Week, c. 1979-1986

Box 26: 4

Homecoming, 1951-1965

Box 26: 5

Lectures, c. 1963-1966

Box 27: 1

Olympics, 1984

Box 27: 2

UCSB Inauguration, Mar. 28, 1955

Box 27: 3

University Day / College Day & Super Saturday / Open House, 1953-1987

Library

Construction

Box 28: 1

Unit I groundbreaking construction, 1952-1954

Box 28: 2

Unit I and II exterior, 1953-1988

Box 28: 3

Unit I and II interior, 1952-1954

Box 29: 1

Unit III construction – Exterior, 1966-1970

Box 29: 2

Unit III interior, 1984-1985, n.d.

Box 29: 3

Unit IV construction, 1975-1977

Box 29: 4

Unit IV interior, 1975-1988

Box 29: 5

Unit IV exterior, 1978-1980

Box 29: 6

Library schematics

Events

Box 30: 1

Events and visitors, 1955-1995

Box 30: 2

Dedication renaming, Nov. 1993

Box 30: 3

Hungarian books presentation, 1985

Box 30: 4

1 Million Volume Celebration (1973), 1968, 1973

Box 30: 5

2 Million Volume Celebration, 1991

Box 30: 6

M. Mitchel Chair / Friends of the Library

Box 30: 7

Friends of the Library honoring Mary Cheadle, c. 1990s

Box 30: 8

Cheadle, Mary – Room dedication

Box 30: 9

Earthquake, 1978

Box 30: 10

Staff picnic, 1993

Departments

Box 31: 1

Acquisitions

Box 31: 2

Arts and Music Library, 1974-1980

Box 31: 3

Circulation, 1977-1980

Box 31: 4

Coleccion and Black Studies, c. 1980

Box 31: 5

Curriculum Lab, 1974-1980

Box 31: 6

Inter-Library Loans (ILL)

Box 31: 7

Map and Imagery Laboratory (MIL), 1977, n.d.

Box 31: 8

Newspaper Room, 1973, n.d.

Box 31: 9

Oriental Collection, 1977-1980

Box 31: 10

Reference Department, 1974-1980

Box 31: 11

Sciences Engineering Library (SEL), 1974-1980

Box 31: 12

Serials, c. 1954-1977

Box 32: 1

Library exhibits

Box 32: 2

Patrons, 1973-1974, n.d.

Box 32: 3

Staff, 1954-1992

Special Collections

Box 33: 1

Bookplates

Box 33: 2

Brun, Chris

Box 33: 3

Busts, paintings, 1972, n.d.

Box 33: 4

CEMA, 1980-1991

Events

Box 33: 5

CDCC Open House, June 9, 1974

Box 33: 6

Corle Awards, 1964-1968

Box 33: 7-11

Corle Awards, 1971-1977

Box 34: 1-11

Corle Awards, 1978-1990

Box 34: 12

Events – General, 1959

Box 34: 13

Jeffers Ceremony

Box 34: 14

Lehmann room, 1969-1973

Box 35: 1

Exhibits, c. 1976-1991

Box 35: 2

Lobby, stacks, c. 1970-1980

Box 35: 3

Maximus Collection, 1985

Box 35: 4

Misc. staff and events, 1993

Box 35: 5

Monaghan, Jay, 1954-1975

Publications

Box 36: 1

Bestiary

Box 36: 2

Bukowski, Charles – Rudge

Box 36: 3

Cushing, Anne, c. 1969

Box 36: 4

Lincoln-Junkin Letter Mural

Box 36: 5

Rudge, William Edwin

Box 37: 1

Soundings

Box 37: 2

Soundings illustrations, 1987

Box 37: 3

Romaine Collection

Box 37: 4

Skofield, Hobart, 1971-1985

Box 37: 5

Staff, 1993

Box 37: 6

Sweet [Robert] Collection, 1979

Box 37: 7

Visitors, 1968-1983

Box 38: 1

Special Collections – Misc. materials, people

Music Department

Box 39: 1

Visitors, 1960-1985

Box 39: 2

Performers, 1958-1973

Box 40: 1

Performances, 1956-1989

Box 40: 2

Faculty, 1934-1985

Box 41: 1

Music students, 1954-1986

Publications

Box 42: 1

General Catalog, 1984-1985

Sports

Box 42: 2

Baseball

Box 42: 3

Basketball, 1974-1988

Box 42: 4

Fitness Center, c. 1984

Box 42: 5

Football, 1988, n.d.

Box 42: 6

Rowing, 1988, n.d.

Box 42: 7

Sailing, c. 1968

Box 43: 1

Swimming, 1962, n.d.

Box 43: 2

Tennis, 1975, n.d.

Box 43: 3

Track and Field, 1988, n.d.

Box 43: 4

Volleyball, 1988, n.d.

Box 43: 5

Misc. sports, 1950-1988

Students

Box 44: 1

Activities, c. 1936-1983

Box 45: 1

Beach scenes, c. 1950-1967

Box 46: 1

Classroom scenes, c. 1955-1984

Box 46: 2

Concerned Students, 1993

Box 46: 3

Disabled Students, c. 1972-1981

Box 47: 1

General, 1950s-1960s

Box 48: 1

General, 1970s-1980s

Box 48: 2

Greek Life, 1953-1967

Box 48: 3

Minorities, c. 1969-1985

Box 48: 4

Project Pakistan, 1963

Box 48: 5

Protests

Box 49: 1

Residential Life, 1955-1985

Students (Color), 1988

Box 49: 2

Halloween

Box 49: 3

Isla Vista

Box 50: 1

Organized activities

Box 50: 2

Science labs

Box 50: 3

Sports fans

Box 50: 4

Storke Plaza events

Box 50: 5

Student Life

Box 50: 6

UCEN – Pub, Nicoletti's

Visitors

Box 51: 1

Distinguished visitors, 1952-1985

Box 51: 2

Riviera Campus distinguished visitors

Box 51: 3

Soviet Higher Education Delegation, Nov. 1974

Box 51: 4

UCSB Foundation

Oversize Photographs

Box 52: 1

Riviera Campus

Goleta Campus

Box 52: 2

Aerial views, c. 1960-1967

Box 52: 3

Buildings, 1965, n.d.

Box 52: 4

Events (Commencement), 1985, n.d.

Box 52: 5

Faculty

Box 52: 6

Library

Box 52: 7

Sports

Box 52: 8

Students

Box 53

Ansel Adams prints for Fiat Lux (vault), 1967

Map Cabinet 19:13

Misc. faculty, students, departments, and campus photos, 1975, n.d.

Series II: Slides

Campus and Buildings

Box: Sleeve 54: 1

Campus Beach, 1956

Box: Sleeve 54: 2-6

Campus buildings, c. 1953-1978

Box: Sleeve 54: 7-11

Campus buildings – Construction, 1955-1968

Box: Sleeve 54: 12-14

Campus planning, 1967, 1989

Box: Sleeve 54: 15

Events Center

Box: Sleeve 54: 16

General campus views, c. 1955-1958

Box: Sleeve 54: 17

Isla Vista, 1962

Box: Sleeve 54: 18

Mesa Campus

Box: Sleeve 54: 19

Riviera Campus

Departments and Offices

Box: Sleeve 55: 1

Anthropology Department, 1987

Box: Sleeve 55: 2-4

Art Museum

Box: Sleeve 55: 5

Art Studio Department, 1979

Box: Sleeve 55: 6

Biology Department, 1955-1956

Box: Sleeve 55: 7-9

Chemistry Department, c. 1956, 1985

Box: Sleeve 55: 10

Childcare Lab

Box: Sleeve 55: 11

Community Housing Office, 1982

Box: Sleeve 55: 12

Dance Department, 1964

Box: Sleeve 55: 13

Dining Hall, 1956

Box: Sleeve 55: 14

Home Economics Department, 1955

Box: Sleeve 55: 15

Industrial Art Department

Box: Sleeve 55: 16

Language Lab

Box: Sleeve 55: 17-18

Public Affairs Office – Campus publicity, c. 1985-1990

Box: Sleeve 55: 19

ROTC, 1955

Campus-wide Events

Box: Sleeve 56: 1

Homecoming, 1947-1959

Box: Sleeve 56: 2-5

Special events (Including Campus Dedication, 1955), 1950s-1960s

Box: Sleeve 56: 6-22

University Day, 1986

Library

Events

Box: Sleeve 57: 1

Corle Contest, 1966

Box: Sleeve 57: 2-9

Library Two Million Volume Party

Box: Sleeve 57: 10

Earthquake, 1978

Box: Sleeve 57: 11-13

Donald C. Davidson Dedication, 1993

Exhibits

Box: Sleeve 57: 14-15

S.B. Bibles

Box: Sleeve 57: 16

Special Collections CEMA exhibit

Box: Sleeve 57: 17

Friends treasures, 1990

Box: Sleeve 57: 18-22

General, 1953-1975

Staff

Box: Sleeve 57: 23

Library Staff Christmas Party, 1976

Box: Sleeve 57: 24

Library Staff Party, 1969

Box: Sleeve 57: 25

Library Staff Picnic, 1970

Special Collections

Box: Sleeve 57: 26

Pearl Chase, 1974

Buildings & construction

Box: Sleeve 58: 1-2

Library interior, 1970

Box: Sleeve 58: 3

Construction – Planning

Box: Sleeve 58: 4-6

Library Unit I exterior, 1954-1958

Box: Sleeve 58: 7

Library Unit I interior, 1954

Box: Sleeve 58: 8

Library Unit II construction, 1961-1962

Box: Sleeve 58: 9-11

Library Unit III construction, 1966

Box: Sleeve 58: 12

Library Unit III exterior, 1966

Box: Sleeve 58: 13-18

Library Unit IV construction, 1977

Box: Sleeve 58: 19

Library Unit IV exterior, 1986

Students

Box: Sleeve 59: 1-6

Students, 1954, 1984-1985

Box: Sleeve 59: 7-9

Students in classrooms, 1975

Box: Sleeve 59: 10-11

Students in classrooms – Curb Wittenberg Lecture

Box: Sleeve 59: 12-14

Students in Counseling

Box: Sleeve 59: 15

Students in Dining Commons

Box: Sleeve 59: 16-17

Students in dorms

Box: Sleeve 59: 18

Francisco Torres Dorms – Exterior with pool, 1986

Box: Sleeve 59: 19

Minority students, 1977, 1985-1986

Box: Sleeve 59: 20

Students studying, 1984-1985

Series III: Negatives

Box 60-64

Original and copy negatives

Box 65

Glass negative