UC San Diego. Office of the Chancellor Records (Galbraith)

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PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Contents of Series

SERIES 1) PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE: The title of the series PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE was provided by the Office of the Chancellor on the original file folders. This correspondence is not truly personal, in the sense that it does not relate to private or family matters. Rather, the materials concern Galbraith's personal relations with colleagues and members of the campus and local communities and system-wide administrators. Of special interest is a letter from Galbraith to U.C. President Clark Kerr, dated September 3, 1964, in which Galbraith delineates the conditions upon which he will assume the UCSD Chancellorship. The first condition relates to increased funding for the UCSD Library. A number of handwritten notes from President Kerr can be found in the correspondence, as well as communications between Galbraith and members of the UCSD faculty and administration. Also included is a large quantity of letters relating to Galbraith's historical scholarship.

Box 1, Folder 1-4

Personal correspondence 1964-1968

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Contents of Series

SERIES 2) SUBJECT FILES: Includes clippings and other information relating to the Byrne Report, a general reassessment of the U.C. system organization in the wake of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. The files titled "Drugs" reveal the growing concern over this subject by the U.C. administration in the mid-1960s. The "LSD Report," prepared by Mary Avery of UCSD, is a compendium of published reports and laws surrounding a drug then gaining popularity on college campuses.

The so-called "Flag Incident" of 1967 is documented in one of the subject files. Included in this file are clippings from local papers, statements by members of the campus community and statements by state assemblyman John Stull. A number of clippings relating to this incident can also be found in the scrapbooks.

Chancellor Galbraith's active interest in library funding is reflected in two files on this subject. Documented here are the chancellor's efforts to convince U.C. administrators of the need for a third great library for the system. Related to this issue are the files on two statewide ballot initiatives from 1964 and 1966 (both were "Proposition 2"). These initiatives asked voters to approve greater funding for higher education. The 1966 initiative involved a bond issue, which would help to pay for UCSD's new library.

The letters in the "Resignation" files reveal the strong support that Chancellor Galbraith received from members of the campus and local communities. A good example of this support can be seen in the letter from Professor Walter Munk of Scripps Institution, sent to Galbraith during the crisis over Galbraith's 1966 resignation. Of historical importance is a hand written draft, undated, of a resignation letter from Galbraith to President Kerr. In the letter Galbraith specifically mentions Kerr's failure to support funding for the UCSD Library.

Box 1, Folder 5

Administrative and Organization Master Plan 1967

Box 1, Folder 6

Appointment as Chancellor - Letters of congratulation, articles

Box 2, Folder 1

Byrne Report

Box 2, Folder 2

Campus-Systemwide Relations 1965

Box 2, Folder 3

Chancellor's Student Advisory Committee

Box 2, Folder 4

Commencement

Box 2, Folder 5

Conference on British Studies 1964 - 1966

Box 2, Folder 6

Construction Schedule for Major Buildings 1965 - 1975

Box 2, Folder 7

Drugs - Correspondence and memorandums 1966 - 1971

Box 2, Folder 8

Drugs - LSD Report

Box 2, Folder 9

Faculty

Box 2, Folder 10

Flag Incident

Box 2, Folder 11

Inauguration

Box 3, Folder 1

Invitations accepted

Box 3, Folder 2

Invitations regretted

Box 3, Folder 3

Karate

Box 3, Folder 4-5

Library Funding 1965-1966

Box 3, Folder 6

Masque (An Anonymous Satire)

Box 3, Folder 7

Naming of the University

Box 3, Folder 8

Near-Eastern Studies - Efforts to establish a program at UCSD 1967 - 1968

Box 3, Folder 9

Professors' Inaugural Lectures

Box 3, Folder 10-12

Proposition 2 1964, 1966

General

Includes 1964 Fact Book.

Box 4, Folder 1-3

Resignation 1965, 1968

Box 4, Folder 4

Salk Institute

Box 4, Folder 5

Speeches - Copies

Box 4, Folder 6-8

Speeches accepted - Correspondence 1964-1968

Box 4, Folder 9

Speeches declined - Correspondence 1964-1968

Box 4, Folder 10

Talk to ACRL on Libraries 1967 June 29

Box 4, Folder 11

UCLA - Seminar

Box 4, Folder 12

Visit of Prince Vong Savang of Laos 1967

SCRAPBOOKS

Scope and Contents of Series

SERIES 3) SCRAPBOOKS: Contain clippings relating to all aspects of Chancellor Galbraith's administration, including many news stories featuring Mrs. Laura Galbraith and her active community involvement.

Oversize FB-038

Scrapbooks 1964-1965

General

Compiled by Laura Galbraith.

Oversize FB-039

Scrapbooks 1966

General

Compiled by Laura Galbraith.

Oversize FB-040

Scrapbook 1967

General

Compiled by Laura Galbraith.

Oversize FB-041

Scrapbook 1967-1968 September

General

Compiled by Laura Galbraith.

Collection Contents

PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

SUBJECT FILES

SCRAPBOOKS