Guide to the University of California, Irvine, Gateway Plaza literature collection AS.057
Finding aid prepared by Carrie Lee, 2001.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2001
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: University of California, Irvine, Gateway Plaza literature collection
Identifier/Call Number: AS.057
Physical Description:
0.6 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1966-1995
Date (bulk): 1969-1973
Abstract: This artificial collection comprises fliers, brochures, and newsletters produced by various student and off-campus groups,
and distributed near UC Irvine's Gateway Plaza--the entry to the center of campus, located between the Main Library and Gateway
Commons. Library staff collected the materials between 1966 and 1995. Most of the organizations whose literature is featured
in this collection were not UCI-based groups. Rather, the bulk of the literature produced by larger local and national organizations.
Some of the more prolific contributing groups include: United Farm Workers, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Farmworkers
Support Committee of Orange County, Californians for McGovern, and Campuses United Against Apartheid.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University
Archivist.
Preferred Citation
University of California, Irvine, Gateway literature collection. AS-057. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
The materials in this collection were collected by library staff from campus distributors during 1966-1995.
Processing History
Processed by Carrie Lee in 2001.
Chronology
Missing Title
| 1968-1969 |
December, Protests against the dismissal of three assistant professors by the university, organized by the Ad Hoc Committee
to Rehire Shapiro, Kent, Brannan.
|
| 1969 |
October 15, Vietnam War Moratorium. |
| 1969 |
Strikes at UC Berkeley. |
| 1970 |
May, Protests against U.S. involvement in Cambodia. |
| 1970 |
May, Vietnam War protest and campus teach-in. |
| 1972 |
George McGovern Presidential campaign. |
| 1973-1974 |
Richard Nixon impeachment. |
| 1970s |
Protests against UC investment in South Africa. |
| 1992-1993 |
Protests against proposed student fee increases at UCI. |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This artificial collection comprises fliers, brochures, and newsletters produced by various student and off-campus groups,
and distributed near UC Irvine's Gateway Plaza--the entry to the center of campus, located between the Main Library and Gateway
Commons. Library staff collected the materials between 1966 and 1995. Most of the organizations whose literature is featured
in this collection were not UCI-based groups. Rather, the bulk of the literature was produced by larger local and national
organizations. Some of the more prolific contributing groups include: United Farm Workers, Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
Farmworkers Support Committee of Orange County, Californians for McGovern, and Campuses United Against Apartheid.
Topics covered include: the Vietnam War moratorium and protests; music performances and poetry readings; religious and spiritual
groups' literature; protests at UC Berkeley; women's liberation; student elections; the American presidential election of
1972; the impeachment of President Richard Nixon; farm workers' protests; company boycotts; race relations; police violence;
apartheid in South Africa; state politics; establishment of ethnic studies programs at the university; and issues with faculty
and the Regents. Also included in this collection are copies of newspaper articles about the protest events, statements from
campus administration on polices relating to strike and protest activities, and one photograph from the June 1970 Cambodia
Crisis meeting. There are also email messages received by library staff in the 1990s which cover strike and protest information.
Two other collections have been incorporated here due to the similarities in their content and method of acquisition. The
materials from May and June of 1970 were collected by library staff during protests against the U.S. presence in Cambodia
and were originally kept in a collection called "UCI Strike." Materials from the mid 1970s to 1995 were originally housed
in the topical vertical file folder called "Student Protest" and have been included in this collection as well.
This collection is arranged chronologically by the date or month when the materials were distributed or collected.
Related Collections
Photographs taken at some of the protests and events featured in this collection can be found in the Photograph Subject File
in the University Archives.
Fliers, brochures, and newsletters
