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Collection on the Anteater mascot and other university symbols (University of California, Irvine)
AS.144
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box accn2009-027A 001
Box 1 circa 1965-2009
Series Scope and Contents Summary
This box contains an oral history interview with Schuyler Hadley Bassett, who is credited with taking up the successful campaign
to elect the anteater as the mascot; correspondence and pin with Playboy-inspired anteater design, 1965; 2009 clippings about
the mascot controversy and mascot-related UCI ephemera, bulk 1965; and a proposed UCI Medal design, circa 1984.
box accn2009-027A 002
Box 2 circa 1965-2009
Series Scope and Contents Summary
This box contains artistic renderings of mascots proposed by UCI administration (6 total): mariners (2), toros, explorers,
dolphins, clippers; proposed UCI logos; anteater mascot-related ephemera and photographs (including photograph of mascot with
Jack W. Peltason and Daniel G. Aldrich); and page 1 and 2 of and "extra" edition of the UCI student newspaper
Spectrum reporting on the final vote that made the Anteater the official mascot.
folder accn2009-027A XOS001
box accn2014-030 001
box FB-072, folder accn2014-053 : 7
box FB-072, folder accn2014-053 : 6