University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Letters and Science records, 1940-2000, bulk 1948-1961

Summary

Abstract:

Records of the University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Letters and Science.

Extent:

9.5 Linear Feet (19 document boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Letters and Science records. UArch 66. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains administrative documents, correspondence, reports, and other related materials produced by committees produced and compiled by the University of California, Santa Barbara's College of Letters and Science.

Biographical / historical:

The College of Letters and Science is the largest at UC Santa Barbara. Serving more than 20,000 undergraduates and some 2,000 graduates, the college provides varied interdisciplinary opportunities for its faculty and students.

The college is organized into four divisions comprising more than 45 departments and programs, over 90 major pathways, as well as student services to support and enhance the undergraduate experience. Building on the traditional strengths of a liberal arts education, rigorous scholarship, and inspiring teaching, its programs engage students in a variety of pedagogical approaches and methodologies. All undergraduate students at UC Santa Barbara take at least one class in the College of Letters and Science.

Acquisition information:

Undetermined.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by topic into two series:

• Series 1: Committee files
• Series 2: Subject files

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Some of the departments of the College Letters and Science that appear in this collection have their own collections in the University Archives. See also:

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1. Department of Art collection, UArch 70
2. Department of Home Economics collection, UArch 34
3. Department of Music collection, UArch 83
4. Department of Women's Physical Education scrapbooks, UArch 95
5. Department of Biological Sciences collection, UArch SC 9
6. Department of Education collection, UArch SC 27
7. Department of English collection, UArch SC 29
8. Department of Ergonomics and Physical Education collection, UArch SC 31
9. Department of Industrial Education collection, UArch SC 44
10. Department of Military Science collection, UArch SC 58
11. Department of Speech collection, UArch SC 77

The UCSB Broadsides and Posters collection, UArch 32, contains posters from many of the departments in the Letters and Science records.

Departmental serials have been separated from the collections and can be searched via the UCSB Library's online catalog.

University Archives also holds a collection on the student protests of the 1960s and 1970s created by the College of Letters and Science: College of Letters and Science Isla Vista Riots collection, UArch 39.

Other related collections:

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1. Academic Senate records, UArch 13 – Files on Letters and Science degree programs, educational policy, etc.
2. Associated Students subject files, UArch 21 – Files on Committee on Educational Policy, grading, enrollment, etc.
3. Campus Planning Committee records, UArch 33 – Files on Committee on Educational Policy, enrollment, etc.
4. History and Antecedents collection, UArch 100 – Files on accreditation, early departments, etc.
5. Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12 – Files on the college and select departments.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Letters and Science records. UArch 66. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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