Santa Barbara African American local history collection, 1900-2011

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Summary

Creators:
Daniels, Douglas, University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Black Studies, and Robinson, Cedric J.
Abstract:
Materials produced and compiled by the Black Santa Barbara Historical Calendar project. Additional materials pertinent to Santa Barbara African Americans continue to be added to the collection.
Extent:
3 Linear Feet (1 carton, 3 document boxes, 1 over-sized box and 19 cassette tapes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Santa Barbara African American local history collection, CEMA 99, Department of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains project files and historical material compiled and produced in the making of Black Santa Barbara Historical calednars. The calendar project produced two calendars for the years, 1995 and 1996.

Additional photos, calendars, articles, and audio-recordings connected to civic African Americans leaders continue to be added to the collection.

Series I: Calendar project contains a copy of the 1995 and 1996 version of the calendar as well as many of the component parts that made the 1995 calendar. Also of particular interest is a paper documenting selective case studies of the "Oral history of the Black Santa Barbara community during the 1940's and 1950's," which arose from the 1996 calendar project. There are copies of articles related to African American history and organizations such as the NAACP. There is an assortment of photographs of important local personages and community groups in Santa Barbara. This series is arranged alphabetically by title; those files that fall under the common title of calendar have been arranged chronologically.

Series II: Subject Files contains research on various topics and people relative to the Santa Barbara African American community. The files range from dates 1878-2011. These files have been arranged alphabetically by title.

Series III: Audio-recordings from the Black Santa Barbara Calendar Project. The dates of the files range from the years 1994-1995. These files have been arranged alphabetically by name of the interviewee.

Biographical / historical:

The origins of this collection began as the Black Santa Barbara Historical Calendar, a collaborative research project in the Black Studies Department at UC Santa Barbara. The aim of the calendar was to call attention to local personages and events important in Santa Barbara's African American community. Professor Cedric Robinson headed the project with the help of undergraduate students from across the nation and high school students from the local district. Research for the first calendar began in the summer of 1994; the Black Studies Department published two calendars, one in 1995 and the other in 1996 and research continued in the summer of 1997 until funding was lost and the project was halted. While the collection's origins were to support a discontinued calendar project, the documents, photographs and interviews are of great value for an understanding of African American local history. Additional materials continue to be be added.

Processing information:

Processed by Michelle Wilder, Alexander Hauschild October 8, 2007, Callie Bowdish and Mari Khasmanyan February 18, 2011. Addition processed by Rebecca Vasquez, February 2024.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

Access and use

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 are 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@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 assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

Santa Barbara African American local history collection, CEMA 99, Department of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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