Guide to the University of California, Irvine, poster collection AS.050
Finding aid prepared by Carrie Lee, 2001; updated by Cyndi Shein, 2007; updated by Laura Uglean Jackson and Christine Kim,
2017. Updated by Gabrielle Wood, 2023.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2023
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, poster collection
Creator:
University of California, Irvine
Identifier/Call Number: AS.050
Physical Description:
18.5 Linear Feet
(36 oversize folders) and 0.4 unprocessed linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1965-2011
Abstract: The collection comprises over 1,800 color and black and white posters created by various administrative offices, academic
departments, and organizations on the University of California, Irvine (UCI) campus from the 1960s to the present. The posters
advertise programs and events held on campus and provide information on course offerings as well as academic and student support
services.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are generally retained by the creators of the records
and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright. For information on use,
copyright, and attribution, please visit: http://special.lib.uci.edu/using/publishing.html
Preferred Citation
University of California, Irvine, poster collection. AS-050. 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
Acquired periodically from various campus sources.
Accruals
Additional materials are expected.
Processing History
Processed by Mariko Takemoto in 1999. Processing completed by Ellen Cruz in 2001. Finding aid produced by Carrie Lee in 2001.
Additions and revisions made by Cyndi Shein in 2007. Updated by Laura Uglean Jackson and Christine Kim, 2017. Updated by Gabrielle
Wood, 2023.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises over 1,800 color and black and white posters created by various administrative offices, academic
departments, and organizations on the University of California, Irvine (UCI) campus from the 1960s to the present. The posters
advertise programs and events held on campus and provide information on course offerings as well as academic and student support
services. The major academic units represented include the Schools of the Arts, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Humanities,
Physical Sciences, Social Ecology, and Social Sciences.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by the subject of the poster, or by the originating campus unit. Within each folder
the posters are organized by year, with undated posters on top.
The collection also contains two unprocessed additions:
Accession 2014.040. Unprocessed addition, 2014, 1967-1990. 0.4 linear feet
Accession 2017.003. Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows series and Bill Maher event unprocessed addition, 1997-2007. 0.1 linear
feet
Related Collections
Many of the posters were removed from the records of their office of origin and added to this collection. Contextual information
can be found in the corresponding archival collections, vertical files, and campus publications.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Posters -- 20th century.
Posters -- 21st century.
University of California, Irvine. School of Biological Sciences -- Posters
University of California, Irvine. School of the Arts -- Posters
University of California, Irvine. School of Social Sciences -- Posters
University of California, Irvine -- Poster collections
University of California, Irvine. School of Social Ecology -- Posters
University of California, Irvine. School of Humanities -- Posters
folder XOS 3
Adams, Ansel: Fiat Lux
1991
folder XOS 1, folder XOS 31
Administrative offices and programs
1971-1998 undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes Student Affairs, Greek Life and the Center for Women and Men.
folder XOS 26
Athletics
1968-1998
Scope and Content Note
Includes Campus Recreation.
folder XOS 4
Calendars
1968-1998
Scope and Content Note
Includes course offerings, Convocation, Extended University, Irvine Company, and Testing.
folder XOS 6
Community events at UCI
1989-1990
folder XOS 7
Faculty/staff organizations and programs
1971-1991
Scope and Content Note
Includes Alumni Association.
folder XOS 8
Graduate School of Administration/Management
1977-1983
folder XOS 2
Haley, Alex
1981
Physical Description: 2 items, 1 autographed
folder XOS 29
Health Sciences
1968-1992
Scope and Content Note
Includes UI Medical Center and College of Medicine.
Lecturers and guest speakers
folder XOS 10
Non-UCI performances
1966-1990
Scope and Content Note
Includes Committee for Arts, Intercampus Cultural Exchange, and Lively Arts at UCI.
folder XOS 11
On-Campus housing
1966-1986
Scope and Content Note
Includes Housing Office, Mesa Court, Middle Earth, and Verano.
folder XOS 12
Recruitment
1969-1996
Scope and Content Note
Includes Affirmative Action Program, Educational Opportunities Program, Office of Relations with Schools and Colleges, Stay
Over Program, and Student-Parent Orientation Program (SPOP).
folder XOS 5
Reeve, Christopher Celebrity Polo Classic
1996
Physical Description: 7 items, 1 autographed
folder XOS 13
Joint productions
1967-1999
folder XOS 14
Art lectures, Studio Art, UCI Art Gallery
1965-2013
folder XOS 15
Dance Department
1971-2000
folder XOS 16
Drama Department, Irvine Repertory Theater
1969-2000
folder XOS 18, box 1, folder 2-4
School of Biological Sciences
1968-1990
folder XOS 19, box 1, folder 1-2
School of Engineering, School of Information and Computer Science
1969-1990
folder XOS 20
School of Humanities
1966-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes Departments of English and Comparative Literature, History, foreign language departments, and Humanitech events.
folder XOS 21
School of Physical Sciences
1968-1987
folder XOS 22
School of Social Ecology
1970-1989
folder XOS 23
School of Social Sciences
1968-2006
Scope and Content Note
Includes Departments of Comparative Culture, Economics, International Studies, and Political Science.
folder XOS 24
Student Activities Office
1968-1998
Scope and Content Note
Includes ASUCI, Bookstore, Clone Factory, Cross Cultural Center, and UCI Foundation.
folder XOS 25
Student organizations
1966-1993
folder XOS 30
Unidentified and miscellaneous posters
1967-2005
box FB-069, folder accn2014-040 001 : 12, folder accn2014-040 XOS
Unprocessed addition 2014 Accession 2014-040
1967-2011
Access
This unprocessed accretion does not contain any restricted records and is open for research.
Scope and Content Note
This addition contains several posters from various departments and events on campus, including a signed poster from a Student
Affairs event.
box FB-069, folder accn2017-003 001 : 13
Unprocessed addition 2017 Accession 2017-003
1997-2007
Conditions Governing Access
This unprocessed accretion does not contain any restricted records and is open for research.
Scope and Contents
This addition contains several posters from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for the Chancellor's Distinguished
Fellows series. It also includes one poster from a Bill Maher event at UC Irvine.
folder Accn2023-010 001 OS, folder Accn2023-010 002 OS, folder Accn2023-010 003 OS, folder Accn2023-010 004 OS, folder Accn2023-010 005 OS
Unprocessed addition 2023
1966-1983
Scope and Contents
This accrual is composed of 28 posters separated from the James Penrod paper collection. It includes posters for events put
on by the UCI department of Drama, Dance, and Music as well as lecture series, joint productions, and programs on campus.
Events included Shakespeare plays, folk dance programs, campus wide celebration weeks, etc.