Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Student Association Collection

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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Student Association (GSA) Collection, ca. 1969-2001

Collection number: UArch 113

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
Date Completed:
Aug. 11, 2010
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Student Association Collection
Dates: ca. 1969-2001
Collection number: UArch 113
Creator: University of California, Santa Barbara. Graduate Students Association
Collection Size: 0.4 linear feet (1 document box and 1 oversize flat box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains graduate student handbooks, student survey results, and a small amount of correspondence and flyers.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives, 26B (box 1); 30B (box 2).
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Student Association collection. UArch 113. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Undetermined.

Scope and Content of Collection

"The Graduate Students Association (GSA) is the elected representative government for UCSB graduate students. We work to: (1) ensure that graduate student concerns are addressed in campus and off-campus policy decisions, (2) provide graduate students with information concerning decisions that are relevant to student life and (3) provide social activities for UCSB graduate students."
From the GSA website, http://ucsbgsa.org/ 
The collection contains graduate student handbooks, student survey results, and a small amount of correspondence and flyers.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Graduate Students Association

Related Material

The Grad Bag and The Monthly Planet, GSA publications in University Archives Serials Short Runs.
Thresholds, GSA publication in University Archives Serials, and Main Library and SRLF AP2 .T47
UCSB Student Organizations collection, UArch 101 – Contains posters from the GSA as well as files on other graduate student groups, such as the Black Graduate Student Association.
Department of History collection, UArch 40 – File on the History Graduate Student Association.
Associated Students subject files, UArch 21 – Files on the GSA.
Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12 – File on the GSA.
GSA website: http://ucsbgsa.org/ 

Box 1: 1

Correspondence, c. 1969-1970

Box 1: 2

Correspondence, 1998-2001

Box 1: 3

Flyers, c. 1970-1978

Box 1: 4

Graduate Student Bill of Rights, 1993

Box 1: 5

Handbook, c. 1970s

Box 1: 6

Handbook, 1974-1975

Box 1: 7

Handbook, 1975-1976

Box 1: 8

Handbook, 1978-1979

Box 1: 9

Handbook, 1981-1982

Box 2: 1

Graduate student survey, 1972