Below are News items in the category of Special Collections Announcements

Department of Special Collections Acquires Lou Cannon Papers

UCSB Library’s Department of Special Collections has recently acquired the papers of author Lou Cannon, former White House correspondent and noted biographer of Ronald Reagan.
Collections, Gifts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
April 7, 2009

Darrell Baker and Tina Arth Donation

Collector and author Darrel Baker and his wife Tina Arth gave the library a generous donation to acquire new cylinders for the library's Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
Gifts, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
September 1, 2008

Neil O'Brien Papers

This summer, the library was pleased to receive the papers of early 20th century American blackface entertainer Neil O'Brien, leader of "Neil O'Brien's Great American Minstrels."
Collections, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
August 1, 2008

Bruce Bastin/Interstate Music Collection

This May, UCSB Library acquired a portion of folklorist Bruce Bastin's record collection, consisting of 10,000 78rpm ethnic and folk recordings from Latin America and Europe.
Collections, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
May 1, 2008

Kenneth Karmiole Endowment

Kenneth Karmiole, Class of ’68, is creating an endowed fund to benefit Special Collections in the UC Santa Barbara Library with a pledge of $100,000.
Gifts, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
June 1, 2007

Diana and Simon Raab Endowment

Diana and Simon Raab of Santa Barbara are creating a generously-endowed fund to benefit Special Collections.
Gifts, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
January 1, 2007

New Digital Collection with 5,000 Cylinder Recordings Online

A new digital collection featuring the library's cylinder recordings from the mid 1890s to the mid 1920s is now online.
Collections, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News, Technology
June 1, 2005

Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive

Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.
Collections, Gifts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News, Technology
January 1, 2005

John S. Kiewit Photography Collection

The UCSB Library Department of Special Collections is pleased to announce that it recently has received the John S. Kiewit Photography Collection (Mss 228) of several thousand slides, prints, negatives and related work.
Collections, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
June 1, 2004

The Isla Vista Resources Project

The Neal J. Linson Family generously provided funding for a project to organize, preserve, and publicize the extensive Isla Vista resources held by the UCSB Department of Special Collections and other areas of the UCSB Library.
Collections, Gifts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections News
August 1, 2000