Recent Additions to Special Collections
April 14 - June 14, 2004
Special Collections recently has acquired a number of interesting printed and manuscript materials, some of which are on display in our lobby through mid June. Highlights include:
Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional
September 1 - November 17, 2003
The Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional archives were established in CEMA in January 2000. Consisting of 28 linear feet, these archives are the official records of the national organization. The Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, founded in 1980, was an organization of women who enhance and promote the image of Chicana/Latina women in all levels of society. This exhibit highlighted holdings from the CEMA collection (CEMA 30).
Goldshlak (Leon A.) Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
July 1 - August 15, 2003
This exhibit highlighted the collection of books, sound recordings, videotapes, scores and graphic materials related to the careers and operas of William S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan. Goldshlak was a Santa Barbara collector who amassed a significant collection of published and unpublished materials. The collection was donated by Goldshlak’s cousin, Barry Kasdan.
Die-Cut Advertising Literature, ca. 1880-1960
April 28 - June 30, 2003
The vast majority of items in this exhibit come from a recently acquired collection (Mss 202) of 101 pamphlets, booklets, cards, and flyers cut in shapes such as animals, books, bottles, boxes, cans, fruit and vegetables, hats, oysters, and shoes. Many of the items are highly illustrated and printed in vivid colors. Most are early- mid 20th century, some from California.
The Future in the Past: Works of Science Fiction and Fantasy From the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
January 27 - April 18, 2003
This exhibit featured the works of several dozen authors who wrote speculative fiction or fantasy, a genre that later came to be known as Science Fiction.
60th Annual Western Books Exhibition, Rounce & Coffin Club of Los Angeles
November 18, 2002 - January 15, 2003
This exhibit featured small press books selected by the Rounce and Coffin Club of Los Angeles.
The UCSB Libraries: Celebrating 50 Years of Growth and Service
September 1 - November 15, 2002
This was an online exhibit on the history of the UCSB Library, to which Special Collections contributed. The exhibit is no longer available.
The History of Asian America On Stage: Highlights from the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
July 1 - August 30, 2002
This display featured selected historical documents, photographs, scripts and graphic art work drawn from several Asian American performing arts collections, including the Asian American Theater Company (AATC), the Genny Lim Papers and the Elizabeth Wong Papers.
Sound Recordings from the Performing Arts Collections
May 1 - June 28, 2002
This exhibit highlighted various audio recordings from the Performing Arts Collections in Special Collections.
The Indefatigable Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) Seventeenth Century Mapmaker
March 4 - April 26, 2002
The portrait of Willem Janszoon Blaeu bears the Latin motto, Indefessus Agendo, Guilielmus Blaeu. An English equivalent of this phrase would be "Indefatigable Agenda, William Blue," and it refers to this Dutch mapmaker’s ambition to become Europe’s premiere publisher of cartographic materials.
