A travelling exhibit by Rounce & Coffin Club, Los Angeles

November 5 - December 4, 1997

This exhibit featured small press books selected by the Rounce and Coffin Club of Los Angeles.

Summer 1997

On display were a selection of non-book materials covering the Civil War, Westward Expansion, and the Gold Rush in California and Alaska. The formats ranged from original Civil War sheet music, broadsides, photographs, and various Civil War artifacts such as a union cap and Lincoln’s life mask, stamps and currency to maps and artist sketches of life during the Gold Rush.

“What’s In the Wyles Collection: Non-Book Materials” were on display in Special Collections in the Davidson Library through November 4, 1997.

Spring 1997

This exhibit featured items from the Performing Arts Collections in the Department of Special Collections.

Winter 1997

Correspondence Art, Arte Postale, Post-Kunst — however it’s named, it’s all Mail Art. As an art form, Mail Art puts hundreds of artists in contact with each other in a way that is direct, global, de-centralized and inexpensive.

Fall 1996

The Department of Special Collections’ current exhibit, Dressing the Text: The Fine Press Artists’ Book, is a traveling exhibit co-sponsored by the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County and the Printers’ Chappel of Santa Cruz, with support from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. The exhibition showcases 48 outstanding examples of work produced by fine press printers and book artists from across the United States during the past decade.

Summer 1996

In the summer of 1996 the Department of Special Collections presented the exhibit entitled, “The UCSB Campus: From Schoolhouse to University.” The focus of the display was on the physical development of the Goleta campus, but also included the earlier campuses.

Spring 1996

The Department of Special Collections’ exhibit, “Cultural Aspects of Death,” was held in conjunction with activities sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and the University Art Museum.

Winter 1996

This exhibit highlighted African American materials in the Department of Special Collections.

October - December 1995

This exhibit highlighted Special Collections materials on Japanese immigrants in California.

July - September 1995

This exhibit highlighted American Civil War materials from the Wyles Collections, including correspondence and diaries of Civil War soldiers.