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Isla Vista Resources-
University Archives

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Protestors march through UCSB campus, 1970.

The University Archives is the official repository for university records, including administrative and departmental offices, student programs, and faculty and administrators' papers. The following collections contain material related to Isla Vista:
  • Academic Senate.  Includes minutes and committee reports of the Santa Barbara Division of the Academic Senate meetings, with extensive discussion of issues pertaining to student unrest and related faculty concerns.  Also other related files, including those for Academic Council, Committee on Academic Freedom, Committee on Affirmative Action, and Council on Experimental Courses.

  • Associated Students Subject Files (University Archives).  The files generally date from the 1960s and include a wide range of Isla Vista subjects such as: Isla Vista Community Council, Isla Community Services, Isla Vista Demonstrations, Isla Vista Governmental Study, Isla Vista History, Isla Vista Legal Services, and Isla Vista Violence.  There also are a number of files from the 1970s on related topics such as affirmative action, housing, legal affairs, local government, minority students, oil industry, and women's issues.

  • Chancellor's Office.  Vernon Cheadle was the Chancellor of UCSB from 1963 to 1977, and oversaw its growth from a small college to a major university.  Records document events relating to the social ferment surrounding the university during this period, as viewed from an administrative perspective.  Included are correspondence, memos, bulletins, statements, news releases, and reports. 

  • College of Letters and Science: IV Riots Files.  Mainly material received by the Office of the Dean of the College, 1968-1972, 1975, much of it focusing on the academic programs and courses offered at UCSB.  Included are correspondence, memos, proposals, and reports about new classes such as the X-100 National Crisis courses and development of ethnic studies programs, as well as issues involving scheduling and disruption of classes.

  • Ethnic Studies Collections.  Student protests such as the takeover of North Hall in 1969 spurred UCSB into becoming the first campus in the University of California to promote ethnic studies under fully accredited academic programs.  Materials include:

    • Black Studies Center and Department: Subject files from the 1970's and an historical survey.

    • Chicano Studies Center and Department: A large amount of material documenting Chicano Studies at UCSB from 1969 to the present, including correspondence, reports and proposals.

  • La Cumbre.  UCSB yearbooks containing photos documenting student life.

  • Posters.  Large collection of posters, flyers, and ephemera, much of which is from the 1960s and 1970s.  They provide information about student groups and activism on campus, including speakers and programs held at UCSB, rallies, and anti-war protest marches.

  • Public Information Office (University Archives).  Files with Isla Vista-related material include:

    • Bio Files: contain information on faculty and administrators involved in Isla Vista issues, such as Assistant Chancellor David Gardner and Academic Senate Chairman James Walters.

    • Isla Vista/Student Unrest Files.  Primarily clippings, but also memoranda, correspondence, bulletins, flyers, and reports by various UCSB offices and individuals.
       
    • News Releases, ca. 1962-1971.  Stories released by UCSB.

    • Newsclippings, ca. 1947-1976, 1984-1988.  Mainly files with copies of UCSB-related stories run in statewide newspapers, including IV-related items.

    • Subject Files: Primarily newspaper clippings, including files on Issues - Isla Vista, 1973-1990, and Joint Isla Vista Effort (J.I.V.E.), a community trash clean-up organization, 1970.

  • Student Organizations:

    • Flyers and Posters: includes original leaflets promoting anti-war rallies and related events on campus and in Isla Vista.

    • Other Student Groups include the Black Student Union, El Congresso, and the New Free University.

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