Special Collections: News & Events

The Special Collections News Archive contains summaries of press releases about prominent news developments. The heading of each item links to the full text of that story.

Edouard Pecourt Collection: An Exhibit of Early French Cylinder and Disc Recordings

Pecourt’s extraordinary collection of over 3,000 cylinders and 18,000 discs was acquired by the UCSB Library in 2010. Selections from the collection are on exhibit in the Department of Special Collections.
Collections, Exhibits, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
July 1, 2010

Hector Gonzalez - Visiting Artist: “The History of Rampart Records”

Gonzalez is a visiting artist in residence at UCSB sponsored by the Chicano Studies Institute and the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives in the UCSB Library.
Events, Exhibits, Lectures & Talks, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements, Special Collections Exhibits
May 24, 2010

Public Lives of Posters in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Manilatown, and Japantown, 1970s and 1980s: The Kearny Street Workshop Archives Poster Collection.

This exhibition is a special compendium which encapsulates visual cultures, global ethnopoles, and urban public spaces of that time.
Collections, Events, Exhibits, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
May 4, 2010

Necessary Theater: Luis Valdez and the Teatro Campesino

The California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) will be co-sponsoring a day-long Chicano Theater Conference and Diversity Lecture Series.
Events, Humanities, Lectures & Talks, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements
January 12, 2010

¡Movimiento! Exhibit on the Chicano Movement

This winter’s exhibit centers on the movement for social justice and equity that was actually another stage in the continuum of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement that began in the 1940s.
Exhibits, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
December 7, 2009

Esteban Villa: El Movimiento Chicano and the Royal Chicano Air Force

The California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) will be co-sponsoring two presentations by Esteban Villa on the Chicano movement and the Royal Chicano Air Force artist collective.
Events, Humanities, Lectures & Talks, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements
November 17, 2009

Recent Acquisitions: 2009

This exhibit in Special Collections displayed highlights from book and manuscript collections acquired during the past year.
Exhibits, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
August 31, 2009

Victor Project News: Second NEH Grant Awarded to Support Further Development of Online Encyclopedia

A second National Endowment for the Humanities grant has been awarded to the UCSB Library.
Grants, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements
August 6, 2009

El Teatro Campesino: Videos Now Available Online

A Grant from UC MEXUS to the UCSB Library as part of the ImaginArte multidisciplinary initiative has helped to fund the conversion of 118 video tapes into 5 different formats.
Grants, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Announcements
June 1, 2009

The U.S. and the World after 1945

Our current exhibit materials that reflect the political and cultural state of the world after the end of World War II.
Exhibits, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
May 15, 2009