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.

Recent Acquistions in Special Collections

The exhibit in Special Collections displayed highlights from book and manuscript collections acquired during the past year.
Collections, Exhibits, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
July 11, 2005

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, Technology
June 1, 2005

East Asian Resources in the Department of Special Collections

This exhibit featured items from various areas in the Department of Special Collections that pertain to East Asia, primarily China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
Exhibits, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
April 1, 2005

Ninja Press at Twenty

An exhibit of artists books and related work by Carolee Campbell, creator of Ninja Press and alumna of UCSB College of Creative Studies.
Collections, Exhibits, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
January 10, 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, 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
June 1, 2004

Recent Additions to Special Collections

The exhibit in Special Collections displayed highlights from book and manuscript collections acquired during the past year.
Collections, Exhibits, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
April 14, 2004

Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional

This exhibit highlighted holdings from the CEMA collection.
Collections, Exhibits, Social Sciences, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
September 1, 2003

Goldshlak (Leon A.) Gilbert & Sullivan Collection

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.
Collections, Exhibits, Humanities, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
July 1, 2003

The Future in the Past: Works of Science Fiction and Fantasy From the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

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.
Exhibits, Special Collections, Special Collections Exhibits
January 27, 2003