Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Calciano, Elizabeth Spedding
- Abstract:
- This small collection contains research papers on the Cowell Ranch and early land grants and grantees in the Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley area.
- Extent:
- 1 half carton
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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Elizabeth Spedding Calciano papers. UA 31. University Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This small collection contains research papers on the Cowell Ranch and early land grants and grantees in the Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley area.
- Biographical / historical:
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Elizabeth Spedding Calciano was born in Iowa in 1939 and lived in Ames, Iowa until her college years. She received an A.B. cum laude in history from Radcliffe College in 1961 and an MA from Stanford University in 1962. She and her husband moved to the Santa Cruz area in 1962, and her husband worked as a physician in Santa Cruz.
Mrs. Calciano was hired by Dean McHenry as the founding director of the Regional History Project on July 1, 1963, two years before UCSC opened its doors. She was UCSC's 13th staff person and held the first professional appointment in the University Library after founding University Librarian Donald T. Clark. Beginning in 1967, Calciano taught a course on the history of Santa Cruz County for University Extension. In 1969 she wrote and published The Campus Guide: A Tour of the Natural Environment and Points of Historical Interest, which included her extensive research on the Cowell Ranch. She served as director of the Regional History Project until 1974.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred in 1975
- Physical location:
- Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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Elizabeth Spedding Calciano papers. UA 31. University Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547