School of the Arts and Architecture. Public Information Office. Administrative files., 1959-1997, bulk 1986-1997

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Summary

Abstract:
Record Series 613 contains administrative files generated by the Public Information Office of the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Extent:
37.2 Linear Feet (93 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], School of the Arts and Architecture. Public Information Office. Administrative files (University Archives Record Series 613). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Record Series 613 contains administrative files generated by the Public Information Office of the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles. Files include event documentation, calendars, media information, newsletters, brochures, press releases, memos, grant documentation, and chronological files.

This is an inactive record series; no additional University records are expected to be added.

Biographical / historical:

In 1939 UCLA established the College of Applied Arts which included two curricula leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, the Department of Art and the Department of Music.

In 1960 the College of Fine Arts was established replacing the College of Applied Arts. Course listings under the College of Fine Arts first appeared in the 1961/1962 UCLA General Catalog and included the departments of: Art, Music, and Theater Arts. The Department of Dance as added to the College of Fine Arts in 1962.

As of the 1990 Fall academic quarter, the College of Fine Arts was restructured to form two schools: the School of the Arts and the School of Theater, Film, and Television. This configuration continued until the 1995/1996 academic year when the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design joined the School of the Arts to form the School of the Arts and Architecture.

Academic departments comprising the School of the Arts and Architecture as of 1998 include:

  • Department of Architecture and Urban Design
  • Department of Art
  • Department of Design
  • Department of Ethnomusicology
  • Department of Music
  • Department of World Arts & Cultures
The following UCLA public arts units were related to the School of the Arts and Architecture as of 1998:
  • Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
  • Center for the Performing Arts
  • Fowler Museum of Cultural History
  • Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
  • Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts

Physical / technical requirements:

COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], School of the Arts and Architecture. Public Information Office. Administrative files (University Archives Record Series 613). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
310-825-4988
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