Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Papers compiled by James J. Sullivan, former University of California, Santa Barbara faculty member, primarily relating to the 1970 Isla Vista disturbances.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet (4 document boxes and 5 audiotapes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], James J. Sullivan Collection. SBHC Mss 49. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection primarily contains documentation relating to the "Isla Vista III" event and subsequent legal actions.
Includes documentation collected and reports issued by bodies such as the Santa Barbara Count Grand Jury, the Santa Barbara Citizens Commission on Civil Disorders, the Faculty/Clergy Observer Program, the Police Practices Action Project [PPAP], and the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. Also includes extensive participant, observer, and law enforcement accounts of incidents, arrests, and subsequent lawsuits.
- Biographical / historical:
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James J. Sullivan was a UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) Assistant Professor of Economics and a member of the Faculty-Clergy Observer Program, created in response to the 1970 Isla Vista disturbances. He compiled the preliminary report on the disturbances.
The Isla Vista disturbances took place in 1970 and were characterized as occurring in three phases:
Isla Vista I: In January 1970, UCSB Professor William Allen was denied a hearing on his dismissal and there were ensuing campus demonstrations. On February 25, 1970, William Kunstler spoke at Campus Stadium in the afternoon and crowds swelled in Isla Vista. Just after midnight the Bank of America building burned.
Isla Vista II: On April 16, 1970, Jerry Rubin spoke at a campus 'free-speech' area. On April 17, crowds gathered at the Bank and UCSB student Kevin Moran was killed by police actions.
Isla Vista III: On June 3, 1970, a Santa Barbara Grand Jury indicted 17 for the February bank burning. Over the next several days, crowds protested the indictments, there was some damage to property in IV, trash fires, and bottle and rock throwing. A curfew was imposed, sweep actions by the police, and numerous arrests. By June 12 confrontations subsided and the curfew was lifted. Total arrests: 667.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been arranged by topic into six series:
- Series 1: Background
- Series 2: Reports and Testimony about the I.V. Riots
- Series 3: Faculty/Clergy Observer Program
- Series 4: Formal [Legal] Complaints and Affidavits
- Series 5: Police Practices Action Project (PPAP)
- Series 6: Audiotapes
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], James J. Sullivan Collection. SBHC Mss 49. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062