University of California, Irvine, photographs and renderings of campus buildings, 1965-1983

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Photographs and renderings of campus buildings

Summary

Creators:

University of California, Irvine and Vircsik, Robert

Abstract:

This collection contains standard and oversized photographs and renderings of the buildings, layout, and surrounding area of University of California, Irvine. Included are a chalk drawing and a watercolor painting of the Centrum and an ink drawing of the Fine Arts village, neither of which were built. Also included is an aerial painting of UCI, centered on Alrich Park, featuring the six schools built around Ring Road. The photographs include aerial views of campus and the surrounding area, shots of individual buildings, and images depicting students and campus life. A considerable number of photographs feature the UCI Medical School. One folder of photographs depict Frank Gehry's Engineering and Computer Science building before its demolition and replacement.

Extent:

2.3 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 3 folders)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, photographs and renderings of campus buildings. AS-110. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

Biographical / historical:

Some of the photos in this collection were donated by Robert Virscik, who was a construction supervisor for several of the early buildings at UCI. The photographs of the original Computer Science and Engineering Building were donated by the Assistant Dean Ron Hubbard shortly before the building was due to be demolished and replaced. This building was designed by Frank Gehry, a world-renown architect known for structures such as the Walt Disney Concern Hall. The rest of the collection was accrued from other unidentified, undated sources.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Robert Vircsik, 2006. Donated by the ICS Development Office, 2005. Other sources and dates unknown. The Special Collections and Archives staff created this artificial collection by compiling photographs and renderings relevant to UCI's early history.

Processing information:

Processed by Caytlin Yoshioka, 2016.

Arrangement:

This collection is orgaized in 2 series:

Series 1. Photographs, 1963-1986. 1.1 linear feet Series 2. Renderings, 1963-1983. 0.6 linear feet This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:: UCI Libraries
California College of Medicine
University of California, Irvine. School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine -- Aerial views
University of California, Irvine -- Buildings

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs, unless transferred to the University of California. 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.

For information on use, copyright, and attribution, please visit: http://special.lib.uci.edu/using/publishing.html