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Guide to the Gateway Literature Collection, University of California, Irvine, 1966-1995(bulk 1969-1973)
AS-057
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Title: Gateway literature collection, University of California, Irvine,
Date (inclusive): 1966-1995
Date (bulk): (bulk 1969-1973)
Collection number: AS-057
Collector:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Extent:
0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This artificial collection comprises fliers, brochures, and newsletters produced by various student and off-campus groups,
and distributed near UC Irvine's Gateway Plaza--the entry to the center of campus, located between the Main Library and Gateway
Commons. Library staff collected the materials between 1966 and 1995. Most of the organizations whose literature is featured
in this collection were not UCI-based groups. Rather, the bulk of the literature produced by larger local and national organizations.
Some of the more prolific contributing groups include: United Farm Workers, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Farmworkers
Support Committee of Orange County, Californians for McGovern, and Campuses United Against Apartheid.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University
Archivist.
Gateway Literature Collection, University of California, Irvine. AS-057. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California.
The materials in this collection were collected by library staff from campus distributors during 1966-1995.
Processed by Carrie Lee in 2001.
| 1968-1969 | December, Protests against the dismissal of three assistant professors by the university, organized by the Ad Hoc Committee to Rehire Shapiro, Kent, Brannan. |
| 1969 | October 15, Vietnam War Moratorium. |
| 1969 | Strikes at UC Berkeley. |
| 1970 | May, Protests against U.S. involvement in Cambodia. |
| 1970 | May, Vietnam War protest and campus teach-in. |
| 1972 | George McGovern Presidential campaign. |
| 1973-1974 | Richard Nixon impeachment. |
| 1970s | Protests against UC investment in South Africa. |
| 1992-1993 | Protests against proposed student fee increases at UCI. |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This artificial collection comprises fliers, brochures, and newsletters produced by various student and off-campus groups,
and distributed near UC Irvine's Gateway Plaza--the entry to the center of campus, located between the Main Library and Gateway
Commons. Library staff collected the materials between 1966 and 1995. Most of the organizations whose literature is featured
in this collection were not UCI-based groups. Rather, the bulk of the literature was produced by larger local and national
organizations. Some of the more prolific contributing groups include: United Farm Workers, Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
Farmworkers Support Committee of Orange County, Californians for McGovern, and Campuses United Against Apartheid.
Topics covered include: the Vietnam War moratorium and protests; music performances and poetry readings; religious and spiritual
groups' literature; protests at UC Berkeley; women's liberation; student elections; the American presidential election of
1972; the impeachment of President Richard Nixon; farm workers' protests; company boycotts; race relations; police violence;
apartheid in South Africa; state politics; establishment of ethnic studies programs at the university; and issues with faculty
and the Regents. Also included in this collection are copies of newspaper articles about the protest events, statements from
campus administration on polices relating to strike and protest activities, and one photograph from the June 1970 Cambodia
Crisis meeting. There are also email messages received by library staff in the 1990s which cover strike and protest information.
Two other collections have been incorporated here due to the similarities in their content and method of acquisition. The
materials from May and June of 1970 were collected by library staff during protests against the U.S. presence in Cambodia
and were originally kept in a collection called "UCI Strike." Materials from the mid 1970s to 1995 were originally housed
in the topical vertical file folder called "Student Protest" and have been included in this collection as well.
This collection is arranged chronologically by the date or month when the materials were distributed or collected.
Photographs taken at some of the protests and events featured in this collection can be found in the Photograph Subject File
in the University Archives.