Guide to the Samuel C. McCulloch Oral Histories
AS.033
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Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, 92623-9557
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Title: Samuel C. McCulloch oral histories
Identifier/Call Number: AS.033
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.6 Linear feet
(17 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1963-1994
Abstract: This collection comprises oral history interviews conducted with 97 prominent faculty and administrators of the University
of California, Irvine (UCI) by Samuel C. McCulloch, UCI historian and emeritus professor of History, who was a member of the
founding faculty. Materials include audio recordings of the interviews, transcripts, and signed agreement forms, correspondence
and other material.
Creator:
McCulloch, Samuel C. (Samuel Clyde)
Access
The collection is open for research use except where noted in contents list.
Publication Rights
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the University Archivist.
Preferred Citation
Samuel C. McCulloch oral histories. AS-033. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Several donations from Samuel McCulloch between 1967 and 1993, and in 2008.
Processing History
Processed by Anne Mar, 2005.
Historical Background
Samuel C. McCulloch, UCI history professor, was considered the unofficial historian of the campus for its first several decades.
An Australian native, McCulloch earned his Ph.D. in History at UCLA and served as Dean of the College at San Francisco State
College (now San Francisco State University) before joining UCI in 1963 as the first Dean of Humanities and a founding faculty
member. Upon retirement, he became Professor of Emeritus of History.
Recognizing the importance of documenting the history of the campus, early in 1964 Professor McCulloch began collecting clippings,
memos and conducting oral history interviews with key campus figures such as the first chancellor, Daniel Aldrich and his
wife, Jean Aldrich, as well as other key figures such as UC president Clark Kerr and president of the Irvine Company, Ray
Watson. Throughout his career at UCI, he had the support of the Administration to carry out his interviews. When he retired
in 1988, he was named official historian of UCI. He continued his interviews and, in 1996, published Instant University, the
first published comprehensive history of the campus.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises oral history interviews conducted with 97 prominent faculty and administrators of the University
of California, Irvine (UCI) by Samuel C. McCulloch, UCI historian and emeritus professor of History who was a member of the
founding faculty. Materials include audio recordings of the interviews, transcripts, and signed agreement forms, correspondence
and other material.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 2 series.
- Series 1. Administrative and background material, 1963-1994. 0.2 linear feet
- Series 2. Interviews, 1967-1993. 6.6 linear feet
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, Irvine -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine -- Interviews.
Audiotapes -- 20th century.
Oral histories -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Administrative and background material Series 1.
1963-1994
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
General Physical Description note:
Scope and Contents note
This series contains correspondence, blank forms, clippings, notes and other material. Also included is a transcript of the
speech made by Samuel McCulloch on the occasion of his retirement and appointment as UCI Historian, and an interview with
UCI Chancellor Daniel Aldrich by Verne Stadtman, author of The University of California, 1868-1968.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Box-folder 1 : 1
Administrative forms
1960s
Box-folder 1 : 5
Interview with Daniel Aldrich by Verne Stadtman
1967 July 31
Box-folder 1 : 6
Highlights and Sidelights of the History of UCI
Box-folder 1 : 6
Speech by Samuel McCulloch
1988 October 6
Box-folder 1 : 8
Clark, Athalie
1990-1991
Biographical/Historical note
Member of the California College of Medicine’s Board of Overseers and the Chancellor’s Club.
Box-folder 1 : 9
Hartmann, Carl
1989-1992
Biographical/Historical note
Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs.
Box-folder 1 : 10
Pereira, William
1963-1965
Biographical/Historical note
Campus architect.
Box-folder 1 : 12
Smith, Joan Irvine
1990-1994
Interviews Series 2.
1967-1993
Physical Description:
6.6 Linear feet
General Physical Description note:
Scope and Contents note
This series contains the audio recordings and transcriptions of the oral history interviews conducted by Samuel McCulloch.
It also includes an interview with Samuel McCulloch conducted by UCI Professor of History Spencer Olin. The interviewee's
name is followed by the interview date(s) and the individual's position or title. Filed along with the interviews are signed
agreement forms, lists of questions, correspondence and other material related to specific interviews. Except where noted,
each interview subject contains two versions of transcriptions: the rough draft, and the corrected, annotated version that
was sent to the interviewee for review.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee.
Conditions Governing Access note
Restricted material has been removed and relocated as noted.
Adams, Hazard
1974 May 30
Biographical/Historical note
Academic Vice Chancellor.
Aldrich, Daniel
1974 and 1989
Biographical/Historical note
Founding Chancellor of UCI.
Box-folder 14 : AV00061-62
Aldrich, Jean
1990 July 2
Biographical/Historical note
Wife of Chancellor Aldrich.
Bailey, Kenneth
1989 Feburary 10
Biographical/Historical note
Director of Teacher Education.
Baisden, Richard
1990 February 15
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of University Extension.
Box-folder 1 : 18
Transcript. No first draft
Box-folder 16 : AV00086
Audio tape
Alternative Forms of Materials
A listening copy of this tape is available for research use in Special Collections & Archives, UC Irvine Libraries.
Balch, Richard
1973 August 11
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
Bander, Myron
1989 May 12
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Physical Sciences.
Beck, Phyllis
1990 September 25
Biographical/Historical note
Administrative Assistant.
Berk, Jack Edward
1992 July 7
Biographical/Historical note
Distinguished Professor of Medicine.
Berry, Roger
1990 March 6
Biographical/Historical note
Librarian, Special Collections.
Binder, Arnold
1989 April 21
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Social Ecology.
Bird, Jr., Lewis
1989 April 14
Biographical/Historical note
Assistant Vice Chancellor Budget.
Bostick, Warren
1989 April 28
Biographical/Historical note
Dean Emeritus of the California College of Medicine and Professor of Pathology.
Boughey, Arthur S.
1973 December 14
Biographical/Historical note
Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology.
Boyer, Calvin
1989 July 7
Biographical/Historical note
University Librarian.
Brown, John
1989 July 11
Biographical/Historical note
University Registrar.
Bruce, Dickson D.
1989 August 2
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Comparative Culture.
Brunner, Ted
1989 February 17
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Classics and Director of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae.
Box-folder 13 : AV00049-50
Burroughs, Walter
1974 May 21
Biographical/Historical note
Principal Owner, Publisher and Editorial Director of the Daily Pilot.
Caine, John
1990 February 21
Biographical/Historical note
Director of Athletics.
Caserio, Marjorie
1989 February 10
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Chemistry.
Box-folder 13 : AV00051-52
Catalono, Ralph (Ray) A.
1989 June 15
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Social Ecology.
Cohen, Robert
1990 July 23
Biographical/Historical note
Professor and Chair of Drama.
Cox, L. E.
1974 June 13
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor Business Affairs.
Cullers, Wanda
1990 July 31
Biographical/Historical note
Special Assistant to the Chancellor.
Dunning, James
1989 June 27
Biographical/Historical note
Director of Admissions.
Espinoza, Carla
1989 March 3
Biographical/Historical note
Assistant Vice Chancellor Affirmative Action.
Feldman, Julian
1974 1990
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Information and Computer Science.
Fielding, Gordon ("Pete")
1989 May 12
Biographical/Historical note
Director, Institute of Transportation Studies.
Ford, Kenneth W.
1974 November 13
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Physics
Box-folder 3 : 11
Transcripts
Scope and Contents note
Ford dictated answers to questions to his assistant, who typed them.
Galbraith, John S.
1975 Octber 7
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of History at UCLA.
Garrison, Clayton
1974 June 26
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Fine Arts.
Gelbaum, Bernard
1971 June 26
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Mathematics.
Gentry, Robert
1989 July 28
Biographical/Historical note
Associate Dean of Students.
Gerard, Ralph
1972 June 16
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Graduate Studies.
Greenberger, Ellen
1990 January 26
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Social Ecology.
Hahn, Dowrene
1990 May 25
Biographical/Historical note
Coordinator, Administrative Policies and Information Sciences.
Hecht, Duvall
1992 July 6
Biographical/Historical note
Coach of UCI Crew.
Hickok, Robert
1990 June 28
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Fine Arts.
Hinderaker, Ivan
1974 March 16
Biographical/Historical note
Founding Academic Vice Chancellor and then Chancellor of UC Riverside.
Holland, John
1974 May 14
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology.
Janas, Diana
1990 January 22
Biographical/Historical note
UCI student.
Keneally, Thomas
1994 April 8
Biographical/Historical note
Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing.
Kerr, Clark
1968 July 12
Biographical/Historical note
UC President.
Box-folder 9 : AV00013-14
Kloke, Eloise
1974 June 11
Biographical/Historical note
Assistant Chancellor Administration.
Krieger, Murray
1990 July 2
Biographical/Historical note
University Professor of English Comparative Literature.
Lee, Meredith
1990 July 17
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
Lenhoff, Howard
1989 March 9
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Biological Sciences.
Lenhoff, Sylvia
1990 May 16
Biographical/Historical note
Director, Relations with Schools and Colleges.
Lillyman, William J.
1990 July 20
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of German.
Mansfield, Karen
1990 August 28
Biographical/Historical note
Benefits Counselor, Personnel Office.
March, James G.
1973 August 8
Biographical/Historical note
Founding Dean of Social Sciences.
Conditions Governing Access note
Quotation or citation is prohibited without written permission of interviewee. Reproduction is prohibited except by interviewee,
his heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
Box-folder 5 : 5
Transcripts
Scope and Contents note
Includes news articles, memoranda and correspondence regarding academic plan.
Marder, Arthur
1973 September 28
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of History.
McCulloch, Samuel C.
1990 August 7
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Humanities and Professor Emeritus of History.
Scope and Contents note
Interview conducted by Spencer Olin.
Box-folder 18 : AV00416-417
McGaugh, James L.
1974 1989
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Psychobiology.
McHenry, Dean E.
1968 June
Biographical/Historical note
Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz.
Melden, Abe
1974 February 14
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Philosophy.
Menton, Seymour
1973 1990
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese.
Meyer, Henry Cord
1974 1990
Box-folder 17 : 1
1990 May 11
Conditions Governing Access note
Access is restricted until 2010 May 11
Box-folder 18 : AV00422
1990 May 11
Conditions Governing Access note
Access is restricted until 2010 May 11
Miltner, John
1990 June 15
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor University Advancement.
Mitchell, John (Horace)
1989 February 3
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor Student Affairs.
Moore, Harold
1990 1992
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Physical Sciences.
O'Brien, Patricia
1990 June 15
Biographical/Historical note
Associate Professor of History.
Olin, Spencer
1989 January 19
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Humanities.
Box-folder 12 : AV00042-43
Parker, William
1989 February 24
Biographical/Historical note
Associate Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs.
Box-folder 12 : AV00045-46
Parsons, Terence
1989 June 13
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Humanities.
Peltason, Jack
1967 1989
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs.
Peltason, Suzanne
1990 July 17
Biographical/Historical note
Wife of Chancellor Peltason.
Peterson, Rita
1989 March 13
Biographical/Historical note
Director of Teacher Education.
Plastino, Janice
1989 March 17
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Dance.
Porter, Lyman
1989 July 13
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Management.
Pugsley, Sharon
1990 May 3
Biographical/Historical note
University Archivist.
Reines, Frederick
1990 May 31
Biographical/Historical note
Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Reyer, Otto
1989 June 29
Biographical/Historical note
Director, Financial Aid.
Romney, A. Kimball
1989 May 5
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Anthropology.
Roosevelt, Mary
1990 April 24
Biographical/Historical note
Supervisor of Teacher Education.
Rowland, Sherwood
1974 January 3
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Chemistry.
Russell, Roger W.
1989 May 30
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor Emeritus.
Sandeen Charles, Beverly "Babs"
1989 February 5
Biographical/Historical note
UCI student, Class of 1983.
Saunders, Robert M.
1974 May 30
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Box-folder 7 : 7
Transcripts
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles
Schinzinger, Roland
1990 June 22
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Schonfeld, William
1990 March 5
Biographical/Historical note
Dean of Social Sciences.
Schwartz, Leon
1989 January 27
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor Administration and Business Services.
Slim, H. Colin
1989 May 25
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Music.
Smith, John
1974 May 23
Biographical/Historical note
University Librarian.
Stahr, John
1992 June 15
Biographical/Historical note
UCI Friend and Supporter.
Steinhaus, Mabry
1974 June 25
Biographical/Historical note
Wife of Dean Edward Steinhaus, first Dean of School of Biological Sciences.
Stephens, Grover C.
1973 1989
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology.
Stofan, James E.
1990 July 12
Biographical/Historical note
Executive Director of Alumni Relations.
Sypherd, Paul
1989 March 24
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.
Tien, Chang-Lin
1990 April 17
Biographical/Historical note
Executive Vice Chancellor.
Thornton, Ray
1989 July 20
Biographical/Historical note
Supervisor of Physical Education.
Tonge, Fred M.
1974 May 13
Biographical/Historical note
Chair and Professor of Information and Computer Science.
Van den Noort, Stanley
1989 August 18
Biographical/Historical note
Chair and Professor of Neurology.
Box-folder 15 : AV00072 and 20 : AV00090
Walker, Donald E.
1974 October 8
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chancellor Student Affairs.
Watson, Ray
1990 June 25
Biographical/Historical note
Vice Chairman of Irvine Company.
Wilkening, Laurel L.
1993 November 9
Biographical/Historical note
Chancellor of UCI.
Wilson, R. Ronald
1990 March 7
Biographical/Historical note
Assistant Vice Chancellor and University Ombudsman.