Citizens University Committee records
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of Citizens University Committee membership records, development proposals for the University of California, Riverside campus, scholarship funds, and project books. Includes correspondence with Gordon B. Watkins, University of California, Riverside's first provost and Robert Gordon Sproul,the President of University of California system from 1930-1958, lectures from visiting professors in the early years of the University of California, Riverside, and audiovisual material featuring Judge John Gabbert, one of the community members instrumental with the founding of the campus.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-2009, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1957-1978
Creator
- Citizens University Committee (Organization)
Languages
The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Historical Note
The Citzens University Committee was founded in 1948 to aid the development of a University of California campus in Riverside and to strengthen relations within the community. The Citizens University Committee lobbied for and eventually succeeded in turning the land occupied by the Citrus Experiment Station into an undergraduate campus of the University of California.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet ((3 boxes) )
Abstract
This collection is comprised of material pertaining tot he Citizens University Committee, a community group founded in 1948 to aid the development of a University of California campus in Riverside and to strengthen relations within the community. Includes membership records, development proposals for the University of California, Riverside campus, scholarship funds, and project books. Correspondence with Gordon B. Watkins, University of California, Riverside's first provost and Robert Gordon Sproul,the President of University of California system from 1930-1958, lectures from visiting professors in the early years of the University of California, Riverside, and audiovisual material featuring Judge John Gabbert, one of the community members instrumental with the founding of the campus, are also included.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into eleven series as follows:
- Series 1. Membership, 1953-1994
- Series 2. Committees, 1953-1978, undated
- Series 3. Campus development proposals, 1953-1970
- Series 4. Finances and scholarship funds, 1948-1982
- Series 5. Correspondence, 1948-1982
- Series 6. Projects, 1965-1971
- Series 7. Lectures and speeches, 1959-1973
- Series 8. Publicity, 1953-1963
- Series 9. Audiovisual, 1983-2004
- Series 10. Meetings and minutes, 1948-2009
- Series 11. Events, 1953-1981
Acquisition Information
The Citizens University Committee records was acquired as a gift in 2009.
Processing History
Processed by Celeste Navas and Bianca Lisek, Student Processing Assistants, in 2015.
Processing of the Citizens University Committee records was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator.
Subject
- University of California, Riverside (Organization)
- Title
- Citizens University Committee records
- Status
- Processed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celeste Navas and Bianca Lisek, Student Processing Assistants.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside CA 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu