Happy Birthday Ansel Adams February 20, 2013
Posted by ucisca in Early UCI Campus, Photographs, Uncategorized.Tags: Ansel Adams, Langson Library, Photographs, UC Irvine, University of California, University of California Irvine
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Ansel Adams at Langson Library. Photograph by Richard Schlesinger, 1966.
On this day in 1902, the great Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California. In 1966, less than one year after UCI admitted its first students, Adams came to photograph the distinctive buildings on the Irvine campus. This was part of a project commissioned by UC President Clark Kerr to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the University of California in 1968. The photographs were published in the commemorative book, Fiat Lux, and are currently in the California Museum of Photography, Sweeny/Rubin Ansel Adams Fiat Lux Collection at UC Riverside.
Ansel Adams getting his beard trimmed. Photograph by Liliane De Cock, ca. 1966.
Here Adams is shown having his beard trimmed by Nancy Newhall, who wrote the accompanying text for his photographs in Fiat Lux as well as numerous other books.
Photos from AS-061, Box 128. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
The First UCI Men’s Basketball Game: December 1, 1965 January 28, 2013
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It’s basketball season! The very first UCI basketball game was held over 47 years ago in December, 1965. The Anteaters played the Highlanders of UC Riverside in Campus Hall (now Crawford Hall), where Chancellor Dan Aldrich and UCR Chancellor Ivan Hinderaker tipped off to begin the game. The ‘Eaters went on to win the game with a score of 85 to 71! ZOT ZOT!
Good luck to the men as they play Cal Poly this Wednesday January 30th, and to the women as they play Pacific on Thursday January 31st!
Special Collections and Archives Holiday Party in 1999 December 19, 2012
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As we wish all of you an upcoming happy holidays, we look back and share photographs from a significant holiday party in Special Collections and Archives that took place on December 17, 1999. We wish our former colleagues and friends a happy holidays this year, as well.
(L to R) Mary Ellen Goddard, Jackie Dooley, Lynette Stroudt
(L to R) Heidi Speare, Bill Wong
(L to R) Heidi Speare, Lynette Stroudt, Jessica Haile
(L to R) Joan Ariel, Dave Schwarm
(L to R) Mia Hammett, Bill Landis
Gerry Munoff and friend
Eddie Yeghiyan
(L to R) Ellen Broidy, Dave Schwarm, Joan Ariel, Gerry Munoff
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 146.
Halloween in the Archives! October 31, 2012
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Sherlock Holmes and Snow White showed up this morning in the archives, completely unexpected. Come by Special Collections and Archives today, eat an apple, and do some investigating….
Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree October 25, 2012
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As Halloween approaches, and to honor the legendary science fiction and fantasy author Ray Bradbury (who died on June 5, 2012 at age 91), we share with you Bradbury’s 1972 novel The Halloween Tree. Bradbury’s novel is often credited with popularizing the idea of Halloween as a pagan holiday, and explaining that trick-or-treating had ancient roots in pre-Christianity. The novel began as an unproduced screenplay, which Bradbury collaborated on with cartoonist Chuck Jones. In 1992, Bradbury wrote and narrated a made-for-television feature film version of the novel, for which he won an Emmy. Also, the Halloween Tree has long been a part of the annual park-wide Halloween decorations at Disneyland.
Special Collections and Archives has in our collections a first printing of the 1972 novel, a presentation copy which Bradbury signed and gave to his friends Margaret and Kenneth Millar. We also have the papers of both Margaret Millar and Kenneth Millar in our collections. Kenneth Millar (1915-1983) used the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, as the very popular American-Canadian writer of crime fiction, and Margaret Millar (1915-1994) was an acclaimed mystery writer.
Country Joe and the Fish at Crawford Hall on Nov. 1, 1968 October 1, 2012
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Almost forty-four years ago, a sold-out concert with headliner Country Joe and the Fish, along with the Steve Miller Band and Things to Come, took place at UCI’s Crawford Hall (then Campus Hall). Tickets for the November 1st, 1968 concert sold for $2 each.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 128.
Anteater Sculpture at Bren Events Center September 28, 2012
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The Bren Events Center opened on January 8, 1987, when the men’s basketball team beat Utah State 118-96 in front of a sold-out crowd. Current NBA Head Coach Scott Brooks (Oklahoma City Thunder) scored 41 points for the Anteaters that night.
The Graduating Class of 1987 commissioned artist Billy Fitzgerald to design and cast the 430-pound bronze sculpture which stands in front of the Bren Events Center. Fitzgerald also designed the statue of the UCLA Bruin on the UCLA campus.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 128.
UCI Welcome Week in 1990 September 26, 2012
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A few photographs of UCI Welcome Week in Aldrich Park in 1990.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 147.
Nikki Giovanni Reading at the UCI Bookstore in 1994 September 26, 2012
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Poet, writer and activist Nikki Giovanni was on the UCI campus in 1994 to promote her new book Racism 101. She discussed and read from her work at the UCI bookstore.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 147.
Truman Capote on Campus in September 1977 September 21, 2012
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American author Truman Capote (1924-1984) was born Truman Streckfus Persons on September 30, 1924. Capote, best known for Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958), and In Cold Blood (1966), was on the UCI campus in September 1977, and graciously signed copies of his books at a campus reception.
Truman Capote signing at a reception in 1977.
AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Box 131.
