Library
-
Robert Heinlein’s literary estate comes to UCSC as a gift from his late widow
The UC Santa Cruz archive of renowned science fiction writer Robert Heinlein has received a gift of materials and cash from the estate of Heinlein’s late widow valued at $300,000. The donation was accompanied by a grant to establish the position of a Heinlein Scholar at the campus, who will work to organize, document, and…
-
UCSC acquires new teaching tool for opera students
UC Santa Cruz opera students may find preparing for their roles a bit easier in the future thanks to a new teaching tool just donated to the campus library. Opera Practice Perfect is a comprehensive audio catalog of 209 CDs, including 20 operas in both complete versions and broken into operatic roles, and 15 discs…
-
New UCSC library publications document agricultural history of Santa Cruz County
A trio of oral history volumes documenting two vastly different aspects of local agriculture in Santa Cruz County has just been published by the University Library’s Regional History Project. The Early History of UC Santa Cruz’s Farm and Garden takes a detailed look at the emergence of the organic gardening and farming movement in Santa…
-
UC Santa Cruz alumnus makes $10,000 gift to support classics
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Mark Engel has pledged a $10,000 gift to establish the Norman O. Brown Classics Endowment at the University Library. In honor of the late Norman O. Brown, a distinguished humanist and influential professor at UC Santa Cruz, the endowment is designed to enrich the library collection in classical studies. Income from…
-
Folksinger Rosalie Sorrels to give free concert at UC Santa Cruz Library
Folksinger, storyteller, and social activist Rosalie Sorrels will present a free public concert, Friday, February 14, at 4:30 p.m. at the UC Santa Cruz Library’s Special Collections. Social activist will donate peace quilt to archives in Special Collections During the event, Sorrels will officially present the Peace Quilt to her growing archive at UCSC. Since…
-
UC Santa Cruz library receives $1 million donation of photos from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a donation of photographs from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones and his late wife Ruth-Marion Baruch valued at more than $1 million. The collection includes their landmark documentary series of photos of members of the Black Panther party in 1968, just published in a new book by…
-
Banana slug inspires new children’s book dedicated to UC Santa Cruz campus mascot
A chance encounter with a banana slug on a rainy-day visit to UC Santa Cruz has inspired the plot of a brand-new children’s book dedicated to the campus mascot. Sally Slug, written by Anne Neufeld Levin and illustrated by Patricia Rebele, explores a day in the life of a colorful banana slug family that lives…
-
New book by UC Santa Cruz librarians captures visual history of Santa Cruz
The town of Santa Cruz has a legacy that goes far beyond its modest population and limited geographical area. Since its earliest days, Santa Cruz has drawn countless tourists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries to spend time at the beach, the Boardwalk, or their family cabin in the woods. A new book by Sheila O’Hare and Irene…
-
UC Santa Cruz experts available to comment on ‘Banned Books Week’
This year’s national Banned Books Week, September 22-28, takes on a heightened importance as Americans debate how to balance national security issues and First Amendment rights. The theme for the 2002 Banned Books Week is “Let Freedom Read: Read a Banned Book.” The following University of California, Santa Cruz, faculty members are available to discuss…
-
African liberation movement posters exhibited at UC Santa Cruz
The exhibition could be summed up by one featured image: a larger-than-life-sized portrait of a young Nelson Mandela, on a blazing yellow background, under the headline “The struggle is my life.” “A Luta Continúa: African Liberation Movement Posters,” the current exhibition at the McHenry Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz, uses period posters…
-
UC Santa Cruz publishes biography of longtime local resident Hal Hyde
Hal Hyde’s resume might list “founding” as a job title. A fifth-generation Santa Cruz County resident, Hyde has been in on the creation of organizations and institutions ranging from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Cabrillo College to the Community Foundation and the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. “In those days when something…
-
Local author James D. Houston to speak at UC Santa Cruz library event
Nearly 40 years ago local author James D. Houston moved into a house where a story was waiting for him. “My wife and I were just looking for a inexpensive place to live and it was just an empty house in Santa Cruz. At the time, I didn’t know it had a story to tell,”…