How to contact us

Hours & services

Monday-Friday......................................1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

We are closed on all University holidays. Please ask for the University Archives at the Science Library Loan Desk.

The University Archives reference desk is staffed during all open hours to assist researchers in use of the collections. Limited staff-mediated photocopying is permitted.

Online access tools

Many of the Archives' published holdings are fully cataloged in the ANTPAC and MELVYL® online catalogs. Finding aids for archival collections and other uncataloged materials are available in the Archives.

The collections

The University Archives collects and makes available for research and administrative use publications and archival materials documenting the history of UCI. Materials do not circulate but are available for research and administrative use in the University Archives reading room.

• Administrative Records: Records of historical importance originating in UCI administrative offices, academic divisions, schools, departments, organized research units, the Academic Senate, University committees, etc., including those records designated for transfer to Archives as set set forth in the University of California Records Disposition Schedules.

• Publications: Academic catalogs, handbooks, program announcements, directories, commencement and theatrical production programs, art exhibition catalogs, research publications, newsletters, and miscellaneous brochures and posters.

• Campus Publicity: UCI press releases, newspaper clippings, other publications about UCI.

• Audio and Visual Materials: Photographs, slides, films, architectural plans, audiotapes, videotapes, and maps documenting campus events and the development of UCI.

• Student Organizations: Newspapers (including the New University), newsletters, correspondence, minutes, yearbooks, literary journals, flyers, and other items of interest.

• University Extension: Annual reports, programs, announcements, and other publications.

• UCI Support Groups: Records from groups such as Town and Gown, Alumni Association, and the Friends of the Library.

• College of Medicine Historical Archives: Records dating from the medical school's nineteenth century antecedents.

• Archives Reference Collection:Selected works about UC and UCI.

• UCI Theses and Dissertations: UCI graduate students submit their completed theses to the University Archives. For complete thesis preparation procedures, please consult the UCI Thesis and Dissertation Preparations Manual. The archival copy is stored at the Southern Regional Library Facility and can be retrieved for use when the circulating copy is unavailable.

Donating Materials to the Archives

Members of UCI's administration, faculty, staff, and student organizations are encouraged to contact the University Archivist or the Archives Coordinator to determine whether their inactive records are appropriate for inclusion in the University Archives.

http://www.lib.uci.edu/ rrsc/archives.html Last Updated: September 11, 1998 Copyright 1998, University of California

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