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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)
The collection is open for research use except where noted in contents list.
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the University Archivist.
Samuel C. McCulloch oral histories. AS-033. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Several donations from Samuel McCulloch between 1967 and 1993, and in 2008.
Processed by Anne Mar, 2005.
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.
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.