Collections

Collections in the University Archives are arranged by record groups, which are based on the office of origin or creating body. The University Archives has over 150 collections. Below are descriptions of select collections. Descriptions for additional collections are forthcoming.

Holdings can only reflect what is submitted to the University Archives. We welcome historical archives and records from the administrative offices, campus organizations, and student groups. Please contact us to discuss the records that you wish to transfer to the University Archives at speccoll@ucdavis.edu

The papers of University of California, Davis faculty are administered as manuscript collections within Special Collections. See our manuscript guide for a list of manuscript collections.

Researchers should confirm collections are available, before visiting, as many collections are stored offsite.

Chancellor

Chancellor, Office of the: Collection Number: AR-023; Extent: 420.0 linear feet; Description: Office files relating to the physical planning and administration of the University of California, Davis.; Inclusive Dates: 1953-1999

Vice Chancellor for Administration

Accounting and Financial Services Office: Collection Number: AR-127; Extent: 5.0 linear feet; Description: Income ledgers (1910-1912); general ledgers (1914-1940); contingent fund and revolving fund ledgers (1911-1922); and financial reports (1938-1957). These early historical account ledgers provide many clues to the activities of the campus from its earliest establishment as the University Farm. Several examples of entries include the Library's purchase of "Revue de Viticulture" in 1910 and the University's purchase of silkworm eggs from a firm in Tokyo in 1914.; Inclusive Dates: 1910-1957.

Vice Chancellor for Resource Management and Planning

Resource Management and Planning, Office of: Collection Number: AR-051; Extent: 151.0 linear feet; Description: Budgets and financial statements, long range development plans, and environmental impact reports.; Inclusive Dates: 1948-[ongoing]

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Baggins End: Innovative Housing: Collection Number: AR-049; Extent: 11.1 linear feet; Description: Meeting announcements and minutes, correspondence, planning documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the Baggins End student housing community.; Inclusive Dates: 1972-1997.
Memorial Union Art Gallery Records: Collection Number: AR-132; Extent: 14.0 linear feet; Biography: The Memorial Union Art Gallery began as "The Painting of the Month" in the 1950s featuring the work of the Art Department faculty and students. An enclosed gallery was established on the fourth floor of the expanded Memorial Union Tower in 1966.; Description: Exhibit files which include artist information, press releases, loan agreements, correspondence between artists and the Gallery Manager, installation notes, publicity materials, exhibit catalogs, and slides.; Inclusive Dates: 1970-2008.
Memorial Union Services: Collection Number: AR-152; Extent: 2.0 linear feet; Description: Material related to the fundraising campaign of the UC Davis Student Memorial Union project. Also included is a logbook from West Hall which contains the minutes and records of student meetings held between 1921-1930.; Inclusive Dates: 1921-1962.
Undergraduate Admissions: Collection Number: AR-123; Extent: 3.0 linear feet; Description: Slides that were used by the Admissions Office for their publications and web site.; Inclusive Dates: 1990-2001.
Unitrans Archives: Collection Number: AR-071; Extent: 4.4 linear feet; Description: Annual reports, schedules, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the history of Unitrans, the University and City of Davis bus service, founded in 1968 by the Associated Students of UC Davis.; Inclusive Dates: 1966-2008; More Information Unitrans at 40: exhibit (Winter Quarter 2008) (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/specol/exhibits/unitrans/)

Vice Chancellor for University Relations

Events and Ceremonies, Office of: Collection Number: AR-163; Extent: 6.0 linear feet; Description: Commencement records, ceremonies, dedications, lectures, mailing lists, meeting minutes, programs, receptions.; Inclusive Dates: 1945-1999.
University Communications: Collection Number: AR-031; Extent: 41.8 linear feet; Description: Images of faculty and staff, sporting events, classroom activities, and special events such as Picnic Day, clippings files for campus news and events, and materials regarding the 75th anniversary of the campus.; Inclusive Dates: circa 1914-2000.
University Relations, Office of the Vice-Chancellor of: Collection Number: AR-021; Extent: 10.0 linear feet; Description: Office files relating to activities involving CAAA, campus development, and campus outreach.; Inclusive Dates: 1980-1987.

Vice Chancellor for Research

Agricultural History Center: Collection Number: AR-036; Extent: 6.0 linear feet; Description: Correspondence, reports, and card files relating agricultural history.; Inclusive Dates: 1974-1997.
Convenio Archives: Collection Number: AR-014; Extent: 1.0 linear feet; Description: Publications and reports from a "Convenio" (an agreement or pact) between the University of Chile and the University of California for a long-term cooperative program that embraced nearly all disciplines at the two universities. Entomology, plant pathology, and pomology were considered top priority. The program received financial support from the Ford Foundation.; Inclusive Dates: 1965-1979.

College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate Program Review Subcommittee records: Collection Number: AR-121; Extent: 10.0 linear feet; Description: Reviews of the undergraduate majors in the college.; Inclusive Dates: 1975-1995.
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Executive Committee: Collection Number: AR-120; Extent: 8.0 linear feet; Description: Committee lists, meeting calls, and minutes.; Inclusive Dates: 1952-2000.
Food Science & Technology Department Records: Collection Number: AR-131; Extent: 20.0 linear feet; Biography: With origins rooted in the University of California Berkeley’s Division of Viticulture and Enology, the Department of Food Science was initially established in 1919 as a division of fruit products after the Volstead Act prohibited commercial wine-making. While studies in viticulture continued at Davis, the fruit products unit at Berkeley turned its focus toward processing fruit juices and identifying optimal techniques for canning, drying, and otherwise utilizing fruits for consumption. In 1951, the renamed Division of Food Technology moved from Berkeley to Davis.; Description: Syllabi, lecture notes, department correspondence, and photographs.; Inclusive Dates: 1914-2005.
Foundation Plant Materials Service: Collection Number: AR-050; Extent: 22.0 linear feet; Description: Office files relating to the production and dissemination of disease free cuttings and rootstock.; Inclusive Dates: 1954-1985.
LAWR (Land, Air, and Water Resources), Department of: Collection Number: AR-094; Extent: 36.6 linear feet; Description: Correspondence, memos, manuscripts, pamphlets, photos, research projects, soil maps, and surveys.; Inclusive Dates: 1924-1999.
University of California, Davis. California Food and Fiber Futures Records: Collection Number: AR-099; Extent: 11.0 linear feet; Biography: California Food and Fiber Futures was a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant in the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dean's Office. The purpose of the grant was to encourage institutional change in California's higher education system through engagement of higher education partnerships and community based projects that addressed critical food systems issues.; Description: Correspondence, model projects, meeting and conference materials, and annual reports.; Inclusive Dates: 1997-2007.
Viticulture and Enology, Department of: Collection Number: AR-059; Extent: 25.0 linear feet; Description: Correspondence, budget and expense files, travel receipts, construction and repair requisitions, meeting minutes (department, division, staff, and committee), building plans, class materials, research projects and grants, vineyard reports, extension reports, and photographs.; Inclusive Dates: 1913-1988.

University Library

Oral History Office: Collection Number: AR-113; Extent: 41.2 linear feet; Description: Audio recordings and transcripts of oral histories conducted by the Oral History Office. Also included are office files and correspondence relating to the activities of the office.; Inclusive Dates: 1947-1996.

Academic Senate

Academic Senate: Collection Number: AR-108; Extent: 8.0 linear feet; Description: Correspondence, manuals, handbooks, bylaws, reports, meeting minutes, publications.; Inclusive Dates: 1931-1999.

Student and UCD Community Organizations

Agricultural Education Wives Club: Collection Number: AR-083; Description: Collection contains constitution, financial records, membership lists, photographs, and memorabilia.; Inclusive Dates: 1950-1982.
Antique Mechanics Club: Collection Number: AR-010; Extent: 2.1 linear feet; Description: Newspaper clippings and speeches relating to the history of the Antique Mechanics organization on the Davis campus.; Inclusive Dates: 1972-1977.
Cal Aggie Marching Band: Collection Number: AR-150; Extent: 7.0 linear feet; Description: Correspondence, office files, video cassettes, photos, realia, survey worksheets.; Inclusive Dates: 1958-1999.
Fraternities, Sororities, and Honor Societies: Collection Number: AR-151; Extent: 15.2 linear feet; Description: Correspondence, financial records, chapter records, office files, meeting minutes, photos, bylaws, membership records/rosters, constitutions, publications, realia.; Inclusive Dates: 1916-1999.
Golden Hoof Club: Collection Number: AR-082; Description: Collection contains club records, membership lists, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia.; Inclusive Dates: 1920-ca. 1978.
University Farm Circle.: Collection Number: AR-047; Extent: 9.1 linear feet; Description: Constitution, correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, club records, financial reports, club rosters, publications, photo exhibit, scrapbooks, realia.; Inclusive Dates: 1925-1999.

Events and Celebrations

Picnic Day Board of Directors Reports: Collection Number: AR-122; Extent: 4.0 linear feet; Description: Reports from the various Picnic Day Directors. Directors include Chairperson, Animal Events, Exhibits, Parking, Technical, among others.; Inclusive Dates: Inclusive dates: 1981-2002.
Picnic Day Collection: Collection Number: AR-075; Extent: 4.8 linear feet; Description: Programs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia from the University of California, Davis Picnic Day celebrations.; Inclusive Dates: 1909-[ongoing]

School of Medicine

Department of Medical Pathology Oral History Recordings: Collection Number: AR-133; Description: Audio recordings of interviews conducted by Joann Leach Larkey for the Chairmen of the Department of Medical Pathology, University of California, Davis, as part of the campus's 1967-1996 Oral History Project. The interviews were conducted to mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the School of Medicine and have been transcribed into a printed volume.; Inclusive Dates: 1995.