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From the Archives

Welcome to the Fall 2022 issue of From the Archives, the UCSB Library’s newsletter highlighting all things related to Special Research Collections (SRC). SRC houses and preserves some of our most valuable, unique, and rare primary source materials, spanning areas such as performing arts, film & TV, American religions, California's historical figures, rare books, and local Santa Barbara history. Things are always changing in SRC, so stay up to date on new acquisitions, events, and exhibitions with our newsletter below. You never know what you'll discover next!

What's New at SRC

Grammy Museum Foundation Grant Awarded in Preservation of Bernard Herrmann’s CBS Symphony Broadcast Recordings

The Grammy Museum Foundation issued a $10,000 grant to the UC Santa Barbara Library to preserve, digitize, and make accessible a portion of the groundbreaking radio broadcasts of the CBS Symphony conducted by Bernard Herrmann in the 1930s and 1940s. Learn more about this award and other Library grants from the past year at the link below.

Learn more about the Grant: library.ucsb.edu/grammy-museum

60,000 Digitized Sound Recordings Enter the Public Domain

On January 1, 2022, an estimated 400,000 pre-1923 sound recordings formerly restricted through copyright entered the public domain, thanks to the passing of the Music Modernization Act (MMA). The UC Santa Barbara Library contributed over 60,000 of these recordings from its Performing Arts Collection, and now those recordings are freely accessible to all.

Learn more about the collection: library.ucsb.edu/news/digitized-recordings-public-domain

SRC Events

Writers & Wordsmiths of Santa Barbara Part II: Open Mic with Dr. Shirley Lim

Thursday, October 20, 2022 | 4:00 PM

Join the Library for an open mic afternoon celebrating the rich poetic community of Santa Barbara. Faculty Emerita and acclaimed poet Dr. Shirley Geok-lin Lim will begin the event, and will be followed by poets from the Department of English and Gevirtz School of Education. Afterwards, community poets are welcome to share their works in an open mic setting.

RSVP for Part II with Dr. Shirley Lim: library.ucsb.edu/writers-wordsmiths

Virtual Event: Exploring Indigeneity in ChicanX Art with Karmiole Fellow Terezita Romo

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 | 4:00 PM

Join the Library for a presentation on the influence of historical indigenous imagery on contemporary ChicanX artists with Terezita Romo, recipient of the 2022 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with California Ethnic & Multicultural Archives (CEMA) Curator, Angel Diaz.

RSVP for Exploring Indigeneity in ChicanX Art: library.ucsb.edu/exploring-indigeneity-chicanx-art

SRC Exhibitions

Lifting the Veil: How the Stars Aligned for Isis, Hermes, and Diana to Vanquish Satan and Usher in the Aquarian Age

This exhibition uses works from UCSB Library's American Religions Collection to follow several occult threads, such as astrology, ceremonial magic, and Theosophy, as they weave their way from the world of secret societies into the fabric of mainstream life in the United States.

Learn more about Lifting the Veil: library.ucsb.edu/lifting-veil

Black and white photo of a heavily tattooed woman

Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History

From the upper-class women who started the tattoo craze to the working-class Tattooed Ladies who performed in circus sideshows, this exhibit puts the foremothers of modern tattooing in the spotlight. Through photographs and personal histories, this traveling exhibit along the Oceanside Gallery uncovers the fascinating and largely unknown story of women and tattoos before WWII.

Learn more about Tattooed and Tenacious: library.ucsb.edu/tattooed-and-tenacious

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