Originally accessed:
4/8/2004
Organization:
Online Archive of California
Notes:
This collection contains materials related to the selection of the campus site for the University of California, Irvine. The collection primarily consists of correspondence between former University of California Regent, Philip L. Boyd and parties interested in or participating in the selection of the Irvine campus site. Correspondence spans the initial search for a site in 1958 to the development of specific buildings and the development of a curriculum for the new campus in 1964. Correspondents include members of the California legislature, local business community leaders, University Regents, members of the Irvine Company, and California Governor Edmund Brown. Also included are photographs documenting the signing of the site selection agreement and aerial photographs of the proposed site. This collection also contains a site selection status report published in 1958 that details campus site searches for the Southern California Metropolitan Center Section (Irvine) and the Southern Cross Section (San Diego). All items were collected by former University of California Regent Philip L. Boyd Note(s) Cite as: Philip L. Boyd Collection on University of California, Irvine Site Selection. AS-067. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California"
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