More News September 21, 2015

Library launches new exhibit program with opening display in partnership with LGBT Resource Center.

In celebration of LGBT History Month, the UCR Library will launch its new exhibition program with a poster display entitled The History of the LGBT Civil Rights Movement. Created by the ONE Archives Foundation located in West Hollywood, the material "explores the incredibly inspiring journey of the LGBTQ Civil Rights movement" from the 1940s to early 1990s.

Nancy Jean Tubbs, Director of the UCR LGBT Resource Center, approached UCR Librarian Steve Mandeville-Gamble earlier this year to solidify an ongoing relationship of education and support for our students, faculty, staff, and broader community. As the conversation evolved and the ONE Archives exhibit came to light, the partnership was naturally evident. Excited to launch a new, world-class exhibit program in the library, Mandeville-Gamble eagerly agreed to host the exhibit as well as opening ceremonies and related programming.

From the start of "gayborhoods," to the Lavender Scare, the Stonewall Riots, the national pride movement, and the AIDS crisis, The History of the LGBT Civil Rights Movement complements UCR's own history in supporting the LGBT community. In 1993, UCR was the first campus in the state of California to open a professionally-staffed LGBT resource center and, in 1996, the first to offer an LGBT studies minor. We are proud to be the first public university in the nation to offer gender-inclusive housing, to co-found T*Camp — the first intercampus retreat in the nation for trans/genderqueer and gender questioning college students, and to found the BlaqOUT Conference — the first college conference in the nation serving Black/African American students and students of African descent who identify on the LGBT spectrum.

The History of the LGBT Civil Rights Movement exhibition will open on October 12, 2015 in Rivera Library on the University of California, Riverside campus.

More News January 25, 2017

William Shakespeare may never have envisioned his “Much Ado About Nothing” heroine Beatrice quite like this, but a UK-based design firm did.

Cherry Williams, UCR Library’s Director of Distinctive Collections received a request from the firm Stylorouge Ltd. for an image of Mexican Soldaderas from our Battle of Ciudad Juarez photograph collection in Special Collections & University Archives.

“The designer wanted to feature this photo in a theatrical program to promote the 2017 ‘Summer of Love’ season for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre,” Cherry explained.

Their completed pop-art inspired playbill is shown in the image above, and more details about the production are available online on the theater’s website.

More than 40,000 copies of the brochure featuring the photograph were printed and distributed in the UK to advertise the theatrical production.

This and many other striking photographs of the Mexican Revolution are available for viewing and research in our Special Collections and University Archives.

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More News April 11, 2016

Exhibit honoring past UCR Chancellor now on display.

An exhibition honoring Tomás Rivera, the youngest and first Latino Chancellor in the UC system and the namesake of the Rivera Library, opened in Special Collections & University Archives on Monday, April 11. Rivera was born in 1935 to Mexican migrant workers, and was among the first generation of Chicanos to earn a PhD. He was an accomplished author, educator, and administrator who unexpectedly died at the age of 48 while serving as UCR’s Chancellor.

The exhibition focuses on his commitment to the arts, higher education, and activism and is curated by librarians Melissa Cardenas-Dow and Stephanie Milner. It is just one of the projects supported by a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) as part of Latino Americans: 500 Years of History. The opening coincides with the 28th Tomás Rivera Conference, an annual public event at UCR that focuses on core issues facing Chicanos and Latinos.

More News June 23, 2017

Special Collections and University Archives recently digitized UCR Library's collection of original citrus labels and made the images available worldwide via Calisphere.

The collection features citrus labels from southern California brands primarily based in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties.

“People just like citrus labels, so this was something we’d been thinking of doing for quite a while just because of the visual nature of the citrus labels,” explained Eric Milenkiewicz, Digital Initiatives Program Manager. “Citrus is huge in this area and citrus labels are a big piece of the citrus industry’s history, so it made sense to digitize the labels. UC Riverside started as the Citrus Experiment Station, so this is part of our history, too.”

The full finding aid for the collection, with item level descriptions for both original and reproduction labels, is available through the Online Archive of California (OAC).

Online access makes this nostalgic collection available to a wider audience, particularly those outside of southern California. However, those who are able to visit Special Collections and University Archives in person are encouraged to explore our citrus labels collection firsthand. Please email specialcollections@ucr.edu for more details.

More Past Exhibits March 23, 2023

View a selection of UCR's Chaucerian materials. This exhibit, curated by SCUA graduate student intern Christopher Queen, will be on display during winter quarter 2023.

View the exhibit Monday through Friday in Special Collections & University Archives (Rivera Library, 4th floor) from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Event	Riverside's Chaucers
Location	Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor, Special Collections & University Archives
Dates	Jan 27, 2023 - Mar 24, 2023
Parking	Free Visitor Parking is available on Fridays, starting at 12:00 PM through 6:00 AM Monday morning in the unreserved spaces of the following parking lots/structures: Lot 6 Blue Lot 13 Blue Big Springs Parking Structure 2 Lot 26 Gold Lot 30 Gold Lot 50 Gold Paid Visitor Parking information can be found here.

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More News April 30, 2018

The UCR Library is pleased to announce that Andrew Lippert has accepted the position of Special Collections Processing Archivist for Special Collections and University Archives.

A member of the Twin Cities Archives Round Table and an at-large member of the Steering Committee for the Science, Technology and Healthcare Section of the Society of American Archivists, Andrew has previously worked as an archivist for the University of Pennsylvania and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Most recently, Andrew served as a processing archivist for the American Philosophical Society.

Andrew earned his Bachelor of Arts in history and philosophy from the University of Washington and his Masters of Arts in European history from Temple University.

Please join us in welcoming Andrew to the library!

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