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UCR Yearbooks Available Online
UCR Library had a timely contribution to this year's Homecoming activities: UC Riverside yearbooks are now available online via Calisphere.
The yearbooks were prepared and digitized by staff of the Library’s Special Collections & University Archives, Preservation, and Metadata and Technical Services departments.
“UCR’s student yearbooks are a significant historical resource that provides the campus community with an important link to its past,” said Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator in Special Collections & University Archives. “Past, current, and future Highlanders will now be able to access this rich resource online in digital form to learn more about the people and history of UCR.”
UCR’s yearbook was titled “The Tartan” from 1954 to 1976, and “The Scotsman” from 1979 to 1992.
Milenkiewicz added, “The yearbooks capture campus life at UCR for nearly four decades, showcasing the growth and evolution of the campus from its beginning as a small liberal arts college to the large research university that it is today.”
Viewers might notice some significant gaps present between years. “Unfortunately, there is no official record of the yearbooks produced,” Milenkiewicz explained. He said that yearbooks may not have been published every year. It also appears that 1992 was the last year that a yearbook was released.
Alumni that would be interested in donating a yearbook are encouraged to contact Special Collections & University Archives. Milenkiewicz added, “While we would like an original print copy, we would be open to scanning and putting it online, if the donor wanted to hang on to the original.”
To date, Milenkiewicz has not seen a potential donation of yearbooks for any years the library does not already own. “Only time will tell if other yearbooks surface,” he said, “but for now we consider our holdings to be complete.”
First in the Nation: A History of the Costo Library
The Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian is a testament to the advocacy, expertise and legacy of its founders.
Rupert Costo (Cahuilla) and his wife Jeannette Henry-Costo (Eastern Cherokee) have supported UCR since its founding, even helping advocate for a UC campus to be built in Riverside in the first place. They believed in the power of education, and fought for Native American students to have equal access to education throughout their lives. In addition to helping bring a UC campus to Riverside, the Costos co-founded the American Indian Historical Society in San Francisco, and helped organize the First Convocation of the American Indian Scholars, a pivotal moment in the development of the field of Native American Studies. Throughout their lives, the Costos have been on the forefront of expanding access and representation of Native peoples in higher education. This legacy is deeply embodied in all three aspects of the endowment they gifted to UCR: their personal book collection, which forms the Costo Library of the American Indian, as well as their archives and their vision for the Costo Chair in American Indian History (now Affairs).
This exhibit documents the history of the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian, located on the 4th floor of the Tomás Rivera Library in Special Collections & University Archives. View this exhibit and learn more about the Costos, the American Indian Historical Society, and why the Costos chose UCR to house their materials.
| Event | First in the Nation: A History of the Costo Library |
| Location | Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor, Costo Library in Special Collections & University Archives (enter the double glass doors) |
| Dates | Monday, September 23, 2024 - Friday, June 6, 2025 |
| Hours | View this exhibit during SCUA's operating hours. Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. NOTE: We are closed during UCR observed holidays. |
| 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:
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Workshop Teaches Citation for Unusual Sources
Who is the creator of a postcard? How do I refer to a historical plaque?
In the “Citing the Unusual” workshop offered this fall, attendees had the opportunity to learn about citing sources that go beyond typical books and articles. The co-instructors discussed performance art, oral history interviews, and more. Participants also got a hands-on look at primary sources and works of art from UCR’s own Special Collections & University Archives, and viewed online examples from other institutions.
The workshop explained that citation is about more than just avoiding plagiarism. Citations are like a bread crumb trail: their main purpose is actually to help other people trace your research steps and discover your sources for themselves.
Attendees learned about the main elements are needed in any citation, looked at some popular styles (Chicago, MLA, etc.), and learned that not every scenario is anticipated by citation guides. Some archives or museums provide preferred citations, but with a basic understanding of needs and applying consistency, you can cite pretty much anything.
Don’t let formatting your bibliography stop you from using unusual sources in your next research project! The library offers many useful workshops each quarter. Expect more featuring Special Collections and University Archives materials soon.
Patents & Trademarks Collection
Located in: Orbach Science Library, Special Collections & University Archives
As a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), we provide resources for trademark, patent, and intellectual property research.
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons Begin Oct. 12
UCR Libraries to host events that will teach Inland residents, campus students, scholars and staff to write entries for online encyclopedia
Wikipedia edit-a-thons sponsored by UCR Libraries will make use of archives such as the Eaton Collection, the Water Resources Collection and the Tuskegee Airman Archive. Pictured above are a fan magazine from the Eaton Collection, a photo by Walter Leroy Huber of the junction of the All American Canal with the Coachella Canal, and Tuskegee Airman Clarence D. “Lucky” Lester.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — UC Riverside Libraries will host three Wikipedia edit-a-thons this fall during which Inland residents and university students, scholars and staff may make use of library resources to write articles for the free, online encyclopedia.
The first of the all-day edit-a-thons is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Box lunches will be provided for preregistered participants. Free parking will be available for community residents who preregister. Email carolem@ucr.edu to register for each of the three dates. Additional edit-a-thons are scheduled Oct. 26 and Nov. 23.
Veteran Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz will attend the Oct. 12 event and teach participants how to write articles that are polished and designed to face fewer challenges for accuracy and neutrality. Wikipedia trainers will attend each edit-a-thon.
Participants may access a variety of UCR Library resources, including documents housed in Special Collections and University Archives, to research articles of their choosing, said University Librarian Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
“We want this to be fun, but there is also a serious goal of enhancing Wikipedia as a platform of information exchange,” Mandeville-Gamble said. “These edit-a-thons will give students and others a chance to write in a public forum and learn how to create a well-crafted information article. It also is an opportunity for us to forge stronger relations with community members beyond UCR’s borders.”
Wikipedia describes itself as a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation that is based on an openly editable model. Content is produced collaboratively by anonymous volunteers who write without pay.
Two years ago Wikipedia launched its Wikipedia Loves Libraries initiative to collaborate with galleries, libraries, archives and museums in an effort to make the online encyclopedia a more accurate and useful resource, Mandeville-Gamble said.
The UCR librarian introduced Wikipedia edit-a-thons when he worked at George Washington University. The project was so popular that it continues on a monthly basis.
At UCR, participants in the edit-a-thons will be able to research topics that make use of UCR Libraries collections such as science fiction; the Tuskegee Airmen; author and former UCR Chancellor Tomás Rivera; historical figures in the political, cultural, and social life of the Inland Empire; water resources in California and the West; or Native American literature, art and culture.
“Participants can write about any topic, not just ones we suggest,” Mandeville-Gamble said. “This will be a safe place for people to learn to write Wikipedia articles, receive feedback, make their articles more ‘bullet proof,’ use citation tools and information boxes, and effectively utilize images. Our libraries have tremendous resources that can enhance Wikipedia articles, particularly those that relate to our unique collections and local history.”
NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Specialist
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, Megan Murphy joined the UCR Library as the new UCR NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Specialist.
Megan has a BA in Archaeology from Dickinson College and an MA in Anthropology with a focus on Archaeology at University of Colorado, Boulder, where she also served as a Teaching Assistant.
Megan has extensive experience in working on repatriating human remains, cultural objects, and funerary objects, having interned at both the University of Knoxville in Tennessee and the University of Pennsylvania on NAGPRA projects at those institutions. She has also done an archaeology internship at Fort Vasquez Museum and an oral history internship at Louisville Historical Society.
Megan will be working closely with Professor Gerald Clarke, the UCR NAGPRA Repatriation Coordinator, to contact proactively and consult with all possible tribes affiliated with the small number of Native American human remains and artifacts covered by either the federal NAGPRA or state CalNAGPRA laws and facilitate tribal claims for their repatriation. This work will include preparing and submitting notices to be published in the Federal Register.
In addition, she will be working closely with Dr. Matt Hall, the Director of the Archaeological Curation Unit on campus to re-inventory the 600 cubic foot collection of artifacts held by the unit in compliance with CalNAGPRA as per the requirements of Assembly Bill 275, which significantly amended the law in September 2020. The same law will require at a minimum confirming that the UCR Library’s inventories of its holdings of Native American artifacts, archives, artwork, etc., primarily in Special Collections and University Archives, meet the requirement of AB275 (which requires inventorying all object, artwork, artifacts, archives, etc. in consultation with tribal leaders in order to identify which materials do or do not fall under the purview of AB275).
Megan will also be assisting the University Librarian Steven Mandeville-Gamble in his role as UCR NAGPRA Administrator to help organize meetings and support the work of the new UCR Repatriation Oversight Committee, once it is convened in late September 2021. Megan will divide her time between her office on the fourth floor of Rivera Library and in Watkins Hall, working on the inventory of the Archaeological Curation Unit.
Please join us in welcoming Megan to the UCR Library team!
Fujimoto family diaries now available online
Riverside, Calif (library.ucr.edu) – The University of California, Riverside Library is delighted to announce that we have recently completed a six-month project to digitize the Fujimoto family diaries.
On March 11, 1942, the life of one Riverside family was shattered when US government officials took local farmer Toranosuke Fujimoto into federal custody. His son, George Fujimoto, age 21, wrote in his diary that day about his father’s arrest: “Went to school as usual….Came home about 5 p.m. and was shocked to learn that Pop was taken into custody by federal officials today. 28 Riverside Japanese aliens were rounded up in today’s raid; Mr. Sanematsu & Pop included.”
Insight into the lives of this family will now be readily available since the UCR Library has completed digitizing 45 Fujimoto family diaries with more than 24,000 pages. Many of these pages are already available online through Calisphere, a UC-wide digital collections archive system. Complete access is expected within a couple of weeks.
Highlighting the voices of these two men from an immigrant family, this collection documents the daily experiences of the Fujimoto family’s life from 1913-1968, including the events surrounding the family’s forced removal from their farm and home in Riverside to their relocation to and incarceration at a camp in Poston, Arizona.
“The Fujimoto diaries are among the treasures of the UCR Special Collections and University Archives. They provide an unforgettable insight into a turbulent chapter of life in California and beyond,” said Cherry Williams, UCR Library’s Director of Distinctive Collections.
Digitizing the dairies, which were donated to the UCR Library more than 20 years ago, is a major step forward in preserving this piece of history for future generations, said Eric Milenkiewicz, Digital Initiatives Program Manager.
“Complete digital versions of the diaries are now available online, providing a worldwide audience with a glimpse into the Japanese-American experience in the US during the early to mid-twentieth century, from the personal perspectives of a father and his son,” Milenkiewicz said.
Toranosuke Fujimoto’s diaries are written in Japanese while George Fujimoto’s are in English. Milenkiewicz explained that by making the diaries available online, “We hope to further enhance this digital resource by unlocking the text contained within each diary entry through translation/transcription, which will lead to even better access and discovery.”
“We the family are happy at the work and care that UCR has given toward these diaries,” said Shanti Taka, Toranosuke Fujimoto’s granddaughter and George’s niece. “I look forward to reading them online myself.”
Library staff in Special Collections and University Archives frequently use the Fujimoto diaries in their teaching activities. UCR Library’s Primary Source Literacy Librarian Robin M. Katz believes that the ties to Riverside make the Fujimoto diaries especially poignant for members of the UCR community: “Here is a Japanese-American family that had established their life in Riverside and thought, ‘This is the American dream’ and then their lives are turned upside-down, and their property seized.”
The diaries themselves are available for use by the UCR community and the community at large, in the UCR Department of Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
To request additional information, please contact specialcollections@ucr.edu.
The unique beauty and history of libros cartoneros and artists’ books
A new pop-up exhibit showcasing libros cartoneros and artists’ books created by Latinx artists is on display in the Rivera Library.
The exhibit, titled Hecho a Mano, features a collection of unique and creative books made from recycled materials such as cardboard, paper, and found objects.
Libros cartoneros, which originated in Argentina during a time of economic crisis, are a form of grassroots publishing in which books are made from recycled cardboard and sold at a low cost.
“When you look at them, they're very DIY,” said Special Collections Public Services, Outreach and Community Engagement Librarian Sandy Enriquez who curated the exhibit. “Libros cartoneros helped make literature and art more accessible and affordable for people during a very difficult time, demonstrating the importance of the creative arts even during a crisis. I think that's a powerful statement.”
In addition to libros cartoneros, the exhibit also features artists’ books created by the artist collective Ediciones Vigía from Cuba. These books, which are often one-of-a-kind or limited-edition pieces, incorporate a wide range of mediums, including painting and collage.
“Libros cartoneros came from this place of resilience and resistance,” explained Sandy. “While artists’ books are similar, they also elevated the art form of using common materials by incorporating more labor-intensive elements like pop-ups, cut-outs, and non-traditional bindings. It’s really cool to see two different ways that handmade books have originated in Latin America.”
While the origins of these two art forms are different, both the libros cartoneros and the artists’ books on display are about the intersections of art, literature, and social justice.
Coinciding with this pop-up exhibit, Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) will be restarting its 4 to Explore Program. The program hopes to make viewing items in SCUA more accessible.
“4 to Explore is great for folks that want to come and view something but don't know what they want to see or don't have time to search through our catalog. Similar to course reserves, a selection of items will be curated in advance and available for anyone to request. All you have to do is visit our front desk on the 4th floor and ask about the program; we’ll give you a list of the four items with descriptions, and you can choose which one you want to see, whether just one, two or all four.,” Sandy said.
This quarter’s 4 to Explore items are all artists’ books and libros cartoneros, complementing the pop-up exhibit.
“You'll be able to see these items, hold them, open them, take photos, and really get a chance to interact with what you're seeing in the case,” said Sandy.
You can view Hecho a Mano and check out 4 to Explore items on the fourth floor of the Rivera Library in Special Collections and University Archives 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, this winter quarter.
Event: Hecho a Mano
Location: Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor, Special Collections & University Archives
Dates: Jan. 27, 2023 - Mar. 24, 2023
Hours: View from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Monday through Friday)