UCSC Campus History Resources

Additional Resources

The University Library holds many print and media resources about the UC Santa Cruz campus and its history. Visitors interested in more specialized research are advised to conduct subject or keyword searches in UCSC’s online catalog, CruzCat. Additional links of interest include:

The University of California has also developed a systemwide digital archive that contains basic descriptive information about each of the campuses. The following URL directs visitors to UC Santa Cruz's section of the site and provides information on topics like student activities, colleges and housing and academic programs:

On this page, for efficient and effective research purposes, we have included a select bibliography of pertinent historical resources held in (Special Collections). Each citation lists the item’s call number for easier retrieval. Please contact Special Collections staff at speccoll@library.ucsc.edu or at (831) 459-2547 if you have additional questions.

General UCSC

----. A Brief Account of the Life and Work of the University of California, Santa Cruz. [1967].
LD 781 S52 B7 1967
----. The Dean E. McHenry Library: University of California, Santa Cruz. [1977].
LD 781 S538 L524 1977
----. Fact Book About the University of California, Santa Cruz. [1970].
LD 781 S492 U528 1970z
----. The First 20 Years: Two Decades of Building at UCSC. [1988].
LD 781 S534 F57 1988
----. In Honor of Dean E. McHenry, Founding Chancellor of the Santa Cruz Campus of the University of California: The Affiliates of UCSC Dinner, June 2, 1974.
LD 781 S517 1966 I5 1974
----. Self Guided Walking Tours of the University of California, Santa Cruz Campus. 1971.
G 4364 S69:2 U6 E635 1971 U6
----. University of California at Santa Cruz. 1971-1980.
LD 781 S52 U5 1971
Adams, Ansel. Thoughts on the U of C Santa Cruz Campus. [c. 1960].
LD 781 S53 T56 1960
Chase, John. The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture. 2005.
NA 735 S43 C46 2005
Gunnoe, Bryan Andrew. Toward the Development of a UCSC Campus Land Management Plan. 1981.
LD 781 S499 G86
Jarrell, Randall. "A Brief Prehistory of the UCSC Campus, 1750-1965… and an Illustrated Chronology, 1965-1991". UC Santa Cruz Review, Spring 1991, p. 2-7.
LD 781 S5 U56b
McHenry, Dean Eugene. University of California, Santa Cruz. [1993].
LD 781 S52 M35 1993a
Nelsen, Alan. Feasibility of Future Development on the University of California, Santa Cruz Campus. [1995].
LD 781 S499 N45 1995
Nguyen, Phuong. The Particular Features of UCSC Campus Landscape and its Management. [1995].
QH 76.5 C2 N5 1995
Osterbrock, Donald E., et. al. Eye on the Sky: Lick Observatory’s First Century. 1988.
QB 82 U62 M686 1988
Pister, Karl S. American Universities at a Crossroads: An Inaugural Lecture. [1996].
LA 227.4 P57 1996
Rosenzweig, Joy. University of California, Santa Cruz: A Collegiate University. [1997].
LD 781 S52 R67 1997
Warrick, Sheridan F. (ed). The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus. 1982.
QH 105 C2 N37
Wolf, David. Gentle Be the Hand That Lays Upon the Land: The Story of UC Santa Cruz and Its Campus. 1990.
LD 781 S52 W6 1990

UCSC Colleges

----. College V Newsletter. [1971-1972].
LH 1 U56 C575
----. For Porter Students ... By Porter Students: A Collaboration of Porter College Experiences. 1995.
LD 781 S55 F67 1995
----. Merrill Field Program Newsletter. 1970-1977.
LH 1 U56 M47
----. Preliminary Environmental Assessment, UCSC Colleges Nine and Ten. 1988.
LD 781 S53 P74 1988
----. The Role of the Colleges. 1987.
LD 781 S499 U553 1987
----. Solid Oakes. [1979-1982].
LH 1 U56 S64
----. The Stevenson Newsletter. [1980-1983].
LH 1 U56 S75
----. UCSC Commencements Collection.
UA 32
----. University of California, Santa Cruz, College 8. [1987].
LD 781 S565 C64322 1987
Baker, Pam. The Naming of UC Santa Cruz Colleges. [1987].
LD 781 S52 B37 1987
Bassett, Patricia Dorsey. A Study of the College System at the University of California, Santa Cruz . 1990.
LD 781 S492 B37 1990
Domhoff, G. William. "The Colleges at U.C. Santa Cruz: What Went Wrong? What Might Work?" [videorecording]. [1995].
VT 9154
Floyd, Nubra Elaine. Kresge College, UCSC. [1986].
LD 781 S565 K73 1986
Floyd, Nubra Elaine. Notes on Kresge College, UCSC. [1981-1988].
LD 781 S565 K73 1981c
Grant, Gerald. Kresge College. [1978].
LD 781 S565 K736 1978
Kao, Malanie. Kresge College, UC Santa Cruz. [1989].
LD 781 S565 K735 1989
Lasiewski, Stefan. The Semiotics and Interpretation of College Eight. [1995].
LD 781 S565 C6453 1995
Noreña, Carlos G. The Rise and Demise of the UC Santa Cruz Colleges. 2004.
LD 781 S477 N67 2004
Smith, Page. Cowell College of the University of California at Santa Cruz: A Statement of Aims. [1965].
LD 781 S499 S65 1965
Thimann, Kenneth Vivian. Kenneth V. Thimann: Early UCSC History and the Founding of Crown College. 1997.
LD 781 S518 T458 1997

Cowell Ranch

----. "Cowell Ranch Before UCSC" [videorecording]. [1988].
VT 389
Calciano, Elizabeth Spedding. Random Notes on the Cowell Family and Ranch. [1967].
F 869 S48 C36 1967
Cardiff, George Henry. Santa Cruz and the Cowell Ranch, 1890-1964. [1965].
F 868 S3 C3
Dong, John. The Cowell Ranch Cookhouse; An Interview Conducted by Elizabeth Spedding Calciano. 1967.
F 869 S48 D65
Fulcher, Edeline L. A History of the Wilder Ranch, Santa Cruz, California. 1970.
F 869 S48 F84
Gutmacher, Chris. The Cowell Ranch and UCSC. 1973.
F 869 S48 G88 1973a
Langenbach, Randolph. Cowell Ranch Cooperage, University of California, Santa Cruz: Historic Structure Report. 1988.
NA 107 C2 L36 1988
MacDougall, Laurie. Henry Cowell and His Family (1819-1955): A Brief History. 1989.
F 868 S3 M23 1989
Raheem, Saad. "From Cows to Coeds" [videorecording]. [1988].
VT 391
Wolff, Adalbert. The Cowell Ranch, 1915. [1972].
F 869 S48 W74

Academic and Long Range Development Plans

----. Long-range Development Plan, 2005-2020: Final Draft. 2006.
LD 781 S499 U56 2006c
----. A Provisional Academic Plan for the Santa Cruz Campus: 1965-1975. 1962.
LD 781 S499 A3 1962
----. Strategic Academic Plan. [2008].