50 Features of Special Collections: University Archives Photographs Collection, AR-013

48/50 One of the most widely used collections within Special Collections is the University Archives Photographs Collection, AR-013. It is a collection of over 3,400 photographs which include albums and scrapbooks spanning from 1907-1987. The University Archives Photographs Collection offer a visual record of the history of ...

A Look Back into the History of the Memorial Union

Just across from Shields Library is the Memorial Union, perhaps better known as the MU, which reopened yesterday after two years of construction. First built in 1955, the Memorial Union is dedicated to 128 UC Davis students and alumni who lost their lives in military service from World War I and ...

Exhibit for April: Diamond Jubilee of the Shields Library Building: 1940-2015

The year 2015 marked 75 years since the building, now known as the Peter J. Shields Library, opened. Now through April 2016, Special Collections presents an expanded version of our previous exhibit, Diamond Jubilee of the Shields Library Building: 1940-2015. The exhibit, located in the cases in front of ...

On This Day: Planting the Centennial Tree on March 28, 1968

Today’s On This Day post take us to March 28, 1968 and the dedication of the centennial tree. In the image below from the University Archives Photographs, Chancellor Emil Mrak and Vera Mrak planted a magnolia tree at Howard Way and Russell Boulevard to commemorate the centennial of ...

On This Day: February 2, 1916

Today’s On This Day post takes us back one hundred years to February 2, 1916 when the article, “Beautiful Snow Again In Davis,” ran in the Weekly Agricola. The snow, which fell off and on during Thursday, January 27, 1916, remained on the ground until late the next ...

May is Bike Month

In celebration of May is Bike Month, here is an  image from the University Archives Photograph Collection. Here is a recap of previous posts that we have done on some of our collections that focus on bicycles and bicycling. The William Clauson Cycling Collection contains bicycling books, journals, trade publications and directories, racing programs, rule books, posters, comics and other materials relating to bicycling. The Matthew Sarna-Wojcicki Collection contains periodicals ...