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| Call Number | Z720.B68 A5 2005 |
| Title | Rita Bottoms, polyartist librarian : UC Santa Cruz 1965-2003 / interviewed and edited by Irene Reti |
| Series Title | Institutional History of the University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Creator |
Bottoms, Rita, narrator Reti, Irene, 1961- , interviewer |
| Publisher | Santa Cruz, Calif. : University of California, Santa Cruz, University Library |
| Date of Publication | 2005 |
| Description/Abstract | Project Director, Irene Reti conducted fourteen hours of interviews with Rita Bottoms, Head of Special Collections at the University Library, UC Santa Cruz, shortly before her retirement in March 2003. This oral history provides a vivid and intimate look at thirty-seven years “behind the scenes” in the library’s Special Collections. For thirty-seven years Bottoms immersed herself in collecting work by some of the most eminent writers and photographers of the twentieth century, including the science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, photographer Edward Weston, composer John Cage, visual poet Kenneth Patchen, poet and letterpress book printer William Everson, poet and visual artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti, composer and poet Lou Harrison, singer and photographer Graham Nash, and philosopher Norman O. Brown. But her role as a curator and librarian extended far beyond acquiring collections; she developed intense and profound intellectual and emotional relationships with each of these individuals. It is her detailed and deeply personal stories of these relationships which form the heart of this volume, and provide the kind of human amplification of the library’s collections which can only be captured through oral history. Bottoms’ recollections of these individuals are an important contribution to the history of twentieth century art and literature in the United States. |
| Subject.LCSH |
Academic librarians Libraries -- Special collections Universities and colleges University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Geographic Location.TGN |
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz (county) California United States |
| Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Original Size | 265, [1] p. [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm |
| Notes | Interview conducted by the Regional History Project |
| Owning Institution & Contact Info | University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Regional History Project. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. (831) 459-2847. ihreti@ucsc.edu |
| Owning Institution Homepage | http://library.ucsc.edu/reg-hist/ |
| Copyright Statement | PLEASE NOTE: These interviews are provided for research purposes only. All uses of these manuscripts are covered by copyright agreement between the interviewees and the Regents of the University of California. All the literary rights in these manuscripts, including the right to publish, are reserved to the University of California, Santa Cruz. No part of these manuscripts may be quoted for publication without the permission of the University Librarian of the University of California, Santa Cruz. |
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| Title | bottoms.final_Part1 |
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