Alfred W. Robertson Papers ca. 1906-1979 1934-1959

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Alfred W. Robertson Papers ca. 1906-1979 1934-1959

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Biographical files, correspondence, documents, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and sound recordings of a leading California State Assembly member from Santa Barbara, responsible for introducing and leading support of a bill to authorize transfer of Santa Barbara State College to the University of California system. Robertson Gym is named after him. He also authored a bill limiting development of coastal oil drilling, and led a movement to reform the California state constitution.

1.3 linear feet; (1 document box, 3 oversize boxes, and 3 sound recordings)

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University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections.

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University of California, Santa Barbara

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The Physical Planning Committee was an advisory committee to the Office of Architects and Engineers, comprised of the Chancellor, the campus architect, and faculty members. The committee was responsible for discussion, approval, and planning of physical installations on campus. The duties of the Office of Architects and Engineers now fall under the Office of Campus Planning and Design, a division of Campus Design and Facilities. From the description of University of California, Santa...

Robertson, Alfred W.

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Biography Alfred Worcester Robertson was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire on June 29, 1889. His father, Samuel W. Robertson (1850-1938), was an elementary school teacher who became a much-loved figure at the Santa Barbara High School after moving his family to California in 1908. At that time, Alfred, who was throughout his life known as either "Bobby" or "Robbie," had completed his freshman year at Dartmouth and transferred to Occidental Col...