University of California, Irvine, collection on the Anteater mascot and other university symbols Bulk, 1965 circa 1965-1986

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University of California, Irvine, collection on the Anteater mascot and other university symbols, Bulk, 1965, circa 1965-1986

University of California, Irvine, collection on the Anteater mascot and other university symbols Bulk, 1965 circa 1965-1986

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This collection is comprised primarily of materials related to the University of California, Irvine mascot, the Anteater. Included is an original inscribed and signed drawing of the Anteater mascot by cartoonist Johnny Hart (undated), drawings of mascots proposed by the UCI administration (1965), clippings (photocopies) and ephemera related to the Anteater mascot and the controversy at the time it was chosen. Also included is an audio oral history interview with Schuyler Hadley Bassett, who is credited with taking up the successful campaign to elect the anteater as the mascot. The collection also includes design proposals for UCI logos, including one with a seahorse theme (1965), and proposed design for the UCI Medal, which was established in 1984.

1.5 Linear feet; (2 boxes and 1 XOS folder)

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections