University of California, Irvine, Chancellor Jack W. Peltason records, 1969-1993, 1984 - 1992.

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University of California, Irvine, Chancellor Jack W. Peltason records, 1969-1993, 1984 - 1992.

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This collection comprises records documenting Jack W. Peltason's work as the second chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, a position he held from 1984 to 1992. Included are records relating to Peltason's administrative duties, community involvement, and professional activities, as well as memorabilia and records related to his inauguration. The collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Chancellor, typescripts and drafts of speeches he delivered, briefing materials on labor issues, records of initiatives related to increasing diversity on campus, meeting materials for the Council of Chancellors of the University of California, and planning materials for his transition to the presidency of the University of California. Many records such as correspondence, memoranda, agendas, and meeting minutes document Peltason's involvement in professional and community organizations. Also included are memorabilia; inauguration planning materials such as committee notes, protocol manuals, and scripts; and inaugural documentation such as an audio recording and event programs. The collection also includes an audio recording of an interview with Peltason conducted for an oral history project of the American Political Science Association, an organization of which he was a longtime active member. The collection includes some records from the previous administration, that of Daniel G. Aldrich, as well as the records of Dennis Smith, who served as acting chancellor of UC Irvine between October 1992 and June 1993.

35.6 Linear feet (41 boxes and 2 oversized folders)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7967376

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

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Peltason, J. W. (Jack Walter), 1923-

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Jack. W. Peltason was the second chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, serving from 1984 to 1992. A distinguished political scientist and constitutional scholar, Peltason was also one of UC Irvine's founding faculty.Peltason was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 29, 1923. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Missouri and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1947. His first academic position was at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, w...

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Online Archive of California

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