UCI Libraries Department of Special Collections & Archives (which includes the Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center) strives to strengthen our collections, cultivate non-custodial partnerships, and enrich the UCI, Orange County, and global scholarly community. We aspire to curate and disseminate a cohesive mosaic of historical information, in response to critical scholarship and with an eye toward future generations. We seek to be at the heart of the global scholarly endeavor through community-centered partnerships, robust research support, and creative teaching and learning resources.
We trust in community expertise and lived experience as the impetus for building impactful community-centered archives.
For general inquiries, please write to us at spcoll@uci.edu or call our reference desk at 949-824-3947. To reach the Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center, please email ocseaa@uci.edu or call 949-824-4968.
Audra Eagle Yun
Head, Special Collections & Archives
University Archivist
aeyun@uci.edu
(949) 824-2263
I can help you with:
- potential donations of manuscripts, archives, and personal papers, rare books, and transfers of university records
- community-centered partnership planning
- gifts-in-kind and philanthropy to support Special Collections & Archives
- departmental administration, including strategic planning, policies, and grants
I can help you with:
- reference questions and inquiries about special collections
- organizing special events, activities, and projects
- instruction using Special Collections materials - i.e, workshops, show & tells, primary source analysis
- planning, curating, and coordinating exhibits (and exhibit loans)
- purchasing materials for special collections - particularly rare books, artist books, ephemera, and small archival collections (photo albums, selections of correspondence, etc.)
Krystal Tribbett
Curator for Orange County Regional History
Research Librarian for Orange County
ktribbet@uci.edu
(949) 824-9027
I can help you with:
- researching Orange County regional history materials and/or Orange County research topics
- instruction on Orange County materials or research skills in regional history
- donating materials to the Orange County Regional History collections
- planning programming events at the OC&SEAA Center
I can help you with:
- researching the Southeast Asian Archive materials and/or Asian American Studies research topics
- instruction on Southeast Asian Archive materials or research skills in Asian American Studies
- donating materials to the Southeast Asian Archive collections
- planning programming events at the OC&SEAA Center
I can help you with:
- understanding how we preserve and provide access to born-digital archival materials
- transferring your administrative records and publications to the University Archives
- transferring your student organization's records to the University Archives
- finding archival materials that pertain to the University's history and culture
I can help you with:
- finding archival materials from UCI Special Collections - including Southeast Asian Archives, Orange County Regional History, Critical Theory, Performing Arts, and Literature
- evaluating your materials for donation once you've completed an agreement with a Special Collections curator
- understanding how we process archival materials after they've been donated to UCI Special Collections & Archives
- reviewing unprocessed collections for researcher access
What I do:
- assist with instruction and outreach activities
- coordinate reference and research services
- provide administrative support to the department
- supervise student assistants
What I do:
- accession and process Orange County Regional History collections, Southeast Asian collections, and other manuscript collections in all formats, including digital, for public use
- provide access to collections through the creation and publishing of finding aids
- supervise student assistants
What I do:
- accession and process university records and faculty collections in all formats, including digital, for public use
- provide access to collections through the creation and publishing of finding aids
- supervise student assistants
What I do:
- process monographs and serials
- process duplication requests
- stacks maintenance and preservation
- supervise student assistants