Special Collections and Archives recently acquired a number of new collections that add significantly to the prestige of their archival materials: the Irene Saltern Salinger papers, the Walter Richardson papers, the Étienne Balibar papers, and materials from the Friends of the Newport Coast.

Sample from the Irene Saltern Salinger papers.

Irene Saltern Salinger papers
Recently donated by her family, the Irene Saltern Salinger papers are a treasure trove for fashion historians. Salinger was a Hollywood fashion designer in the late 1930s to early 1940s, an originator of coordinated women's sportswear separates in the 1950s, and a fashion designer into the late 1970s. Salinger's papers from her Hollywood career include many costume sketches for Hollywood films, such as Saboteur, Miss Polly, They Dare Not Love, So Ends Our Night, Time Out for Rhythm, and The Howards of Virginia. Documentation of her commercial work includes sketches, photographs, fabric swatches, and advertisements for companies such as Tabak, Phil Rose, Irene Saltern, and Sir James. The collection also includes a small number of European fashion plates showing popular clothing for upper-class men, women, and children from the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

Walter Richardson papers
Walter Richardson, founding partner of the architecture and planning firm, Richardson, Nagy, Martin, recently donated his professional papers documenting housing projects in Orange County. Included are schematic drawings, floor plans, site plans, photographs, color slides, and brochures. The Walter Richardson papers enhance the Libraries Regional History Collections, which include the papers of Raymond L.Watson, and materials from the City of Irvine, and the Irvine Ranch, plus much more.

Sample from the Étienne Balibar papers.

The Étienne Balibar papers
Étienne Balibar, Distinguished Professor of French & Italian and Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at UC Irvine, donated his professional papers to the Libraries' highly recognized Critical Theory Archive . Balibar is best known as a Marxist philosopher and political theorist focused on historical materialism, critical theory, ethics, and political philosophy. Donated papers include draft writings, notes, and lectures documenting his work with Althusser in the 1960s, his affiliation with the French Communist Party, and his thoughts on Baruch Spinoza, René Descartes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Friends of the Newport Coast records
The Friends of the Newport Coast, established in 1976 as the Friends of the Irvine Coast, was an environmental organization dedicated to preserving and protecting open space and wildlife habitat on the Newport Coast in Orange County, California for public use and enjoyment. After disbanding in 2011, the group donated newsletters, legal documents, correspondence, clippings, minutes, pamphlets, and reports to the UCI Libraries. This collection enhances the Libraries strong collections on local environmental issues.

For further information on the Libraries Special Collections and Archives, please go to: http://special.lib.uci.edu or contact Michelle Light at 949.824.7193 or michelle.light@uci.edu.