Drawing on interviews, personal records, and archival materials from UCI Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives, Stockstill and Oliver’s book tells the story of how the Irvine Ranch, a 93,000-acre Southern California agricultural empire, transformed into a world-renowned planned community with a top 10 public university.

Join us in person or online to learn how the University of California’s search for a new campus in the late 1950s ties into the origin of a city, family drama, and post-WWII affordable housing. As a bonus, Dannenbrink will share first-hand accounts of the evolution of the UCI campus and its surrounding community, with a special look at “Inclusions, Exclusions, and the Campus that Never Was.”