Seeds of Something Different: An Oral History of the University of California, Santa Cruz--Volume II

by Irene Reti

n the 1960s, a small team of innovators gathered on a stunning sweep of land overlooking the California coast. They envisioned a new and different kind of university—one that could reinvent public higher education in the United States. Through this oral history of the University of California, Santa Cruz, we hear first-person accounts of the campus’s evolution, from the origins of an audacious dream through the sea changes of five decades. More than two hundred narrators and a trove of archival images contribute to this dynamic, nuanced account. Today, UC Santa Cruz is a leading research university with experimental roots. This is the story of what was learned, what was lost, and what has grown along the way.

Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2020

About the author

Irene Reti is a writer and publisher. She is the author/editor of several books with lesbian, feminist, and Jewish themes. From 1984-2000, she ran the lesbian feminist press HerBooks. After the close of HerBooks, Reti continued the press in the form of Juniper Lake Press, a publisher with a feminist, Jewish, and environmental focus.

She directs the oral history program at the university library of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Reti holds a BA in environmental studies and an MA in history from UC Santa Cruz.