Barrington Hall
Barrington Hall was a student housing cooperative in the University Students' Cooperative Association (USCA) (now known as the BSC) system in Berkeley, California, from 1935 to 1943 and 1950 to 1989. It is currently privately operated student housing.[1]
Does anybody here remember Barrington Hall? Does anybody here remember Barrington at all? — "Barrington Hall" by The Les Claypool Frog Brigade (2002)
Resources on Barrington #
- "Barrington Hall (Berkeley, California)" on Wikipedia
- "Counterculture's Last Stand" was written by Krista Gasper in 2002 as part of her undergraduate studies at U.C. Berkeley.
- The Fall of Barrington Hall: A Rebuttal to Assertions of the Management of the University Students Cooperative Association (USCA) is Joel Rane's response to "Counterculture's Last Stand"
- Barrington Hall - Architectural History was written by Joel Rane in 1986 as part of his undergraduate studies at U.C. Berkeley.
- "Animal House on Acid" is a memoir by Beverly Potter as well as a website with many informative links.
- Slingshot, a radical newspaper which was connected to Barrington, published some special editions about Barrington in 1989 and 1990, which can be viewed at Long Haul Infoshop.
- The Barrington Collective was active after the house itself was closed, and produced a number of publications, including an annual Disorientation Guide for UC students.
- The early sixties saw a rebirth of activism at Barrington. In 1960, the House Un-American Activities Committee held hearings in San Francisco, and were met by protesters including a group from Barrington Hall. Just four years later, the Civil Rights Movement collided with a conservative UC administration, and the Free Speech Movement was born, with participation from a number of Barrington residents.
Ron Enfield contributed to this article.
from "Barrington Hall (Berkeley, California)" on Wikipedia ↩︎