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San José State University Associated Students Records
MSS.2009.08.01
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: San José State University Associated Students Records
creator:
San José State University
source:
San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2009.08.01
Physical Description:
50 boxes
(51.42 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1947-2007
Abstract: The Associated Students Records, 1947-2007, document the activities of the university's student government organization. The
records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, budget materials, administrative files, election and campaign records,
posters, and newspaper clippings.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply
to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
San José State University Associated Students Records, MSS-2009-08-01, San José State University Library Special Collections
& Archives.
Collection processed by Lynn Sheehy. Finding aid EAD encoded by Mary Ellen Petrich. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen.
Collection further processed and accruals added by Stephanie Watson and Dakota Greenwich in 2017.
This finding aid was created as part of the Survey and Cataloging Project, a two-year San José State University Library grant project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project began in 2008. The Project Director is Danelle Moon. The Project Archivist is Erin Louthen.
In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers
in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California
State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San
José, and the school relocated to its new home on Washington Square prior to the fall term of 1872. After a fire destroyed
the Normal School building in 1880, the Legislature authorized $200,000 to construct a new building on the same site. Completed
in 1881, the building was commonly referred to as the Second State Normal School. After several names and curriculum changes,
Minns' Normal School is now San José State University, offering more than 134 bachelor's and master's degrees with 110 concentrations,
and is recognized as one of the top public universities granting such degrees in the West.
San José State University Student Organization Records, MSS-2009-03-09
Scope and Content of Collection
The Associated Students Records, 1947-2007, document the activities of the university's student government organization. Spanning
50 boxes, the records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, budget materials, election and campaign records and newspaper
clippings.
This collection is arranged into seven series: Series I. Budget and Finance Records, 1947-2007; Series II. Election and Campaign
Records, 1965-2004; Series III. Student Government, 1948-2006; Series IV. Administrative Files, 1967-2006; and Series V. Artifacts;
Series VI. Clippings, 1967-1998; Series VII. Posters, 1975-1988.
This collection is part of the University Archives Collection, Record Group . Its record group number is 7.1.
Collection MSS-2009-03-04, San Jose State University Student Council Records (1950-1980) was merged into this collection in
2017. The merged materials are in Series III, sub-series 6, "Meeting Minutes."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student government -- California -- San José.
California State University, San José -- History.
San José State University -- History
San José State Univeristy -- Associated Students
San José State University
San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives