Finding aid for the West Valley College Early History and Development File
Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
West Valley College Library
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Saratoga, CA 95070
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Finding aid for the West Valley College Early History and Development File
Collection number:
West Valley College LibrarySaratoga, California
- Processed by:
- Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Jonathan Hall
© 2010 West Valley College Library. All rights reserved.
Title: West Valley College early history and development file
Dates: 1959-1973
Collector:
West Valley College
Collection Size:
2.5 linear feet.
Online items available
Repository:
West Valley College Library
Saratoga, CA 95070
Abstract: This file includes documents and photographs from the founding and early history of West Valley College.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
West Valley College early history and development file, Courtesy of the West Valley College Library.
The majority of the photographs had been stored in the Carlson House prior to 1998. Some of the information and photographs
may have come from the Community Education office or Public Information Office.
Biography / Administrative History
The West Valley Joint Community College District was formed in January of 1963 when voters approved creation of the district
after a countywide master plan for community college education had been designed in 1962. At that time it was comprised of
the Campbell Union, Los Gatos-Saratoga high school districts and the Santa Clara Unified School District. Doors opened for
classes in fall 1964 at the Campbell campus. In early 1966, a 143-acre site in Saratoga was purchased for what would become
the permanent campus for West Valley College and the District offices. Groundbreaking for the first campus building began
in June 1967. The second campus in the College District, Mission College, began with the acquisition of 12 acres in Santa
Clara and eventually grew to be a 164-acre site. Mission College was temporarily located at Jefferson Intermediate School
from 1975 to 1979. With the completion of the first building phase in the fall of 1979, the new Mission College campus opened
its doors to students. In September 1985, the name of the District was changed from the West Valley Joint Community College
District to West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCD).
Scope and Content of Collection
This file contains a collection of documents and photographs (mostly unidentified, various sizes, mostly black and white)
from the founding and early history of West Valley College. Included are folders with documents and photos pertaining to:
West Valley College founding and early history 1959-1970; early demographics; Mission College site; and early publications.
Also included are photographs from the Campbell campus during the 1960s (art, blood drive, buildings, business, child development,
commencement, drafting, surveying, model building, drama, electronics, fashion design, hospitality management, humanities
and fine arts, journalism, nursing, public hearings, science, sports, and student life). Additionally included are documents
and photographs specific to the Saratoga Campus history, development, and construction through 1973.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
West Valley College
West Valley-Mission Community College District
West Valley College--History
West Valley-Mission Community College District--History
West Valley College--Buildings
West Valley College--Photographs