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Guide to the San José State University Humanities Department Publications
MSS-2009-11-06
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Title: San José State University Humanities Department Publications
Dates: 1965-1996
Collection number: MSS-2009-11-06
Creator:
San José State University
Collection Size:
1 box,
0.42 linear feet
Repository:
San José State University. Library.
San José, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The San José State University Humanities Department Publications, 1965-1996, consist of promotional announcements, posters,
brochures, signs, and flyers advertising various events as well as registration and career services. The collection also includes
several pieces of internal university communication. The collection is arranged into one series: Series I. Events and Publicity
Announcements.
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
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. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
San José State University Humanities Department Publications, MSS-2009-11-06, San José State University Library Special Collections
& Archives.
Collection processed by Silke Higgins. Finding aid EAD encoded by Silke Higgins. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen.
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.
The San José State University Humanities Department was created to provide students with an integrated perspective on Western
civilization. This perspective has since been expanded to a wider global view in response to developments in technology, world
culture and communications. Humanities courses integrate history, literature, philosophy, religion, politics, music and art.
The department offers a curriculum that covers the "human experience in aesthetic, creative, literary, and religious realms
as well as cultural traditions in major world areas." Students thus develop analytical and expressive skills, the ability
to read, write, and think clearly, along with an appreciation of the arts and letters and their role in shaping modern society.
Upon graduation, Humanities students pursue a wide variety of occupations, including law, journalism, librarianship, teaching,
public service, social work and public relations.
Gilbert, Benjamin F., and Burdick, Charles.
Washington Square, 1857-1979: The History of San José State University. San José, California: San José State University, 1980.
San José State University. About SJSU.
http://www.sjsu.edu/about sjsu/
San José State University. About the Humanities Department.
http://www.sjsu.edu/hum/about/
Walsh, James P.
San José State University: An Interpretive History, 1950-2000. San José, California: San José State University, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
The San José State University Humanities Department Publications, 1965-1996, consist of promotional announcements, posters,
brochures, signs, and flyers advertising various events as well as registration and career services. The collection also includes
several pieces of internal university communication.
The collection is arranged into one series: Series I. Events and Publicity Announcements.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
San José State University -- Humanities Dept. -- History.
San José State College -- History.
California State University, San José -- History.
San José State University -- History.
Education -- Higher -- California -- San José.
Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
College publications -- California -- San Jose.
Printed emphemera -- California -- San Jose.