Finding aid for the West Valley College Scrapbooks

Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
West Valley College Library
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: (408) 741-2021
Fax: (408) 867-5033
Email: wvc_library@westvalley.edu
URL: http://www.westvalley.edu/library
© 2010
West Valley College Library. All rights reserved.

Finding aid for the West Valley College Scrapbooks

Collection number: Consult repository

West Valley College Library

Saratoga, California
Processed by:
Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
Date Completed:
2008
Encoded by:
Jonathan Hall
© 2010 West Valley College Library. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: West Valley College scrapbooks
Dates: 1963-1976
Collection number: Consult repository
Collector: West Valley College
Collection Size: 3 linear feet
Repository: West Valley College Library
Saratoga, CA 95070
Abstract: This file contains six distinct scrapbooks of assorted West Valley College memorabilia.
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

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred Citation

West Valley College scrapbooks, Consult repository. Courtesy of the West Valley College Library.

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 six distinct scrapbooks with the following emphasis: West Valley College faculty women and faculty wives (newspaper clippings, flyers, newsletters and general information, 1965-1970); Marvin Spohn (memorial photographs and rememberances of a former West Valley College librarian and artist, 1976); Assorted West Valley College newspaper clippings, (April 1963-February 1964); Assorted West Valley College newspaper clippings, (September 1964-May 1965); West Valley College Engineering Technology Division Highlights (newspaper clippings 1966-1968); and album of color photographs depicting West Valley College (Saratoga campus construction and early campus activity, 1970-1973).

Indexing Terms

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 Faculty Women and Wives Club
West Valley College
West Valley-Mission Community College District
West Valley College Faculty Women and Wives Club
West Valley College--Press coverage
West Valley College--Photographs
West Valley College--History
West Valley College--Societies, etc.
Women--California--Saratoga--Societies and clubs
College teachers' spouses--Societies, etc.
Women college teachers--Societies, etc.
Spohn, Marvin