Inventory of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Records
Processed by Chris Deutsch
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Inventory of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Records
Collection number: R213
California State ArchivesOffice of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
- Processed by:
- Chris Deutsch
- Date Completed:
- December 2008
- Encoded by:
- Jessica Knox
© 2008 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Title: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Records
Dates: 1968-1983
Collection number: R213
Creator:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Collection Size:
2 cubic feet of textual records
Repository:
California State Archives
Sacramento, California
Abstract: Founded in 1938, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was once the southern, agrarian campus
of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). The record group consists of 2
cubic feet of textual records from the California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis and California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona covering the years 1968 to 1983.
Physical location: California State Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
While the majority of the records are open for research, any access restrictions are noted in the record series descriptions.
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the California State Archives. Permission for reproduction or publication
is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
[Identification of item], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Records, R213.[Series Number], [box and folder number],
California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.
Acquisition and Custodial History
The California State Archives acquired the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Records according to state law.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was once the southern, agrarian campus of the California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). Founded in 1938, the campus was originally located
in San Dimas at the former Voorhis School for Boys. In 1949, ACR 100 (Resolution Chapter 190, Statutes of 1949) turned the
Kellogg family ranch at Pomona over to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. In 1956, the agrarian campus moved from San Dimas to Pomona
and the name changed to the California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis. Ten years later, the college became independent
of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo by becoming the sixteenth California State College campus. The college transitioned into a full
university in 1972. The two presidents during this period were Dr. Robert C. Kramer (1966-1977) and Dr. Hugh O. La Bounty
(1977-1991).
The record group consists of 2 cubic feet of textual records from the California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis
and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona covering the years 1968 to 1983. This collection is organized into one
series, Subject Files. The collection largely consists of memorandums, correspondence, and reports reflecting the university's
need to accommodate the expanding student population while establishing the campus as a nationally recognized institution.
The majority of the records where produced between 1977 to 1981.
The collection will interest researchers concerned with Cal Poly Pomona's growth after becoming an independent campus. Most
of the collection was from bureaucracies within the campus and focus on technical issues ranging from enrollment and class
offerings to maintaining high standards during budget downfalls and increasing instructional funding. Much of the collection
concerns communication between the campus President and the State University Chancellor's Office regarding financial and academic
issues such as new degree programs, the campus budget, and aligning Cal Poly Pomona with the rest of the State University
campuses. Additional communication involved the campus President's discussions with various campus bureaucracies over the
university's evolving mission and the idiosyncratic student body. Academic offerings grew concurrently with the campus while
expanding beyond trade and agricultural subjects. The records of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona offers
researchers an example of California's higher education expansion including insight into how administrators, faculty, and
students responded to a dynamic environment found in such a tra nsitory period.
Further accruals are expected.
Related Collections at the California State Archives
Education- State Colleges- California State Polytechnic College- Kellogg-Voorhis Campus Records (LP16:100-102)
California State University Records
Assembly Education Committee Records
Assembly Higher Education Committee Records
Senate Education Committee Records
California State Board of Education Records
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Education
ID R213.001, Box 1-2, Folders 1-36
Series 1 Subject Files 1968-1983
Physical Description: 58 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject heading.
Scope and Content Note
Subject files created by the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona contain correspondence, press releases, meeting
agendas, budgets, press clippings, and reports that relate to the operations of the campus. Subject headings include: Academic
Master Plans, Accredit Reports, Budgets, Program Review Committee, Educational Literature, Energy Studies, Graduate Writing
Requirement ad hoc Committee, Layoffs, Teaching Loads, and Summer Quarter.