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San José State University Department of Aviation and Technology Records
MSS.2010.06.08
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: San José State University Department of Aviation and Technology Records
source:
San José State University
source:
San Jose State College
creator:
Leonard, Thomas E., 1922-
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.06.08
Physical Description:
10 boxes
(8 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1996
Abstract: The San José State University Department of Aviation and Technology Records (1934-1996) include reports and publications concerning
technical reports and test fuel cells for the aviation department, newspaper articles, instructional materials, audio cassette
tapes, papers and publications concerning the department, the Flying 20, a student flying organization associated with the
Aviation Department, and many photographs depicting students and professors.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has been 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 Department of Aviation and Technology Records, MSS-2010-06-08, San José State University Library
Special Collections & Archives.
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 with Danelle Moon
as the Project Director and Erin Louthen as the Project Archivist.
Collection processed by Robert Donahue. Finding aid EAD encoded by Robert Donahue. Reviewed by Danelle Moon. Accruals were
added in 2016 and in 2017, and the collection was rearranged in 2017, by Grace Song.
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
Jose, 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 Jose State University Aeronautics Department began in the 1936-1937 school year. At the time it was called the Civil
Pilot Training program and was sponsored by the U.S. government in anticipation of World War II. During World War II, the
Aeronautics Department was used extensively for training pilots for the war and several of the instructors who taught after
1945 had been involved in aviation. In 1945, the Civil Pilot Training program became the Aeronautics Department and was located
in the basement of the San Jose State College Physics Building as part of the Engineering and Mathematics Program. The Aeronautics
Department was renamed the Aviation Department in 1988 and in 2001 again was renamed the Aviation and Technology Department.
This collection is arranged into eight series: Series I. Technical Reports (1951-1968); Series II. T.E. Leonard Papers (1953-1995);
Series III. News Clippings and Publications (1934-1993); Series IV. Event Programs and Brochures (1950-1995); Series V. Student
Papers (1934-1996); Series VI. Photographs (1938-1994); Series VII. Instructional Materials (undated); and Series VIII. Audio
Cassette Tapes (1974-1983).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San José State University -- History
Aeronautics -- California -- San Jose
San José State University Aeronautics Dept. -- History
San José State University Aviation Dept. -- History
San José State University
San Jose State College
Leonard, Thomas E., 1922-