Guide to the Santa Clara University Map Collection,1854-1982

Processed by University Archives Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Anne McMahon

Santa Clara University Archives.

Santa Clara University Archives

500 El Camino Real

Santa Clara, California 95053

Guide to the Santa Clara University Map Collection, 1854-1982

Collection Number: MAPS-SCU

Santa Clara University Archives

Contact Information

Santa Clara University Archives

500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, California 95053

Phone: (408) 554-4117 Fax: (408) 554-5179

Email: amcmahon@scu.edu

URL:www.scu.edu/archives

Processed by:

University Archives Staff

Date Completed:

7/1/93

Encoded by:

Anne McMahon

Overview of the Collection

Provenance: Santa Clara University Archives Santa Clara University

Title: Santa Clara University Map Collection,

Date: 1854-1982

Repository: Santa Clara University Archives

Santa Clara, CA 95053

Extent: 41 items

Collection Number: MAPS-SCU

Abstract: The Santa Clara University Map Collection consists of 41 maps, drawings, surveys, and site plans of Santa Clara University. The maps in the collection range in date from 1854 to 1982, and include items prepared by public works officials, professional architects and surveyors for University planning purposes, engineering students for class assignments, and local historians for historical research.

Languages: and [code "English" not found in ISO 639-2 list].

Administrative Information

Access

Santa Clara University permits public access to its archives within the context of respect for individual privacy, administrative confidentiality, and the integrity of the records. It reserves the right to close all or any portion of its records to researchers.

The archival files of any office may be opened to a qualified researcher by the administrator of that office or his/her designee at any time.

Archival collections may be used by researchers only in the Reading Room of the University Archives at the discretion of the archivist.

Publications Rights

Permission to copy or publish any portion of the Archives' materials must be given by the University Archivist.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Santa Clara University Map Collection, Santa Clara University. University Archives.

History

Santa Clara University, founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus as Santa Clara College, is California's oldest institution of higher learning. It was established on the site of the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, the eighth of the original 21 California missions.

Scope and Content

The Santa Clara University Map Collection consists of 41 maps, drawings, surveys, and site plans of Santa Clara University, ranging in date from 1854-1982. They include color landscape drawings, University master plans, area maps of campus buildings, and early plot maps of Santa Clara College. The maps in the collection were prepared by public works officers, engineering students for class assignments, professional architects and surveyors for University planning purposes, and historians for historical research. This collection of maps visually represents the changing spaces of the University campus over time, from its founding in 1851 as Santa Clara College, to the present day, as Santa Clara University.

The Santa Clara University Map Collection is an artificial collection created by the University Archives. The items in the collection were acquired from various sources, including faculty, alumni, University departments, and private donors.

Arrangement

The Santa Clara University Archives Map Collection is arranged numerically by Map ID.

Map ID: SCU-001

University of Santa Clara Development Plan and City Redevelopment Base Map SD-8. 1960's

Physical Description: 103x77 cm.

Map ID: SCU-002

University of Santa Clara Development Plan Proposed Land Use Map SD-9. 1960's

Physical Description: 103x77 cm.

Map ID: SCU-003

Sport Facilities Expansion. c. 1980

Creator: Ruth and Going

Physical Description: 87x76 cm.

Map ID: SCU-004

University of Santa Clara Land Acquisition. June, 1965

Physical Description: 26x21.5

Map ID: SCU-005

Santa Clara University Campus Buildings. 1914

Creator/Collector: Guy Voight, CE '15

Physical Description: Color drawing with botanicals 47x57

Map ID: SCU-006

Santa Clara College. November, 1936

Creator/Collector: L.F. Carroll, Insurance Broker

Physical Description: 56.5x66.5

Note

Map was corrected in August, 1938, and March, 1946.

Map ID: SCU-007

Santa Clara College, Athletics and R.O.T.C. Grounds. August,1938

Creator/Collector: L.F. Carroll, Insurance Broker

Physical Description: 53x61 cm.

Note

Corrected in March 1946

Map ID: SCU-008

Santa Clara University R.C., San Jose, Cal. October 20, 1925

Creator/Collector: Sanborn Map Company, for John B. Shea

Physical Description: 63x55.5 cm.

Map ID: SCU-009

Aerial View of Santa Clara University with Inked-in Proposal for Re-Route of The Alameda. [early 1970's]

Physical Description: 41x40 cm.

Map ID: SCU-010

University Grounds, Santa Clara County, Cal. 1866

Creator/Collector: Surveyed by J. Bowen

Physical Description: Photostatic copy 27x42.5 cm.

Note

Multiple copies available. See also Arthur D. Spearman, S.J. Papers.

Map ID: SCU-011

Santa Clara University Property taken from Sanborn Map for San Jose and Santa Clara. n.d.

Map ID: SCU-012

University of Santa Clara Botanical Map. 1961

Creator/Collector: George Chan

Physical Description: 56x46.5 cm.

Note

No key is provided

Map ID: SCU-013

Aerial View of University of Santa Clara with Inked-in Proposal for Re-Route of The Alameda. [early 1970's]

Physical Description: 96.5x132 cm.

Map ID: SCU-014

University of Santa Clara. October 24, 1953

Physical Description: 60x67 cm.

Note

Ryan Field is outlined.

Map ID: SCU-015

Old [Eberhard] Tannery Property, acquired in 1953. June 25, 1953

Creator/Collector: Professor [Edmund C.] Flynn, Teacher of Civil Engineering

Physical Description: Blueprint showing ownership of parcels with proposed SCU uses drawn in pencil. 31x44.5 cm.

Map ID: SCU-016

A Plan of Santa Clara University Campus. 1932

Creator/Collector: Prepared by Senior Engineering Students J. Stuart, A. Porter, A. Savio.

Physical Description: Notes on back. 63x92 cm.

Map ID: SCU-017

University of Santa Clara Master Plan (Proposal). 1967

Creator/Collector: Paul B. Murphey

Physical Description: 63x97.5 cm.

Accession Number 984-055

Map ID: SCU-018

Re-route of The Alameda (Proposed). [1970]

Physical Description: 91.5x105 cm.

SCU-019a Women's Residence Complex. 1969