Santa Clara County (Calif.) Planning Department papers, 1929-1983, bulk 1970s

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Summary

Extent:
13 Linear Feet (9 rsbs, 7 manuscript boxes, 2 card boxes, 1 flat box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Santa Clara County (Calif.) Planning Department papers (M1387). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains of reports and publications from the Santa Clara County Planning Department. It is primarily composed of environmental impact reports (EIRs) dating from the 1970s-1980s, with a smaller amount of published materials on other aspects of demography, land use, zoning, and development. The materials are mostly concerned with the area within Santa Clara County, with additional reports for the larger Santa Clara Valley and other California locations such as Los Angeles. There is one EIR for New Castle County, Delaware. The collection came with a card index which appears to correspond with the EIRs.

The collection also contains a number of aerial views of the county from 1970.

Biographical / historical:

The Santa Clara County Planning Office is responsible for managing planning studies related to the county, reviewing development project proposals, zoning enforcement, and providing information on land use and demographic trends.

--From the website for the Department of Planning and Development of Santa Clara County, 2022.

The Santa Clara Valley was a major source of fruit production starting in the 1870s. However, since the 1960s, it has undergone significant urbanization, transitioning from fruit production to high technology. This region, encompassing the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, became known as Silicon Valley, for the importance of silicon in the hardware upon which much of the industry is built.

Arrangement:

EIRs are arranged alphabetically by county and city.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Santa Clara County (Calif.) Planning Department papers (M1387). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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