Santa Clara University Artifact Collection, 103 BCE-2016, & undated (bulk: 1945-2001)

Series II. Athletics Materials, 1849-2001, & undated

Extent:
22 Linear Feet , 15 boxes
Scope and content:

This series documents the history of Santa Clara University's Athletics program through various artifacts, clothing and ephemera. The bulk of materials in this series originated from the university's Athletics Department. Many items relate to SCU's Division I team sports. The series also includes a limited number of artifacts and memorabilia related to sporting events sponsored by other departments within the university.

The types of materials in this series include objects that testify to Santa Clara's participation in tournaments at the state and national level such as ribbons, plaques, and pins. The series includes fan memorabilia such as pennants, a noisemaker and various clothing patches with the SCU logo and Bronco mascot. In addition to artifacts, the series includes ephemera such as field passes, tickets, ribbons, postcards and schedule cards.

The series contains items related to Santa Clara's football team, the Broncos, which existed from 1896-1992. The team played in three major bowl games: the Sugar Bowl (1937, 1938) and the Orange Bowl (1950). Of note are footballs used during the championship games and other commemorative material.

Arrangement:

This series is arranged by format.

Related material:

T-shirts for various SCU sports teams and events can be found in Series IX. Apparel.

Additional archival material about SCU's athletics program can be found in University Record Group 5T.

Contents

Access and use

Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research. There are no restrictions.
Parent terms of access:
Materials in Archives Special Collections may be subject to copyright. All requests for permission to publish from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the University Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Archives Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials, and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials.
Location of this collection:
Dept. of Archives & Special Collections, University Library,
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0500, US
Contact:
(408) 554-5530