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MSS-2010-03-04
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Title: San José State University Scrapbook Collection
Dates: 1884-1999
Bulk Dates: 1931-1971
Collection number: MSS-2010-03-04
Creator:
San José State University
Collection Size:
78 Boxes
(89.42 Linear Feet)
Repository:
San José State University. Library.
San José, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The San José State University Scrapbook Collection 1884-1999 (bulk 1931-1971) consists of over two hundred scrapbooks documenting
one hundred and fifteen years of the university's history. Created by entities such as the Spartan Marching Band, the Foreign
Students Club, and Greek letter organizations, the scrapbooks are comprised primarily of newspaper clippings, photographs
and ephemeral items chronicling campus athletics, clubs and organizations, academic programs and departments, events and celebrations,
and general activities of the student body. This collection is arranged into seven series: Series I. Clubs & Organizations,
1884-1975 (bulk 1953-1974); Series II. Diamond Jubilee Celebration, 1937; Series III. Executive Dean's Office, 1954-1971;
Series IV. General University History, 1928-1999; Series V. Library, 1934-1966; Series VI. Sports, 1933-1939, 1981-1999; and
Series VII. Summer Session, 1931-1939, 1949-1967.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open for research.
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University 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. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
San José State University Scrapbook Collection, MSS-2010-03-04, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Collection processed by Robert Donahue. Finding aid EAD encoded by Robert Donahue. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen.
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. The Project Director is Danelle Moon. The Project Archivist is Erin Louthen.
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
José, 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.
Gilbert, Benjamin F., and Burdick, Charles.
Washington Square, 1857-1979: The History of San José State University.
San José, California: San José State University, 1980.
San José State University.
About SJSU.
http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/
Walsh, James P.
San José State University: An Interpretive History, 1950-2000.
San José, California: San José State University, 2003.
San José State University Campus Events Collection, MSS-2010-02-04, San José State University Special Collections & Archives.
San José State University Student Organization Records, MSS-2009-03-09, San José State University Special Collections & Archives.
San José State University Public Relations and Publications Records, MSS-2009-03-11, San José State University Library Special
Collections & Archives.
San José State University Office of University Relations Records, MSS-2009-03-06, San José State University Library Special
Collections & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The San José State University Scrapbook Collection 1884-1999 (bulk 1931-1971) consists of over two hundred scrapbooks documenting
one hundred and fifteen years of the university's history. Created by entities such as the Spartan Marching Band, the Foreign
Students Club, and Greek letter organizations, the scrapbooks are comprised primarily of newspaper clippings, photographs
and ephemeral items chronicling campus athletics, clubs and organizations, academic programs and departments, events and celebrations,
and general activities of the student body.
This collection is arranged into seven series: Series I. Clubs & Organizations, 1884-1975 (bulk 1953-1974); Series II. Diamond
Jubilee Celebration, 1937; Series III. Executive Dean's Office, 1954-1971; Series IV. General University History, 1928-1999;
Series V. Library, 1934-1966; Series VI. Sports, 1933-1939, 1981-1999; and Series VII. Summer Session, 1931-1939, 1949-1967.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
San José State Normal School -- History
San José State Teachers College -- History
San Jose State College -- History
California State University, San José -- History
San José State University -- History
San José State University -- Anniversaries, ect.
San José State University -- Students
San José State University -- Sports -- History
Greek letter societies -- California -- San Jose
Students -- Social life and customs
Students -- Societies
Education, Higher -- California -- San José