Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: West Valley College catalogs
Dates: 1965-
Collection number: Consult repository
Creator:
West Valley College
Collection Size:
1.5 linear feet.
Repository:
West Valley College Library
Abstract: This is a collection of West Valley College course catalogs from the 1965-66 academic school years to the present.
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
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred Citation
West Valley College catalogs, Consult repository. Courtesy of the West Valley College Library.
Acquisition Information
The catalogs were donated by various individuals and campus offices.
Biography / Administrative History
The West Valley Joint Community College District was formed in January of 1963 when voters approved creation of the district
after a countywide master plan for community college education had been designed in 1962. At that time it was comprised of
the Campbell Union, Los Gatos-Saratoga high school districts and the Santa Clara Unified School District. Doors opened for
classes in fall 1964 at the Campbell campus. In early 1966, a 143-acre site in Saratoga was purchased for what would become
the permanent campus for West Valley College and the District offices. Grandbreaking for the first campus building began in
June 1967. The second campus in the College District, Mission College, began with the acquisition of 12 acres in Santa Clara
and eventually grew to be a 164-acre site. Mission College was temporarily located at Jefferson Intermediate School from
1975 to 1979. With the completion of the first building phase in the fall of 1979, the new Mission College campus opened
its doors to students. In September 1985, the name of the District was changed from the West Valley Joint Community College
District to West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCD).
Scope and Content of Collection
This is a collection of West Valley College course catalogs from the 1965-66 academic school years to the present. There
is no catalog for the first academic year, 1964-65 and it is unclear whether or not there was one. An addendum to the 1979-80
catalog was issued. No catalog was issued for the 1980-81 school year.
Arrangement
The catalogs are arranged in chronological order.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
West Valley College
West Valley College--Curricula--Catalogs
Universities and colleges--Curricula--Catalogs