West Valley College scrapbooks, 1963-1976

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Summary

Title:
West Valley College scrapbooks
Dates:
1963-1976
Creators:
West Valley College
Abstract:
This file contains six distinct scrapbooks of assorted West Valley College memorabilia.
Extent:
3 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

West Valley College scrapbooks, Consult repository. Courtesy of the West Valley College Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This file contains six distinct scrapbooks with the following emphasis: West Valley College faculty women and faculty wives (newspaper clippings, flyers, newsletters and general information, 1965-1970); Marvin Spohn (memorial photographs and rememberances of a former West Valley College librarian and artist, 1976); Assorted West Valley College newspaper clippings, (April 1963-February 1964); Assorted West Valley College newspaper clippings, (September 1964-May 1965); West Valley College Engineering Technology Division Highlights (newspaper clippings 1966-1968); and album of color photographs depicting West Valley College (Saratoga campus construction and early campus activity, 1970-1973).

Biographical / historical:

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. Groundbreaking 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).

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
Date Prepared:
© 2010
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Jonathan Hall. Date of source: May 18, 2010.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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 scrapbooks, Consult repository. Courtesy of the West Valley College Library.

Location of this collection:
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070, US
Contact:
(408) 741-2021
wvc_library@westvalley.edu
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