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Title: West Valley College pictorial progress scrapbooks of the construction of the Saratoga campus
Dates: 1967-1972
Collection number: Consult repository
Collector:
West Valley College
Collection Size:
8 oversize scrapbooks.
Online items available
Repository:
West Valley College Library
Saratoga, CA 95070
Abstract: A series of 8 pictorial scrapbooks of the construction of the West Valley College Saratoga campus.
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
Collection is open for research.
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
West Valley College pictorial progress scrapbooks of the construction of the Saratoga campus, Consult repository. Courtesy
of the West Valley College Library.
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. 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).
Scope and Content of Collection
A series of 8 pictorial scrapbooks of the construction of the West Valley College Saratoga campus: Business Administration
building, Admissions and Records and Counseling buildings, and Administration building; Campus Center building; Engineering
Technology building; Humanities and Fine Arts building; Library building; Relocatables, parking, off-Site, pool, tennis courts,
basketball courts, volleyball courts; and Science and Mathematics building. The Saratoga campus and buildings were designed
by Reid and Tarics, Architects and Engineers, and Higgins and Root, Architects.
The scrapbooks are arranged numerically.
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--Buildings
College buildings--California--Saratoga--Design and construction