Finding aid for the West Valley College Publications
Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
West Valley College Library
© 2010
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: (408) 741-2021
Fax: (408) 867-5033
Email: wvc_library@westvalley.edu
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Finding aid for the West Valley College Publications
Collection number: Consult repository
West Valley College LibrarySaratoga, California
- Processed by:
- Pam Parker and Jeanie Schwab
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Jonathan Hall
© 2010 West Valley College Library. All rights reserved.
Title: West Valley College publications
Dates: 1964-
Collection number: Consult repository
Creator:
West Valley College
Collection Size:
2.5 linear feet
Online items available
Repository:
West Valley College Library
Saratoga, CA 95070
Abstract: This file contains an alphabetical arrangement of past and present West Valley College publications.
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 publications, Consult repository. Courtesy of the West Valley College Library.
Most of the publications had been stored in the Carlson House prior to 1998; others were provided by Printing Services and
Graphic Artist, Margie Moran.
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
This file contains an alphabetical arrangement of past and present West Valley College publications. Represented here are
incomplete or irregular runs of campus broadsheets, student publications, reports, guides, pressbooks and the like. It includes:
ACE newsletter, Academic planning calendar, Assisting the emotionally distressed student, Calendars, Campus bridge, Campcon,
Campus connections, Collegian (Norseman), Community report, Connections, Discovering, District dialog, Diversity challenge,
ET grapevine, Emergency procedures manual, Factbook, Goals, Green sheet, Just for the record, MCWV Educational Foundation
report, Many voices (EOPS), Native voice, Outreach news, Police publications, Potpourri, Procedures for emergency care, Sports
press book, Stores catalog, Student guides, Student handbooks (1964-1967; 1989; 1996-2008), Today, Update, View, Viking review
(1965-1988), Vocational nursing publications, WVC Admissions bulletins, WVC information bulletins, WVC reference guide, WV/MC
AFL CIO newsletter, West Vally College newsletter, West Valley College rules and regulations, West Valley district report,
West Valley reports (1965-1967; 1977), and What's happening at West Valley.
Dates vary, but the earliest publications date from 1964. The longest-running continuous West Valley College publication is
THE NORSEMAN, found in the bound periodicals collection under LB 3621 .N6
The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the publication
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
West Valley-Mission Community College District
West Valley College
West Valley-Mission Community College District
West Valley College
West Valley-Mission Community College District--History
West Valley College--History