Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Santa Clara University Archives Santa Clara University
- Abstract:
- The Santa Clara University Map Collection consists of 41 maps, drawings, surveys, and site plans of Santa Clara University. The maps in the collection range in date from 1854 to 1982, and include items prepared by public works officials, professional architects and surveyors for University planning purposes, engineering students for class assignments, and local historians for historical research.
- Language:
- and [code "English" not found in ISO 639-2 list].
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Santa Clara University Map Collection consists of 41 maps, drawings, surveys, and site plans of Santa Clara University, ranging in date from 1854-1982. They include color landscape drawings, University master plans, area maps of campus buildings, and early plot maps of Santa Clara College. The maps in the collection were prepared by public works officers, engineering students for class assignments, professional architects and surveyors for University planning purposes, and historians for historical research. This collection of maps visually represents the changing spaces of the University campus over time, from its founding in 1851 as Santa Clara College, to the present day, as Santa Clara University.
The Santa Clara University Map Collection is an artificial collection created by the University Archives. The items in the collection were acquired from various sources, including faculty, alumni, University departments, and private donors.
- Biographical / historical:
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Santa Clara University, founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus as Santa Clara College, is California's oldest institution of higher learning. It was established on the site of the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, the eighth of the original 21 California missions.
- Arrangement:
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The Santa Clara University Archives Map Collection is arranged numerically by Map ID.
- Physical description:
- 41 items
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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Dept. of Archives & Special Collections, University Library,500 El Camino RealSanta Clara, CA 95053-0500, US
- Contact:
- (408) 554-5530