Scope and Content of the Collection

Records of the Board of Trustees including minutes of meetings, committees, agenda, budgets, correspondence and memos. Also included are the records of Philip S. Sanfilippo and Eugene F. Gerwe as well as the minutes and agendas of the Board of Trustees' meetings from February 1971 to November 1987 from the Official Record Binders of the Board of Trustees.

Scope and Content of the Collection During Father Donohoe's ten year administration, the University underwent tremendous physical growth and social change: it became coeducational in 1961, the undergraduate student body tripled in size, graduate programs at both the Master’s and doctoral levels were installed in the Schools of Business and Engineering, and the Santa Clara Plan, a new academic program, was adopted. In addition, Father Donohoe created the Board of Regents in 1959, broadened the university’s fundraising efforts,...

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Files include Inaguration address, correspondence, programs for Mass and Inauguration ceremony, press releases, and letters of congratulations from other colleges and universities. Also includes annual correspondence and chronological files, reports from Associations, administrative departments, financial, and staff, council and committe meetings.

Scope and Content of the Collection Father Gianera’s administration began within months following the end of World War II; the end of the war brought with it a dramatic increase in student enrollment at Santa Clara. The student body was now made up of mostly veterans, some married with families. Campus housing was in short supply as well as classroom and laboratories. The files include data for a World War II memorial booklet featuring biographical information about alumni killed in the war, the DeSaisset estate and...

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Files include correspondence about the Alumni Association, invitations to the ground breaking for the Golden Gate Bridge and for campus events, fund raising materials, and student information.

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Files include information about buildings on campus, the gift of Alice (Mrs. Will M) Tipton of papers, books, and artifacts of Will M. Tipton; correspondence with Clay M. Greene re the Passion Play; the homily given by Maher at funeral of Mike Dunne (1923). Also includes building campaign scrapbook (1922), and newspaper clippings including clippings about the Mission Centenary Celebration.

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File include information on campus buildings, fund raising and gifts, the burning of the Mission Church in 1926 and its reconstruction, suggestions for engineers to build the Bay Bridge (1927), and correspondence with John J. Montgomery.

Scope and Content of the Collection The Nobili Papers contain virtually all the documents of the early days of Santa Clara College. Included are financial records, legal papers (particularly dealing with securing the former Mission land from various claimants), and correspondence with Church and State officials, parents, and merchants. Of special interest are documents related to the Orchard Trial, in which Nobili and Bishop Alemany seek to establish claim to land formerly held by Mission Santa Clara. In addition to Santa...

Scope and Content of the Collection Fr. Terry's eight years as university president were marked by sit-ins, demonstations, and protests regarding the ROTC. Fr. Terry was also required several times to defend the University's new open forum policy for guest speakers. As president, Fr. Terry spearheaded the physical expansion of the campus. The records contain reports, minutes, publications, brochures, staff memos, and the President's incoming and outgoing correspondence about policy issues, events, committees and task...

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Files of Publications Director Paul Murphy, include original art work for campus publications. News releases and subject files re events, including the centennial celebration (1951).