Santa Clara University

The identity of California as we it know today began during the 19th century when California experienced a period of transformation. This era marked a move away from its origins as a Spanish colony, then a Mexican province, followed by a brief period as an independent republic before becoming the 31st state in the United States in 1850. Its earliest inhabitants were Native American populations who were gradually outnumbered, first by European colonists and later by American settlers attracted to the West during the California Gold Rush of the mid-1850s. As peoples and cultures collided the need of both local …

Institution: Santa Clara University

The Schoener Collection contains correspondence, poems both in German and English, and articles on rose breeding and horticulture. There also exist approximately thirty notebooks containing rough drafts of articles and personal thoughts. Included in the papers is Schoener's manual on Church doctrine, which was never published. He ordered the remainder of his papers to be burned after his death. The Collection also includes a biography of Schoener by B. Russel based on Schoener's recollections. His photographs can be found in the Schoener Photo Collection (#27,001-#27, 005). Other Schoener papers are available at the Huntington Library.

Institution: Santa Clara University

Bernard R. Hubbard was a Jesuit priest, educator, explorer, and popular lecturer, known as “the Glacier Priest.” He taught geology, 1926-1930, and spent three decades exploring and documenting the Territory of Alaska, its glaciers and volcanoes, and its native peoples. These expeditions, 1927-1962, were financed by his lectures, films, and publications, undertaken from his offices at Santa Clara University in California. In 1937 and 1938 Father Hubbard lived on King Island, with his boats, dogs, expedition members, and more than 100 tons of supplies and equipment. During this expedition, he continued his glacier research and captured the King Island people …

Institution: Santa Clara University

The Archives and Special Collections Department of Santa Clara University houses an extensive collection of Montgomery materials, including the photos in this digital collection, correspondence, plans for the aircraft he designed, and models. It also includes family records and correspondence, material on the Montgomery patent controversies, and research material on early aviation.

Institution: Santa Clara University

The José Antonio Villarreal Papers, 1950-2010 (bulk 1959-1984), document the personal and professional life of José Antonio Villarreal. Villarreal became well known for his book Pocho, which was first published in 1959 and is considered a landmark in Chicano literature. The bulk of the collection consists of drafts, original research materials, outlines, proofs and typescripts of Villarreal’s published books and an early manuscript and precursor to the book Pocho, entitled Our Little Life. Also included are articles, short stories, and poetry written by Villarreal, some of which were published in anthologies, magazines, and newspapers. The correspondence series is comprised of …

Institution: Santa Clara University

This digital collection features selected game programs drawn from our physical collection in Santa Clara University Library's Archives and Special Collections. The digital collection contains programs from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, showing the development of the sport, and the rivalry, during these decades. Visit A&SC to see more programs and related Little Big Game paraphernalia. The Santa Clara University Men’s Football and Rugby Club Records, 1869-1993, document the history of men’s football and rugby over a 120-year period and an 85-year period, respectively. The records consist of media guides, newspaper clippings, rosters of players and coaching staff, score cards …

Institution: Santa Clara University

The Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Collection consists of hundreds of manuscripts primarily written and collected by the Franciscan missionaries from the founding of the Mission in 1777 until the arrival of the Jesuits in 1851. The manuscripts deal with the missionaries’ spiritual endeavors, as well as various aspects of daily life at Mission Santa Clara. The collection includes sacramental records, account books, annual reports, governmental and ecclesiastical correspondence, choirbooks, and instructions on wool-processing, health care and cuisine, among others. The majority of the manuscripts are in Spanish.

Institution: Santa Clara University

As all Roman Catholic clergy are obliged to do, the priests who staffed Mission Santa Clara kept meticulous records about the sacraments at which they officiated. Over the past few decades, mission sacramental records have proven to be of inestimable value in helping scholars reconstruct the rhythms of life in pre-1850 California. These different kinds of records offer clues about daily life at Mission Santa Clara. Careful examination of these records has enabled anthropologists to recover the size and location of a number of indigenous villages, and thus has immeasurably increased our knowledge of native California before the arrival of …

Institution: Santa Clara University

Fr. Norman Martin was a dedicated alumnus, professor and administrator at Santa Clara University. After joining the Los Gatos Jesuit Novitiate in 1935 and graduating from Santa Clara University in 1937, Fr. Martin spent the next several years living abroad. He was ordained in Buenos Aires on December 20, 1947. After receiving his master’s and doctorate in Latin American History, Fr. Martin returned to teach at Santa Clara University in 1958. Eventually, he became an Assistant to the University President and worked in Public Relations. Fr. Martin passed away February 5, 2006 after 70 years as a Jesuit and 58 …

Institution: Santa Clara University

This collection features illustrated books from the original Mission Library and from the early Santa Clara College collection, with books dating from 1518 to 1803. The earliest printed books in Europe took their style from manuscripts. The letters resembled the common handwriting of the time, and the ornamentation was done by hand. As printing became accepted as an art form in its own right, printers sought for ways to add decorations – ornamental capitals and illustrations – on their own. The woodcut, which was already in use to print holy images to sell to pilgrims, suited perfectly. Both movable type …

Institution: Santa Clara University