Santa Clara University (Calif.); Gardens; Varsi, Aloysius, S.J., 1830-1900;Jesuits; Muybridge, Edweard, 1830-1904
Aloysius Varsi, S.J. president of Santa Clara College from 1868-1876, standing beside a newly planted palm tree in the Mission Gardens. The Administration Building is in the background.
Messea arrived in California in 1854, founded Santa Clara College's Science Departmtent, and purchased an impressive treasury of scientific instruments and minerals.
