Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Authors; College of Notre Dame (Calif.)
"Light in the Valley" is a book about the history of the College of Notre Dame from its beginnings in San Jose in 1851 until its move to Belmont in San Mateo County in 1923. In the photo, left to right, unidentified man, Edward Hart of...
Photographs; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Floods
Approximately $200,000 in damage was caused to Agnews State Hospital properties during the flood of January 1952. Similar photos to this can be found in a 1952 County of Santa Clara Planning Commission monograph titled "Flood Problems in Santa...
Cooper, Astley David Middleton; Art; Paintings; Men;
Astley David Middleton "A. D. M." Cooper, pictured to the right, in his studio with some of his paintings and regalia. Cooper was certainly the most flamboyant and publicized of local artists and some of his work hangs in the famed...
Braly Elementary School in the Santa Clara Unified School District is named in honor of John Hyde Braly and his father the Rev. John E. Braly. John Hyde Braly, Jr. was Vice President of San Jose State and he was the first Santa Clara County...
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Swords--Spain; Antiquities
Ethel & Grady Lewis show off a Spanish sword that was dug up on their former property, the Neves Estate, after the land was sold to the City of Santa Clara and the City hired contractors to break ground on the land in 1965-67 to build the Santa...
Photographs; University of Santa Clara (Calif.); Jesuits
In December 1969, Rev. Walter E. Schmidt was honored for his work in establishing Santa Clara Youth Village. Among those who came to honor him were Clyde Arbuckle, the Historian of San Jose and the Rev. Arthur D. Spearman, S.J. author and then...
Judge Hiram Bond and his family lived on an estate on Lincoln St. in Santa Clara called New Park. This picture of the horsewoman was found in a group of photos labeled Bond Family pictures.
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Schools; Hughes, Kathryn
Kathryn Hughes Elementary School in the Santa Clara Unified School District was built in 1964 and named after Kathryn Hughes, who was an outstanding teacher in the Alviso School District for 39 years. Kathryn Hughes, herself, performed the ribbon...
One of the first rockets being tested by United Technology at their test site in Coyote Valley. Larry Fargher and John Kulpa among those viewing launch.
Business enterprises; Photographs; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.);
Photo is captioned: "At the rebuilding of Agnew State Hospital, Board of Managers--Isaac Upsham, Pres.; Jas.K. Wilson, Edward White, David Rutherford and T.S. Montgomery. Leonard Stocking, M.D., Medical Superintendant."
Photo, circa 1918 of a group of YWCA officials. Caption on back identifies some of women: Top Row: Mrs. Ed Bradley, Ruth Turner Sherriffs, Brownie Schillingsbury Berry, Frances Reed. Bottom Row: Margaret Gilchrist Nedderson, Mrs. Dora Laughlin,...
Photograph of San Jose YWCA building taken Sept. 1962. Caption for verso of photo: A legacy from the estate of E.J. Wilcox, San Jose property owner, has financed a $25,000 "new look" for the San Jose YWCA at Second and San Antonio...
