Santa Clara University (Calif.); Conservation of natural resources;
Included in the portrait are Robert Kenna, S.J., Santa Clara's President (front row, leaning on cane), and Andrew P. Hill, standing in back, far right. Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest state park.
Bankers; Durmeyer, Caroline; Franck, Frederick Christian; Legislators--California; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Wedding photography; Weddings;
Frederick Franck served as representative from Santa Clara in the state legislature, first as an assemblyman from 1871-1874 and then as a state senator from 1894-1895. He was also an original stockholder in Santa Clara's first bank, the Santa Clara...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Classrooms; Education; Debates; adobe buildings
Interior of Debating Hall and early classroom located in the upper story of the California Hotel. The adobe structure was former mission building and roadside inn, taht was converted by John Nobili, S.J. into one of Santa Clara's first classrooms.
Bandstands; Parks; Photographs; Plaza Park; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees
This bandstand was the focal point of Santa Clara's Plaza Park from about 1900 until it was torn down to build a public library building. A replica of the bandstand is located in History San Jose's Kelley Park. In 1994, the City built a new...
Gliders (Aeronautics); Maloney, Daniel John; Montgomery, John J. (John Joseph), 1858-1911; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
John J. Montgomery, in bowler hat, prepares his glider, “Santa Clara.” Pilot Daniel Maloney, dressed in tights, stands at center of photo. Montgomery, an alumnus of Santa Clara, was the first American to fly a heavier-than-air machine. He...
College students; Diversity; Education; Mexican Americans; People; Pinoso, Jose; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Portrait of Jose Pinoso. On verso of portrait: "One of Santa Clara's original students enrolled in 1851-53."
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Buildings; Theaters; Dormitories; Santa Clara (Calif.)
College Hall contained a dormitory on the ground floor and a three-thousand-seat theater on the second floor. Moved from the corner of Alviso and Franklin streets to Franklin and Lafayette streets in 1912, the durable Ship remained Santa Clara's...
Church buildings; Earthquakes; Elementary schools; High Schools--California; Photographs; Posters; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Poster publicizing a lecture by the Reverend W.S. Kelly, pastor of the Centella Methodist Episcopal Church in San Jose, on the April 18, 1906 earthquake. Poster includes photographs of earthquake damage to San Francisco, to Santa Clara's Methodist...
Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trees; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of Main Street South of Franklin St. showing Santa Clara's Civic Plaza, as well as the tall spire of the Methodist Episcopal Church, taken in 1898.
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; College students; Diversity; Education; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; University of Santa Clara; Women
Black-and-white photograph of a non-violent student sit-in in the Dean of Students' Office. On May 7th, 1969, about seventy students staged Santa Clara's first sit-in in Jerry McGrath's office (Dean of Students) to protest the firing of two student...
