SCU Digital Collections

- Zaccheus Maher, S.J. with Senator James Phelan
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jesuits;
- Zaccheus Maher, S.J., President of Santa Clara, with California senator James Phelan, nephew of former president of Santa Clara Robert Kenna, S.J.
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- Orradre Library Stairway
- Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Buildings; Orradre Library
- Winding stairway in Orradre Library, soon after it opened in 1964. The building was demolished in 2006.
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- Spark Discharge Device
- Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric discharges;
- When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
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- No. 120, [O'Connor Hall], University of Santa Clara
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927; Santa Clara (Calif.)
- When completed in 1912, O'Connor Hall was dubbed Senior Hall because it served primarily as a residence for senior students.
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- Volcanic Ash-covered Glacier, H-1413
- Alaska; Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962; Kukak Bay; Glacier;
- Volcanic ash covered glacier, Kukak Bay, Alaskan Peninsula
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- View of Mission Santa Clara church from adobe wall
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Olive trees;
- View of Mission church and gardens from portico of adobe wall.
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- Kukak Bay, H-1517
- Alaska; Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962; Mountains
- View of Kukak Bay with Mountains in view
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- Kukak Bay, H-1391
- Alaska; Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962; Mountains
- View of Kukak Bay with Mountains in view
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- Vent on Trident Volcano, H-2226
- Alaska; Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962; Trident Volcano; Valley of 10,000 Smokes
- Vent on Trident Volcano. Erupted in 1960, Valley of 10,000 Smokes
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- University of Santa Clara Entrance, February, 1924
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.);
- University of Santa Clara Entrance. O'Connor Hall, Siefert gymnasium and Alumni Science building are in background.
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- Trolleys on the Alameda, April 4, 1890
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Transportation; San Jose (Calif.); Street railroads;
- Trolleys en route on the Alameda between Santa Clara and San Jose.
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- Trekking to Katmai Pass, H-3549
- Alaska; Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962
- Trekking to Katmai Pass, Valley of 10,000 Smokes. View ESE toward Barrier Range, across Katmai River Delta Plain.
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- Portrait of Students Manuel Torres and Charles Graves
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Students;
- Torres attended SCC 1862-67, and Graves attended 1867-70. Text on verso, "How is this for high."
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- Groundbreaking for Nobili Hall, 1929
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Ground breaking ceremonies; Students;
- Timothy P. Connolly, '30, SCU Student body president, with William C. Gianera, S.J., Dean of Faculty, and Henry C. Miller, superintendent of construction, at groundbreaking for Nobili Hall. Nobili hall was completed in 1930.
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- Commencement, 1925
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Graduation ceremonies;
- Thomas P. White delivers the Commencement Address
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- Portrait of Thomas Bergin, 1857
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Students;
- Thomas Bergin, first graduate of Santa Clara College, graduating in 1857.
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- First jail in Santa Clara County
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jails; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings
- This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen...
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- Chemical Balance
- Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
- This instrument is an example of the increasingly precise balances that were being created in the 19th century.
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- Mercury Experiment
- Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric discharges; X-ray tubes;
- This instrument appears to be an early type of vacuum discharge tube or x-ray tube. The glass tube contains metal electrodes that have been sealed and from which the air has been removed by a vacuum system.
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- Papin's Digester
- Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
- This instrument allowed water to be heated to a temperature higher than boiling point at atmospheric pressure, resulting in considerably high pressure inside. Papin designed a model of a digester in 1680 that allowed a piston inside a cylinder to...
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