Diversity; Imprisonment; Indians of North America; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
May 3, 1809 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose, discussing the capture of a fugitive Native American named Secundino who has been charged with several thefts, and is a suspect in a rape case....
Biography; Books; Knox-Goodrich, Sarah L.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women; Women's suffrage--California--San Jose;
Sarah L. Knox-Goodrich is the only woman who has a portrait and biographical sketch in this 1881 History of Santa Clara County. These types of county histories were published all over the United States in the 1880s. The history part of the book was...
The 130-bed senior dormitory was located on the first floor of the Ship. The term "senior" refers to the collegiate students who lived there as opposed to the high school students who slept elsewhere.
Coffins; Franck, Caroline; Franck, Frederick Christian; Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--San Jose; Legislators--California; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Former State Senator Frederick Franck died December 20, 1902 at the age of 74. Note that his portrait and that of his wife Caroline who died in 1900 hang in the parlor. The house on Washington & Benton was a well known residence in Santa Clara...
Arithmetic--Early works to 1900; Education; Elementary schools; Multiplication Tables; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spanish language;
"Table for children who are learning to count..." Includes multiplication tables, and tables for converting currencies.
People; Portraits; Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.); Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1764-1807; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco County (Calif.)--History
Portrait of Count Nikolai Rezanov, circa 1806. Maria de la Concepcion Marcela Arguello was born in the Presidio of San Francisco on February 19, 1791. She was the daughter of Don Jose Arguello, who was then serving as the Commandante of the...
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; Microscopes; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of an engineer directing quality assurance inspection operators, who use microscopes to examine 2-inch wafers for production flaws.
Drawings; Education; Fruit; Mission Santa Clara; Poetry; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; University of Santa Clara
Poem by Santa Clara University English professor Henry Louis Walsh called "The Prune." Walsh was a Catholic priest who wrote the forty-one quatrain poem in 1935. It is comprised of nine pages.
College buildings; College students; Festivals; May Day; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State Normal School; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of six young men who are "harnessed" to a wheeled vehicle on which a young woman and young man sit, and another young woman stands, each in festival clothing.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Fenstermaker, J. N.; Letters; People; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865;
A letter from 1st Lt. J. N. Fenstermaker to Major Bernard J. Reid. He gives a list of those who were killed in battle and gives news about the regiment.
Lawrence Station; People; Photographs; Railroad stations; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women
Black-and-white photograph of Lawrence Station. Lawrence Station was named after Alfred C. Lawrence, who in 1863 gave right-of-way through his land to the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Horses; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Willow Glen (San Jose, Calif.);
Black-and-white photograph of the Kensington Post Office, Willow Glen. On verso of photo: "Between Jan. 14, 1893 and Jan. 14, 1895, all mail addressed to residents of Kensington, Calif., went to the Kensington Post Office, housed in this...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865; Danks, John; Letters;
A letter from John Danks to Bernard J. Reid. Danks is applying for a pension from the government due to injury during the Civil War. Danks needs to find a person who witnessed his wounding during battle, and hopes Reid can help in that matter.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Jails; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Alum Rock Jail. On verso of photo: "Much of the original road into Alum Rock Park was built by County Jail prisoners who were housed--and guarded--in these shacks. The roofed structures and the open one...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Fox, George W.; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865
A letter from George W. Fox to Captain Bernard J. Reid. Fox explains that he has found some men who will join Reid to fight against General Lee's Army.
