It’s too soon to tell if the Santa Clara tree still lives, but we have no reason to not hold onto hope that it survived. Fire Erupts due to Lightning Storm Many of us were shocked to hear late last week that the CZU Lightning Complex fires had tore through Big Basin Redwood State Park […]
Across the United States, in the weeks following the death of George Floyd, social protests brought renewed scrutiny of statues and monuments in public places in nearly every state, particularly the memorials to Confederate generals, such as Robert E. Lee, or individuals involved in colonizing America, such as Christopher Columbus or Fray Junípero Serra, O.F.M. […]
One Story of a Mission Santa Clara Indian Arguably the most famous Mission Indian of Mission Santa Clara, Lope Inigo of Rancho Posolmi is an Ohlone person whose life spanned the Spanish, Mexican, and American colonial period in the Santa Clara Valley, having lived from 1781-1864. Inigo held the relatively high post (available to an […]
Before Covid-19 hit Santa Clara, Archives & Special Collections had been busy acquiring new items to add to our collections, and we’d like to take this opportunity to share some of them with you. The items featured in this blog post support the discipline of women’s studies and we look forward to using them in […]
Santa Clara University Library Archives & Special Collections is pleased to announce the completion of our newest digital collection, The Nobili Papers. The Nobili Papers digital collection consists of documents from Santa Clara’s first president, Fr. John Nobili, who served from the college’s founding in 1851 to his untimely death from tetanus in 1856. A […]
This is the third in a three-part series about the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on SCU. Follow the tag SCU_WWII to read all three posts. It may seem like SCU has never faced a crisis as extreme as the current Covid-19 crisis and racial justice unrest we are now facing. […]
Header Image: SC Cadets are captured on film heading to class in July of 1943 by Father Hubbard (Image courtesy of SCU Digital Collections). Classes being held during the summer was one of the main changes to the curriculum during World War II. This is the second in a three-part series about the effects of […]
This is the first in a three-part series about the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on SCU. Follow the tag SCU_WWII to read all three posts. Universities across the world have shifted to virtual instruction this past Spring, ushering in a huge shift in the way curriculum is designed and the […]
On May 13, 2020 Santa Clara’s Mission Church will celebrate the 92nd anniversary of its dedication, which happened on May 13, 1928. 1928—I hope you caught that—is not during the famous mission era of California history. What’s going on with this timeline? Here at Santa Clara we all know and love the Mission Church, but […]
As week seven of the Santa Clara County shelter-in-place order begins, many of us are thinking longingly of our past time spent strolling through the Mission Gardens or diligently working on projects in the Learning Commons. Perhaps you’re dreaming of a future where you can once again enjoy Taco Tuesday at The Hut after a […]
