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 […]
Not being able to meet face-to-face hasn’t stopped our students from interacting with Archives & Special Collections materials! For one of our Critical Thinking & Writing II (CTW II) classes, Librarian Summer Shetenhelm and Professor Amy Lueck asked students to create social media posts inspired by an object in SCU’s Digital Collections. The activity was […]
Santa Clara has gone through its fair share of crises—fires, earthquakes, and world wars, just to name a few—but so far we have always been able to use the crisis to evolve and improve. If we can learn anything from the outcome of the 1918 flu pandemic on our beloved school, it’s that tragedy and […]
As a senior wrapping up her coursework a quarter early, I am bidding farewell to Santa Clara with nostalgia while I go about my work as a student research assistant in Archives & Special Collections. Thinking back fondly on the camaraderie I formed with my floormates in Swig freshman year–and my not so fond memories […]
I wrote the following essay as a final research project for Dr. Andrew Keener‘s CTW 2 class in Winter 2019. I also created an online project about James Alexander Forbes, which you can access if you wish to learn more about James Alexander Forbes and traces of him in Santa Clara University Archives & Special […]
The Santa Clara Early Modern Book Initiative has brought to light a variety of early published works: journals, prayers, magazines, and court transcripts, just to name a few. SCU’s library is certainly unique, but there is also plenty of uniqueness found in the individual texts that form that collection. One such text that has kept […]
In a moment marked by anxiety over the phenomenon of “fake news,” it is especially important to be cautious about the kinds of media and information we are consuming, and in deciding which sources we deem trustworthy. Whether it comes to major media/news outlets or the circulation of Facebook articles, it can be hard to […]
