Here in Archives & Special Collections, we often receive inquiries on buildings and people related to SCU over the years. A patron recently had an inquiry regarding a staff lounge that used to be on campus. The patron provided us with the clues that it was near the St. Ignatius statue on campus, possibly in […]
The Santa Clara Early Modern Book Initiative brings together students, librarians, and faculty in an effort to report SCU’s eligible pre-1800 books to the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), as well as to revise and enhance local catalog records. The work that I do as part of the Santa Clara Early Modern Book Initiative, or […]
This is the third part of a three part interview with researcher Pete Hubbard regarding his exploration of the Father Hubbard collection held in Archives & Special Collections. You can find all three parts with the tag Pete Hubbard Interview 2019. On Lessons and Core Values On this last section of the interview, we discuss […]
This is the second part of a three part interview with researcher Pete Hubbard regarding his exploration of the Father Hubbard collection held in Archives & Special Collections. Part I is available online and you can find all three parts with the tag Pete Hubbard Interview 2019. On Spirituality Returning to the interview with Pete […]
On March 19th, 1851, Santa Clara University was founded. In celebration of this date, exactly 168 years later, the University has announced that their search for a new president has come to an end. The Board of Trustees has elected the Reverend Kevin O’Brien, S.J., to serve as Santa Clara’s 29thpresident. This announcement warrants a […]
Archives & Special Collections is lucky to say we are the home to the Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J. papers. This collection is open for research and has attracted a number of interesting researchers, one being Pete Hubbard–of no apparent relation to Father Hubbard–so we sat down with him to discuss the impressive array of films, […]
On this day in 1775, Jane Austen was born. That makes today her 243rd birthday! To celebrate her birthday and all the good times she has provided readers, I would like to draw your attention to a nifty little book we have in our Special Collections, Three Evening Prayers by Jane Austen. This thin volume was […]
As I sorted through a pile of paperwork that dated back to the 1700s, I couldn’t help but wonder where the single piece of information that I was so diligently searching for could be located. The search was so challenging that I started to think I would only find this information when I was searching […]
Earlier this year, Archives & Special Collections acquired a folder of documents from the Vice Provost of Student Life on the topic of the Women’s Center at Santa Clara University. The University of Santa Clara’s Women’s Center was founded in 1981 as an organization with the goal to inform members of SCU’s campus of the […]
On November 16 this Fall, we recognize the 29th anniversary of the death of Reverend Ignacio Ellacuría — an honorable date in our university’s history. On this day in 1989, Ellacuría, five other Jesuits, their housekeeper, and her daughter were murdered execution-style by an elite US-trained squadron of the Salvadoran Army during the end of […]
