Throughout its past, there have been moments and shifts that deeply affected the people and the land of Santa Clara Valley. We hope to show through this exhibit that there are many different kinds of these ruptures, and there exist periods of time and moments of change where events in the greater world are acted out on our small stage.<\/p>\n
Santa Clara football game in the 1920s. Courtesy of SCU Archives and Special Collections<\/p><\/div>\n
We have chosen this small selection of\u00a0people, places, and objects<\/strong>\u00a0as representative of the ruptures that have occurred in Santa Clara\u2019s past. Our collection does not encompass every major change in campus cultural landscape, but it identifies the forces and the crises behind what we see and don\u2019t see on campus today.<\/p>\n Our collection is unorthodox<\/strong>, ranging from the lost Mission pear orchards to burials of Native Americans on the campus. Disease, war, and social upheavals are connected to our campus in profound and unusual ways, and the Jesuit university that you see today is not the whole story. Our cultural landscape at Santa Clara is full of people and events that you won\u2019t find in a campus brochure.<\/p>\n We invite you to\u00a0explore our seen and unseen histories<\/strong>\u00a0on this historical landscape, and look through a small window into our past.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n The Virtual Santa Clara Seminar Class, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Visitor, Santa Clara is a place of crossroads, contested and changing. Throughout its past, there have been moments and shifts that deeply affected the people and the land of Santa Clara Valley. We hope to show through this … Continue reading