University Archives, 1851-present

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Summary

Title:
University Archives
Dates:
1851-present
Creators:
University of the Pacific
Extent:
~1000 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

University Archives. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

The University Archives contains papers and publications, together with histories, photographs, and ephemera, generated by the various administrative, faculty, and student branches of the University from its inception in 1851 to the present.

Materials are arranged in twelve record groups and may be accessed through on-site finding aids available in the Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections.

Biographical / historical:

Founded on July 10, 1851, the University of the Pacific is California's oldest university. It was founded in Santa Clara as the California Wesleyan University but changed to University of the Pacific the following year. A privately endowed college, founded by leaders of the Methodist church, Isaac Owen, Edward Bannister, and William Taylor, the school provided both preparatory and college instruction. In 1871 the University began moving to its new College Park campus in San Jose and became the first coeducational campus in California. Napa College was consolidated in 1896 with the University of the Pacific and discontinued as a separate organization. In 1911 the name was changed to College of the Pacific – a name more appropriate to the size and limited liberal arts curriculum at the time. Due to intense competition for students in the Bay Area and the need for more land, the leadership under President Tully C. Knoles relocated the College to Stockton, California in 1924. A number of professional schools and programs were added over the years and in 1960 the College of the Pacific was renamed University of the Pacific.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Holt Atherton Special Collections Staff
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Nicole Mountjoy. Date of source: June 21, 2023.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

University Archives. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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