University Archives, 1851-present

Summary

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

Indexed terms

Subjects:

University of the Pacific - History
Universities and colleges - California

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

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

Stockton, CA 95211, US

Contact:

(209) 946-2404

Website

Summary

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Materials generated by the Board of Trustees/Regents; the President, and the various Vice-Presidents. These materials include 19th and 20th century minutes of Regents' meetings, and 20th century Presidential and Vice-Presidential correspondence and memos.

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Materials generated by the schools and colleges and their deans. Includes the College of the Pacific (liberal arts programs), Conservatory of Music, Graduate School, Professional Schools (Business & Public Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Pacific Medical Center and the defunct Cluster Colleges). Published records include descriptive brochures, catalogues, and programs as well as departmental correspondence and memos.

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Materials generated by the various administrative, faculty, and staff committees of the University including the President's Cabinet, Task Forces, Councils, Standing and Ad-Hoc Committees.

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Records of the various functional units of the University. Materials consist both of memos and of published descriptive brochures and other similar materials. They are arranged in series according to which chief administrative officer oversees their activities.

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Materials related to the various organizations affiliated with the University such as fraternities, sororities, clubs, honor societies, and faculty associations. These materials include descriptive brochures, histories and ephemera, as well as unpublished correspondence and reminiscences.

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Materials pertaining to special programs, projects, proposals, workshops, conferences and other special events sponsored by the University. Includes descriptive brochures, memos, or event programs.

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Items generated by individual administrators, faculty and staff.

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Items generated by individual students and alumni including clippings, reminiscences, diaries, scrapbooks, biographies, and ephemera.

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Materials pertaining to the University's Athletic Program. Includes game programs, newspaper clippings, press books, statistical compilations, and some correspondence and memos.

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Periodicals published by students, faculty, departments, schools, and functional units of the University. Includes directories, yearbooks, bulletins, newsletters, journals, newspapers, etc.

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Histories including period writings, catalogues, photographs, recordings, films, clippings, and early records pertaining to the history of the University and its various campuses, including now defunct Napa College. This record group contains 19th century financial records as well as student grades and attendance records and University catalogs, ephemera, photographs, recordings and film.

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Correspondence, financial records, donor records, and projects files of the Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections at the University Library.