Originally titled Senior Year Book between 1910-1915 for the San Jose State Normal School, La Torre was the university year book from 1916-1965. It officially discontinuted publication in 1965 with the exception of additional year books published in 1973, 1976, 1980, and 1985. The contents of each year book include face book pages of the students, faculty and administration, and representations of student activities from student organizations to athletics.

This series includes a mock-up of the 1980-1981 La Torre yearbook. A published version of the 1980-1981 yearbook is not available. Published editions of La Torre are available to patrons in the Special Collections Reading Room.