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Spartan Daily Negatives Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2010-11-16

Scope and Content of Collection

The Spartan Daily Negative Collection documents campus life at San Jose State College from 1959 to 1971. The Spartan Daily News, was founded in 1934 and is published four days a week when classes are in session. The publication follows a broadsheet format and boasts a daily print circulation of over 6,000, as well as a daily on-line edition. The newspaper is produced by journalism and advertising students enrolled in SJSU's School of Journalism and Mass Communications. The negatives visually represent student life, athletics, social events, various faculty members, and administrators. Of note are several images that document civil unrest on campus during the Civil Right movement and the anti-war demonstration during the Vietnam War. Views of the ROTC marching on campus, student protest against the ROTC presence on campus, protests again the drat and napalm producers, as well as minority student protests demanding social change in campus life, sports, housing, and curriculum.

Dates

  • Creation: 1959-1971

Extent

20 boxes (12.5 linear feet)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by file number as assigned by the Spartan Daily Department and is approximatley in chronological order.

Title
Guide to the Spartan Daily Negatives Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Danelle Moon
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
(408) 808-2062
(408) 808-2063 (Fax)