San José State University Architectural Drawings Collection
Scope and Content of Collection
The San José State University Architectural Drawings Collection documents the contruction of several buildings on the San Jose State College campus, including: San Jose College Central Library Building, Wahlquist Library, and the California State Library Faculty Office Building. In addition to library buildings, a plan for the San Jose State College Dormitories, and the plat plan, a master plan, for the San Jose State Normal School are represented. The drawings represent the various stages of building design development, ranging from schematic design and visualization (renderings and orthographic representations), to full sets of construction drawings (blueprints). The format is the typical architectural page spread layout and range in size from 22x36 to larger formats.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1998
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives 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 reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Organizational History
In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San José, and the school relocated to its new home on Washington Square prior to the fall term of 1872. After a fire destroyed the Normal School building in 1880, the Legislature authorized $200,000 to construct a new building on the same site. Completed in 1881, the building was commonly referred to as the Second State Normal School. After several names and curriculum changes, Minns' Normal School is now San José State University, offering more than 134 bachelor's and master's degrees with 110 concentrations, and is recognized as one of the top public universities granting such degrees in the West.
Extent
25.0 folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The San José State University Architectural Drawings Collection consists primarily of drawings and renderings that document the construction of different library buildings on the San Jose State College campus, including the Central Library Building, Wahlquist Library, the California State Library Faculty Office Building, and the joint King Library.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically into the six series: Series I: Wahlquist Library and San Jose College Library, 1939 and 1955; Series II: Central Library Building, 1960 and 1964; Series III: Central Library Building, Library Faculty Office Building, Library North, Library SJSU, 1971 and 1978; Series IV: San Jose State University, 1979 and 1998; Series V: Other Buildings. 1939, n.d.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Processed by Sonia Miller, finding aid created in the Archivst Toolkit. Reviewed by Danelle Moon. Accruals added by Dana V. Lema in 2017.
Topical
- San José State University -- Library -- History
- Architectural rendering
- Architecture -- California -- San Jose -- Inventories
- Blueprints
- Blueprints series
- Library buildings -- California -- San Jose -- Design and construction.
- San Jose State Normal School
- San José State University -- Library
- San José State University -- Library
- San Jose -- History San José State University -- History
- San Jose State Normal School -- History
- Title
- Guide to the San José State University Architectural Drawings Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sonia Miller
- Date
- ©2012
- 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
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)
special.collections@sjsu.edu