San José State University Associated Students Records
Scope and Content of Collection
The Associated Students Records, 1947-2007, document the activities of the university's student government organization. Spanning 50 boxes, the records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, budget materials, election and campaign records and newspaper clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-2007
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright is 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 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
51 boxes (51.84 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Associated Students Records, 1947-2007, document the activities of the university's student government organization. The records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, budget materials, administrative files, election and campaign records, posters, and newspaper clippings.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into seven series: Series I. Budget and Finance Records, 1947-2007; Series II. Election and Campaign Records, 1965-2004; Series III. Student Government, 1948-2006; Series IV. Administrative Files, 1967-2006; and Series V. Artifacts; Series VI. Clippings, 1967-1998; Series VII. Posters, 1975-1988.
Project Information
This finding aid was created as part of the Survey and Cataloging Project, a two-year San José State University Library grant project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project began in 2008. The Project Director is Danelle Moon. The Project Archivist is Erin Louthen.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Lynn Sheehy. Finding aid EAD encoded by Mary Ellen Petrich. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen. Collection further processed and accruals added by Stephanie Watson and Dakota Greenwich in 2017. Accruals added by Eilene Lueck in 2023.
- Bound copies of Associated Student budget records (1985-1986; 1986-1987; 1987-1988; 1992-1993), publication on the Centennial Celebration for the university, pamphlet for the Fourth Annual Summer Festival of the Arts (1958), program pamphlet for the centennial celebration of the university, brochure for the SJSU Centennial Festival (1957), a poster for the Summer Festival of the Arts (1963), and two branded ball point pens (no date)
- Title
- Guide to the San José State University Associated Students Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lynn Sheehy
- Date
- © 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in 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