Abstract Dr. Dwight E. Bentel was a noted professor of journalism at San Jose State University from 1934 through 1974, as well as the acknowledged founder of the school’s Department of Journalism. Dr. Bentel also had a lifelong passion for Death Valley, and spent many hours visiting, studying and researching the Valley and the people who inhabited it. The majority of the collection pertains to Death Valley, its inhabitants and its history. Death Valley related materials include articles...

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The Black Masque Society Records document the history of the San José State University’s Black Masque Honor Society, alumni, and reunion activities from 1957 to 2013. The collection materials consist of the adminstrative records, correspondence, negatives, memorabilia, and scrapbooks with photographs, newsclippings, and announcements.

Abstract The Bohnett Family Papers contain materials from the estate of Joan Evans Bohnett, a San José State University alumnus (Class of 1966), whose grandfather was an advisor to Presidents MacQuarrie and Wahlquist. Materials include newspaper clippings, newsletters, Tower Lists, faculty awards, programs, a Sigma Phi Epsilon journal, a School of Business annual report, a book of poems, student handbooks and student activities calendars, and other items of campus memorabilia from the 1960s and...

Abstract The California and San José State University Master Plan for Higher Education Records document the 1960 California Master Plan for Education and the 1962 San José State University Campus Master Plan. The Master Plan was the development plan for university real estate (primarily regarding San José State College) in the areas of construction, campus ground improvement, and modernization. The records consist of newspaper clippings, blueprints, correspondence, memoranda, and administrative and...

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The Edwin Markham Family Papers (1898-1994) includes a variety of documents and photographs chronicling the life of Edwin Markham, noted poet and California State Normal School, San Jose, graduate. This artificial collection includes newspaper clippings, printed poems and pamphlets, photographs, and limited correspondence. The bulk of the material dates from 1910-1940.

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This collection consists of a variety of visual materials, primarily photographic prints, depicting the buildings, people, and events of San José State University, San José, and Santa Clara County.

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The San José State University Artifacts and Memorabilia Collection consists of three-dimensional objects and printed materials that relate to the history of the university.

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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.

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The San José State University Campus Publications Collection, 1925-2018 (bulk 1960-1990), documents faculty, state and miscellaneous publications. Created by numerous entities and organizations over an 80-year time period, the collection consists of a variety of print formats including brochures, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, pamphlets and photocopies. Topically, the collection includes SJSU alumni publications, library and departmental publications, and academic publications.