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Mission Santa Clara First Annual Report, 1777
Report prepared by missionaries Thomás de la Peña and Joseph Antonio Murguía for Fray Junípero Serra in December of 1777, the year that Mission Santa Clara was founded. The report consists of a detailed description of the first Mission Santa Clara…
Mission Santa Clara Plaque
Mission Santa Clara Plaque; "Santa Clara, the first California Mission to honor a woman, Clare of Assisi, as its patron saint, was founded nearby on the Guadalupe River on January 12, 1777. It once had the largest Indian population of any California…
Mission Santa Clara Rancharia
Picture of native dwelling during the time Mission Santa Clara. While the exact location of this rancharia is unknown, this indian residence was located on Mission Santa Clara property.
Mission-era landscape overlay on modern Santa Clara University campus (Map)
An overhead view of Mission Santa Clara at Santa Clara University depicting the current buildings on campus and image overlays of previous places and areas of the ranchería.
MLK Fund '72 Letter
A letter from Matthias Meier, the chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Fund, to the staff and faculty of SCU. In the letter he summarizes the reason for the creation of the fund and reaches out to the staff and faculty to donate $5 of…
MLK Fund Payment Slip
A slip distributed to staff and administration at SCU asking them to pledge a certain amount of money from their monthly paychecks in order to create a fund to allow students of color to attend SCU.
