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Title: San José State University Office of the President, John T. Wahlquist Records
Dates: 1937-1976
Bulk Dates: 1952-1964
Collection number: MSS-2009-04-04
Creator:
San José State University. Office of the President
Collection Size:
43 boxes
(45.34 linear feet)
Repository:
San José State University. Library.
San José, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The Office of the President is the highest administrative office for the campus, reporting to the California State University
(CSU) Chancellor and Board of Trustees, respectively. As such, the Office of the President records document the overall policies,
practices and procedures of the daily operation of the campus, as well as interaction with other CSU campuses and with CSU
administration. The San José State University Office of the President, John T. Wahlquist Records, 1937-1976 (bulk 1952-1964),
document Wahlquist's tenure as university president (1952-1964). Wahlquist was Dean of the School of Education at the University
of Utah before becoming president of SJSU in 1952, succeeding President Thomas MacQuarrie (1927-1952).The records consist
of correspondence, awards, personal diaries and scrapbooks. The records also contain historically significant documents such
as master building indexes, the Stanton-Hutchinson court case files, and photographs of Richard Nixon at SJSU. This collection
is arranged into seven series: Series I. Administrative Files, 1937-1976 (bulk 1952-1964); Series II. Awards, Certificates,
and Photograph Albums, 1953-1969 (bulk 1953-1964); Series III. Correspondence, 1952-1964; Series IV. CSC Trustees Correspondence,
1961-1964; Series V. Diaries, 1952-1967; Series VI. Publicity, 1952-1964; and Series VII. Stanton-Hutchinson Controversy,
1959-1966 (bulk 1960-1962).
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open for research, with the exception of reel-to-reel tapes in Series VII, which are restricted.
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University 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. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
San José State University Office of the President, John T. Wahlquist Records, MSS-2009-04-04, San José State University Library
Special Collections & Archives.
Collection processed by Thomas Stamps. Finding aid EAD encoded by Mary Ellen Petrich. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen.
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.
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.
Dr. John T. Wahlquist was Dean of the School of Education at the University of Utah before becoming president of SJSU in 1952,
succeeding President Thomas MacQuarrie (1927-1952). During Wahlquist's twelve-year term, he took annual tours across America
to recruit experienced teachers from prestigious colleges to keep pace with San José State's growing student enrollment. Over
time, Wahlquist increased the faculty from 300 to 1,000 members. Wahlquist also organized the largest construction development
in San José State's history, adding many buildings to the campus including Hugh Gillis Hall, Dudley Moorehead Hall, and Sweeney
Hall.
Gilbert, Benjamin F., and Burdick, Charles.
Washington Square, 1857-1979: The History of San José State University. San José, California: San José State University, 1980.
San José State University.
About SJSU.
http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/
Walsh, James P.
San José State University: An Interpretive History, 1950-2000. San José, California: San José State University, 2003.
CSU Board of Trustees Records. SJSU University Archives Collection.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2199r4s5
SJSU Office of the President, Robert D. Clark Records. SJSU University Archives Collection.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nf351
The Office of the President is the highest administrative office for the campus, reporting to the California State University
(CSU) Chancellor and Board of Trustees, respectively. As such, the Office of the President records document the overall policies,
practices and procedures of the daily operation of the campus, as well as interaction with other CSU campuses and with CSU
administration.
The SJSU Office of the President, John T. Wahlquist Records, 1937-1976 (bulk 1952-1964), document Wahlquist's tenure as university
president (1952-1964). Wahlquist was Dean of the School of Education at the University of Utah before becoming president of
SJSU in 1952, succeeding President Thomas MacQuarrie (1927-1952).The records consist of correspondence, awards, personal diaries
and scrapbooks, as well as President's Council meeting minutes and agendas, budget reports, speeches, travel records, newspaper
clippings, and photographs. Chronicling the many changes implemented on campus during President Wahlquist's twelve-year term,
the records also contain historically significant documents such as master building indexes, the Stanton-Hutchinson court
case files, and photographs of Richard Nixon at SJSU. In addition, the records include President Wahlquist's mementos and
his autobiography.
This collection is arranged into seven series: Series I. Administrative Files, 1937-1976 (bulk 1952-1964); Series II. Awards,
Certificates, and Photograph Albums, 1953-1969 (bulk 1953-1964); Series III. Correspondence, 1952-1964; Series IV. CSC Trustees
Correspondence, 1961-1964; Series V. Diaries, 1952-1967; Series VI. Publicity, 1952-1964; and Series VII. Stanton-Hutchinson
Controversy, 1959-1966 (bulk 1960-1962).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Wahlquist, John Thomas, b. 1899
San José State University. President's Office -- History
San José State University. President's Office -- Records and correspondence
California State University. Office of the Chancellor -- Trials, litigation, etc.
San José State College -- History
California State University, San José -- History
San José State University -- History
Education, Higher -- California -- San José