Brickpile Campus (Oakland)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Saint Mary's College was located at the corner of Broadway and Hawthorne in Oakland, California from 1889 to 1928. The cornerstone was laid on October 22, 1887 by Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco. Consisting of 2,500,000 red bricks, the building was affectionally known as the "Old Brickpile."The building suffered three major natural disasters during its thirty-nine years in Oakland - a fire in 1894, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, and finally another fire in 1918.
On May 15, 1927 the final graduating class of the Oakland Brickpile held their commencement on the grounds of the new campus in Moraga, California. Classes began in the Fall of 1928 with the largest freshman class in the history of the College.
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Brickpile campus buildings, 1888 - 1924
Record Group — Box 437
Scope and Contents
Bulk of box's contents consist of photographs of St. Mary's College's brickpile campus, promotional material, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and CDs containing digitized photographs. Photographs depict the campus, athletic fields, buildings, and the aftermath of fires in 1894 and 1918, as well as earthquake and fire damage from 1906. While the bulk of materials are dated 1888-1924, some later materials from 1950's 1970's are included. These later materials include correspondence from the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1888 - 1924
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 1, 1894 - 1900
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0022: [Barcode: 35151002982973]
Dates:
Publication: 1894 - 1900
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 2, 1900 - 1903
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0022: [Barcode: 35151002982973]
Dates:
Publication: 1900 - 1903
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 3, 1903 - 1905
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0024: [Barcode: 35151002982866]
Dates:
Publication: 1903 - 1905
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 4, 1905 - 1907
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0024: [Barcode: 35151002982866]
Dates:
Publication: 1905 - 1907
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 5, 1907 - 1909
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0026: [Barcode: 35151002982635]
Dates:
Publication: 1907 - 1909
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 6, 1909 - 1912
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0027: [Barcode: 35151002982858]
Dates:
Publication: 1909 - 1912
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 7, 1912 - 1915
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0028: [Barcode: 35151002982965]
Dates:
Publication: 1912 - 1915
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 8, 1915 - 1918
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0029: [Barcode: 35151002983070]
Dates:
Publication: 1915 - 1918
Brickpile newspaper clippings scrapbook, volume 9, 1918 - 1922
Item — Box SMCA-GEN-0030: [Barcode: 35151002982536]
Dates:
Publication: 1918 - 1922