Ephemera

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...

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Folders labeled by year; folders include photographs, invitations, programs, a bound "commemorative photo album" circa 1876, and photocopies of programs, all of which relate to commencements. Box contains a few photographs and slides from 1958-.

Scope and Contents One folder containing a time line of the College's history, Ephemera 1898-1899 (Graduation invitation and Athletic banquet menu), a photocopy of "Brief History of St. Mary's College, 1863-1938," "Programme of the Examinations, Exercises and Distribution of Premiums, at St. Mary's College" from 1864, photo portraits of early school figures, "Day of the founding of St. Mary's college", correspondence, an article on San Francisco campus by Margot Patterson Doss from The San Francisco Chronicle...

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Contains St. Mary's ephemera in various forms. Box includes "philosophy" notebook, pins, stickers, patches, Cards and invitations, clippings, appearing to span from the early 1900's to the 1960s. Of special interest may be the personal notebook of Francis J. Corcoran of the class of 1881.

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The Oakland Brickpile Years series contains materials that relate to the years between 1889 and 1927 when the college was located in Oakland and contains clippings, photographs, ephemera, and correspondence from and about that era.

Scope and Contents One folder that contains newspaper clippings related to the Oakland campus, a "Dedication of St. Mary's College" pamphlet from 1889, commencement programs from 1924, a fundraising letter for the "golden jubilee" 50th anniversary that addresses fire and earthquake damage to the Oakland campus, "Application For Registration of Historical Point of Interest" for the brickpile campus, program for 1909 commencement, photocopied photographs of brothers and alumni, menu for alumni banquet, 2 stapled...

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One folder containing "Invocation at the class of 1935" by Albert T. Shine, Jr., the same invocation printed on a piece of Albert T. Shine ephemera, and the 1937 "SMC Gael".