San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
Excerpt from The History of Saint Mary's College: 1863-1963, by Brother Matthew McDevitt, pgs. 141-142, "In the midst of reorganization and renovation an earthquake struck St. Mary's on April 18, 1906. The same tremor caused havoc and death in San Francisco but did little more than severely shake the three hundred occupants of the college. Owing to the solid foundation and thick walls, the building came through the test practically unscathed. Outside of a few cracked ceilings, the interior remained undamaged. The exterior suffered when the granite cross and coping on the gable of the roof fell and demolished the front porch and upper flight of stairs. Classes were suspended for a few days while the entire student body helped to clean up the debris. The entire cost of repairing the damage of the earthquake was about $20,000, a rather considerable sum at the turn of the century."
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Brickpile campus buildings, 1888 - 1924
Buildings in San Francisco destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, 1906
This collection contains photographs depicting individuals, groups, locations, activities, events, and organizations at Saint Mary's College of California. Many of the photographs in this collection have been removed from other related College Archives collections and gathered here to facilitate access.
The collection contains a mix of photographic prints, negatives, reproductions, and digital surrogates. The collection is largely unprocessed.
Oakland Brickpile Years, 1889 - 1927
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.
San Francisco Years, 1863 - 1889
The San Francisco Years searies contains materials related to the the campus and history of St. Mary's during the years that the college was located in San Francisco in various formats including ephemera, correspondence, photographs, drawings, maps, biographies, and historical accounts.