Welcome to the Department of Archives & Special Collections

The Department of Archives & Special Collections houses the University Library's rare books and manuscript collections, the University Archives, and the California Jesuit Archives. Materials may be viewed in the Norman F. Martin, S.J. Reading Room by University students, faculty, staff and other researchers. For more information, feel free to contact us.

Included Collections

Mission Santa Clara Collection

Includes the original Sacramental Records and the Franciscan Mission Library.

Rare Book Collection

With strengths in pre-1800 theology and Jesuitica.

University Photograph Collection

Images documenting the visual history of SCU from its founding in 1851 to the present.

University Archives

SCU records, graduate theses, faculty and student publications, and many other SCU-related collections in a variety of formats.

Exhibits

Dialoguing with Sacred Texts: An Exhibit of Sacred Texts Past, Present, and
Future
February 15 - June 30