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University Archives

Burns Tower, 1972
Burns Tower drawing, c.1972

The University of the Pacific was founded by the Methodist Church and received its state charter in 1851. The first chartered university in California, it was originally located in Santa Clara, moved to College Park (San Jose) in 1871, and was relocated to Stockton in 1924. More history of Pacific...

The University Archives contains records, papers, and publications, as well as histories, photographs, video and audio recordings, memorabilia, and ephemera generated by the administrative, faculty, and student branches of the University.

Aerial photographs of Pacific from the University Archives are available from the digital collections web site.

Publications such as newspapers, journals, catalogs, and yearbooks document campus activities and events throughout the decades.

Tiger Girls, c1965
Tiger Girls, c.1965