The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Archive

The Footbridge, Campus Center, Campus Loop Road and Appreciation Hall under construction. The Los Altos Hills campus opened to the public in the Fall of 1961.

Foothill College, under construction, in 1961.

A view through some of the archways that have become iconic for De Anza College. These arches surround the swimming pool. This image was captured in 1966; the college opened in September of 1967.

De Anza College, under construction, in 1966.

The Foothill-De Anza Community College District (FHDA) Archive serves as a repository for the historical records documenting the founding and evolution of the the District and its two colleges. 

THE FHDA ARCHIVE INCLUDES:
  • Governing documents and architectural records
  • Sentinel, La Voz, and Script student newspapers 
  • Course Catalogs and Schedules of Classes
  • Correspondence and memoranda
  • Biographical material of faculty and staff
  • Reports, surveys, and studies
  • Publications, handbooks, programs, and newsletters
  • Promotional items
  • Photographs and audio visual material
  • Scrapbooks and news clippings
  • Oral history tapes and transcripts

Our Mission

To serve as the institutional memory of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District by appraising, collecting, preserving, organizing, describing  and sharing records and documents of significant historical, legal and administrative value to the District and its two colleges. In addition, we seek to develop practical application for the collections of the Archives and make records and documents accessible to administrators, faculty, staff, students and the community at large.

Our physical archives can be accessed by appointment only. They are located at the Carriage House (D100)  on the Foothill College campus:
 
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Telephone: (650) 949-7721
email: whitechris@fhda.edu
Hours: Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. by appointment only
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