Highlights of the Saint Mary's College of California Photograph Collection

Student Life and Events

The students of Saint Mary's College contribute to, and benefit from a vibrant campus culture. All throughout the archive are photographs displaying the rich activities, accomplishments, and endeavors of Saint Mary's students over the years. Ranging from guest speakers, special events, and dances, to campus improvement projects and unique hobbies, the archive contains numerous examples of how students have spent their time while completing their studies at Saint Mary's.  

A young man using a typewriter

A student playing the drums outside in the field northeast of the entry road

Two female students near Poplar Grove with the chapel tower in background

Angela Davis speaking at a podium during an event

Two students in a Residence Hall room

Student using a photographic enlarger to make prints in the darkroom

Members of the football team doing the Jitterbug

Michele Zipse, Lisa Fischer, Jody Romania, and other students painting the "M" of the "SM" on a campus hill

Students eating in Oliver Hall

Twenty-four students squeezing into a telephone booth during Homecoming celebrations