The University Archives Photograph Collection
includes over 30,000 photographs, negatives and slides as well as glass negatives and lantern slides. The images depict San Diego State University throughout its history, from its beginnings as a Normal School in the late 1800s and early 1900s, to when it was San Diego State Teachers College, to today - the largest campus in the California State University system. Also included in the collection are images of the San Diego area.
The collection continues to grow as SDSU offices and departments deposit their materials. SDSU student assistants are working to scan the remainder of the collection and have completed nearly three-quarters of it. Students are also assisting in the creation of descriptive keywords and other information about each photograph in order to make the collection fully searchable.
