• In Words
  • Introduction
  • An Improbable Venture
  • First Years at UCSD
  • Marvel Inside a Miracle
  • UCSD's Fight Song
  • Chancellors' Predictions
• In Pictures
  • People
  • Buildings & Grounds
  • Events
  • Aerial Views
  • Maps & Plans
• In Motion & Sound
  • Oral Histories
  • Video
• In the News
  • Student Newspapers
  • News Releases
  • News Clippings

Introduction

Welcome to UCSD!

This site brings together —in one place— a wealth of historical information about the UC San Diego campus, largely from the UCSD Archives, which are housed in the Mandeville Special Collections Library. While the impetus for this site has been the celebration of UCSD’s golden anniversary in 2010-2011, this site remain a permanent repository for historical campus resources, long after the 50th celebration concludes.

From the area that housed three U.S. military camps to one of the country’s most innovative and academically esteemed universities, the documents and symbols of UCSD’s rich past are here for you to explore and to use. The site includes campus news releases from 1956 to 1999; thousands of photos; significant documents in campus history; student newspapers; the published history of UCSD, An Improbable Venture; oral interviews with faculty and campus leaders; and much, much more. As UCSD moves ahead into its next half-century, this site will continue to grow, as we add newly discovered resources.