Here are some recently digitized photos of California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks—the first private college to open in the Valley— by staff photographer George Brich. The series from August 21, 1961 shows some features of the new campus before the first students began classes on September 11.
Robert Gronlund, assistant to the president, in front of one of the two apartment-styled student dormitories on the new California Lutheran College’s Thousand Oaks campus. Order #00111822
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- Leonore Dahl, 18, daughter of the college’s president, Dr. Orville Dahl, behind the counter in the coffee shop of the college’s temporary student union. She will be one of the college’s 80 sophomores, and holds a beany to be worn by the 220 incoming freshmen. Order # 00111823
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- Steven Brandt, Navy chaplain, relaxes by the 60-foot swimming pool. Order # 00111826
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- Librarian John Caldwell and cataloguer Ardis Koto stock books. The archives include $200,000 Paramount Movie Theater music library. Order # 00111824