Matthews Campus USMC until 1964 then UCSD & Geisel Library 50yrs

31March2023 this URL https://stewart.sdsu.edu/0mystuff/UCSD-MatthewsCampus-1964/
Kris Stewart stewart@sdsu.edu

Our former neighborhood, Jennifer Javors, loaned me a copy of the book she picked up at UCSD Bookstore recently on history of Camp Matthews. Fall 1969, Glen Stewart and Kris Beard started as Freshmen at Muir College, UCSD. At that time, Muir College was only the 2 coed dorms, Tenaya Hall and Tioga Hall. Students got to watch the other buildings of Muir College be constructed over time.

Our former neighbor, Jennifer Javors, in Encinitas dropped off a short book she purchased at the UCSD Bookstore, detailing the history of Matthews Campus at UCSD. We had a few classes there and at Revelle Campus in the beginning years.

https://coolsandiegosights.com/2022/01/16/historical-marker-at-uc-san-diego/ Current locatiom

"The bronze plaque is located south of the Price Center and Triton Fountain, in UCSD Town Square."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Calvin_B._Matthews


Camp Matthews Land Transfer ceremony, 1964

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/oct._6_event_to_celebrate_50th_anniversary_of_camp_matthews_land_transfer 2014 Oct. 6 Event to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Camp Matthews Land Transfer to UC San Diego

"October 02, 2014, By:Christine Clark and Sherilyn Reus, Before thousands of students populated the University of California, San Diego campus, approximately 1,200 acres of the university were occupied by soldiers-in-training and at least 15 shooting facilities, including rifle, pistol and skeet ranges. From 1917 to 1964, over a million marines and other shooters received their rifle marksmanship training at Camp Matthews, located in La Jolla, in what is now known as the UC San Diego campus. The base officially closed in 1964, when the Marine Corps transferred the Camp Matthews military base to UC San Diego—the same year the campus’s first undergraduate class entered the university."

UC San Diego Library Digital Collections has a wealth of data, photos and descriptions of the UCSD campus. https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb3418003b

Love these old quonset huts

https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/collection/bb54963083 Camp Matthews Buildings Photos, UCSD Library collecion - 44 images

The Central Library broke grouond in 1968, was under construction while Glen and I attended UCSD, several expansions, 1995 renaming to Geisel Library and in Fall 2020 celebrated its 50 yrs, see timeline https://geisel50.ucsd.edu/timeline/index.html and Five Decades, Countless Memories pdf from UCSD Explore Magazine Explore

https://www.lajollalight.com/news/story/2022-07-20/preparing-the-soil-la-jolla-shores-residents-book-explores-history-of-uc-san-diego-land
La Jolla Shores resident's book explores history of UC San Diego land, La Jolla Light newspaper article, 20July2022

YouTube Interview with Jack Fiasher, author of this book

https://blink.ucsd.edu/safety/environment/outdoor/FUDS/maps.html Camp Matthews: Maps of the Formerly Used Defense Site at UC San Diego

Camp Matthews 1953

UCSD 2005

https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb4371434f web access 18March2023 to download file

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Description - With a title borrowed from Army Corps of Engineers protocol for removing ordnance from abandoned firing ranges, this essay recounts post-war decisions leading to the use of former military acreage for a university campus. After six decades of astonishing growth, UC San Diego anchors the Torrey Pines Mesa science and technology complex, seen as one of the major concentrations of intellectual capital in the nation. Dreamers and planners everywhere can learn by examining the publicly endorsed initiatives that generated this achievement. >br> Creation Date 2017; Author Fisher, Jack C., 1937-; Physical Description - 1 online resource (48 pages) : maps 
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More background articles
FUDS - Formerly Used Defense Sites - brochure,
From Riflemen to Freshmen, UCSD Library Exhibit
Brief History of USMC in San Diego, Ca State Military Museum
Camp Callan becomes part of Torrey Pines Golf course,
Camp Matthews FUDS,
Camp Calvin B Mattews - WikiP,
Camp Pendleton - WikiP,
Edson Range Camp Pendleton replaces Camp Matthews - WikiP