The University of Redlands is a private university headquartered in Redlands, California. The university's main, residential campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations throughout California largely provide programs for working adults.
History of the University of Redlands
While currently a secular institution overall, the University of Redlands' roots go back to the founding of two other American Baptist institutions, California College in Oakland, and Los Angeles University. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake damaged the finances of California College, a Baptist commission began exploring the liquidation of both institutions to develop a new institution in Southern California. The Reverend Jasper Newton Field, a Baptist pastor at Redlands, persuaded the Redlands Board of Trade to propose a donation of at least 100,000andforaninterdenominationalcampusonlanddonatedbyaK.C.Wells.OnJune27,1907,theCommissionvotedinfavoroftheRedlandsproposal.GroundwasbrokenonApril9,1909,onthehillwheretheadministrationbuildingnowstands.NinefoundingfacultymembersheldtheirfirstdayofclassesintheRedlandsBaptistChurchonSeptember30,1909,with39studentsattending.OnJanuary27,1910,theUniversityofRedlandsopeneditsphysicaldoorsbyoccupyingtheadministrationbuilding.BekinsHallandthePresident′smansionweretheonlytwootherbuildingscompleted.Now−universitypresidentFieldwaschargedwithfurthersecuring200,000 for endowment, but the 1912 United States cold wave, which wiped out half the California citrus crop and severely damaged the local economy, made this impossible.
President Field resigned in 1914. Victor LeRoy Duke, dean and mathematics professor, became the next president. The southern California Baptist community initiated a campaign to raise $50,000 to clear outstanding debt. The following spring the Northern Baptist Education Board endorsed the school, promising to help raise an endowment.
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