< ! -- Deleted image removed : 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 $ 100,000 and for an interdenominational campus on land donated by a K.C. Wells . On June 27 , 1907 the Commission voted in favor of the Redlands proposal
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
University of Redlands