Over the past three years, senior chemistry major Tom Boundy has been researching air quality in Payson Library. I met him earlier this year when he stopped by Special Collections to check sensors placed in the rare book storage area. What I didn’t know at the time was that his tests were part of a [...]
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Senior Chemistry Student Presents Honors Thesis Defense on Payson Library Indoor Air Quality
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Pepperdine Bible Lectures Finding Aid Online and Ready for Research
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Another finding aid from Special Collections and University Archives is available on the Online Archive of California! The Pepperdine Bible Lectures collection (processed as part of the NHPRC project) is briefly described below. The Pepperdine University Bible Lectures, coordinated by the Office of Church Relations, began in January 1943 and is an annual (sometimes semiannual) [...]
Papers of Pepperdine Professors Open for Research
Monday, November 12th, 2012
The collections of three Pepperdine professors have been processed by Special Collections and University Archives, with finding aids now available on the Online Archive of California for research! The Ronald W. Batchelder papers, Joel S. Fetzer papers, and John F. Wilson paper, all processed as a part of the NHPRC project, are briefly described below. [...]
Blanche Ebert and Frank R. Seaver Papers and James L. Lovell Papers Ready for Research
Friday, November 9th, 2012
This post was written by our graduate student assistant, Jessica Geiser. Two more finding aids from Special Collections and University Archives are now available for research and can be found on the Online Archive of California! The Blanche Ebert and Frank R. Seaver papers, and the James L. Lovell papers, both processed as a part [...]
Past Presidents’ Papers Open for Research
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Three new finding aids for the papers of former Presidents of Pepperdine University, located in Special Collections and University Archives, are now available on the Online Archive of California! The William S. Banowsky papers, David Davenport papers, and Howard A. White papers (all processed as part of the NHPRC project) are briefly described below. (The [...]
Four New Archival Collections Ready for Research
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Four finding aids from Special Collections and University Archives are now available on the Online Archive of California! The Pepperdine University Archives Individual Files, the Pepperdine University Archives Individual Photograph Files,the Kenneth Hahn collection, and the Zeta Kappa collection (all processed as part of the NHPRC project) are briefly described below. The Pepperdine University Archives [...]
The Torches Are Lit Again: New Olympic Exhibit in Payson Library
Monday, July 9th, 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympics are coming! The games begin July 27th and run through August 12th, with most events in London, and others around the south of England and the United Kingdom. In light of the 2012 summer games, Special Collections and University Archives pulled materials from the vault to showcase during the month leading up [...]
Donald V. Miller Papers and Earl Vivon Pullias Papers Ready for Research
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Two more finding aids from Special Collections and University Archives are now available on the Online Archive of California! The Donald V. Miller papers and Earl Vivon Pullias papers, both processed as a part of the NHPRC project, are briefly described below. Donald V. Miller was a Life Regent at Pepperdine University, who also served [...]
Young at Heart in the Archives: M. Norvel and Helen Young Papers Open for Research
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The finding aid for the M. Norvel and Helen Young papers is now available on the Online Archive of California! The collection was processed as part of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant awarded to the department of Special Collections and University Archives. The collection contains the personal and professional papers of [...]
A Window Into 1960s Television: Scripts Open For Research
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
The finding aid for the Ivan Goff collection of television scripts is now available on the Online Archive of California! The Online Archive of California (OAC) is part of the California Digital Library and is a great tool for starting a research project. The OAC allows access to finding aids (detailed descriptions of collections of primary [...]
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