Pepperdine University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of its new channel with Historypin.com, a website and mobile application that allows the pinning of historical photographs, audio recordings, and moving image files to Google Maps. Would you like to see the Malibu hills in 1969 before the arrival of Pepperdine University, overlaid seamlessly with [...]
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The Chicago Manual of Style Online now Available
Friday, March 1st, 2013
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is now available in the 15th and 16th editions. Completely searchable and easy to use, The Chicago Manual of Style Online provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. The Chicago Manual of Style Online includes the popular Chicago Style Q&A, a resource that thousands [...]
New Cold War era Herschensohn film online: Today’s featured digital object
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Where were you at 5:02? May 18th, 1965, that is. Attending a Hindu wedding in New Delhi? Riding a roller coaster in Mexico City? Serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Rio de Janeiro? Or perhaps being born in San Diego? These are just some of the events captured by the film Eulogy to 5:02, [...]
Dr. Terrence Roberts at Pepperdine University Libraries: “We Are All Making History”
Friday, February 15th, 2013
On January 31, Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the “Little Rock Nine” — the nine African-American students who volunteered to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957 – spoke at Pepperdine University’s Payson Library, before a capacity audience of students, faculty, and community members. He recounted the days in 1957 when the world watched [...]
Rare Martin Luther King, Jr. recording unearthed in University Archives—Listen online
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, Pepperdine University Libraries is pleased to make available this rare audio recording of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking in Los Angeles on the moral imperative of civil rights in 1964. Recently digitized, the complete recording is now available for online listening in our Historic [...]
Librarian Sally Bryant secures Japanese book donation
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Posted on behalf of Ken LaZebnik Librarian Sally Bryant, Head of Access Services, has wide ranging interests – literally ranging around the globe as she serves as Pepperdine University Libraries liaison with the International Studies Program. Her work at Seaver College includes the “Asian Studies Specialization” within the International Studies major. This specialization allows students [...]
Special Collections Welcomes Three Pepperdine Student Interns!
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Austin McElrath, Andrea Oates, and Sarah Dannemiller will join the Special Collections team for a 15-week, for-credit internship during the spring 2013 semester. Austin is a sophomore majoring in Philosophy and will be processing and creating a finding aid for the Elinor Oswald Collection of Los Angeles Tourism Ephemera. The collection comprises a wide variety [...]
Student life 25 years ago today: Today’s featured digital object
Monday, January 7th, 2013
In February of 1988, Pepperdine University’s alumni newspaper, The Pepperdine Voice, featured a photo spread titled “A Day in the Life of Pepperdine University.” The introductory text read: “On Thursday, Jan. 7, 1988, seven photographers were deployed to scour all areas of campus to capture the daily activities of Pepperdine on film…What sort of day [...]
1971—Construction commences in Malibu: Today’s featured digital object
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Continuing our series on the historical events that shaped Pepperdine University in Malibu—in honor of the Malibu campus’ 40th anniversary—we arrive at April 13, 1971. On this overcast, unusually chilly day, approximately 500 Pepperdine supporters gathered on the freshly leveled dirt building pads of the new Malibu campus to observe ceremonies initiating construction of the [...]
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) [...]
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