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 [...]
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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) [...]
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 [...]
The 2012 Los Angeles Archives Bazaar Is A Success!
Monday, October 29th, 2012
On October 27, 2012, Special Collections and University Archives participated in the 7th annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar held at Doheny Memorial Library on the USC campus. Over eighty archives were represented and hundreds of scholarly researchers, journalists, history buffs, and those simply interested in exploring the stories of Los Angeles attended the one-day event. [...]
Governor Reagan and Pepperdine’s Malibu “birth”: Today’s featured digital object
Friday, October 26th, 2012
With the 40th anniversary of Pepperdine University in Malibu upon us, this entry is the first in a series dedicated to the historic events and hardworking individuals that made the vision of Pepperdine in Malibu a reality and shaped its presence in this seaside community. We begin with a “birth.” Nearly two years before construction [...]
Exhibit of Colonial Documents Now Open
Friday, October 19th, 2012
The Pepperdine University Libraries are proud to host “Becoming America: An Exhibition of Colonial Doucments.” The Colonial-era documents in the exhibit are on loan from Pepperdine alumnus and attorney Michael J. Marlatt (JD ’84). The materials on display span from 1686 to 1781 and represent the cultural, philosophical, and political atmosphere leading up to and [...]
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