In addition to celebrating the American record, archives month also raises awareness among the general public regarding the value of archives and archivists. Over the past few years, Pepperdine University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives has participated in the annual Archives Bazaar to promote such awareness. The event celebrates the diversity of Southern California’s [...]
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Today’s featured digital object: Pepperdine’s 1987 Rose Parade float
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
As Founder’s Day 2012 draws to a close Pepperdine University’s 75th anniversary celebration, we thought we’d revisit another great milestone in Pepperdine’s history, it’s 50th anniversary celebrations from 1987. One of the crowning achievements of those celebrations was Pepperdine’s entry of a float into the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The theme [...]
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 [...]
When the Olympics came to Pepperdine: Today’s featured digital object
Friday, July 27th, 2012
As the 2012 Summer Olympic Games open in London, we look back to 1984 when the Olympics came to Los Angeles and the Malibu campus of Pepperdine University. Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool served as the site for all of the water polo matches, bringing international attention to Pepperdine University. At a poolside press conference in [...]
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 [...]
New Member Joins Special Collections!
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Jenna Fry, a recent graduate of Pepperdine University with a B.A. in Biology, has joined the Special Collections team. This summer, Jenna will work on several important projects including creating finding aids for University Archives collections and implementing preservation activities generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. In order to get to know Jenna, [...]
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 Student’s Perspective: What It Was Like Working In Special Collections
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Catie Golitzin, a freshman at Pepperdine, has worked in Special Collections and University Archives as a Student Assistant since last fall. Over the past 7 months, Catie has played an important role in our department. She paged materials for researchers, scanned images, and worked on many special projects including creating finding aids for the Webster [...]
A historic debate on free love and morality: Today’s featured digital object
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
What’s this, you say? Former Pepperdine University President Bill Banowsky standing—all smiles—with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner? What occasion could have produced such strange bedfellows? The answer lies in our new digital collection of Historic Sound Recordings. On October 8, 1967, Dr. Banowsky, then minister of the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, engaged [...]
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