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Churches of Christ Heritage Collection

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Preserving the History of South Los Angeles

This initiative, made possible in part with support from California Humanities, is designed to collect, preserve, and make available oral histories drawn from members of the South Los Angeles community.

Franklin and Palisades Fires Memory Project

The purpose of this project is to document and preserve the shared experience of the Franklin (December, 2024) and Palisades (January, 2025) Fires, a moment in history that deeply impacted our campus community and neighbors. Through gathering and preserving their stories, photographs, and videos, the project aims to ensure future generations can understand the scope and details of this experience, told from their perspective. The project is ongoing and contributions are welcome any time.

Death in Cambodia, Life in America Podcast Collection

Pepperdine Libraries has partnered with Dorothy Chow, the creator of the Death in Cambodia, Life in America Podcast, to preserve podcast episodes and related materials. The materials are one of the largest audio collections about the Khmer Rouge or Cambodian Genocide ever created. The podcast centers around Dorothy's father, Robert Chau's, experience living through and eventually escaping the Khmer Rouge, going on to become a successful entrepreneur in the donut industry in California. 

Marion Thompson Wright Collection

Marion Thompson Wright was an African American scholar in the fields of history, sociology, and education. She was the first African American to receive a doctorate from Columbia University. The Marion Thompson Wright Papers contain materials related to several areas of Wright's life.

John Mazza Historic Surfboard Collection

The John Mazza Collection of Historic Surfboards includes over thirty surfboards from the personal collection of John Mazza, surfing aficionado and local Malibu resident. The boards represent the evolution of surfing and surfboard technology in the twentieth century with examples ranging from the 1910s to the 1980s.

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