Hanson A. Williams, Jr. attended George Pepperdine College from 1946 to 1950 on a photography scholarship. Williams worked as a student photographer throughout his time at Pepperdine, taking many of the photographs for the Pepperdine Yearbook, and serving as its editor-in-chief during his senior year.   

After the 1972 opening of the Malibu campus, Pepperdine University continued to offer undergraduate programs at the original Los Angeles campus through the 1975-1976 academic year. In fact, the LA campus served the majority of students during this period. The Graphic - Pepperdine’s primary student newspaper - relocated to Malibu, and Inner View was founded to serve as the student newspaper for the LA campus.

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The Graphic has been Pepperdine's primary student newspaper since the school's founding in 1937, making it the university’s oldest student organization. In 1972, the paper moved from Pepperdine’s original campus in South Los Angeles to the brand new Malibu campus, where weekly publication continues to this day. In addition to campus news, the Graphic covers the City of Malibu, and offers student perspectives on national and cultural issues. This collection is full-text searchable, providing an entry point into Pepperdine’s history, as well as the history of Los Angeles and Malibu. It also provides insight into the student experience, a perspective that can be difficult to find in archival collections. 

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This collection contains the personal and professional papers of M. Norvel and Helen Young, both critical figures in the history of Pepperdine University. M. Norvel Young was a history professor at George Pepperdine College before becoming the third university president from 1957-1971. Young remained the Chancellor and Chancellor emeritus after stepping down as president. The bulk of the materials document the Youngs' involvement with Pepperdine University, their families' lives, and their activities while based in Tennessee, Texas, and California. 

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The University Archives Photograph Collection presents high-resolution digital renditions of the thousands of photographic prints, slides, and negatives that compose the Pepperdine University archival image collection. These images capture the history of Pepperdine University from its founding in 1937 as George Pepperdine College to the present (bulk dates 1940-1990). The photographs include publicity photos, candids, student work, and official university images, and cover a wide range of subjects from student life to global politics.

A complete and searchable digital collection of the Pepperdine University yearbook through its various incarnations as a bound publication (1939-2006). The yearbook began as The Promenade during the Pepperdine College years (1939-1970). Following a hiatus during the move to Malibu, the yearbook returned as iMprints (1973-1976), then Impressions (1977-2006), after which it was only released in digital form. The collection also includes Crest of a Golden Wave, a pictorial history of Pepperdine University from 1987.

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The Student Life digital collection comprises photographs, memorabilia, documents, scrapbooks, correspondence, and other materials donated to Pepperdine University Libraries by alumni of George Pepperdine College and Pepperdine University. The items in this collection, arranged by theme or donor, strive to capture the “Pepperdine experience” while providing a glimpse into the lives of the men and women that call Pepperdine their alma mater. The collection includes items from Bernice ('49) and Carroll Pitts, Jr. ('54). Carroll Pitts, Jr. would continue on to earn an M.A. in Religion from Pepperdine College, heralding a decades-long career as Minister of the Normandie Church of Christ in Los Angeles. Bernice and Carroll were the first African-American students to live in Normandie Village married student housing on campus.

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