A. Howard A. White Subject/Correspondence Files, circa 1957-1990

Sub-Series — Box: 15-61, 65, 78-79

Scope and Content

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The sub-series contains files on various subjects and people that contain primarily correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, notes, and other paper materials collected in the office of Howard A. White during his time at Pepperdine University in the capacity of professor, Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Executive Vice President, President, and President Emeritus. The files contain documentation of university policies and procedures, material generated from administrative work and activities at Pepperdine, and information related to interests that would improve the Pepperdine community, including the process of moving the campus from Los Angeles to Malibu.

Major topics include budgets; commencements and commencement speakers; introducing computers to campus (with the Computer Services Committee and Computer Systems Company evaluations); enrollment; finance; faculty and faculty salaries; salary studies; IRS investigations; the McKinsey report; the Seaver family; the Malibu and Los Angeles campuses; campus professional schools (including the School of Law, School of Business and Management, and others); tuition; Hydril; the University Planning Consultants investigation; the Year in Europe study abroad program; and the 1984 Olympics.

Dates

Creation: circa 1957-1990

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access. Materials in sub-series 2.3 are restricted until January 1, 2020. Materials in series 3 are restricted for 50 years after their date of creation; the entire series will be open in 2036.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 97.71 Linear Feet (79 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Subject files are arranged alphabetically according to the original folder titles. Multiple styles of filing were present in Howard White's offices over the years. General miscellaneous files include one folder for a letter of the alphabet, sometimes one per calendar year (i.e: M, or M 1976). These folders were catch-all folders for correspondence to or from people or about topics that did not amount to enough to fill their own folder. Other miscellaneous files that included a greater volume of paper were broken down into multiple ranges for each letter of the alphabet (i.e. AA-AC). Finally, there were many files about individual people or topics (i.e. Budget).

For each letter of the alphabet, general miscellaneous files are arranged first (i.e: M, or M 1976), followed by miscellaneous files labeled with letter groupings (i.e. AA-AC), which are then followed by individually labeled subject files starting with that particular letter (i.e. Budget).