Lani Netter Collection of Malibu Photographs
Scope and Content
Lani Netter assembled this photograph album as a class project while a senior in high school in the spring of 1974. Inspired by a box of historical photographs received from the Malibu Times newspaper, she took her own color photographs, often depicting the same view or scene. In the album, she interspersed the historical photographs (1890 to 1958) with her own photographs (1974 and circa 1990), grouping them by themes such as landmarks, wildfires, and car accidents. In addition to these topics, the collection includes photographs of the Rindge Railroad, Pacific Coast Highway (and its predecessors), the Adamson House, Malibu Pier, the Malibu Remuda (horse show), and Serra Retreat. She included some captions and labels.
Dates
- Creation: 1890 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access. Pepperdine also has digital copies of the items in this collection. The file name for each of the items within the collection is located following the item's title in parentheses. The contents of the collection are available through Pepperdine Digital Collections: http://pepperdine.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15730coll8/searchterm/nettercoll/order/nosort
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical note
Lani Netter is a film producer who lives with her family in Malibu, California. She was born and raised in Malibu on Latigo Shore Drive, attending the Marlborough School in Los Angeles and then Pepperdine University. Netter is the President of Lani Netter Productions, self-described as a values-based production company that reflects her deep commitment to Christianity. She is also involved with several charities and is the founder of the Simon Hero Foundation, an educational initiative based on the oral history of Holocaust survivors. She is married to film producer Gil Netter and they have two children.
Full Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection comprises the photographs of a then and now
style photo album of Malibu, California, compiled by longtime Malibu resident Lani Netter in 1974. Content includes historical prints, ranging from 1890 to 1958, and Netter's own photographs from 1974 (bulk) and about 1990, which together depict various people, events, and locations from Malibu's history.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically. The original order and arrangement of the photographs is preserved in the hardcopy printout of the original photo album, which was scanned before being dismantled for preservation purposes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was given to Pepperdine University by Lani Netter on March 29, 2013.
Processing Information note
The collection was arranged and described by Kevin C. Miller in November, 2013.
- Title
- The Finding Aid of the Lani Netter Collection of Malibu Photographs
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Kevin C. Miller
- Date
- November 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu 90263-4786 USA
(310) 506-4323
specialcollections@pepperdine.edu