United States Olympic Academy

The collection contains materials related to Pepperdine's involvement in the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles. Items include a newsletter, newspaper clippings, invitations, photographs, Pepperdine Olympic letterhead, other ephemera, and a 1984 Olympic torch. Also included are materials from the 1982 United States Olympic Academy VI, a conference held at Pepperdine to study the Olympic games.

The collection documents the various duties undertaken by Shirley Roper at Pepperdine University during her tenure and range in date from 1963 to 2011. The types of materials include correspondence, administrative documents and forms, policy manuals, committee meeting materials, and official Pepperdine pamphlets and booklets related to special events.