Malibu (Calif.) -- History

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The collection contains mostly printed material related to or created by Pepperdine University's undergraduate college, Seaver College, dating from approximately 1970 to 2010. Items include brochures and information about admissions, conferences, lectures, departments, and international programs; articles; handbooks; exam schedules; calendars; maps; photographs; Malibu campus history; and other materials.

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The collection includes correspondence, financial reports, memoranda, and other materials related to the universities' strategic planning from 1977 to 1997.

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The collection contains materials created by women's organizations of George Pepperdine College and Pepperdine University. Items include member directories and handbooks, financial records, meeting minutes, invitations, correspondence, memos, a scrapbook, and a gavel. Materials range in date from 1937 to 1984.

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The Pepperdine Volunteer Center was established in 1988. The collection contains photographs, printed materials, and audiovisual materials documenting and describing key events and programming led by the organization from its creation in 1988 to 2009.

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Inez Lauer, the creator of this album, lived in Los Angeles and Oxnard, and spent time at their family cabin at Malibou Lake. This photo album depicts her life during the 1940s and 1950s and contains images of her family and friends, various trips around California and other areas of the United States, and various family residences in Southern California.

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The Point Dume Community Association (PDCA) Records cover the business of the Point Dume neighborhood 501c(4) non-profit organization. Documentation includes rosters, bylaws, correspondence, finances, meeting minutes, and mailers. Records span from the incorporation of PDCA in 1983 through its suspension in 2019.

Abstract The Rindge and Adamson family have a long history in Malibu, California, dating back to 1892 when Frederick and May K. Rindge purchased the 13,300-acre Spanish land grant, Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, also known as Malibu Rancho, from Matthew Keller. In 1915, their daughter, Rhoda Agatha, married Merritt Adamson, the superintendent of the ranch, and together, they helped manage the family business. The collection contains correspondence, business papers, financial records, photographs,...

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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.

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The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Frank R. and Blanche Seaver, philanthropists who greatly contributed to the evolution and success of Pepperdine University. The materials range from 1882 to 1996 and document Blanche's involvement with Pepperdine; Frank's business, the Hydril Company; Blanche's former career as a composer and musician; and their personal lives.

Abstract The Johanna Spinks Malibu Portraits Collection contains watercolor and ink portraits and corresponding interviews from two of her portrait series, "The Face of Malibu" and "The Face of Malibu Rebuilds". Both portrait series and interviews featured in The Malibu Times. "The Face of Malibu" portrait series and articles were created from 2012-2017 and highlight individuals in the Malibu community. "The Face of Malibu...