Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives

Alan Reed was an American film, stage, and voice actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on the show The Flintstones. The collection includes photographs of Reed assembled for his portfolio, correspondence from Fred Allen, newspaper clippings, short essays that Reed wrote, and business matters with the Screen Actors Guild.

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The Anderson family lived in the Malibu Lakeside community in the Santa Monica Mountains from 1929 to 1976. This digital collection features photographs of the Anderson family cabin and the Malibu Lakeside community center, and scans of promotional and other materials related to community events. This collection also includes photographs and postcards from other prominent destinations in the Santa Monica Mountains, such as Malibou Lake, Lake Enchanto and the Seminole Hot Springs. Materials date from 1930 to 1967.

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In the early 1960s at the height of the Cold War, Pepperdine College sponsored a four-part, Hollywood-produced film series titled Crisis for Americans. Utilizing newsreel footage and scripted narration, each film sought to expose the threat of Soviet-based communism to capitalism and free societies around the globe. In turn, the films describe how communism preys on susceptible youth (Communist Accent on Youth, 1961), spreads through violent aggression (Communist Imperialism, 1962), and cloaks itself behind the discourse of “peaceful coexistence” (Communism and Coexistence, 1963). The fourth film, The Questions and the Answers (1965), argues for the necessity of congressional investigations that …

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This collection of photographs documents the history of the Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP). AWP was started in 1958 by Helen Young and a group of women united in their belief of the importance of Christian education. AWP members conduct fundraising events such as dinners, auctions, and bake sales each year in order to provide students with scholarships to attend Pepperdine University. In 2018, AWP changed their name to Pepperdine Legacy Partners (PLP).

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The Bruce Herschensohn Collection includes notes, correspondence, media clippings, and other ephemera primarily related to Herschensohn's roles as an independent filmmaker and as filmmaker for the U. S. Information Agency in the 1960s, incuding a selection of his documentary films. Further resources are available in the Bruce Herschensohn Papers, held by Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives. Biographical Sketch Born in 1932, Bruce Herschensohn began his career as a box-boy at Ralphs Grocery, then to RKO Radio Pictures as a messenger boy, and then RKO’s Art Department. After service in the U.S. Air Force, he began his own motion …

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California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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Chuck Waters, veteran Hollywood stuntman, shares his photographs, correspondence, and stories chronicling more than forty years in the film industry. Waters (b. 1934) has served as stunt performer or stunt coordinator on over 130 films, including The Deer Hunter, The Exorcist, the Indiana Jones trilogy, and several films by Clint Eastwood. Additional photos of Chuck Waters are included in the Micky Moore Collection.

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The Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables chronicles the history of business establishments and sites in Malibu and the surrounding area. The collection covers a period between the late 19th century and the 1980s, and features matchbook covers, postcards, publications, and ephemera from restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, motels, stores, and other businesses from Malibu, Topanga, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Culver City, and Venice Beach. The collection also includes publicity photographs, photojournalistic images, and candid snapshots from life in Malibu and Southern California. All materials were collected and donated by former Malibu resident Eric Wienberg.

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The George Pepperdine Collection features rare and unique materials—including photographs, writings, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, collectables, and home movies—from the personal and professional life of this notable Los Angeles philanthropist and founder of Pepperdine University. George Pepperdine (1886-1962), who made his fortune as the entrepreneur behind Western Auto Supply Agency, was inspired by his deep Christian faith to reinvest his wealth in charitable activities, including the university, which he founded as George Pepperdine College in 1937. Drawing from select items in the Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives collection George Pepperdine Family Papers, this digital collection chronicles this history through …

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Hanson A. Williams, Jr. was already an accomplished photographer when he 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. Most of the photographs in this collection were taken during Williams’s student years. Upon graduation, he was drafted into service for the Korean War, and his photographs of his service can be viewed in the the Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr. digital collection. This collection …

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