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Loyola Marymount University Archives Athletics Records
UA.007.001  
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Description
This collection consists of records created by the Athletics Department of Loyola Marymount University from 1973-2009, after the merger of Loyola University and Marymount College. This includes correspondence, memoranda, resolutions, program proposals, board meeting agendas and minutes created by the Athletic Board of Control, insurance records, medical records, team rosters, scorebooks and programs, schedules, media guides, and statistics related to LMU’s athletic programs.
Background
Loyola Marymount University (LMU), located in Los Angeles, California, was founded as Loyola College of Los Angeles in 1911 by members of the Society of Jesus after the closure of St. Vincent’s College, a school for boys created by Vincentian Fathers in 1865. Loyola College grew quickly and a new campus was selected in 1917. In 1920, Loyola College began offering graduate level education by founding a separate law school. Official establishment of a graduate division would not occur until June 1950 even though the law school continued to thrive and after a Teacher Education Program at Loyola College had been created in 1948. Continued growth of the college prompted a second move for Loyola College in 1929 to the current campus in Westchester. Incorporated as Loyola College in 1918, the school achieved official university status in 1930. While Loyola University was experiencing a high growth rate in the early 20th century, so was the education program offered by the Religious of Sacred Heart of Mary for young women that had begun in 1923. In 1933, Marymount Junior College was opened in Westwood, Los Angeles. The college continued to grow; in 1948 the Junior College became a four-year university and granted its first baccalaureate degrees in 1948. In 1960, Marymount College moved to a campus on the Palos Verdes Peninsula to accommodate its growing student body. In 1968, Marymount College moved one last time to share the Loyola University campus. Although the two schools shared a physical space, Marymount College and Loyola University were still two separate schools and remained so for five more years. Loyola Marymount University was officially named in 1973 after Loyola University and Marymount College merged. Athletics had been a part of the campus culture of both Loyola University and Marymount College and the tradition continued after the merger of the two schools. Loyola Marymount University Athletics (LMU Athletics) supports the development of student athletes to achieve both athletic and academic success while “pursuing victory with honor.”
Extent
15 boxes; 6.26 linear feet
Restrictions
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.
Availability
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.