Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Historical note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Related Archival Materials
Processing Information note
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: 1984 Olympics Collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0084
Physical Description:
1.68 Linear Feet
(4 boxes plus 1 Olympic torch)
Date (inclusive): 1982-1984
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], 1984 Olympics Collection, Collection no. 0084, Special Collections and University Archives, University
Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were gathered from University Archives files.
Historical note
The 1984 Summer Olympics were hosted in Los Angeles, with many events held at existing facilities around the Los Angeles area
to cut costs. Water polo matches were hosted at Pepperdine University's Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. President Howard
A. White was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Pepperdine -- he also hosted dinners and other events to support the
Olympics on campus. The Olympic torch relay passed through Malibu and a party was held in the middle of the night to welcome
the torch. Pepperdine University also hosted the United States Olympic Academy VI in June, 1982, which was a conference dedicated
to studying the Olympic Games, the Olympic Movement, and the concept of Olympism.
Scope and Content
The collection contains materials related to Pepperdine's involvement in the 1984 Olympics, held in Los Angeles during the
summer of 1984. Items from 1984 include a newsletter, newspaper clippings, event invitations, photographs, special letterhead
and postal meter plate advertisements created for Pepperdine during the Olympics, bumper stickers and ribbons, and a 1984
Olympic torch used in the torch relay. Also included are materials from the 1982 United States Olympic Academy VI, a conference
held ahead of the Olympics to study the Olympic games, and hosted at Pepperdine University.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Related Archival Materials
Howard A. White Papers, Collection no. 0010, Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine
University.
M. Norvel and Helen Young Papers, Collection no. 0014, Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries,
Pepperdine University.
Other institutions have ephemera collections, such as the University of Southern California (1984 Los Angeles Olympics ephemera
0130) or the Seaver Center for Western Historical Research at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (1984 Olympics
Materials Collection GC 1138).
Processing Information note
The collection was arranged and described by Jamie Henricks in February, 2013. The finding aid was updated by Katie Richardson
in July, 2013. Photographs were added to this collection in June, 2015 by Kelsey Knox.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Malibu (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
Water polo
United States Olympic Academy
Photographs
Newsletters
Clippings
Videocassettes
Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Programs
White, Howard A. (Howard Ashley)
Pepperdine University