Moore (Gary L.) Research Materials on the Associated Women for Pepperdine, 2004

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Summary

Title:
Gary L. Moore Research Materials on the Associated Women for Pepperdine
Dates:
2004
Abstract:
The collection includes research materials that Gary L. Moore, a doctoral student at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, accumulated while writing his dissertation on the leadership style of the Associated Women for Pepperdine from 1958 to 2003.
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Gary L. Moore Research Materials on the Associated Women for Pepperdine, Collection no. 120, Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes research materials that Gary L. Moore, a doctoral student at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, accumulated while writing his dissertation on the leadership style of the Associated Women for Pepperdine. The dissertation is titled A Phenomenological Study of Leadership of the Associated Women for Pepperdine 1958-2003. Most of the research materials are audiocassettes of interviews Moore conducted with past AWP presidents. Other items include biographical information on past presidents, release forms, interview questions, summaries of interviewee responses, correspondence, and a copy of the preliminary oral examination that Gary prepared for his committee.

Biographical / historical:

Gary L. Moore was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1930. Moore obtained his Bachelor of Arts in English from Abilene Christian University in 1953, and a Master's in Journalism from the University of Missouri, in 1954. Upon graduation, Moore was commissioned in the U.S. Navy as a Public Relations Officer and left active duty in 1958 as a Lieutenant.

In May 1958, Moore was appointed the Publicity and Publications Director at Pepperdine University. In 1961, he left Pepperdine for a career in the life insurance industry. In 1984, Moore returned to Pepperdine as the Director of Educational Centers. Pepperdine recognized the need for educational facilities where fully employed individuals could pursue college educations without giving up their jobs. At the time, Pepperdine had five off-campus centers throughout the Los Angeles basin for this purpose.

In the early 2000s, Moore decided to return to school to pursue a Doctorate through the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine. Due to Moore's early history with the Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP), Moore chose to write his his dissertation titled A Phenomenological Study of Leadership of the Associated Women of Pepperdine, 1958-2003, on the organization. On a June morning in 1958, Moore, Gloria Sanders, and Helen and Norvel Young were driving to an event in Los Feliz. During that drive, Helen and Gloria discussed the formation of a new women's organization at Pepperdine called the Associated Women for Pepperdine. The group would include women united in their belief of the importance of Christian education. Moore's wife Sandra, would later go on to be president of the organization for two terms from 1985 to 1987. Moore was awarded an Ed.D. in 2005.

Acquisition information:
The collection was given to Pepperdine University by Gary L. Moore on August 27, 2013.
Processing information:

The collection was arranged and described by Katie Richardson in October 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Katie Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-04-07 21:35:58 +0000 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Gary L. Moore Research Materials on the Associated Women for Pepperdine, Collection no. 120, Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.

Location of this collection:
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263-4786, US
Contact:
(310) 506-4323
specialcollections@pepperdine.edu
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