Title: Loyola Marymount University Archives Yearbook Collection

Dates: 1922-2011

Collection Number: UA.007.004

Creator/Collector: Loyola Marymount University

Extent: 145 books, 1 box; 11.26 linear feet

Repository: Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

Abstract: This collection consists of yearbooks from Loyola High School, Loyola College, Marymount College, and Loyola Marymount University. These schools share a common history and the yearbooks document the growth and expansion of Loyola Marymount University.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

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.

Loyola Marymount University Archives Yearbook Collection. Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

All material in this collection has been transferred to University Archives from Loyola Marymount University.

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 remain so for five years. Loyola Marymount University was officially named in 1973 after Loyola University and Marymount College merged. Yearbooks have long been a tradition in Loyola Marymount University’s history. They are often the best way to highlight the past year of a school, and track a university’s transformation. Even though the Loyola Marymount University yearbook name and format has endured many changes, the overarching goal of documenting the school’s year in bound form has remained constant for over 89 years.

This collection consists of yearbooks from Loyola High School, Loyola College, Loyola University, Marymount College, and Loyola Marymount University. The schools represented in this collection document the history of Loyola Marymount University’s expansion and growth from 1922 to 2011.