Title: Loyola Marymount University Archives Student Organizations Records

Dates: 1917-2012

Collection Number: UA.007.002

Creator/Collector: Loyola Marymount University

Extent: 12 boxes; 5 linear feet

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

Abstract: This collection consists of records created by the student organizations of Loyola University (before the Loyola University and Marymount College merger) and Loyola Marymount University from 1917-2012. Records include student organization constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, memoranda, event flyers, newsletters, playbills, programs, directories, news clippings, and ephemera.

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.

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Loyola Marymount University Archives Student Organizations Records. 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 the Loyola Marymount University creating departments.

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. Student organizations are often the hub of campus activity, which foster student involvement, leadership, and excellence. These student-led organizations have offered students opportunities to explore their interests and make lasting friendships while at LMU.

This collection documents the activities of the Student Organizations at Loyola University and Loyola Marymount University (LMU) from 1917 to 2012. This collection helps illustrate the long lasting presence the organizations have had in the LMU community, including some of LMU’s oldest organizations Alpha Sigma Nu and The Del Rey Players. Included in this collection are organization constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, memoranda, event flyers, newsletters, playbills, programs, directories, news clippings, and ephemera. For more information on Service Organizations, Kyodai and other Asian Pacific Student Organizations, refer to the Student Services Departments Collection (UA.007.003) located in this repository.