Loyola Marymount University Archives Air Force Reserves Officer Training Corps UA.013.001
Lauren Zuchowski Longwell and Marisa Ramirez
William H. Hannon Library, Archives & Special Collections, University Archives
2018
Loyola Marymount University
William H. Hannon Library, Archives and Special Collections
1 LMU Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
special.collections@lmu.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
William H. Hannon Library, Archives & Special Collections, University Archives
Title: Loyola Marymount University Archives Air Force Reserves Officer Training Corps
Identifier/Call Number: UA.013.001
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear Feet
2 document boxes
Date (inclusive): 1919-2000
Language of Material: English
Biographical / Historical
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-run newspapers
and periodicals have been a longstanding tradition in LMU’s history, beginning in 1920 with The Cinder in the Eye, the official
newspaper of Loyola College. In 1923 the newspaper’s name changed to The Loyolan, and later to The Los Angeles Loyolan, which
is currently published weekly in print and updated daily online. Newspapers and periodicals continue to be a great way for
students to not only share news, but to showcase their ideas, opinions, and writing skills with the LMU community.
Scope and Contents
Although students participated in extra-curricular "cadet" training as early as 1895, it wasn't until 1948 that a formal division
of an Air Force ROTC unit was established. At first recognized as Air Science, the coursework of Professional Officer training
was redesignated as Aerospace Studies in 1966. Records of this group include publications such as brochures and yearbooks,
correspondence and report files of the Commandant, academic files of faculty and records of student activities.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon
Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Preferred Citation
Loyola Marymount University Archives Department of Aerospace Studies Records. Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives
and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
All material in this collection has been transferred to University Archives from Loyola Marymount University.
Arrangement
The collection has been divided into two series: Series 1: Publications and Publicity, Series 2: Events.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. Army. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Publications and Publicity
Physical Description: .50 Linear Feet1 document box
box 13A, Folder 1
United States Air Force Art
1973
box 13A, folder 2
BAC: Athletic Facilities Master Plan
1974
box 13A, folder 3
Commissioning ceremonies pamphlets
1960-1996
box 13A, folder 4
Banquet/dining-in pamphlets
1972-1974
box 13A, folder 6
Miscellaneous pamphlets
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets for conferences, formal events, and the 1972 anniversary.
box 13A, folder 7
Annual review and Awards Day pamphlets
1960-1986
box 13A, folder 8
Air Force recruitment/prospective brochures
Box 13A, folder 9
US Air Force ROTC recruitment booklet
Events
Physical Description: .50 Linear Feet1 document box
box 13B, folder 3
ROTC establishment correspondence
1948
box 13B, folder 4
Lumian letter about drill meet
box 13B, folder 5
Newsletters
Scope and Contents
Includes Flight Line and Flying Lion.
box 13B, folder 6
Correspondence concerning decorations
1944
box 13B, folder 9
Ephemera
Scope and Contents
Programs and invitations for events.
box 13B, folder 10
Correspondence
1964-1981
Scope and Contents
Sister R. Harrangue (1972-73), Sister M.R. McKay (1972), M.E. Heureux, C.S.Casassa (1974-75), R.P. Merrifield (1978, 1981),
Jacqueline Kennedy (1964)
Box 13B, folder 11
Commissioning and ceremonies documents
box 13B, folder 12
Briscoe/Report on the special committee on ROTC
1967
box 13B, folder 13
Various correspondence on AFROTC prospects
1950
box 13B, Folder 14
Lieutenant Colonel Davis correspondence
1963-1967
box 13B, folder 15
Thompson correspondence
1967-1968
box 13B, folder 16
Briscoe nomination documents
1967-1968
box 13B, folder 17
Minckler correspondence
1975
box 13B, folder 18
Shelton correspondence
2018-03-04
Scope and Contents
Corespondence regarding scholarship program.
box 13B, folder 19
William Lindley correspondence
1966
box 13B, folder 20
Minckler correspondence
1973
box 13B, folder 21
Minckler and Merrifield various correspondence
box 13B, folder 22
David Lumian and the Catholic Agitator correspondence
1976-1977
Scope and Contents
Correspondence covering concerns about JROTC.
box 13B, folder 23
AFROTC probation documents
1978
box 13B, folder 24
ROTC enrollment
1970-1979
box 13B, folder 25
Correspondence
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Slekak, Furlong, Minckler, and Merrifield.
box 13B, folder 29
Casassa honorary member of Arnold Air Society
1970
box 13B, folder 30
Johns correspondence
1965
