Associated Women for Pepperdine records 1958-2007

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Associated Women for Pepperdine records 1958-2007

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The Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP) was started in 1958 by Helen Young and a group of women united in their belief of the importance of Christian education. AWP members conduct fundraising events such as dinners, auctions, and bake sales each year in order to provide students with scholarships to attend Pepperdine University. The group has grown to include thousands of members and has contributed over $4 million to the University. The collection spans from 1958 to 2007 and includes administrative files, scrapbooks, and photo albums.

22.67 linear feet; (19 boxes plus oversize scrapbooks)

Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.

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Pepperdine College

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Pepperdine university

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Young, Helen, 1918-

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Biographical note Matt Norvel Young Jr. (more commonly referred to as M. Norvel or just Norvel Young) was born on October 5, 1915, in Nashville, Tennessee. His parents were Matt Norvel Young and Mary Ruby Morrow Young, and Norvel was the second of two children in the family (his brother Stephen Franklin Young, commonly referred to as Franklin, was born on July 21, 1909). Norvel went to school at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville, the same sc...

Associated Women for Pepperdine.

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Historical note In the spring of 1958, Helen Young gathered together a group of women including Gloria Sanders, Helen Pepperdine, Thelma Allen, Margaret Davidson, Elizabeth Randolph, and Betty Shipp to form a steering committee that would lay the foundation for a women's group at Pepperdine College. Helen had been encouraged to do so by her mother, Irene Young Mattox, and her husband, M. Norvel Young, then president of Pepperdine. That spring...