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Archive Collection

Contact Information

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5263
Hours
By appointment only
Location
Darling Library

Overview

The Archive Collection preserves materials relating to the history of Azusa Pacific University. This collection consists of items issued by any of the following institutions: 

  1. Training School for Christian Workers
  2. Pacific Bible College
  3. Azusa College
  4. Azusa Pacific College
  5. Azusa Pacific University
  6. Arlington College
  7. Los Angeles Pacific College
  8. Maybelle Scott Rancho School for Girls.

Types of items that are collected include:

1. Yearbooks

2. Catalogs (e.g., undergraduate, graduate, summer)

3. Directories (e.g., faculty, staff, student, phone)

4. Handbooks (e.g., faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, student)

5. Newsletters (e.g., Office of Advancement, Department of History and Political Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

6. Newspapers (e.g., Clause)

7. Periodicals (e.g., School of Theology’s Connection)

8. Advertisements

9. Programs of special events (e.g., groundbreakings, dedications, memorials, retirements)

10. Board minutes

11. Annual reports, president reports, provost reports

12. Alumni, homecoming, and reunion information

13. Accreditation information

14. Dinner Rally memorabilia

15. Commencement, baccalaureate, and convocation information

16. Class schedules

17. Bulletins

18. Photographs

19. Slides

20. Video cassettes

21. Audio recordings (e.g., long-playing records, cassettes, and CDs)

22. Newspaper clippings about the institutions

This collection is not intended to be a true institutional archive, and therefore does not collect departmental files. There are approximately 1,700 items cataloged in the Archive Collection that can be accessed through the APU Library Catalog.

Special Collections Spotlight: Archive Collection

Collection Highlights

Highlights of this collection include the original 1900 catalog of the Training School for Christian Workers, and a comprehensive collection of sound recordings issued by the School of Music dating from the 1940s to the present.

Photo Gallery

Catalog (1900)

Catalog (1900)

Azusa College Chorale Record (1963)

Azusa College Chorale Record (1963)

APU Presidential Portraits

The Archive Collection also includes portraits of the men and women who have led Azusa Pacific University from its founding in 1899.

Choose a President Below:

  1. Mary Hill
  2. Anna Draper
  3. Bertha T. Pinkham
  4. Matilda Atkinson
  5. William P. Pinkham
  6. Eli Reece
  7. Lowell H. Coate
  8. George A. McLaughlin
  9. Ray L. Carter
  10. David H. Scott
  11. B.C. Johnson
  12. William Kirby
  13. Cornelius P. Haggard
  14. Paul E. Sago
  15. Richard E. Felix
  16. Jon R. Wallace

Access to the Collections

Our Special Collections and Archives are currently closed. If you have a general question, contact the libraries or call 626-815-5062.