Archives & Special Collections: Collection Finding Aids

Letters, photos, and church records documenting the life of Dr. Phineas F. Bresee, founder of the Church of the Nazarene and Pacific Bible College (now PLNU), with materials on Los Angeles First Church collected by T. Richard Willis.

Photos, articles, diaries, and interviews related to the Point Loma Theosophical Society's Lomaland community (late 1800s-1930s).

Photographs and documents from Leslie and Cora Gay about early Nazarene missions to Spanish-speaking and Japanese populations in Southern California and abroad (1899-1930).

Document the leadership of Jim Bond during his tenure as President of Point Loma Nazarene College (1983-1997).

Missionary-related photographs, records, and correspondence from Ada Glidden Bresee, co-founder of the Nazarene Woman’s Missionary Society (1931-1946).

Papers from W. Shelburne Brown's term as college president (1964-1978), documenting the university’s move from Pasadena to Point Loma.

Early photographs, bulletins, directories and missionary society records from the founding church of the Nazarene denomination.

Photos, brochures and memorabilia documenting the institution’s early history, including its move in 1910 from Los Angeles to Pasadena.

Official documents, photos, and memorabilia from Pasadena College, including records of the move from Pasadena to Point Loma.

Photos, blueprints, and materials on the construction and dedication of campus buildings in Pasadena and Point Loma.

Writings, class notes and personal papers of biblical scholar Olive M. Winchester (1917-1950).

Manuscripts, lectures, correspondence, and personal papers documenting the life and theological work of Nazarene scholar and educator H. Orton Wiley (1935–1961).

Pamphlets and manuscripts documenting the life and work of Nazarene educator and theologian Aaron Merritt Hills, ca. 1898–1935.

Letters documenting the personal experiences of E. Stanley Jones and other missionaries working in Asia, 1905-1933.

Information on faculty, alumni, and notable individuals, including biographies, photos, and press clippings.