Oberlin College
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1850
Languages Used
- English
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Other Framed Items
Collection
Identifier: RG 40
Dates:
1803-ca. 2006, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Negatives
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-006
Scope and Contents
The negatives are arranged into three subgroups: Glass plate negatives; photographic materials (including some glass plate) by College photographers Arthur Ludwig and Arthur Ewing Princehorn; and the general collection of film negatives. See the Processing and Preservation Note (in Administrative Information) for background on the categories of negatives and the general history of their production.
Dates:
19th-21st centuries; Majority of material found in 1910s-2000s
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Panorama and Other Rolled Photographs
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-011
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises Subgroup I, Flat Panorama Photographs and Subgroup II, Rolled Panorama and Other Rolled Photographs (cannot be flattened without conservation treatment). The panorama photographs were taken with special mechanized cameras such as the Cirkut, which made a wide sweep exposing a long roll of film to capture large groups or vistas. The time required to expose the broad sweep of film accounts for the appearance in some of these photographs of one individual at both...
Dates:
1868-1954; Majority of material found in 1906-1940; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Slides & Transparencies Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-009
Scope and Contents
This category of photographic materials comprises transparent positives. They are arranged in four series: Series 1. Lantern Slides; Series 2. Mounted Film Transparencies; Series 3. Unmounted Film Transparencies; and Series 4. Slide Sets. This collection was created for those transparencies that are not part of an institutional record group or a personal paper group.
The mounted transparencies, also known as slides, were used with a projector for teaching and presentations,...
Dates:
late 19th century - 2000s; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: View Books and Other Publications
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-012
Scope and Contents
This photograph group includes five Oberlin College viewbooks dating from 1911 through 1922. In Series 1, this record group also includes College-published calendars, programs, and books ranging in date from about 1900 through 2015. In Series two, there are loose photogrpahs and books dating from 1888 through 1976.
Dates:
1888-2015; Majority of material found in 1888-1925
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 46
Scope and Contents
The Poster Collection ranges from 1877 to the present, with the bulk concentrated from the 1970s on. The collection documents college and department-specific events, student activities and activism, and gender identity and sexuality on campus. It also includes some posters from certain personal paper groups. The posters are foldered and housed according to their sizes, and thus some subjects will be held in several different flat files or boxes. The Subject Guide to Posters lists...
Dates:
1877 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2024
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Psychology Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-002
Scope and Contents
The Psychology Department records relate to departmental activities between 1910 and 1978. The collection includes incformation about alumni, theses and papers, and photographs.
Dates:
1910-1978, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1985 April 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sound Recordings: Cassette Tapes
Collection
Identifier: RG 37-003
Scope and Contents
The cassette tape recordings consist of approximately 550 separate recordings, primarily of campus events and productions. The earliest recordings on cassette tape in this collection are user copies from phonograph records and reel-to-reel tapes. Starting in 1980 the College consistently recorded campus events on cassette tape up until the dominance of digital media in the mid-2000s. The collection does not include any recordings from 2007 or 2009. Only three recordings represent 2013,...
Dates:
1950-2013, undated; Majority of material found in 1980-2000; Other: Date acquired: 06/29/1984
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sound Recordings: Compact Discs (CDs)
Collection
Identifier: RG 37-004
Scope and Contents
Oberlin College’s recordings on CD-ROM can be found within many record groups. RG 37/4 Audio Recordings: CD-ROMs was set up for recordings other than those transferred from other departments or in personal paper groups. Most of the CD-ROMs in this collection, arranged in two series, are recordings that date from the year 2000 and later. The first series comprises recordings of events or groups on campus, including speaker presentations, symposia, and musical and dramatic...
Dates:
1947-2024; Majority of material found in 2000-2013
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sound Recordings: Phonograph Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 37-001
Dates:
1939-1970s, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives