Cooke, Frank T. (Cooke, Frank Toffey)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1876-1965

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Frank T. Cooke Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-287

Scope and Contents The papers of Frank T. Cooke document his personal interest and professional career in photography. Many photographs of college buildings and houses in Oberlin are included in the collection. The pages of a disbound photographic album show Cooke and his family at Oberlin Beach along Lake Erie and demonstrate his concern for the eroding of the beach. Additional photographs were taken in several cities in Ohio, including Huron and Milan. Notably, the photographs in the later accession...

Dates: 1872 - 2006; Majority of material found in 1914-1997; Other: Date acquired: 1997 September 28

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Photograph Albums Collection

Collection — boxes

Identifier: RG 32-007

Scope and Contents The Photograph Albums Collection comprises albums or album contents dating from 1861 to 2000. Fifteen of these date from the 19th century, with cartes-de-visite, collotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, postcards, cyanotypes, and other early prints. Cyanotypes dominate the contents of albums dating from 1900 to 1910, typically taken by Oberlin students themselves. From the 1920s to the 1960s several College-produced albums feature quality gelatin silver prints made...

Dates: 1861 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1920; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1968