RG 09. College of Arts and Sciences (Division)

Scope and Contents The records of the Communication Studies Department contain materials from its predecessors, the Communication Department (1967-1972) and the Speech Department (1952-1967), as well as some early records from the Forensic Union, a student organization founded in 1927. Consisting of three accessions, as reported on the title page, the third accession followed the suspension of the Department in academic year 1986. The material transferred is an incomplete record of this once well known Oberlin...

Scope and Contents The records of the Oberlin College Museum, 1877-1964, include correspondence, inventories, an accession book, and a catalogue that contains information relating to the acquisition of specimens for the natural history museum. The Accession Book covers the period 1855-1949 and contains entries that include the name of the donor, date received, a description of the specimen, and the accession number. The correspondence files contain letters from individual donors. Inventory and specimen lists,...

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This collection primarily consists of institutional files related to Oberlin College's German and Russian language departments from 1913 through 1992. The records include information related to writers in residence, summer sessions, and sessions abroad. The German and Russian Department Records have been arranged in three series: Series I. Departmental Administrative Files, Series II. German Language Instructional Files, and Series III. Russian Language Instructional Files.

Scope and Contents Records of the Gender and Women's Studies Program (Women’s Studies Program prior to 2003) date from 1972 to 2008 and trace the establishment, organization, development, and administration of first a Women's Studies curriculum, later the Women's Studies Program, and, as of 2003, the Gender and Women’s Studies Program.These records include minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, and a variety of other materials that document the functions of the Women's Studies...

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The Psychology Department records relate to departmental activities between 1910 and 1978. The collection includes incformation about alumni, theses and papers, and photographs.

Scope and Contents Records relating to the department of philosophy contain annual reports, correspondence, agendas and meeting minutes, files of the Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy, and student-related academic files. Spanning only forty years (1952-1991), the files provide an uneven picture of the internal and external activities of the Oberlin College Department of Philosophy. Organized around two subgroups, the twelve records series are arranged for the most part in hierarchical order—from the most...

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This collection consists of the records of the Oberlin College Department of Anthrolpology. The records are arranged into eight series. They include materials related to the repatriation of indigenous materials, department exhibitions, administrative files, annual reports, details of the curriculum, and information related to the history of the department.

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This collection consists of records related to the Oberlin College Department of Economics. These include financial and department records, student papers, and correspondence along with personnel records, which are restricted.

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This collection contains materials related to the Oberlin College Department of Biology. These include photographic transparencies and negatives, course notebooks (restricted), and artifacts.

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The Oberlin College Department of Geology collection consists of annual reports, field notes, maps, and glass plate and film negatives. In addition, a brief history of the department written by Professor Steven Wojtal, is included in the collection.