Student Life: Scrapbooks Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 19-004-003

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The scrapbooks in this collection, assembled primarily by former Oberlin College students, are those not associated with a personal paper group. Not all scrapbooks are intact. Some were donated as dissembled or photocopied books, while others were dissembled and/or copied by Archives staff for preservation purposes.

The inventory lists names of creators in alphabetical order. Married women’s names appear twice in the inventory, under two different surnames, maiden and married, for ease of searching. Some scrapbooks are accompanied by diaries by the same creator. Note: this has been adjusted in the item level descriptions, which list all last names utilized by a creator in chronological order.

While many scrapbooks contain photographs, they are distinguished from photograph albums, which are located in another collection (RG 32/7).

Dates

Creation: ca. 1836-1996

Extent

68.24 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection has two numbering systems. Series I holds scrapbooks that were the first to come into the collection, and are arranged alphabetically by creator name. Series II holds box numbers without regard to the names of the creators.

Accruals and Additions

Accession Nos: 1993/024, 1993/058, 1993/100, 1994/006, 1994/009, 1994/040, 1994/041, 1995/027, 1995/052, 1995/124, 1996/072, 1996/118, 1996/126, 1996/134, 1997/012, 1997/054, 1997/062, 1998/115, 1998/124, 1999/011, 1999/015, 1999/089, 1999/108, 1999/117, 2000/041, 2001/068, 2001/094, 2001/126, 2002/057, 2002/083, 2002/094, 2002/100, 2003/042, 2004/004, 2004/016, 2004/020, 2004/053, 2004/059, 2005/013, 2005/017, 2005/028, 2005/076, 2006/028, 2006/077, 2008/047, 2009/057, 2009/067, 2010/008, 2010/034, 2010/036, 2010/079, 2010/080, 2010/090, 2010/092, 2011/004, 2011/018, 2011/041, 2011/054, 2012/006, 2012/009, 2012/057, 2012/068, 2013/004, 2013/041, 2013/061