Franklin Dale Photographs
Scope and Contents
This small collection of black and white photographs, 65 in number, was taken or collected by Franklin Dale, an Oberlin student in the Class of 1927. They date from his student days, roughly 1923 to 1927. They are in three formats: 2.5 x 3.5, 2.75 x 4.5, and 2.75 x 5 inches. They fall into four broad subjects: Buildings, Football, People, and Views. The photographs are similar to those found in Oberlin College student photograph albums and scrapbooks from the period.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1923-1927
- Other: Date acquired: 2018 August 30
Creator
- Dale, Franklin (Dale, John Franklin) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Biographical or Historical Information
Franklin Dale (John Franklin) was born in Evanston, Illinois on December 11, 1903. He attended Oberlin College from 1923 to 1927, earning a baccalaureate degree. He attended Bradley University in the summers of 1929, 1951 and 1954 in the field of education. In 1935 he was awarded a master’s degree in education at Northwestern University. In 1945 he took extension courses at Western Illinois Normal School, also in education. He married Gladys May Clark, who attended Bradley University, on June 3, 1930. They had a son, John Franklin Dale, Jr., in 1932. He retired from teaching in 1968, after 39 years of service in education. Franklin Dale died in Pekin, Illinois on May 30, 1979 of emphysema at the age of 75.
Source Consulted
Franklin Dale student file, RG 28, Oberlin College Archives.
Note written by Anne Cuyler Salsich
Extent
0.20 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
INVENTORY
Box 1
Buildings (11)
Allen Memorial Hospital exteriors (4)
Chemical Laboratory interior (?) (1)
Houses exteriors (2)
Spear Laboratory exterior (1)
Warner Gymnasium interior (1)
Wilder Hall interiors (2)
Football (11)
People and Commencement (27)
Commencement (1)
Portraits
Single
Groups (9)
Views (16)
Natural areas (2)
Not Oberlin? (4)
Rural (6)
Tappan Square (2)
Train tracks (1)
Wildlife (1)
Method of Acquisition
Received from Esther Scarpello.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Franklin Dale Photographs Finding Guide
- Author
- Anne Cuyler Salsich
- Date
- 10/09/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Oberlin College Archives Repository
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