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Michael Meltsner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-428
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the papers of Michael Meltsner and covers his career as an author, a civil rights lawyer, and law school professor. It is organized into eleven records series.
Dates:
1949-2024, undated; Majority of material found in 1961-2024, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2014 May 29
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Miscellaneous Business Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-003
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Business Records has been divided into three record series. It contains records related to Oberlin-area businesses, the Mutual Fire Association of Oberlin, and the Oberlin Board of Commerce.
Dates:
1884-2009, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/23/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Miscellaneous Clubs and Associations Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-002
Abstract
This record group holds small amounts of material for fourteen clubs and associations in Lorain County in Series 1, and the larger Series 2 on the Neighborhood House Association of Lorain County. The latter includes oral history interviews on cassette tapes and select transcriptions on the history of the Neighborhood House Association.
Dates:
1886-2008
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Miscellaneous Missionary Records
Collection — Container: 7 boxes
Identifier: RG 38
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Missionary Records is a small, artificially assembled record group; however, these records provide valuable evidence of Oberlin’s support for foreign missionaries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Files reflect the involvement of both Oberlin College and the Oberlin community in promoting the mission work of the Congregational Church. Due to their miscellaneous character, these records may best be utilized in conjunction with the personal papers of...
Dates:
1866-1984; Majority of material found in 1884-1938; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Moving Images: DVDs
Collection
Identifier: RG 57-003
Scope and Contents
The DVD collection includes copies of 16mm film, copies of VHS tapes, and born digital files.
Dates:
1940-2024; Majority of material found in 1996-2013
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Moving Images: Motion Picture Film Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 57-001
Scope and Contents
The motion picture film collection comprises approximately 252 reels of safety film, primarily 16mm, dating from 1927 to 1983, with the bulk dating from 1927 through the 1950s. The films are inventoried on a FileMaker Pro database accessible to Archives staff. The following subject index to the film collection is not complete but will enable the researcher to grasp the range of films available on commonly searched topics. Films cannot be played on equipment. Some films have been transferred...
Dates:
1927 - 1983; Majority of material found in 1927-1950s; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Moving Images: Videotape Recordings
Collection
Identifier: RG 57-002
Scope and Contents
Most of the Oberlin College Archives’ motion picture recordings on VHS cassette tape have some relation to Oberlin College or the City of Oberlin. The rest are, with only a few exceptions, related to Lorain County or the greater Cleveland/Akron area.For the most part, the videocassettes date from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s. VHS (Video Home System) tape was first released in America in 1977 and began to be replaced by other media in the late 1990s, first by DVCAM tapes on...
Dates:
1940-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1990-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mutual Improvement Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-014
Scope and Contents
The records of the Mutual Improvement Club consist of two yearly programs, printed in 1913 and 1914, which contain lists of officers, members, meeting places, and topics covered during meetings. The club had 23 active members and 5 honorary members in 1913. The club’s official colors were blue and white and it had a club song composed by Mrs. Gertrude Anderson, a club president.Although the stated topic of study was home economics, the Mutual Improvement Club covered a range of...
Dates:
1913-1914
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nancy Hays Teeters Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-169
Scope and Contents
The papers of Nancy Hays Teeters (1930-), spanning four decades, document the development of Teeters' career as a fiscal economist from professional staffer and research scholar (1957-78) to member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1978-84), a Presidential appointment. She concluded her career as IBM's Director of Economics (1984-90) and Vice President (1986-90). Although the papers are largely professional in nature, providing little information about Teeters'...
Dates:
1950 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 1984 June 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nancy J. Pendleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-362
Scope and Contents
The research materials of Nancy J. Pendleton comprise correspondence, photographs, research copies of documents, and maps. The bulk of the material is made up of research files used for Pendleton’s self-published 1997 book, Early Clintonville (and Grove City) and the Bull and Smith Families. These documents focus on the Bull and Smith families of Clintonville and Grove City, Ohio, and the state of Ohio at large. The collection spans back to 1814, with several...
Dates:
1814-1998, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2003 May 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives