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Photographs: Subjects
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-005
Scope and Contents
This grouping, arranged by subject, holds the largest numbers of photographic prints in the Oberlin College Archives. The bulk of them are 8” x 10” or smaller, and are stored vertically in file cabinet drawers. Older, more fragile prints are stored separately in records cartons and require more careful handling. The subject headings were locally derived and do not adhere to any controlled vocabulary.The older prints, dating from the 1850s to the later 1910s, were produced by...
Dates:
ca. 1850s-Present; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: View Books and Other Publications
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-012
Scope and Contents
This photograph group includes five Oberlin College viewbooks dating from 1911 through 1922. In Series 1, this record group also includes College-published calendars, programs, and books ranging in date from about 1900 through 2015. In Series two, there are loose photogrpahs and books dating from 1888 through 1976.
Dates:
1888-2015; Majority of material found in 1888-1925
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: World War I Portraits
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-001
Scope and Contents
To establish and report on the service of Oberlin College men and women in World War I, the College published a special tribute in the 1920 issue of its yearbook, the Hi-O-Hi, featuring photographs of those who served. The College sent out a survey to former students with a request for photographs. About twenty-five percent of those who had served responded. Of special concern to the organizers of the tribute was the need in this institutional publication to recognize the thirty-two...
Dates:
ca. 1914-1918; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Physical Education Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-006
Scope and Contents
The records from the Physical Education Department date from 1880 to 2004, with a small amount of additional material from 2005-2012, and document the development of physical training for men and women at Oberlin College. Records from the men's department comprise the bulk of this record group (Subgroups I-V) and include correspondence of the Directors of Athletics; information on Oberlin's philosophy of athletics and how it has evolved; curricular materials from the tenures of C.W. Savage,...
Dates:
1880-2024, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1969 April 3
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Physics Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-005
Scope and Contents
The records of the physics department are arranged in three subgroups: General Departmental Records, Organizations and Activities, and Faculty Papers.The General Departmental Records provide information about the physics buildings and equipment, budgets, curriculum, faculty members, foundation and government grants, the planetarium, salaries, and staff meetings. Papers in this subgroup originate primarily with physics faculty members Lloyd W. Taylor, Carl E. Howe, and David L....
Dates:
1871-2009; Majority of material found within 1871-1970; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Pittsfield Township Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-035
Scope and Contents
The Pittsfield Township Records, which range in date from 1835 through 1965, include information related to the school system and two local churches. Administrative records related to the Soldiers and Sailors Association, marriage licenses, infrastructure repairs, and a tornado are also included.
Dates:
1835-1965, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/22/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Platt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-199
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Platt Family document the lives of several members of the Platt Family, providing accounts regarding life on an Indian Reservation in Iowa, hardships faced during severe winter weather, and the relationships between American Indians and the settlers from the East. The collection consists primarily of correspondence among family members, including letters (transcriptions) from Elizabeth Charlotte Ricketts Whaley Lehman in which she described teaching school in Iowa...
Dates:
1845-1960, undated; Majority of material found in 1848-1910
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 36
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin College Archives postcard collection, Record Group 36, consists of approximately 5500 black and white and color cards, ca. 1890s (1900-30)-2004, and undated. The collection includes scenes from states and cities in the United States (arranged by state and cities within states), countries around the world, occasion cards (i.e., Thanksgiving, birthdays, World War I, and Easter), paintings in art galleries, and scenes from Oberlin, Ohio and the state of Ohio. The Oberlin College...
Dates:
1890 - 2004; Majority of material found in 1900-1930; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 46
Scope and Contents
The Poster Collection ranges from 1877 to the present, with the bulk concentrated from the 1970s on. The collection documents college and department-specific events, student activities and activism, and gender identity and sexuality on campus. It also includes some posters from certain personal paper groups. The posters are foldered and housed according to their sizes, and thus some subjects will be held in several different flat files or boxes. The Subject Guide to Posters lists subjects in...
Dates:
1877 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2024
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Prudden Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-205
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Prudden family contain correspondence. Written mostly to George Prudden between 1836 and 1838 from his siblings Nancy and Davis, these letters provide a fascinating and rare view of early daily life, studies, traveling, and socializing in Oberlin, Ohio. Most significant are six letters written by Nancy to her brother George. Written both from Oberlin while she was a student and from her home in Lockport, New York, these letters discuss her loneliness for family and family...
Dates:
1836 - 1839; Other: Date acquired: 1930 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives