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Office of the Provost Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 04
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of the Provost chronicle the creation of this senior administrative position in 1960 and the subsequent development of this Office over three decades. The numerous changes in duties and responsibilities and the subsequent alterations in reporting relationships are well documented. The uneven character of the departmental and office records is attributable to these frequent changes in responsibilities. Recent records reflect an increasing use of computer technologies...
Dates:
1958 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 1987 May 19
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of the Secretary Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 05
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of the Secretary document the duties and functions of the office beginning with the creation of the office in 1899. The records also include documents prior to the organization of the Office of the Secretary. The majority of these records are located in the historical file. The records illustrate the gradual growth of the Office of the Secretary, from an ancillary offshoot of the Office of the Treasurer, to an administrative office overseeing the functions of the...
Dates:
1833 - 1998; Other: Date acquired: 1967 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Business and Finance Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Vice-President for Business and Finance incorporate the records of the predecessor office of Business Manager established in 1954. The bulk of the records represent the time period 1960 through 1983. The Business Manager and his successor, Vice-President of Business and Finance, were responsible for coordinating the administration of non-academic departments of the College, including all functions relating to accounting systems and buildings and grounds, residences and...
Dates:
1927 - 1988; Other: Date acquired: 1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of the Treasurer Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 07
Scope and Contents
The records of the Treasurer's Office date from 1822 to 1997. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence, bills and receipts, records of student manual labor and teacher pay, student account and scholarship records, files and ledgers documenting gifts and bequests, and financial statements of student organizations. Topics covered in these records include the establishment, organization, and funding of Oberlin College, biographical and financial information on individual students,...
Dates:
1822 - 1997; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Controller Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 08
Scope and Contents
The Controller's Office files are arranged in three records series: I. Annual Gift Reports, II. Annual Financial Reports, and III. Bursar/Treasurer's Files. Almost exclusively financial in nature, these records include reports, contracts, tax forms, grant papers, remittance information forms, memoranda, promissory notes, trust fund account statements, agreements, correspondence, invoices, land deeds and titles, and leases. They date from 1835 to 1994.Accession 2003/053, dating...
Dates:
1835 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 1995 July 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Psychology Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-002
Scope and Contents
The Psychology Department records relate to departmental activities between 1910 and 1978. The collection includes incformation about alumni, theses and papers, and photographs.
Dates:
1910-1978, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1985 April 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Allen Memorial Art Museum Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-003
Scope and Contents
The records of the Allen Memorial Art Museum date from 1899 to the present. A significant portion of the collection consists of correspondence files of the directors and curators, spanning the years from 1919 to 1991. The correspondence deals with various issues pertaining to acquiring, lending, and borrowing works of art. Extensive files also document exhibits from 1919 to 1987. These exhibition files often include checklists, catalogs, brochures, photographs, and correspondence. The rest...
Dates:
1899-2013; Other: Date acquired: 1972 January 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Department of Education Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-004
Scope and Contents
The records of the Department of Education, 1909(1958-1978)-1979, mainly document the department's administrative activities during its final twenty years of operation, especially its training and evaluation of student teachers. Records dating from the period prior to 1958 include one foot of correspondence files (1909-14) of Edward A. Miller (1866-1958), Professor and Head of the Department of Pedagogy (1903-07) and the first to hold the title Professor of Education (1907-31). These files...
Dates:
1909-1979; Majority of material found within 1958-1978; Other: Date acquired: 1967 July 6
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
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