letters (correspondence)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 393 Collections and/or Records:
Alice L. Weiss Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-388
Scope and Contents
The papers of Alice L. Weiss document her performance experience as a student of the Oberlin College Conservatory. The documents also provide a glimpse into her accomplishments and experiences as a young student in the field of music and her career as a musician. Although her Oberlin College materials relate to her graduate work in the Oberlin Conservatory, they provide an example of the commitment and dedication that musicians invest in order to study music theory and perform musical...
Dates:
1926-1939, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1926-1933; Other: Date acquired: 2006 November 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Alicia D'Addario Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-347
Scope and Contents
The papers of Alicia D'Addario consist of her history honors paper, "In Search of Community: The Oberlin Student Movement, 1961-68," and related historical files and oral history interviews. The papers are arranged in three series: I. Honors Thesis, II. Historical Files, and III. Oral History Interviews.D'Addario did extensive research in the Oberlin College Archives for her honors paper, which looks at the New Left from the perspective of a small liberal arts college. In her...
Dates:
1962 - 2002; Majority of material found in 2001-2002; Other: Date acquired: 2002 May 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Alumni Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 20
Scope and Contents
Records of the Alumni Association of Oberlin College cover the period from 1839 to the present. They document the formation, organization, programs, and activities of the Alumni Association. Included are constitutions, bylaws, minutes, committee reports, correspondence, planning documents, invitations, photographs, video and audion cassettes, memorabilia such as scrapbooks and class distinctions, and general files.Although the records span the entire history of the Association,...
Dates:
1839-present; Majority of material found in 1920-1985; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Alumni Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 28
Scope and Contents
The alumni records retained in the Oberlin College Archives represents only the files of deceased graduates and former students. Current files on living alumni are held by the Alumni Information Service and are housed in the basement of Bosworth Hall. Faculty, staff, trustee, and president files mainly are comprised of deceased or retired individuals.The alumni records in the Oberlin College Archives are arranged in eight series: 1. Non-graduates who died prior to July 1, 1966; 2....
Dates:
1833-2024; Other: 1968-08-30
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
American Association of University Women, Oberlin Branch Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-021
Scope and Contents
The group is organized around twelve records series: Series 1. Constitutions and Bylaws; 2. Annual Reports and Financial Records; 3. Minutes; 4. Correspondence; 5. Membership; 6. History; 7. Program Booklets; 8. Publications; 9. Events/Special Projects; 10. Clippings; 11. National and State Publications; and 12. Certificates. Topics covered include national and state conventions, AAUW fellowships, the yearly tea for Oberlin College senior women, the moving-picture improvement campaign,...
Dates:
1914-2012, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Andrea R. Meyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-321
Scope and Contents
The Andrea R. Meyer Papers comprise her research materials, undergraduate thesis and a course paper from her time at Oberlin (1984-88) concerning the experiences of Jewish students at Oberlin College.Her thesis, entitled “History of Jews at Oberlin College: A Mirror of Change—A Reflection of a Society” (1988), is available in these papers and also under a shortened title from the OhioLINK ETD Center online. Research materials for the project are photocopies of records in the...
Dates:
ca. 1910-1989; Other: Date acquired: 1989 August 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Andrew Bongiorno Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-258
Scope and Contents
The Andrew Bongiorno Papers are arranged into five series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Speeches; 3. Writings; 4. Teaching and Research Files; and 5. Photographs. The teaching and research files in Series 4 make up the bulk of the collection, with extensive lecture notes and quotations for his teaching, particularly on the work of Dante, and research index card notes for his translation of Lodovico Castelvetro’s Poetica d’Aristotele Vulgarizzata et Sposta published...
Dates:
1938-1991, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 July 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Andrew G. Hoover Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-093
Scope and Contents
These papers reflect Andrew G. Hoover’s directorship of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Summer Institutes in English, 1965-1967). The records consist of applications, syllabi, correspondence, reports, and other materials compiled with the director in conjunction with the operation of the Institutes.The papers are organized in a series of folders by date. Each folder contains materials from the annual NDEA Summer Institutes in English, spanning 1965-1967.The...
Dates:
1965-1967; Other: Date acquired: 1976 May 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Anna Ruth Brummett Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-184
Scope and Contents
The papers of Oberlin biology professor, Anna Ruth Brummett, mainly document Brummett's service on various college committees. Records of her college-wide and departmental activities reveal Brummett's commitment to equal professional status for men and women and a special interest in promoting science education for women. Notably absent from this collection are Brummett's teaching materials and personal papers.The collection is organized into four records series: I....
Dates:
1952-1985, undated; Majority of material found in 1969-83; Other: Date acquired: 1986 May 16
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Archibald McCullum Ball and Sarah A. Curtis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-006
Scope and Contents
The genealogy fills 12 three-ring notebooks, with an accompanying volume that contains an introduction and an index. In addition to the genealogical information, the notebooks include letters and documents of family members, plus historical and biographical sketches. The collection includes letters by Irene Ball (Allen), 1836-1842, describing life as a student in early Oberlin and as the wife of an abolitionist minister in Illinois; an eight-page typescript of a notebook written by Elizabeth...
Dates:
1819-1962; Other: Date acquired: 1967 November 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives