printed ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Printed works that are created to meet an array of immediate needs, usually transitory in nature not intended to be saved. Examples could be broadsides, posters, leaflets, pamphlets, programs, postcards, tradecards, labels, tickets, handbills, sale notices, and valentines.
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, legal documents, financial ledgers, printed material, and photographs comprise the records of the Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School (OKPTS), founded in 1894 by the Oberlin Kindergarten Association and absorbed in 1932 by the Education Department of Oberlin College. The school's founders conceived of the OKPTS and its free kindergartens as laboratories in which the latest methods of kindergarten pedagogy might be tested; however, the bulk of...
Dates:
1894-1933; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Manual Training School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-040
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Manual Training School Records date from 1887 to 1910. They include newspaper clippings and citations, a committee report related to the school, and end of term reports.
Dates:
1887-1910, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/10/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin School of Commerce Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-021
Scope and Contents
Oberlin School of Commerce records date from 1859 through 1997. Records include student directories, a history of the School of Commerce, business college news, student records, and photographs.
Dates:
1859-1997, undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/14/1995
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Sorosis Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-002
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of yearly programs, 1898-1915, listing club programs and members.
Dates:
1897-1997, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/05/1997
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Woman's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Woman’s Club document the organization’s contribution to the Oberlin Community, as well as commitment to both intellectual improvement and service work. The collection contains minutes of general and executive board meetings, 1901‑75, and minutes of meetings of the following departments: history, 1927‑ 75; literature, 1919‑75; history and literature, 1975‑79; home and garden, 1955‑61; and social progress, 1955-67. Also included in the records are annual reports,...
Dates:
1901-1981, undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/1981
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Objects Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 35
Scope and Contents
The Objects Collection comprises over 500 objects as of 2024, most of which are not associated with another record group or personal paper group. All of the objects have been photographed and described for an image database at http://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/objects. This image database, titled the Archives Museum Collection, also holds digital surrogates for RG...
Dates:
ca. 1830s-2024
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Admissions Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 25
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Admissions (1888, 1902-2000), including annual reports, minutes, correspondence, student applications, statistical tables, consultants' reports, and printed materials, document the office's administrative, recruitment, research, and marketing activities over six decades. Minutes of the Committee on Admissions, 1907-28, are housed with the records of the Office of the Secretary. The collection is divided into six series alphabetically arranged: I. Administrative...
Dates:
1888-2000
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Development and Alumni Affairs Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 26
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs document the fund-raising, reporting, research, and public relations activities of the development arm of Oberlin College from 1887 to the present. These records do not provide a consecutive account of the complicated history of the Development Office per se. That history may be constructed by consulting this collection and related holdings of institutional records and personal papers (as detailed below) in the Oberlin College...
Dates:
1857-2012
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Order of the Eastern Star, Oberlin Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-006
Scope and Contents
The records of the Pansy Chapter #34, Oberlin Order of the Eastern Star document the organization’s internal activities and their ties to other O.E.S. groups. The group met regularly for bi-weekly meetings, and celebrated activities such as Association Day, Flag Day, Inspections, Installation of officers and Friendship nights with other nearby Ohio chapters.The collection consists of a three-page history, 1976; a list of past Matrons and Patrons, 1895-1977; programs for events...
Dates:
1918-1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Other Framed Items
Collection
Identifier: RG 40