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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 143 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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...
Dates: 1901-1981, undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/1981

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...
Dates: ca. 1830s-2024

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

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

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

Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Other Framed Items

 Collection
Identifier: RG 40
Dates: 1803-ca. 2006, undated

Paul B. Arnold Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-254
Scope and Contents The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...
Dates: ca. 1900-2013; Other: Date acquired: 1992 August 8