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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:

Charlotte Briggs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-281
Scope and Contents This is a small collection of materials gathered by Charlotte Briggs during her time as a student at Oberlin College. The materials document student involvement in campus opposition to the Solomon Amendment. At least three students, including Briggs, left the college publicly to protest the amendment. Briggs also co-chaired committees that insisted the College provide financial assistance to students affected by the Solomon Amendment. In response to this and other pressures, the College...
Dates: 1978 - 1986; Other: Date acquired: 1995 June 16

College General Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 00
Abstract

The College General group consists of all printed materials produced by the academic and administrative units of Oberlin College. For the convenience of staff and users, these printed materials have been gathered under this single title, but they may also be found in the record groups relating to particular office functions.

Dates: 1834-2024; Other: Acquired 1966

College Green Publishing Ltd., Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-429
Scope and Contents College Green Publishing Ltd. (London, U.K.) creates custom-designed, oversize books for colleges and universities on their history and identity, working in collaboration with archives and other college offices. From College Green’s website: In 2009, College Green approached Oberlin College with a conceptual project to create an entirely new memento of college life. Oberlin College is one of America's most prestigious liberal arts colleges with a...
Dates: 2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2014 June 9

Daniel A. Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-166
Scope and Contents The Daniel A. Harris Papers comprise a very small collection of printed matter that advertised and reviewed productions in which Harris performed, and those of singers from the Oberlin Conservatory such as his student Jane Marsh. The collection includes posters for operas, program notes, newspaper clippings and show reviews, lyrics from Harris’ productions, and alumni and miscellaneous magazines. The papers shed light on trends in music education and performance, and the global expanse of...
Dates: 1941-1969, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1988

David A. Egloff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-316
Scope and Contents The papers of David A. Egloff primarily document his interest in arboretums and the landscaping and appearance of the college and the town of Oberlin, Ohio. The collection contains files relating to Egloff’s service on the Ad Hoc Campus Arboretum Committee, as well as collected materials relating to arboretums (Ohio and other states).The writings contained within this collection (by Egloff or other authors) concern a variety of subjects, including arboretums, landscaping at...
Dates: 1892-2002, undated; Majority of material found in 1947-1999; Other: Date acquired: 1999 May 10

David S. Boe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-352
Scope and Contents Consisting of three artificially constructed record series, the individual documents of varying value were collected by Professor of Organ David Boe over the course of the 1990s. Boe is less the creator of this history than Oberlin College’s point person to implement the proceeds of the K. Africa estate to install a new organ in Finney Chapel. The dedication of the Kay Africa Memorial Organ took place September 28-30, 2001. Boe’s role is also documented in the records of the Conservatory of...
Dates: 1907-2002, undated; Majority of material found in 1991-2000; Other: Date acquired: 2002 August 13

Delavan Levant Leonard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-223
Scope and Contents The papers of Delavan Levant Leonard provide an outline of the life of a college and seminary trained minister working in the Midwest as a struggling young minister in the 1870s, and in the developing American West during the 1880s. Leonard's work in the West was conducted under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society, for whom he served as superintendent of Home Missions for Utah, Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming. Based in Utah, Leonard observed the Mormon community and...
Dates: 1834-1917, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1975 September 5

Department of German and Russian Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-013
Scope and Contents

This collection primarily consists of institutional files related to Oberlin College's German and Russian language departments from 1913 through 1992. The records include information related to writers in residence, summer sessions, and sessions abroad. The German and Russian Department Records have been arranged in three series: Series I. Departmental Administrative Files, Series II. German Language Instructional Files, and Series III. Russian Language Instructional Files.

Dates: 1913-1992, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1976 May 14

Donald Storrs King Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-339
Scope and Contents The papers of Donald Storrs King and associated family members primarily concerns  the life and medical career of Donald S. King. It also includes small amounts of material on Edgar Weld King, Donald’s brother; Ruth Coates Roush, the niece of Julia Coates King and former Oberlin President Henry Churchill King; Charles Barker King, grandson of H.C. King and son of Harold Lee and Hazel Barker King of Oberlin; and Violet Petty, a housekeeper for many years for the Henry Churchill King family in...
Dates: 1889 - 1964; Majority of material found in 1918-1955

Douglas T. Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-261
Scope and Contents The materials of Douglas T. Ross comprise of correspondence, diagrams, programs, clippings, and several scrapbooks. The bulk of the material is made up of scrapbook pages and clippings. The most significant materials are the clippings in Series 3. Dating from 1940s to the 1960s, the clippings document Ross’ significant contribution to the engineering world, through his creation of the Automatically Programmed Tool (APT) during his time working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Dates: 1941-1993, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2008 October 14