Programs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:
Clarence Ward Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-158
Scope and Contents
The Clarence Ward Collection provides detail on Clarence Ward’s activities as an architectural consultant and on his administration of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Information also exists here on the debate of the system of faculty governance at Oberlin College. Consisting of correspondence, memoranda, and other printed materials, this collection is organized into ten series.The correspondence and diaries series provide the richest insight into Ward’s personal and professional...
Dates:
ca.1900-1996, undated; Majority of material found in 1929-1987; Other: Date acquired: 1983 May 30
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Concert Programs, 1900 - 2023, bulk: 1940 - 1990
Sub-Group
Scope and Contents
This subgroup is comprised of over 1000 printed concert programs from around the globe. Notable performances include the NAACP's Emancipation Centennial Concert, Newport Jazz Festival programs from the 1960s, The Cotton Club and Zanzibar in new York City and programs from festivals performances of American jazz musicians in the UK, Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Dates:
1900 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1990
Conservatory of Music Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 10
Scope and Contents
The records of the Conservatory of Music span the years 1841 to the present, the earliest records consisting of printed catalogs and concert programs. Few records have survived to illuminate the period from 1867, when the Conservatory became a division of the College, to 1928, the date of the earliest surviving correspondence of a Conservatory Director (Frank Holcomb Shaw). The bulk of the collection, concentrated in the period 1930 to 1990, details the administrative and educational...
Dates:
1841-2024; Other: Date acquired: 1967 July 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Dorothy Hedden Boyd Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-203
Scope and Contents
The papers of Dorothy Hedden Boyd consist primarily of correspondence between Dorothy and her mother, Nellie Hedden, while Dorothy was a student at Oberlin College from 1921 to 1925. The papers also include a small amount of correspondence with other family members and her friends, miscellaneous papers of Dorothy Hedden Boyd and Nellie Hedden, and photographs of family members, Dorothy's wedding, and homes.
Dates:
1903-1945, undated; Majority of material found in 1921-1927; Other: Date acquired: 1989 August 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Edith Bunker Davis Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-232
Scope and Contents
The Edith Bunker Davis Family papers provide evidence of Mrs. Davis' concern to document the work in Africa (1891-1917) of her missionary parents, the Rev. Fred Robert Bunker and Isabel ("Belle") Bunker. The papers also supply information about the professional lives of Edith's brothers, Paul, Wilfrid, Kenneth, and Sydney. These men established successful careers in education, diplomacy, international business, and the Congregational ministry. Unfortunately, there is little information in...
Dates:
1857 - 1990; Majority of material found in 1916-1950
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Edith E. Husted Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-434
Scope and Contents
The Edith E. Husted Papers is a small collection arranged into four series: Series 1. Biographical; Series 2. Letters; Series 3. Reports; and Series 4. Printed Matter. The biographical series represents the bulk of the collection owing largely to a compilation by Husted’s niece, Jeanne Wandersleben, of transcribed letters by Husted and biographical information gleaned from family members and the author’s own recollections. This compilation covers Husted’s entire life.The letters...
Dates:
1915-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1983 May 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives