cartes-de-visite
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Adelia A. Field Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-019
Scope and Contents
The Adelia A. Field Johnston papers are divided into the following five series: Series I. Biographical File, Series II. Correspondence, Series III. Travel Accounts and Diaries, Series IV. Writings and Notebooks, and Series V. Photographs.
Of importance to the Oberlin community is the correspondence series, which sheds valuable insight on the central role Johnston played in the establishment of the Oberlin Village Improvement Society. Filed under the subheading "Oberlin...
Dates:
ca. 1856-1994; Majority of material found in ca. 1856-1911; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photograph Albums Collection
Collection — boxes
Identifier: RG 32-007
Scope and Contents
The Photograph Albums Collection comprises albums or album contents dating from 1861 to 2000. Fifteen of these date from the 19th century, with cartes-de-visite, collotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, postcards, cyanotypes, and other early prints. Cyanotypes dominate the contents of albums dating from 1900 to 1910, typically taken by Oberlin students themselves. From the 1920s to the 1960s several College-produced albums feature quality gelatin silver prints made...
Dates:
1861 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1920; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Class Albums
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-003
Scope and Contents
Class albums are photograph albums with portraits of the graduating members of a particular class year at Oberlin College, which sometimes include photographs of faculty members or the president of the College. The date range for these is 1858-1898, but some years are not represented. These albums replace the daguerreotype and ambroytpe group portraits of the preceding two decades as photographers adopted the methods of making multiple prints from wet or dry plate negatives.
The...
Dates:
1858-1898; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Graduates and Former Students
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-001
Scope and Contents
The photographs of graduates and former students are arranged in two series. A third series holds photographs of Oberlin community members associated in some way with the college.
Loose photographs of graduates and former college students in Series 1, Subseries 1 are arranged chronologically by graduating class, beginning with 1836. Files include photographs taken while students attended Oberlin and after they left. Many of the latter were taken during class reunions. Some...
Dates:
1836 to Present; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Presidents, Faculty, Staff, Trustees, Honorary Degree Recipients, and Others
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-002
Scope and Contents
Like the record group for graduate and former students, this group holds portraits dating from the earliest years of photography to the present. However, the earliest images are print copies of daguerreoptypes and other cased images, the originals of which are held in a separate record group (RG 32/3/4). The photographs are arranged into three series: 1. Faculty, Staff, Trustees, and Honorary Degree Recipients; 2. Presidents; and, 3. Other Individuals. Contents of Series 1 and 3 are...
Dates:
1830s to Present; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives