photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Oberlin Public Schools Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-007
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Oberlin Public Schools consist of High School Annuals (1902-28), graduation programs (1870s), and names and addresses, 1915-16, 1921-22, 1931-46; Junior High Council, ca. 1930; Pleasant School PTA, 1954-70; and other records, 1927-51.
Older records, 1843-72, include pupil enumerations, teachers and district clerk reports, bonding certificates, teachers certificates, superintendents and board minutes and reports, correspondence, bids, deeds for school lots,...
Dates:
1834-2000; Majority of material found in 1859-1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 15-001
Scope and Contents
The records of OSMA date from 1881 to the present and relate to the activities of Oberlinians in Asia during that period.
Earlier records discuss missionary work of the Oberlin Band: evangelism, teaching, medical work, and the operation of "opium refuges" in the Shanxi province of China. The bulk of this collection deals with the OSMA, which was formed as a living memorial to Oberlin missionaries who died in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
Administrative and financial...
Dates:
1868-2024; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of the Registrar Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 27
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of the Registrar (1859-1987) document the multiple functions of the office: registration of students in classes; assigning of classroom space; initiation of student billing; transfer of credit from other institutions; recommendation of degree candidates; reporting of grades; and reporting, through its annual reports, on academic performance. The collection consists primarily of student grade records (1859-1939) in ledger, card, and transcript format. The...
Dates:
1859 - 1999
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Vice President for Operations
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Vice President for Operations consists of materials from the Vice President's office, including administrative files, records related to buildings and grounds, human resources records, and insurance files.
Dates:
1973-1997, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Other Framed Items
Collection
Identifier: RG 40
Dates:
1803-ca. 2006, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul H. Boase Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-248
Scope and Contents
The Paul H. Boase Papers primarily document the his professional career as a professor of speech at Oberlin College, Ohio University, and other institutions; a dedicated lay minister in the Methodist church; a leader in various professional organizations; and a scholar of speech and rhetoric, particularly around topics related to the Methodist church. The collection consists of a small amount of biographical materials related to his personal life, family, and his time as a student. The...
Dates:
1939 - 2000; Other: Date acquired: 1994 September 30
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: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-004
Scope and Contents
Cased images represent the first forms of photographs taken at Oberlin, with the earliest dating from soon after the invention of photography in 1839, and the majority from the 1850s. In the United States, daguerreotypes were the first common expressions of photography. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes exist only as single unique images that are not generated from negatives. These images typically appear in period cases, which protected the cover glass of daguerreotypes and...
Dates:
ca. 1840-ca. 1860; Other: Majority of material found in 1850s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1966
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: Oversize Prints
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-010
Scope and Contents
Photographs: Oversize Prints is an artificial classification for prints larger than legal paper size (8.5 x 14”). These prints, if smaller than oversize, would have been relegated to the subject classifications used for smaller photographs such as portraits, buildings, and so on. A wide range of subject matter and types of images fall into this group. The physical sizes of the prints determined the way in which they were boxed.
When this group of photographs was first organized...
Dates:
1868-1993, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives