architectural records
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
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 Business and Finance Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 06-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Vice-President for Business and Finance incorporate the records of the predecessor office of Business Manager established in 1954. The bulk of the records represent the time period 1960 through 1983. The Business Manager and his successor, Vice-President of Business and Finance, were responsible for coordinating the administration of non-academic departments of the College, including all functions relating to accounting systems and buildings and grounds, residences and...
Dates:
1927 - 1988; Other: Date acquired: 1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of the Dean of Students Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 12
Scope and Contents
Spanning between 1928 and 2011, the records of the Office of the Dean of Students (280.35 linear feet) report on nearly ten decades of student life and residential services at Oberlin College. The records of this group mirror the creation of the Office of the Dean of Students in 1964, the evolution and expansion of its services, and the results of this office’s goal setting and policy determination. The breadth, richness, and changing nature of residential student life at Oberlin is also...
Dates:
1928-2024; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/1967
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
Paul Leaton Corbin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-049
Scope and Contents
The papers of Paul Leaton Corbin constitute a small portion of Corbin's research collection on China, assembled over the course of Corbin's 29 years as a missionary in Shansi Province. Consisting almost entirely of printed materials, these files document the educational and evangelical work of the American Board in North China from 1900 to 1936. The papers also provide evidence of the activities of several foreign missionary organizations headquartered in Shanghai. Notably absent from...
Dates:
1886-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/1970
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
Physics Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-005
Scope and Contents
The records of the physics department are arranged in three subgroups: General Departmental Records, Organizations and Activities, and Faculty Papers.
The General Departmental Records provide information about the physics buildings and equipment, budgets, curriculum, faculty members, foundation and government grants, the planetarium, salaries, and staff meetings. Papers in this subgroup originate primarily with physics faculty members Lloyd W. Taylor, Carl E. Howe, and David L....
Dates:
1871 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1871 - 1970; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Thomas Wesley Graham Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-086
Scope and Contents
The papers of Thomas W. Graham consist largely of his sermon outlines, prepared between 1916 and ca. 1945. There is very little material in this small collection relating to Graham's personal life or to his varied professional career. Papers documenting Graham's tenure as Dean of the Graduate School of Theology (1923-48) are located in Record Group 10. In this collection, there is one folder of memoranda and miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Theological Seminary, which includes a...
Dates:
1896-1967; Majority of material found in 1916-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Chapin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-286
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Chapin, consisting of correspondence, writings (published and unpublished), teaching and research files, photographs and plans, primarily document his career as a teacher, researcher, and writer in the field of chemistry. Among the publications in the collection is Chapin’s textbook Second Year College Chemistry (1922, 1933), which he used to stress that the general principles of chemistry should be tested through experience. Also...
Dates:
1904-1936, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 September 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Warren Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-332
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Warren are comprised of materials collected by Warren that document the efforts of the World War II Memorial Sponsoring Committee to plan, design, and fund the World War II memorial on the Oberlin College campus. Warren served as the chair and guiding force of the committee from its inception in 1995. Received in two accessions in 2001–with one later addition in 2003–the materials document the work of the committee as a group and of Warren as an individual to...
Dates:
1995-2003, undated; Majority of material found in 1995-2000; Other: Date acquired: 2001 May 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives