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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Nichols Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-372
Scope and Contents The papers of the Nichols Family primarily document the career of Ruth Alexander Nichols as a photographer and businesswoman and range from letters to and from diverse family members to photographs and negatives. These materials provide an example of a successful commercial photographer who was almost entirely self-taught. Ruth Alexander Nichols began her career as a photographer out of necessity, finding herself widowed in the first half of the twentieth century, an age when single...
Dates: 1884-1962, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1911-1934; Other: Date acquired: 2004 June 15

Oberlin Banks

 Collection
Identifier: RG 31-008
Scope and Contents

This collection has been divided into seven subgroups. Records related to First National Bank, Citizens' National Bank, Oberlin Savings Bank, Northern Ohio Bank, People's Banking Company, and Historical Information.

Dates: 1863-1985; Other: Date acquired: 02/21/1975

Oberlin Druggists' Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 31-039
Scope and Contents

The Oberlin Druggists' Records date from 1882 through 1955. There are gaps in the records between 1897 and 1906 and 1923 and 1948. The records in this collection primarily consist of accounts, a poison register, and a liquor register.

Dates: 1882-1955; Other: Date acquired: 10/30/1972

Oberlin File

 Collection
Identifier: RG 21
Abstract

The Oberlin File is a collection of single items by or about Oberlinians and the College. It is an artificial collection comprised of many small accessions or items transferred without deed of gift.

Dates: 1823-2003, undated

Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization (O.H.I.O.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 31-009
Scope and Contents This record group, consisting of three subgroups, documents the activities and efforts of Oberlin citizens to improve the town and to preserve its history. The first two subgroups represent the records of the predecessor organizations which merged to form O.H.I.O. in 1964. Subgroup I contains the records of the Oberlin Village Improvement Society which was extant from 1903 to 1964.  Dating from 1909 to 1964, important record series are: constitution and by-laws, 1911-1943;...
Dates: 1903-2005; Majority of material found in 1903-2005, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969

Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 24
Scope and Contents Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, legal documents, financial ledgers, printed material, and photographs comprise the records of the Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School (OKPTS), founded in 1894 by the Oberlin Kindergarten Association and absorbed in 1932 by the Education Department of Oberlin College. The school's founders conceived of the OKPTS and its free kindergartens as laboratories in which the latest methods of kindergarten pedagogy might be tested; however, the bulk...
Dates: 1894-1933; Other: Date acquired: 1967

Office of Admissions Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 25
Scope and Contents The records of the Office of Admissions (1888, 1902-2000), including annual reports, minutes, correspondence, student applications, statistical tables, consultants' reports, and printed materials, document the office's administrative, recruitment, research, and marketing activities over six decades. Minutes of the Committee on Admissions, 1907-28, are housed with the records of the Office of the Secretary. The collection is divided into  six series alphabetically arranged:  I....
Dates: 1888-2000

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

Office of the Treasurer Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 07
Scope and Contents The records of the Treasurer's Office date from 1822 to 1997.  They include incoming and outgoing correspondence, bills and receipts, records of student manual labor and teacher pay, student account and scholarship records, files and ledgers documenting gifts and bequests, and financial statements of student organizations.  Topics covered in these records include the establishment, organization, and funding of Oberlin College, biographical and financial information on individual...
Dates: 1822 - 1997; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967

Student Life: Literary Organizations Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-004-000
Abstract

This record group holds the records of various Oberlin College literary organizations.

Dates: 1839-2021, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/16/1974