letters (correspondence)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 395 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
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nineteenth Century Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-003
Scope and Contents
The records of the Nineteenth Century Club document club activities and history. The materials consist of club minutes, financial records, annual yearbooks, correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, videotapes, and objects.
The club’s administrative records include both minutes and financial records but do not include materials prior to 1904. The minutes span from 1904 to 2009 with some gaps, the largest being 1915-1938. Financial records reside both in a...
Dates:
1901-2011, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/11/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Norman S. Care Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-328
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the professional activities of Norman S. Care from 1959 until 2000. This extends from the year Care received his bachelor's degree through his many decades as a professor, primarily at Oberlin College.
Dates:
1959-2000, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2001 April 11
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
O. Mark and Gertrude Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-275
Scope and Contents
The papers of O. Mark and Gertrude Hocking Richards (OMR and GHR) constitute family documents preserved over several generations. Files mainly consist of correspondence, diaries (of Gertrude Richards), genealogical records, newspaper clippings, unpublished family reminiscences and poems, publications, and photographs. A genealogical survey, tracing the family back to 1585, stands out as an accomplishment and illustrates how a family traces its history. The collection provides a...
Dates:
1909-1996, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1996 July 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin and Civil Rights Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-427
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin and Civil Rights Collection is an artificial one consisting of material donated by or relating to Oberlin students who participated in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The collection began as collaboration between the Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin alumni from the classes of the 1950s and 60s, and the staff of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Oberlin has a long tradition of student activism, and during the Civil Rights Movement many...
Dates:
1920s-2015, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s; Other: Date acquired: 2012 September 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin College Affirmative Action Office
Collection
Identifier: RG 56
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Affirmative Action document the College’s effort to create policies and procedures to ensure equal employment opportunities. The College, acting under federal legislation, established its first Affirmative Action Plan in 1976 “in keeping with its history of just and equal treatment of all persons, regardless of race, creed, sex, or national origin.” (From the Board of Trustees statement, November 18, 1972).
The records of the Office of Affirmative...
Dates:
1976-2004
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin College Archives Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 41
Scope and Contents
The voluminous files document the full range of archival functions carried out by the staff operating under William E. Bigglestone, Roland M. Baumann, and Kenneth M. Grossi, respectively, over more than five decades.
In particular the records handsomely document the acquisition of collections, the nature and level of reference activity, the role played by the unit on the instructional front, and the unit’s ongoing struggle for institutional support to keep pace with the growing...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1959 - 2024
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin College Library Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 16-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin College Library cover the years 1815-1890. These historical materials provide proof of the work of five distinguished College Librarians, spanning a century, but they also document the role Oberlin played over time in developing librarianship in a small college liberal arts setting.
Except for some gaps for the pre-1887 years and for missing annual reports for 1973-74 through 1977-78, the files in this record group are essentially complete. The...
Dates:
1815-2024; Majority of material found in 1950-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin College Library Records, Files of Ray English
Collection
Identifier: RG 16-002
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin College Library, the files of Ray English, Director of Libraries, predominantly cover the years of 1990-2015. They relate to the leadership of Ray English over a span of twenty-five years. Several technological advances and structural changes to both the library and the campus occurred during this period, which are evidenced by the record.This record group details the change to an online catalog (OBIS), the design and building of the Academic Commons at the Mudd...
Dates:
1914 - 2022; Majority of material found in 1990-2014; Other: Date acquired: 10/15/2015
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives