diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:
LeRoy Adams Grumbine Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-135
Scope and Contents
The papers of LeRoy A. Grumbine detail mainly his time spent at Oberlin (1899-1907) when he took various courses in Greek and Latin, English Literature and Bible studies, and Organ and Harmony. Included are grade reports (restricted) for various subjects in the academy, the College and Conservatory as well as his student schedules for the Conservatory which include his term bill.
The greatest volume of the collection is devoted to items from the scrapbook Grumbine kept during...
Dates:
1899-1930, undated; Majority of material found in 1899-1907; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-334
Scope and Contents
The Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers provide uneven documentation of the life and career of this Oberlin alumna and educator. The papers consist of biographical information, diaries, correspondence, writings, essays, teaching related materials, newspapers, and non-textual items. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1. Biographical Files, 2. Diaries and Journals, 3. Correspondence, 4. Student Files, 5. Teaching Files, 6. Writings, 7. Non-Textual Materials, and 8....
Dates:
1848-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1989 October 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Logan Omer Osborn Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-191
Scope and Contents
The papers of Logan Omer Osborn primarily relate to Osborn's student days at the Oberlin Business School and Oberlin College, and his military service with the U.S. Ambulance Corps, Oberlin Unit (1918-19). His student files consist of printed material from Oberlin College (i.e., football program, handbook, student organization), notes for a physics class (1913) and summer school (1915), a subscription book (1916) for a magazine organized by Osborn and Robert M. Hutchins (Honorary War...
Dates:
ca. 1911-1940, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1988 May 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lyman B. Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-014
Scope and Contents
The papers consist, in the main, of letters received by Hall and of a diary of 13 volumes that he kept from 1884 until his death. There are also letters written by Hall, several while in Germany with his first wife in 1888-1889, and others while in Europe and England in 1905. Many of the letters written to him were by his brothers Russell (AB 1865) and Thomas (AB 1872), Theodore E. Burton and C.B. Martin. Other corespondents include W.G. Ballantine, E.I. Bosworth, John Ellis, W.G. Frost,...
Dates:
1871-1918; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Margaret Reynolds Schauffler Papers
Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-204
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Schauffler papers primarily consist of thirty-six sketches, two essays, four journals, and an oversize scrapbook that document her life as a political activist and prolific artist. The collection covers almost exclusively Schauffler’s activities as an undergraduate student at Oberlin College (OC ’18), her career as an art professor, and her commitment to activism and the visual arts even in her retirement.
Of significance to Oberlin’s institutional history are the...
Dates:
1914 - 1994; Other: Date acquired: 1989 March 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Marlene Deahl Merrill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-250
Scope and Contents
The Marlene Deahl Merrill Papers reflect her professional activity from 1978 to 2017 as an independent researcher, documentary editor, author, speaker and consultant, Research Associate for the Oberlin College Library, and Affilate Scholar for Oberlin College for over fifteen years. Her area of expertise is 19th century American history, particularly that of Oberlin as situated in the larger national context on the issues of education and rights of Black people...
Dates:
1819 - 2017; Other: Date acquired: 1995 October
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Church Terrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-438
Scope and Contents
The Mary Church Terrell Papers document her life and achievements as a writer, educator, and activist whose work contributed greatly to the fight against discrimination on the basis of race and sex. The collection consists of biographical information, a modest amount of correspondence, documents associated with organizations in which Terrell was involved, legal and financial documents, diaries, printed matter, speeches, writings, artifacts, and photographs.
The strengths of the...
Dates:
1884-2004, 2009, undated; Other: Majority of material found within 1884 - 1953; Other: Date acquired: 2015 June 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Elizabeth Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-168
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mary Elizabeth Johnston consist largely of scrapbooks assembled between 1910 and 1972 by Johnston as a record of her family life in Oberlin, her teaching career and travels, and activities in retirement.
The collection is arranged into five records series: Series I. Correspondence; II. Diaries and Memoranda Books; III. Biographical Miscellany; IV. Scrapbooks; and V. Photographs. Within series, files are typically arranged alphabetically by topic or type of...
Dates:
1882-1981, undated; Majority of material found in 1910-1972; Other: Date acquired: 1984 November 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary F. Tenney Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-181
Scope and Contents
This small collection includes materials from the Tenney and the Snedeker families. Both families were early settlers in the Lorain County region of Ohio, and are connected by the marriage of Mary’s parents, Bernard Tenney and Sadie Snedeker, in 1895. The Tenney family has a long history with Oberlin College spanning multiple generations.
Series I pertains to Mary Francis Tenney and her family. Her photo album, dating from the mid- to late 19th century,...
Dates:
1860-ca.1960s; Other: Date acquired: 1978 August 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Rudd Cochran Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-282
Scope and Contents
The Mary Rudd Cochran papers primarily consist of biographical files, correspondence, financial and property files, professional records, writings files, and photographs. Though the papers cover many activities of her life, the collection mainly documents her private life as a member of an educated, upper middle class family. Her personal files detail life as a child and into adulthood, which focuses much on the Cochran family and their interactions with two other great families of...
Dates:
1882 - 1988; Other: Date acquired: 1995 February 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives