diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:
Newell L. Sims Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-343
Scope and Contents
The papers of Newell L. Sims document his days as a college student, and his career as a teacher and author in the fields of Sociology and Political Science. A small amount of material in one notebook, 1902-1905, contains information concerning his service as a minister. Also included is a modest amount of biographical information and correspondence.
The bulk of the collection includes notebooks relating to class notes of courses taken by Sims, schedules and appointments, notes...
Dates:
1899-1940, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1969 June 11
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
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 Files mainly consist of correspondence, diaries (of Gertrude Richards), genealogical records, newspaper clippings, unpublished family reminiscences and poems, publications, and photographs.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 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
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
Phoebe Haynes Ainsworth Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-155
Scope and Contents
The diaries consist of six small volumes, 1866-1870, 1875, and loose sheets, 1863-1867. They cover a trip to New York and New Jersey in 1866, a stay at the home of the Rev. Lyman Abbot in New York City in 1869, and periods when Ainsworth was in Oberlin. The diaries are devoted to her musical activities and interests and to the activities of her friends. A few of Phoebe’s recollections and diary entries from her college days are included in the collection.
Dates:
1863-1875; Other: Date acquired: 1983 February 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Rufus Cleveland Hovey Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-302
Scope and Contents
The papers of Rufus Cleveland Hovey, OC enrolled, consist of original letters written by Hovey to his family, Hovey’s Civil War journal, and a poem written by Hovey. His letters concern his intention to enroll at Oberlin College, his search for a teaching position, and his military service. The Civil War journal covers the period 1 January 1862 to 18 February 1862. An additional five letters were written by others concerning Hovey’s promotion to officer in the Union Army, his...
Dates:
1857-1866, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1998 May 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Samuel J.M. and Louisa Kaiser Marshall Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-340
Scope and Contents
The Samuel J.M. and Louisa Kaiser Marshall papers consist of two small series. Series I includes a Civil War diary of Samuel J.M. Marshall that documents Marshall’s service with the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band, 1861-62. The typescript version of the diary contains an introduction by Henry Cowles Marshall, and correspondence from him to Julian Fowler, Oberlin College Librarian, concerning family history and Oberlin connections. The series contains the original...
Dates:
1861 - 1933; Majority of material found in 1861-1892; Other: Date acquired: 2001 September 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Diaries Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-004-002
Scope and Contents
The diaries in this collection are those not associated with any personal paper groups; they date from 1844 through 1937. Diaries not with papers can also be found in the Oberlin File, RG 21. Two diarists also assembled scrapbooks; these materials are all stored with scrapbooks in RG 19/4/3, as noted on the inventory.
Dates:
1844-1937; Other: Date acquired: 1961
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Student Notes
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-006
Scope and Contents
The Student Notes collection comprises selected materials produced by students for courses at Oberlin College. The material types include loose notes, notebooks, diaries, examination books, syllabi, maps, handouts, and a chart of world history (oversize). Notes taken in the nineteenth century document pedagogical methods by early Oberlin professors, including Charles Grandison Finney. Two bound volumes of notes by Elizabeth W. R. Lord document lectures on Italian painting by Adelia A....
Dates:
1860-2005; Other: Date acquired: 01/22/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives