photographs--cartes-de-visite
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Edward B. Plumb Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-070
Scope and Contents
This collection centers the letters (13) sent by Edward Plumb to his wife, Isabel Mills Plumb, September 1861 to July 1862, while a member of the 8th Regiment of the Iowa Volunteers. Also among the papers are twelve letters, 1854 to 1910, mainly by or regarding Mrs. Edward Plumb, and printed matter mainly about Isabel Mills Plumb and Edward’s brother Ralph Plumb of Oberlin, who participated in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of September 1858. A photograph of Ralph...
Dates:
1854-1979, undated; Majority of material found within 1854 - 1862; Other: Date acquired: 01/24/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Geoffrey T. Blodgett Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-263
Scope and Contents
Geoffrey T. Blodgett’s career as a professor and scholar of American history at Oberlin College is well documented in these papers, from his appointment at Oberlin in 1960 to his retirement in 2000 and death in 2001. A small amount of material dates from prior to his faculty appointment. There is very little of a personal nature in the papers, but his correspondence with respected and valued colleagues, as well as many former students, reveal warm relationships with many of them and...
Dates:
1683-ca. 2011; Majority of material found in 1960-2000; Other: Date acquired: 1995
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John C. Leith Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-354
Scope and Contents
The John C. Leith papers primarily consist of letters, many of which document various aspects of the Civil War. The most significant letters relating to the Civil War are the letters of soldiers and of John C. Leith. These letters contain passages regarding the hardships faced by the soldiers, and their desire to have news from home. Some legal documents, e.g. affidavits and an Ohio state bill, which concern the Leith family, are also included.
Many other documents, e.g....
Dates:
1851-1973, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1860-1901; Other: Date acquired: 1972 August 22
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
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
Photographs: Class Albums
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-003
Scope and Contents
Class albums are photograph albums with portraits of the graduating members of a particular class year at Oberlin College, which sometimes include photographs of faculty members or the president of the College. The date range for these is 1858-1898, but some years are not represented. These albums replace the daguerreotype and ambroytpe group portraits of the preceding two decades as photographers adopted the methods of making multiple prints from wet or dry plate negatives.
The...
Dates:
1858-1898; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Graduates and Former Students
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-001
Scope and Contents
The photographs of graduates and former students are arranged in two series. A third series holds photographs of Oberlin community members associated in some way with the college.
Loose photographs of graduates and former college students in Series 1, Subseries 1 are arranged chronologically by graduating class, beginning with 1836. Files include photographs taken while students attended Oberlin and after they left. Many of the latter were taken during class reunions. Some...
Dates:
1836 to Present; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Presidents, Faculty, Staff, Trustees, Honorary Degree Recipients, and Others
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-002
Scope and Contents
Like the record group for graduate and former students, this group holds portraits dating from the earliest years of photography to the present. However, the earliest images are print copies of daguerreoptypes and other cased images, the originals of which are held in a separate record group (RG 32/3/4). The photographs are arranged into three series: 1. Faculty, Staff, Trustees, and Honorary Degree Recipients; 2. Presidents; and, 3. Other Individuals. Contents of Series 1 and 3 are...
Dates:
1830s to Present; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Platt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-199
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Platt Family document the lives of several members of the Platt Family, providing accounts regarding life on an Indian Reservation in Iowa, hardships faced during severe winter weather, and the relationships between American Indians and the settlers from the East. The collection consists primarily of correspondence among family members, including letters (transcriptions) from Elizabeth Charlotte Ricketts Whaley Lehman in which she described teaching school in Iowa...
Dates:
1845-1960, undated; Majority of material found in 1848-1910
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Woodbury-Fay Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-315
Scope and Contents
The small collection of the papers of the Woodbury-Fay families are arranged into three series: 1. Biographical File; 2. Correspondence; and 3. Photographs and Illustrations.
There are various spellings of the names of the members of this family. Mehetabel Pettengill, in particular, appears in different spellings by various correspondents. She herself spelled her name Mehetabel Pettengill.
Dates:
1819-1929, undated; Majority of material found in 1819-1865; Other: Date acquired: 1998 July 13
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives