drawings (visual works)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Oberlin Consumers Cooperative Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-029
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Consumers Cooperative document the history of this socio-economic organization, which operated on the Rochdale principles of cooperation. The records include the articles of incorporation and bylaws, minutes, financial records, administrative files, correspondence, contracts and other legal documents, subject files, building project files, printed matter, and non-textual material.
The records span the history of the Oberlin Consumers Cooperative (OCC)...
Dates:
1896-2002; Majority of material found in 1940-2000; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Other Framed Items
Collection
Identifier: RG 40
Dates:
1803-ca. 2006, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul B. Arnold Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-254
Scope and Contents
The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...
Dates:
ca. 1900-2013; Other: Date acquired: 1992 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Raymond Lufkin Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-142
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of original drawings and prints by Raymond Lufkin that were used to illustrate the 1942 Oberlin College annual calendar. Illustration subjects include the Allen Art Museum, Bosworth Hall, Cox Administration Building, First Church, and Warner Hall. Some of Lufkin’s drawings were also used in the 1941 annual calendar.
Dates:
1941; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Richard C. Schoonmaker Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-331
Scope and Contents
The Richard C. Schoonmaker Papers primarily relate to his professional life, including his work as a professor of chemistry at Oberlin College from 1960 through 1993. Earlier records are still professional in nature and relate to his career prior to Oberlin. Other records relate to visiting appointments, grant-funded research, and publishing.
Dates:
1934-1995, undated; Majority of material found in 1955-1995; Other: Date acquired: 2001 May 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sela G. Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-192
Scope and Contents
The collection of Sela G. Wright consists primarily of letters, 1847-66, written by Wright or his relatives. Included are Wright’s letters from Red lake, Minnesota, while among the Ojibwe Indians, which are partly written in Ojibwe; letters written while working with the Black community in the South, 1863-66; a letter containing a description of a sailor’s death off Java, 1847; and a letter containing information concerning the funeral services by C.G. Finney for an Oberlin student,...
Dates:
1847-2017, undated; Majority of material found in 1847-1893; Other: Date acquired: 1969 November
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sylvia H. Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-359
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sylvia H. Williams primarily document her role as a curator at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1971-1983, and as Director of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution, 1983-1996. The biographical files, correspondence, clippings, writings, and awards and diplomas provide documentation concerning her education, her interest in art and African Art, her work at the Brooklyn Museum and the Smithsonian Institute, and her accomplishments as a successful...
Dates:
1952-1997, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1996; Other: Date acquired: 2003 January 3
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Wattles Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-273
Abstract
The Wattles Family Papers relate primarily to the lives of Theano Wattles and Esther Whinery Wattles. There are also materials related to Lucretia Celestia Wattles and Harmonia Wattles Woodford. The collection has been subdivided into four record series.
Dates:
1860-1953, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1969 March 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Willard Livingstone Beard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-076
Scope and Contents
The Willard Livingstone Beard Papers consists primarily of letters (1910-1925) between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children. Of special interest are the twenty letters written by Willard L. Beard and his daughter, Phebe, from Foochow, China (1921-23), some of which tell of the struggle between factions of the Chinese to gain control of the area. A letter from Myron Gould Beard to “Dearest Sister Dot” (Dorothy), dated June 29, 1920, is an account of his visit to Bahia Blanca,...
Dates:
1904-1925, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Edwards and Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-219
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Edwards Stevenson (1900-85) and his wife Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson (1902-87) document the joint public service careers of the Stevensons over a period of forty-five years. Correspondence with their families (1917-25) and with each other (1924-25), as well as genealogical records such as diaries, wills, and marriage certificates, bring to light the privileged New England childhoods and family relationships which fostered their social ideals. The arrangement of the...
Dates:
1809 - 1987; Majority of material found in 1917-1925, 1942-85; Other: Date acquired: 1979 October 4
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives