instructional materials
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Ira Steinberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-111
Scope and Contents
The Ira Steinberg Papers (1959-1987) document the academic career of their creator, a member of the Arts and Sciences faculty of Oberlin College since 1961. The records span Steinberg's teaching career in the departments of Education (1961-1978) and Philosophy (1978-), including his chairmanship of the Department of Education (1975-1978). The records do not document his present activities as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1987-1994?). There is virtually no...
Dates:
1959 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 09/22/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, legal documents, financial ledgers, printed material, and photographs comprise the records of the Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School (OKPTS), founded in 1894 by the Oberlin Kindergarten Association and absorbed in 1932 by the Education Department of Oberlin College. The school's founders conceived of the OKPTS and its free kindergartens as laboratories in which the latest methods of kindergarten pedagogy might be tested; however, the bulk...
Dates:
1894-1933; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Peace Corps Training Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-008
Scope and Contents
This record group, consisting of five series, documents the activities of the Peace Corps Training Program that existed at Oberlin College from 1963-1966. Because the program trained volunteers for the French-speaking Ivory Coast, some of the documents are written in French.
Dates:
1961-1966, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/09/1967
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
Sylvan Suskin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-387
Scope and Contents
This small collection is comprised of certain course materials created by Sylvan Suskin, as well as syllabi from other courses in the Department of Musicology at Oberlin College; materials relating to a letter by Beethoven in the Oberlin College Library; two essays by faculty member Roderick Knight on ethnomusicology; materials generated during the celebration at Oberlin of the bicentennial of Mozart’s death, and records generated by the Oberlin Inn Advisory Committee. More information on...
Dates:
1967-2000, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2005 September 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
YMCA and YWCA Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 29
Scope and Contents
The records of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations of Oberlin College consist of annual reports, minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, cloth maps, and printed materials documenting the organizations' governance and programs. The cloth maps (1863-96), which predate the 1881 formation of the YMCA, were given to the YMCA by an unknown donor. The earliest textual records are printed pamphlets (1885).
The collection has been divided into the following subgroups:...
Dates:
1863-1971, undated; Majority of material found in 1894-1964; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives