manuscripts

Scope and Contents The collection contains both personal and professional papers of David L. Anderson. Personal papers include correspondence and items relating to Anderson's ministry, family, Navy service, health and car insurance, investments, and retirement. Professional papers exist for activities directly relating to Oberlin, and for external professional involvement. Included are correspondence, memoranda, notes, class syllabi, students' papers and exams, lecture outlines, drafts and final copies of...

Scope and Contents The Oberlin and Civil Rights Collection is an artificial one consisting of material donated by or relating to Oberlin students who participated in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.  The collection began as collaboration between the Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin alumni from the classes of the 1950s and 60s, and the staff of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine.  Oberlin has a long tradition of student activism, and during the Civil Rights Movement many...

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.

Scope and Contents

This record group consists of publications and printed materials related to student life. This includes committee and organization handbooks, dance programs, programs, and course evaluations. The record group has been arranged in three series.

Scope and Contents Consisting of class record books (1898-1934), scrapbooks (1888-1856) and other miscellaneous items (1888-1979), this collection primarily documents William Breckenridge’s work as an instructor of piano at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. His class record books list his students, their weekly appointments for music lessons, and their grades. The scrapbook details his experiences while studying music in Leipzig, Germany (1885-1886), and it includes musical programs and fliers as...