manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Fred L. Steen Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-357
Scope and Contents
The papers of Fred L. Steen document his career as a minister, his social interests, and his activities. The bulk of the papers concern his lengthy position as pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Oberlin. Steen’s correspondence contains letters from various individuals relating to his involvement with the Progressive National Baptist Convention, various elected officials, and many friends. The materials provide evidence of Steen’s commitment to his pastorship at Mount Zion Baptist...
Dates:
1925-1998, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2002 September 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Fred R. Bunker Collection (Microfilm)
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-277
Scope and Contents
The Fred R. Bunker Collection has been organized into nine series. This collection consists only of the microfilmed copies.
Dates:
1835-1975, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1994
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frederick B. Artz Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-175
Scope and Contents
The papers of Frederick B. Artz document his youth in Dayton, Ohio, his World War I service and travels in France, his Oberlin courses in European intellectual history, and critical response to many of his articles and books. With the exception of a small group of condolence letters on the death of Raymond H. Stetson (1872-1950), with whom Artz lived for decades, and of several other letters in the correspondence files, the papers contain virtually no information on his personal life...
Dates:
1854-1983, undated; Majority of material found in 1894-1970; Other: Date acquired: 02/18/1985
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frederick Bennett Wright Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-412
Scope and Contents
The Frederick Bennett Wright Collection consists primarily of photographs taken in Russian and the Far East ca. 1900-1901, some of which appear in the two-volume work Asiatic Russia, 1902, authored in Oberlin by his father George Frederick Wright and with a chapter by the younger Wright. Some of the photographs appear in articles written by Frederick Bennett Wright for issues of the periodical Records of the Past in the...
Dates:
1893-1905, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2010 March 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Fredrick D. Shults Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-195
Scope and Contents
The papers of Fredrick D. Shults document his involvement with physical education and athletics at Oberlin College for nearly 35 years. Shults’ many writings and instructional materials included in the collection record his philosophy on teaching, coaching, sports ethics, and many forms of sports strategy.
Dates:
1883 - 2006; Other: Date acquired: 1988 December 28
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
George E. Simpson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-064
Scope and Contents
The papers of George Eaton Simpson primarily document Simpson’s research and writing in the area of sociology, his correspondence with individuals concerning his research, minority issues, and Oberlin College, and Simpson’s service to Oberlin College and the community through committee work and projects. The collection illustrates the type of sociological research and writings associated with minority issues during the period of U.S. history that included race riots, the Vietnam War, and...
Dates:
1940-1985; Other: Date acquired: 03/23/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Frederick Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-021
Scope and Contents
The papers of George Frederick Wright relate to his work as a minister, theology professor, geologist, and literary writer. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, sermons, and addresses, the bulk of which spans the period from Wright’s young adulthood through his death in 1921. Additional material includes notes, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous printed material, and photographs. The collection also includes correspondence and genealogical information of the Wright...
Dates:
1811-1998; Majority of material found in 1850-1921; Other: Date acquired: 1968 September 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Nelson Allen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-067
Scope and Contents
The George Nelson Allen family papers contain correspondence, diaries, journals, hymn books, music scores, certificates and diplomas, and photographs. The scope and content of this collection was altered by accessions of family papers, received between 1993 and 1996. Revised in 1992 and again in 1997, this third arrangement and description of the Allen papers had to account for the large entry of correspondence, most of which belonged to Caroline Mary Rudd Allen and her children, as well...
Dates:
1804 - 1924; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George W. Dell Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-308
Scope and Contents
The papers of George W. Dell primarily document his research for a biography of Robert Maynard Hutchins (Oberlin College Honorary War Membership, 1919). In addition to interviews conducted by Dell, the collection includes various newspaper clippings and articles, correspondence with and regarding Robert Hutchins, speeches given by Hutchins, and related writings, notes, and articles. See the inventory for information concerning the speeches and writings.
Dates:
1920-1995, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 June 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives