manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Lawson-Merrill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-157
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies, both photocopies and typescript, of letters and other documents; notes taken by Lawson and Merrill; correspondence created in search of source material and potential publishing vehicles, and in writing to others doing similar research; articles and drafts of articles; photographs and slides of Oberlin College and town individuals and families; and other records of a like nature. Records created the last two years also reflect additional interests followed by...
Dates:
1978 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 1983 April 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
League of Women Voters of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-005
Scope and Contents
Records include minutes of general meetings and board meetings, 1924-1950; an annual report, 1945-46; bulletins, 1944-1960, 1969-1972; correspondence, 1955-1959; printed matter, 1956-1970; newspaper clipping, 1941, 1952, and 1947-1965; and three scrapbooks, 1949-1961. Folders of information from various committees cover the following topics: “Citizen’s View of 1952,” a program sponsored by NBC Radio; “Life Magazine”; the League of Women Voters, 1952-53;...
Dates:
1924-2006, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/14/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Leonard D. and Julia Turney King Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-183
Scope and Contents
The Leonard D. and Julia Turney King Papers consist primarily of letters (Series 1. Correspondence) between the husband and wife during Leonard’s time in the gold fields in California in 1852-54. Additional letters during this period were received from Cyrus Turney, Julia’s father; L.F. Warner, a druggist who handled disbursements for Leonard; William Warr (two letters of 1854 addressed to “Dear Friends” about the gold fields); Leonard’s sister Martha; and Alonson and Mrs. Macomber. An...
Dates:
1852-2008, undated; Majority of material found in 1852-1854; Other: Date acquired: 06/16/1986
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Leslie Candor Farquhar Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-401
Scope and Contents
The Leslie Candor Farquhar Papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, brochures, advertisements, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, slides, exhibit materials, and a scrapbook, most of which were produced by Leslie Farquhar as a journalist, writer, photographer and community volunteer. They reflect the Oberlin College and town community and, to a lesser extent, the Elyria community, primarily during the 1970s through 2008.
The papers are about equally split between texts...
Dates:
1932-2008, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2008; Other: Date acquired: 2008 August 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-334
Scope and Contents
The Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers provide uneven documentation of the life and career of this Oberlin alumna and educator. The papers consist of biographical information, diaries, correspondence, writings, essays, teaching related materials, newspapers, and non-textual items. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1. Biographical Files, 2. Diaries and Journals, 3. Correspondence, 4. Student Files, 5. Teaching Files, 6. Writings, 7. Non-Textual Materials, and 8....
Dates:
1848-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1989 October 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Little Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-007
Scope and Contents
The Little collection spans several generations of Oberlin residents. The correspondence series, comprising the bulk of the collection, contains letters demonstrating the interest in missionary work by members of the Cowles-Little and Dart-Leonard families, and the correspondence relates to the activities of Class 1888 members. The remainder of the collection provides glimpses into the educational and activist lives of members of the Little family via school notes, talks, and published...
Dates:
1853-1956; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lloyd William and Esther Bliss Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-097
Scope and Contents
The papers of Lloyd William and Esther Bliss Taylor document their involvement in numerous professional and private organizations. Additionally, the papers reflect their views on temperance, belief in Christianity, and their political and social opinions. The collection is divided into two subgroups, the papers of Lloyd William Taylor, and the papers of Esther Bliss Taylor.
Subgroup I contains the papers of William Lloyd Taylor from 1921 to 1952. The bulk of the materials are...
Dates:
ca.1895-1980, undated; Majority of material found in 1921-1970; Other: Date acquired: 08/20/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lorain County Arts Council Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-017
Scope and Contents
Nearly all of the records of the Lorain County Arts Council (LCAC) in this collection, spanning 1985-1988, relate to production of the quarterly journal Spectrum, which ceased publication in 1988. The files relating to the proposed LCAC film project for television, “The Bluest Eye: Race in Historical Perspective,” are the exception. A screenplay based on Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye, written by Pamela Douglas for...
Dates:
1985-1988, undated; Other: Date acquired: 02/20/1989
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Louis D. Hartson Papers
Collection — 4 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-012
Scope and Contents
The papers of Louis D. Hartson consist of correspondence between Hartson and colleagues (i.e. Lawrence Cole, Raymond Stetson, Eileen Ort Rees, and Ruth Graff), memoirs and reminiscences, talks and writings, lecture notes, biographical information (including an oral history interview), and files pertaining to Raymond H. Stetson. The collection primarily documents the professional career of Hartson. The collection consists of seven records series.
Dates:
1904-1978; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lyman B. Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-014
Scope and Contents
The papers consist, in the main, of letters received by Hall and of a diary of 13 volumes that he kept from 1884 until his death. There are also letters written by Hall, several while in Germany with his first wife in 1888-1889, and others while in Europe and England in 1905. Many of the letters written to him were by his brothers Russell (AB 1865) and Thomas (AB 1872), Theodore E. Burton and C.B. Martin. Other corespondents include W.G. Ballantine, E.I. Bosworth, John Ellis, W.G. Frost,...
Dates:
1871-1918; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives