manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Livingstone Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-458
Scope and Contents
The Charles Livingstone Papers at the Oberlin College Archives mainly comprise Charles Livingstone’s account of the Zambezi Expedition of 1858 to 1864, handwritten in journal books. (The second of the four volumes of the account is not in this collection). The fourth volume is dated 1864. The brothers Charles and David Livingstone drew upon this account to write their book Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, and the Discovery of the...
Dates:
ca. 1840, 1858-1864, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2016 December 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Martin Hall Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-182
Scope and Contents
The approximately 10 linear feet of Charles Martin Hall material consists of personal correspondence, 1882-1909; Hall patents, 1889-1918; litigation records, 1887-1909; laboratory notebooks, 1888-1912; and photographs and printed material 1891-1894. The collection is arranged in eight series.
The first series is comprised of biographical material compiled primarily by personnel in ALCOA's corporate headquarters. Due to continued interest in Hall the material covers a wide date...
Dates:
1882 - 1985; Other: Date acquired: 1989 October 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Chauncey N. Pond Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-042
Abstract
The papers of the Rev. Chauncey Northrop Pond reveal Pond's concern to document the lives of missionaries in China and other countries by collecting missionary correspondence and related historical materials. Pond's professional files offer a limited view of his sixty-year career as a Congregational minister. There is virtually no information on his personal life in this collection.
Dates:
1852 - 1920; Other: Date acquired: 10/30/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Chester Linn Shaver Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-073
Abstract
The papers of Chester L. Shaver, 1924-1979, mainly document his research efforts and writings related to authors of the Romantic Period, especially William Wordsworth. The materials vary in content according to form, but they are by far the richest part of the collection. Proofs of The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Early Years (frequently referred to as The Early Years) and drafts of other works are...
Dates:
1924 - 1979; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Clarence Ward Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-158
Scope and Contents
The Clarence Ward Collection provides detail on Clarence Ward’s activities as an architectural consultant and on his administration of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Information also exists here on the debate of the system of faculty governance at Oberlin College. Consisting of correspondence, memoranda, and other printed materials, this collection is organized into ten series.
The correspondence and diaries series provide the richest insight into Ward’s personal and...
Dates:
ca.1900-1996, undated; Majority of material found in 1929-1987; Other: Date acquired: 1983 May 30
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Claudia Macdonald Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-410
Scope and Contents
The papers of Professor Claudia Macdonald document the Women in Music course she taught between 1992 and 2000. Macdonald worked as a professor of musicology at Oberlin College and Conservatory. As part of the course, students conducted interviews with local women about their background and career in music. The interviews focused on the interviewee’s experiences in the music field, their education and career path, their mentors and teachers, and the obstacles they faced as women. The...
Dates:
1992-2000, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2010 July 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Clyde Amos Holbrook Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 30-198
Scope and Contents
The papers of Clyde Holbrook, Danforth Professor Emeritus of Religion, consist primarily of lecture notes and writings from eight classes that he taught in Oberlin College’s Department of Religion from 1958 to 1985. The collection does not include any correspondence or other personal papers relating to Holbrook’s campus and community activities. According to Mrs. Holbrook, her late husband did not retain his own correspondence files. The biographical series contains some documentation...
Dates:
1934-1989, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1989 April 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Communication Studies Department
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-011
Scope and Contents
The records of the Communication Studies Department contain materials from its predecessors, the Communication Department (1967-1972) and the Speech Department (1952-1967), as well as some early records from the Forensic Union, a student organization founded in 1927. Consisting of three accessions, as reported on the title page, the third accession followed the suspension of the Department in academic year 1986. The material transferred is an incomplete record of this once well known...
Dates:
1929 - 1985; Other: Date acquired: 05/29/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Curtis Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-059
Abstract
The Curtis family papers document Howard Cone Curtis’s position as a physical education instructor at Oberlin College through correspondence received between the years of 1915-19. Mary Long Goldsbury’s time at Oberlin College is chronicled through her 1884 diary. The collection also contains correspondence as well as printed matter documenting missionary work of members of the Curtis family.
Dates:
1842-1919, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Dale R. Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-375
Scope and Contents
The papers of Dale R. Johnson consist primarily of documents regarding a Buddhist temple which was owned for some time by Oberlin College. This temple is an exact replica of an 18th century temple in Jehol Province, China, itself built on the pattern of the Dalai Lama’s monastic temple in Lhasa, Tibet. The replica was built in China and displayed at the 1931 Chicago International Exhibition and the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It was then disassembled and put into storage, and in 1943 donated...
Dates:
ca. 1931-1998, undated; Other: Majority of material found within 1957 - 1986; Other: Date acquired: 2004 October 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives