manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Emil C. Danenberg Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-011
Scope and Contents
The records of President Emil C. Danenberg document the administrative functions of the office of the President, including preparing the annual budget, making recommendations to the Board of Trustees, approving personnel actions, engaging in committee work, communicating with academic departments and administrative offices, fundraising, addressing meetings, and serving as outside representative of the college. The records here described, concentrated in the period 1973 to 1983, were...
Dates:
1954-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1983; Other: Date acquired: 1978 March 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Emma L. Frank Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-289
Scope and Contents
The Emma L. Frank Papers represent a very incomplete record of her life and work. This small collection is related only to her research on and compilation of publications written by graduates of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology. Information pertaining to her personal life and her time at Oberlin College is absent from the collection.
The Papers comprise three copies of the booklet Frank wrote, titled “Books Written by Graduates of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology,...
Dates:
1983 - 1986; Other: Date acquired: 1997 October 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Environmental Studies Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-020
Scope and Contents
The records are arranged into seven series: Administrative Files, Curriculum Files, Historical Files, Financial Records, Programs and Special Events, Subject Files, and Publications.
Dates:
1968-2000, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/08/1993
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ernest B. Chamberlain Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-039
Abstract
The papers of Ernest B. Chamberlain consist of files of the Oberlin Class of 1904 as well as materials related to his work as an author and editor.
Dates:
1904-1969; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ernest Bourner Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-137
Scope and Contents
The papers of Ernest B. Allen document his studies in graduate school, his ministry service, and his travels to Jerusalem and Egypt. The collection consists of notes, 1901-1903, taken by Allen of lectures given by Professor Edward I. Bosworth of the Oberlin Theological Seminary and by other faculty members. The subjects of the lectures include Pauline Theology, New Testament Introduction, and Philosophy and Development of Religion. Also included are four parish registers, 1906-1931,...
Dates:
1895-1931, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Erwin H. Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-271
Scope and Contents
The Erwin H. Richards papers consist of a scrapbook, correspondence, writings, photographs and photograph albums, glass plate negatives, lantern slides, a map, and printer’s blocks that document the family’s missionary activity in Portuguese East Africa.
The writings constitute a significant portion of the Erwin H. Richards papers. Included are writings and translations by Richards, used as instructional tools during his missionary work in Africa. The writings by others also...
Dates:
1850 - 1994; Majority of material found in 1880-1910; Other: Date acquired: 1993 November 3
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Everett D. Hawkins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-130
Scope and Contents
The papers of Everett Day Hawkins mainly document the two years Hawkins spent in Taigu, China, as a Shansi Representative of Oberlin College (1927-29). Later materials pertain to Hawkins' service in Chungking with the U.S. Office of War Information (1944-46). Virtually no record exists in these papers of Hawkins' teaching career at Mt. Holyoke College and the University of Wisconsin; his government service; or his scholarship in Southeast Asian development economics.
Hawkins'...
Dates:
1900-1972; Majority of material found in 1927-1946; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/1979
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
F. Champion Ward Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-278
Scope and Contents
This small collection, until 2016, only held materials from F. Champion Ward. That year, more materials were received, the bulk of which originated with Champion Ward’s wife, R. Duira Baldinger Ward. The collection has been rearranged into two subgroups. Subgroup I contains the original F. Champion Ward materials in the collection, plus additional correspondence received in 2016. Subgroup II holds materials from Duira Ward.
Dates:
1949 - 2011; Other: Date acquired: 1996 April 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
First and Second Congregational Churches of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-004-001
Scope and Contents
Records of the First and Second Congregational Churches of Oberlin date from 1834 to 2002. They include minutes of the Oberlin Society, the original governing body of the colony and church. The bulk of the collection consists of minutes, annual reports, correspondence, financial records, sermons of various pastors, and records of several women's voluntary and social organizations. Topics covered include church doctrine, fundraising, Christian education, volunteerism, missions, and church...
Dates:
1834-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1979
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
First Methodist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-003-004
Scope and Contents
The First Methodist Church records have been arranged into nine series. The collection includes administrative and legal records, membership rolls, women's society and committee records, and historical files.
Dates:
1860-1990, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/1992
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives