records (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
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
Florence Mary Fitch Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-037
Abstract
The papers of Florence Mary Fitch relate to Fitch's student years in Oberlin, Munich, and Berlin (1892-97; 1900-03) and her subsequent career at Oberlin College as a biblical scholar and writer of children's books. They also contain materials relating to three preceding generations of the Fitch family (1807-1936). Virtually no record exists in these papers of Florence Fitch's tenure as Dean of Women at Oberlin (1904-20). The records of the Office of the Dean of Students (Record Group 12)...
Dates:
1807-1959; Majority of material found in 1892-1917; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Francis W. and Lydia Lord Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-080
Abstract
The papers of the Rev. Francis Ward Davis (1857-1900) and his wife, Lydia Clara Lord Davis (1867-1952), constitute an excellent source for the study of the lives of China missionaries up to the time of the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 in which Francis Davis was killed. The couple's eight-year residence (1889-97) in Shansi Province as Congregational missionaries under appointment of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (A.B.C.F.B.) is well documented. The post-1900 papers...
Dates:
1877-1944; Majority of material found within 1889-1913; Other: Date acquired: 07/18/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frank B. Warner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-214
Scope and Contents
The papers of Frank B. Warner document the missionary work of Warner and his wife Maude Bowman Warner in early twentieth century China. The papers are arranged in four series: Series I. Biographical; Series II. Correspondence; Series III. Reports relating to Missionary Work; and, Series IV. Photographs.
The papers primarily consist of letters written by Frank and Maude Warner describing China, its people, and its culture. Maude’s letters illustrate the difficulties faced, and...
Dates:
1912 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1923; Other: Date acquired: 1990 September 13
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frank Hugh Foster Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-103
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the life and scholarly work of Professor Frank Hugh Foster. His distinguished career, which spanned forty-eight years, began and ended at Oberlin. The collection consists almost entirely of written materials and manuscripts, some of which appear in bound volumes. Frank H. Foster’s interests covered a variety of theological topics as evidenced by the titles in this collection. Also included are over a hundred letters of received correspondence. The...
Dates:
1873 - 1935; Other: Date acquired: 03/22/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Fred Eugene Leonard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-047
Scope and Contents
Consisting of both the personal and professional papers generated and gathered in the course of his life, the Fred Eugene collection documents the life of a man raised in the American West with a strong appreciation for natural history and biology. He subsequently traded in these interests for a career in physical education. The papers reflect his education in the West, at Oberlin College, and at The College of Physicians and Surgeons. Leonard used his education, particularly his medical...
Dates:
1821-1922; Majority of material found in 1893-1920; Other: Date acquired: 07/13/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Fred Howard "Tip" Maddock Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-068
Scope and Contents
The papers of Fred H. "Tip" Maddock consist entirely of materials related to the history of Oberlin, Ohio. The collection includes handwritten lists of street addresses, typed city directories, handwritten notes, and other materials that were compiled into notebooks by Maddock. The notebooks were compiled between 1933 to 1951 and they contain information concerning Oberlin businesses, buildings, the Telegraph School, the Chamber of Commerce, and local history. The time period...
Dates:
1933-1953, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/30/1972
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 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