records (documents)
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Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
Maurice P. Kessler Collection in Honor of Albert Schweitzer Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-344
Scope and Contents
The Maurice P. Kessler Collection in Honor of Albert Schweitzer papers consist of materials related to the life and professional career of Kessler himself, as well as materials pertaining to the career of Albert Schweitzer. The biographical and correspondence files, which include records of immigration, letters to and from Kessler, as well as programs from several of his performances, shed light on Kessler’s career and his time at Oberlin. The bulk of the collection, however, is...
Dates:
1927 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 2002 February 7
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Miscellaneous Clubs and Associations Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-002
Abstract
This record group holds small amounts of material for fourteen clubs and associations in Lorain County in Series 1, and the larger Series 2 on the Neighborhood House Association of Lorain County. The latter includes oral history interviews on cassette tapes and select transcriptions on the history of the Neighborhood House Association.
Dates:
1886-2008
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Miscellaneous Missionary Records
Collection — 7 boxes
Identifier: RG 38
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Missionary Records is a small, artificially assembled record group; however, these records provide valuable evidence of Oberlin’s support for foreign missionaries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Files reflect the involvement of both Oberlin College and the Oberlin community in promoting the mission work of the Congregational Church. Due to their miscellaneous character, these records may best be utilized in conjunction with the personal papers of...
Dates:
1866-1984; Majority of material found in 1884-1938; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mutual Improvement Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-014
Scope and Contents
The records of the Mutual Improvement Club consist of two yearly programs, printed in 1913 and 1914, which contain lists of officers, members, meeting places, and topics covered during meetings. The club had 23 active members and 5 honorary members in 1913. The club’s official colors were blue and white and it had a club song composed by Mrs. Gertrude Anderson, a club president.
Although the stated topic of study was home economics, the Mutual Improvement Club covered a range of...
Dates:
1913-1914
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nancy Hays Teeters Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-169
Scope and Contents
The papers of Nancy Hays Teeters (1930-), spanning four decades, document the development of Teeters' career as a fiscal economist from professional staffer and research scholar (1957-78) to member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1978-84), a Presidential appointment. She concluded her career as IBM's Director of Economics (1984-90) and Vice President (1986-90). Although the papers are largely professional in nature, providing little information about Teeters'...
Dates:
1950 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 1984 June 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nancy Schrom Dye Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-013
Scope and Contents
The Nancy S. Dye presidential papers (1948 (1994-2007)–2007) cover the thirteen-year tenure of Oberlin College’s first woman president. Broadly, the official records document administrative actions and decisions made by Dye and her senior staff, with an emphasis on cultivating and developing the college’s relationships locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In many ways, this voluminous record (125.68 l.f.) of two subgroups, 32 records series, and 81 subseries captures the...
Dates:
1948-2007; Other: Majority of material found within 1994-2007; Other: Date acquired: 1994 December 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Oberlin Unit 3196, Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-033
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Unit of the NAACP cover the period from ca. 1919 to 1976, and from 1990 to 2014. They comprise certificates of achievement, correspondence, Freedom Fund Banquet programs, membership campaign materials, reports, general NAACP information, and complaint case files. The latter are restricted.
Dates:
ca. 1919-2018, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nineteenth Century Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-003
Scope and Contents
The records of the Nineteenth Century Club document club activities and history. The materials consist of club minutes, financial records, annual yearbooks, correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, videotapes, and objects.
The club’s administrative records include both minutes and financial records but do not include materials prior to 1904. The minutes span from 1904 to 2009 with some gaps, the largest being 1915-1938. Financial records reside both in a...
Dates:
1901-2011, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/11/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union Records, Oberlin, Ohio
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-010
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union is documented by administrative records, printed material, and miscellaneous items including newspaper clippings and a letter from Ann Hopkins Olds to the Oberlin Weekly News, 1888 March 8.
The administrative records include secretary’s books, 1897 January 5–1924 August 20 (2 vols.), which are mainly minutes of meetings plus a few newspaper clippings. Financial records include a treasurer’s book, 1901-1924 (1 vol.) and a...
Dates:
1897-1924; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Academy Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 23
Scope and Contents
Student admissions records (1904-16) and a variety of printed materials (1850-1916) comprise the records of the Oberlin Academy (1833-1916). Documentation for the years from 1833 to 1892, when the school was known as the Preparatory Department, is limited to printed material (found in Series II) dated 1850-92 and a small number of grade certificates from 1855-56. There are no records for the years 1833-49. The bulk of Series I, Operating Records, provides a fairly detailed and consecutive...
Dates:
1850-1916; Majority of material found in 1901-1916; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives