records (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
Office of the Treasurer Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 07
Scope and Contents
The records of the Treasurer's Office date from 1822 to 1997. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence, bills and receipts, records of student manual labor and teacher pay, student account and scholarship records, files and ledgers documenting gifts and bequests, and financial statements of student organizations. Topics covered in these records include the establishment, organization, and funding of Oberlin College, biographical and financial information on individual...
Dates:
1822 - 1997; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Vice President for Operations
Collection
Identifier: RG 14-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Vice President for Operations consists of materials from the Vice President's office, including administrative files, records related to buildings and grounds, human resources records, and insurance files.
Dates:
1973-1997, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Olive Bell Daniels Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-154
Scope and Contents
The papers of Olive Bell Daniels consists of College memorabilia, including a memory book, photographs, programs, an expense record (1909-1913), essays, letters, and a bound copy of “Minnetonka Mornings.” Copies of letters written by Mrs. Daniels to family members, 1960-1961, describe her travels in Europe and Asia with her husband.
Dates:
1909 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 1983 January 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul B. Arnold Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-254
Scope and Contents
The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...
Dates:
ca. 1900-2013; Other: Date acquired: 1992 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul Leaton Corbin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-049
Scope and Contents
The papers of Paul Leaton Corbin constitute a small portion of Corbin's research collection on China, assembled over the course of Corbin's 29 years as a missionary in Shansi Province. Consisting almost entirely of printed materials, these files document the educational and evangelical work of the American Board in North China from 1900 to 1936. The papers also provide evidence of the activities of several foreign missionary organizations headquartered in Shanghai. Notably absent from...
Dates:
1886-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul Patrick Rogers Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-377
Scope and Contents
The Paul Patrick Rogers Papers comprise copies of the FBI’s files (1944-1968) on Rogers, Oberlin College Professor of Spanish language and literature, 1929-1966. The files are photocopies of documents (e.g., letters, reports) complied by the FBI during the agency’s investigation of Rogers’ ties to the Communist Party, including his interest in the Communist Party in Mexico, and involvement with the Ohio State Communist Party in Cleveland, Ohio. See the biographical sketch for more...
Dates:
1944 - 2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1968; Other: Date acquired: 2005 June 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paula Goldsmid Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-231
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection were created by Paula Goldsmid during her tenure at Oberlin College as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and as a member of the Women’s Studies Committee starting in 1974. The files cover women’s organizations and issues during the period 1970-1983. The files are a combination of topical files and Oberlin-specific files with relation to abortion rights, Affirmative Action, day care, equalization of retirement benefits, gay literature,...
Dates:
1970 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1988
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Peace Corps Training Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-008
Scope and Contents
This record group, consisting of five series, documents the activities of the Peace Corps Training Program that existed at Oberlin College from 1963-1966. Because the program trained volunteers for the French-speaking Ivory Coast, some of the documents are written in French.
Dates:
1961-1966, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/09/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Slides & Transparencies Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-009
Scope and Contents
This category of photographic materials comprises transparent positives. They are arranged in four series: Series 1. Lantern Slides; Series 2. Mounted Film Transparencies; Series 3. Unmounted Film Transparencies; and Series 4. Slide Sets. This collection was created for those transparencies that are not part of an institutional record group or a personal paper group.
The mounted transparencies, also known as slides, were used with a projector for teaching and presentations,...
Dates:
late 19th century - 2000s; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Physical Education Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-006
Scope and Contents
The records from the Physical Education Department date from 1880 to 2004, with a small amount of additional material from 2005-2012, and document the development of physical training for men and women at Oberlin College. Records from the men's department comprise the bulk of this record group (Subgroups I-V) and include correspondence of the Directors of Athletics; information on Oberlin's philosophy of athletics and how it has evolved; curricular materials from the tenures of C.W....
Dates:
1880-2024, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/03/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives