records (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Kenneth Carr Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-009
Scope and Contents
This record group, consisting of six subgroups, primarily documents the activities of Oberlin College President, Robert Kenneth Carr, 1960-1970. The last subgroup, however, documents his pre-presidential and post-presidential years as well. During his presidency, Carr was responsible for directing the re-organization of the administration to meet the needs of the modern university setting. The institutional group consisting in large measure of correspondence and committee files report...
Dates:
1940-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1959-1971; Other: Date acquired: 1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert S. Fletcher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-024
Abstract
The Fletcher papers reflect Robert S. Fletcher's interest in the history of Oberlin College, an institution located in the Connecticut Western Reserve, and his interest in the history of the trans-Mississippi West.
Dates:
1816-1958; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert Wayne Wheeler Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-201
Scope and Contents
The Robert W. Wheeler Papers comprise biographical materials, correspondence, materials from Wheeler’s time at Oberlin College and Harvard Law School, and two photographs. The small collection is not divided into series. The bulk of the collection consists of legal briefs written for Harvard’s Ames Moot Court Competition from 1924 to 1926. Wheeler’s success in the competition resulted in his winning the most prestigious award bestowed upon law students at Harvard. Other materials include...
Dates:
ca. 1920-1971; Majority of material found in 1921-1928; Other: Date acquired: 1989 July 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert Weinstock Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-336
Scope and Contents
The Robert Weinstock papers, which heavily focus on Weinstock's scholarly activity outside the classroom, largely consist of his correspondence with colleagues and with the editors of various physics journals.
Weinstock regularly reviewed books, instructional texts and manuscripts submitted for publication in the American Journal of Physics, and his own work was published recurrently in several prominent physics journals. His professional...
Dates:
1937 - 2004; Other: Date acquired: 2000 September 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert Works Fuller Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-010
Scope and Contents
The Robert Works Fuller Presidential Papers are divided into six Subgroups: Administrative Files of the Office of the President, Board of Trustees Records, Administrative Commissions, Councils, and Committees, Academic Departments, Programs, and Administrative Units, Files on External Organizations, and Files of Acting President Ellsworth Carlson.
Dates:
1930-1982; Majority of material found within 1960-1974; Other: Date acquired: 1975 September 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Rotary Club of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-016
Scope and Contents
Records of the Rotary Club of Oberlin document the community service activities of that group from 1938-2006, including its involvement in scouting, educational scholarships, and exchange programs, and its participation in worldwide service activities of Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation. The collection is organized in eleven series: 1. Constitution and Bylaws; 2. Minutes; 3. Correspondence; 4. Financial Records; 5. Membership; 6. Service Activities; 7. Programs; 8....
Dates:
1938-2006, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/07/1988
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Russell Parsons Jameson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-066
Abstract
The papers of Russell Parsons Jameson provide documentation concerning his professional career as a professor and scholar, and his personal life as a resident of Oberlin, Ohio, from 1904 to 1954.
Dates:
ca. 1917-1958, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Russia Township Farm Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-031
Scope and Contents
This collection has been subdivided into nine series. It includes records dating from 1923-2002, such as administrative information, correspondence, membership, and financial records along with photographs and artifacts.
Dates:
1923-2002; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2000
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
S. Frederick Starr Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-390
Scope and Contents
The papers of S. Frederick Starr document the professional and personal activities (1980 – 1994) of a scholar-academic administrator immersed in many national, international, and educational subject areas. The manuscript group is distinct from Starr’s presidential records (RG 2/12), although the timeframe largely coincides with his term as Oberlin College’s twelfth president (1983-1994). Within these papers, evidence exists documenting Starr’s professional network, role as a scholar on...
Dates:
1962-1994, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1994; Other: Date acquired: 2007 February 28
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
S. Frederick Starr Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-012
Scope and Contents
Expansive in terms of range, and volume (81.9 l.f.), the presidential papers of S. Frederick Starr mirror the work of a proactive leader who sought to make Oberlin College one of the nation’s most distinctive liberal arts institutions. Within these official records, the researcher will find delineated the decision and policy making actions of the Starr administration with fine detail on building projects, campus unrest, financial planning and development, personnel issues, and his...
Dates:
1950-1994, undated; Majority of material found within 1982-1994; Other: Date acquired: 1986 July 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives