records (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
William H. Fuchsman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-425
Scope and Contents
The William H. Fuchsman Papers are arranged in three series: 1. Awards; 2. Committee and Program Files; and 3. Course Materials. Certain files are restricted in Series 2 and 3. The Papers reflect Professor Fuchsman’s leadership in programs related to science and interdisciplinary education, and his courses in chemistry at Oberlin College.
Dates:
1970-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2013 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Seaman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-235
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Seaman document his service to Oberlin College as first Director of Admissions (1928-48) through his talks and writings in which he addressed admission policies and life at Oberlin, gave welcoming remarks and encouragement to incoming freshmen, and provided insight to college life in general. Approximately one half of the collection (0.20 l.f.) concerns his sudden death by suicide on 19 March 1948. The biographical series contains copies of his obituary, memorial...
Dates:
1930 - 1948; Other: Date acquired: 1992 June 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Warren Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-332
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Warren are comprised of materials collected by Warren that document the efforts of the World War II Memorial Sponsoring Committee to plan, design, and fund the World War II memorial on the Oberlin College campus. Warren served as the chair and guiding force of the committee from its inception in 1995. Received in two accessions in 2001–with one later addition in 2003–the materials document the work of the committee as a group and of Warren as an individual to...
Dates:
1995-2003, undated; Majority of material found in 1995-2000; Other: Date acquired: 2001 May 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William K. Breckenridge Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-078
Scope and Contents
Consisting of class record books (1898-1934), scrapbooks (1888-1856) and other miscellaneous items (1888-1979), this collection primarily documents William Breckenridge’s work as an instructor of piano at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. His class record books list his students, their weekly appointments for music lessons, and their grades. The scrapbook details his experiences while studying music in Leipzig, Germany (1885-1886), and it includes musical programs and fliers as...
Dates:
1885-1957, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/16/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Kincaid Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-407
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Kincaid Jr. primarily comprise correspondence, essays, verses, and notes for composition and rhetorical classes, 1856-1867 and undated, most of which were organized under the title “Compositions and Scraps, mainly College Essays.” These writings were written by Kincaid before and during his student days at Oberlin College--in the Preparatory School, the College (A.B. 1865), and the Graduate School of Theology (Sem. 1867). The papers dating from Kincaid’s student...
Dates:
1856-1882, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1983 March 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William L. Mezger Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-113
Scope and Contents
William Mezger collected these papers while working on a history of the Oberlin College Alumni Association. They consist of memoranda, letters, and minutes dealing with the organization and operation of the Association and include some writings about its history. Of particular interest are letters or interviews written in 1970 by the following persons describing their experiences and knowledge of the Association: Frederick Artz, Dan Bradley, Robert D. Fisher, Virginia Fletcher, E.E....
Dates:
1938 - 1978; Majority of material found in 1965-1970; Other: Date acquired: 02/23/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William P. Norris Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-413
Scope and Contents
The William P. Norris Papers reflect his long career as a professor of sociology at Oberlin College from 1978 to 2008. Beginning with his Peace Corps work in Bahia, Brazil, Norris was deeply engaged with issues of poverty, housing, and economic structures in Brazil, Pittsburgh, and Lorain, Ohio. This is reflected in his writings, talks, professional papers, research project files, and course files. His research files on LGBT issues reflect his activism and advocacy, but his Oberlin...
Dates:
1880-2017, undated; Other: Majority of material found within 1970 - 2004; Other: Date acquired: 2000 May 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Willis Curtis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-071
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Willis Curtis consist mainly of diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The diaries and notebooks contain a partial record of events, accounts, and miscellany of which most was kept during the period in Japan, mainly Osaka, Sendai, and Sapporo. Series VII and Series XI contain records related to missionary work in Japan. Curtis was involved in operating boys’ schools and, in the 1890s, he worked in prisons. After 1900, the family letters in Series V. Letters and...
Dates:
1826-1968, undated; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1913; Other: Date acquired: 04/19/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Wolfgang and Ursula Stechow Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-238
Scope and Contents
The papers of Wolfgang Stechow and his wife Ursula Hoff Stechow primarily document facets of Wolfgang Stechow’s greatest academic interest—the history of art. His non-textual research and teaching materials, correspondence, and academic papers all serve to enlighten the scholar of Stechow's teaching methods, professional esteem by colleagues, and scholastic topics.
These research and teaching materials, which make up the bulk of the Stechow papers, include photographs, study...
Dates:
1894 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1927 - 1977; Other: Date acquired: 1986 January 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Oberlin Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-004
Scope and Contents
The records consist of minutes of meetings (14 vols.), treasurer’s books (3 vols.), printed programs, membership lists, newspaper obituaries and other clippings, correspondence, financial records, and some printed matter of state or national origin.
Dates:
1874-1976, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/10/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives