sheet music
Subject
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Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Carleton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-385
Scope and Contents
The Carleton Family Papers primarily document the life and career of Alford Carleton as a missionary, teacher, minister, college president, and observer of the cultural and political climate in the environs of the Middle and Near East.
During his time abroad (mostly in Syria, Turkey, and present-day Lebanon) Carleton wrote hundreds of letters to family members, friends, and colleagues. Of great historic value are his first-hand accounts of the region’s unrest due to the repeated...
Dates:
1808-1985, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1853-1973; Other: Date acquired: 2006 June 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-366
Scope and Contents
The Charles Family papers document the lives of two generations of the family. A substantial portion of the documentation is personal correspondence between Harriet Blood Charles and Thomas Charles, their four daughters: Ethelwyn Charles, Mary Agnes Charles, Grace Miriam Charles and Alice Bell Charles Reid, and various friends and relatives. Many of these letters provide descriptions of student life at Oberlin College around 1893-1902. Of a separate special interest are letters from...
Dates:
1828-1965, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2003 October 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Nelson Allen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-067
Scope and Contents
The George Nelson Allen family papers contain correspondence, diaries, journals, hymn books, music scores, certificates and diplomas, and photographs. The scope and content of this collection was altered by accessions of family papers, received between 1993 and 1996. Revised in 1992 and again in 1997, this third arrangement and description of the Allen papers had to account for the large entry of correspondence, most of which belonged to Caroline Mary Rudd Allen and her children, as well...
Dates:
1804 - 1924; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Howard B. and Gladys Wrenn Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-189
Scope and Contents
The papers of Howard and Gladys "Jenny" Robinson, divided into two subgroups, consist of letters sent and received, invoices, writings, reviews, pamphlets, travel journals, photographs, and research materials. Included in the research materials are illustrations, maps, notes, and historical documents used in Robinson's publications on the postal service. The bulk of the papers, however, are mainly manuscripts and research materials. Some of the manuscripts are incomplete and...
Dates:
1911 - 1975; Majority of material found in 1920-1963; Other: Date acquired: 1977 November 16
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Inda Howland Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-320
Scope and Contents
The papers of Inda Howland primarily document her career as a teacher of Eurhythmics and Music Theory at Oberlin College. Two notebooks and sheet music illustrate Howland’s teaching methods. In addition, the collection includes some materials relating to Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, a pioneer in Eurhythmics, and the L’Instititute Jaques-Dalcroze.
A small amount of biographical information consists of materials relating to the memorial service for Inda Howland, September 23, 1984...
Dates:
1934-1984, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1999 September 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jacob "Jack" Radunsky Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-259
Scope and Contents
The Jacob “Jack” Radunsky Papers, 1895, 1908-1995, mainly document the pianoforte performance and teaching career of Radunsky over nearly three decades. Consisting of six record series, the largest of which is his correspondence, the collection is on the whole uneven. There are gaps in the record relating to Professor Radunsky’s teaching and service to Oberlin College. The biographical file (Series I) helps to fill some of the holes in his life and times.
The correspondence...
Dates:
1895 - 1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 September 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James W. Holton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-041
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Wilber Holton consist primarily of letters between Holton and his mother, and letters written by Holton to his wife Alice H. (Renik) Holton. The contents of the letters include Oberlin events, financial concerns, temperance activities, music, and Holton's travels in the midwest. A small amount of letters between Mrs. M.L. Shumway and Mrs. R. B. Holton are also included. Series 2 contains a journal of Mrs. R. B. Holton (minutes of the Oberlin Beneficial Society,...
Dates:
1860s-1913, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John E. Wirkler Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-123
Scope and Contents
The papers of John E. Wirkler primarily document his work as director of the Men's and Women's Glee Club of Oberlin College. The collection contains programs and publicity, sheet music, and scrapbooks relating to the Glee Clubs.
Of particular interest are the words and music to songs performed by the Glee Clubs. Included is sheet music to the popular song of the 1940s and 1950s at Oberlin entitled "I'll Be with You Where You Are" (1946).
Also included in the...
Dates:
1880-1959, undated; Other: Date acquired: 07/28/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lorain County Children's Home (Oberlin, OH) Collection in Honor of the Rebeles Family
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-042
Scope and Contents
The Lorain County Children's Home Collection ranges in date from 1929 through 2000. The bulk of the records date from 1929 through 1933. The collection has been divided into three series: photographs, correspondence and printed matter, and report cards. The bulk of the materials relate to members of the Rebeles family.
Dates:
1929-2000; Majority of material found in 1929-1933; Other: Date acquired: 04/05/2004
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Louise VanDyke Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-455
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mary Louise VanDyke contain a wide variety of materials related to her work with the Dictionary of American Hymnology and as a hymn writer and researcher. Most of the collection comprises Oberlin College alumni and former student composer files in Series 1, which contain correspondence, biographical information, articles and clippings, photographs, and hymns. Some composer files include booklets or spiral bound collections of hymns. Also included in Series 1 are files of...
Dates:
1897-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2018 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives