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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:
Addison Merrill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-179
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a notebook and some loose items from the notebook. The notebook contains the following sections: "Index Rerum or Prompter, intended as a Manual to aid The Memory By Addison Merrill Fort Wayne Indiana May 1st 1840"; "Order of Studies at O.C. Institute," 1841‑42; skeleton of lectures on physiology and anatomy by Professor James Dascomb, September 1, 1841 (pp. 23‑32); language of Flowers (36 pages); poetry. The notebook was apparently written by...
Dates:
ca. 1840-1842; Other: Date acquired: 1964 May 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Albert Allen Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-017
Scope and Contents
The papers of Albert Allen Wright partially document the career of this geologist, naturalist, and trusted advisor of College affairs. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, along with a sampling of writings, talks, field notes, and student notes. The majority of the correspondence is written both to and from family members.
The collection is arranged in eight series: 1. Correspondence (Incoming); 2. Correspondence (Outgoing); 3. Student...
Dates:
1853, 1858-1905; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Allen Memorial Art Museum Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-003
Scope and Contents
The records of the Allen Memorial Art Museum date from 1899 to the present. A significant portion of the collection consists of correspondence files of the directors and curators, spanning the years from 1919 to 1991. The correspondence deals with various issues pertaining to acquiring, lending, and borrowing works of art. Extensive files also document exhibits from 1919 to 1987. These exhibition files often include checklists, catalogs, brochures, photographs, and correspondence. The...
Dates:
1899-2013; Other: Date acquired: 01/17/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Andrew Bongiorno Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-258
Scope and Contents
The Andrew Bongiorno Papers are arranged into five series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Speeches; 3. Writings; 4. Teaching and Research Files; and 5. Photographs. The teaching and research files in Series 4 make up the bulk of the collection, with extensive lecture notes and quotations for his teaching, particularly on the work of Dante, and research index card notes for his translation of Lodovico Castelvetro’s Poetica d’Aristotele Vulgarizzata et Sposta...
Dates:
1938-1991, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 July 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Athena Tacha Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-262
Scope and Contents
The papers of Athena Tacha primarily document her teaching as a member of the Oberlin College Department of Art, and her role as Consultant Curator of the Weltzheimer/Johnson House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oberlin, Ohio. Tacha used these materials in writing the manuscript “Frank Lloyd Wright at Oberlin: the story of the Weltzheimer/Johnson House.”
The collection is organized into two Subgroups, I. Materials Relating to Athena Tacha and II. Materials relating to the...
Dates:
1968-2002, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1995 August 22
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Azariah Smith Root Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-057
Abstract
The papers of Azariah Smith Root (1862-1927, A.B. 1884) document the personal and professional life of this prominent educator, librarian, and scholar.
Dates:
1881 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1881 - 1930; Other: Date acquired: 08/20/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Belden and Lisa Paulson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-374
Scope and Contents
The Belden and Lisa Paulson Papers primarily document the life of Belden Paulson, who began his varied service-oriented career resettling refugees in post-World War II Europe. As a maverick academic, his professional endeavors involved urban development, alternative futures, sustainability, and substantial, practical projects related to each of these fields. The records of the High Wind Association document a non-profit intentional community founded by Belden and Lisa dedicated to...
Dates:
1937-2012, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-2001; Other: Date acquired: 2005 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ben W. Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-172
Scope and Contents
The papers of Ben W. Lewis span the years 1922 to 1982, with the bulk of the collection concentrated in the period 1958 to 1974. During these sixteen years, Lewis served with the Ford Foundation’s Overseas Development Program. There is little information in this collection regarding Lewis’ teaching career at Oberlin College or his personal life.
The Lewis papers, originally maintained as general files, are organized into three series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. General...
Dates:
1922-1982, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1984 September 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Betty Lind Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-118
Scope and Contents
The papers of Betty Lind provide a brief overview of Lind's career at Oberlin College and her life following her retirement.
The files pertaining to her time at Oberlin reflect her determined efforts to establish modern dance as an art form. Lind's attempts to incorporate modern dance into the Theater Arts department are also demonstrated in this collection, both by proposals and by the numerous productions she staged with The Modern Dance Club.
Lind's own career as a...
Dates:
1952-1990, undated; Majority of material found in 1963-1990; Other: Date acquired: 10/09/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Bridgman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-349
Scope and Contents
This is a sizable collection. The Bridgman Family Papers document the family’s work as missionaries to South Africa over nearly a century (1860-1949). Included in these family papers are a good many biographical and genealogical histories of each member of the extended family. Unevenness exists in the collection, however, in part because the bulk of the materials primarily document the work and accomplishments of Frederick Brainerd Bridgman (1869-1925) and his wife, Clara Davis Bridgman...
Dates:
ca. 1854-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1962; Other: Date acquired: 2002 January 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives