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Student Life: Jewish Life
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 19-003-001-002
Scope and Contents
The Jewish Life collection documents various aspects of Jewish student life at Oberlin. The majority of the materials are from various Jewish student groups and publications, Kosher Halal Cooperative (founded originally as Kosher Cooperative), the Judaic and Near Eastern Studies (JNES) Department, and Hebrew House. There are also smaller amounts of religious materials, materials concerning interfaith/intergroup work and the role of non-profit organizations, and discourse surrounding...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-2023; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/2022
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Mock Convention Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-008
Scope and Contents
These records document the mock political conventions held at Oberlin College from 1860 to 1968. This quadrennial event was an Oberlin tradition that many alumni regarded as a highlight of their student experience. There were twenty-seven mock political conventions held at Oberlin. Twenty-four were Republican, two were Democratic, and one was non-partisan. The records consist of correspondence, financial records, official proceedings, committee records, convention newspapers, programs and...
Dates:
1860-1968; Majority of material found in 1924-1968; Other: Date acquired: 07/21/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Musical and Dramatic Organizations: Gilbert and Sullivan Players Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-003-001
Scope and Contents
Although Gilbert and Sullivan operettas have been produced at Oberlin at least since the 1930s, the Oberlin Gilbert and Sullivan Players, as a group, was formed in 1949. The first production, The Pirates of Penzance, took place in 1950. The bulk of records cover the period 1949-1990. The collection occupies 4.95 linear feet. A few financial records from Gilbert and Sullivan productions of the 1930’s and 1940’s can be found in Series 4, “Financial Records.”
The...
Dates:
1938-2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1995; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1990
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, Theta Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-002-002
Scope and Contents
The records of Pi Kappa Lambda, Theta Chapter, document the membership, programs, and governance of this honorary national musical fraternity from its establishment in 1927. The collection provides documentation concerning the history and operation of the national organization of Pi Kappa Lambda. The collection contains documentation concerning the work of the various presidents since 1961, including elections, correspondence, and honor recipients.
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Dates:
1927-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/05/1993
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Residences: Third World House
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-001-004
Dates:
1971-2019; Majority of material found in 1974-1997; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/1997
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Scrapbooks Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-004-003
Scope and Contents
The scrapbooks in this collection, assembled primarily by former Oberlin College students, are those not associated with a personal paper group. Not all scrapbooks are intact. Some were donated as dissembled or photocopied books, while others were dissembled and/or copied by Archives staff for preservation purposes.
The inventory lists names of creators in alphabetical order. Married women’s names appear twice in the inventory, under two different surnames, maiden and married, for...
Dates:
ca. 1836-1996
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives