Printed ephemera -- Ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
John G. Olmstead Family Papers
Collection — 29 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-002
Scope and Contents
The John G. Olmstead Family papers (1840-1955) consist of correspondence, professional and student files, and other miscellaneous material as collected by John G. Olmstead. This collection is arranged into sixteen series: Series I. Olmstead Letters regarding Academy and College Years; Series II. Files relating to John G. Olmstead’s Professional Activities; Series III. Letters received by Icabod A. Olmstead and Mary C. Olmstead; Series IV. Letters received by John G. Olmstead; Series V....
Dates:
1840-1955; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John M. Ellis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-345
Scope and Contents
The John Millot Ellis papers consist of a modest amount of material but it covers a good portion of his life. There is little biographical information, but an obituary offers a good summary of his career and community service. Miscellaneous photographs and college pamphlets chronicle some of Ellis's leisure and family activity. A genealogical chart, compiled by a family in 2002, is included. Six of Ellis's notebooks record his instruction of Rhetoric and Greek from 1851 to 1896. One...
Dates:
1852-1945, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2002 March 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John Pearson Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-312
Scope and Contents
The John Pearson Collection is a small one, comprised of the artist’s posters, exhibition catalogs and announcement cards, and a small amount of writings by and about him.
Dates:
1976-2002, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1995
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John William Kurtz Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-216
Scope and Contents
The papers of John W. Kurtz consist of materials for the publication John Frederic Oberlin, including research materials (photocopies), manuscript with editorial comments (photocopy), manuscripts for the first revision, and the manuscript (photocopy) used to print the book. A copy of the book John Frederic Oberlin and Johann Fredrich Oberlin Sein Leben and Wirken, 1940-1826...
Dates:
1976-1982, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1985 April 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jones Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-107
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Jones family document the lives and teaching careers of Lynds Jones and his son George Jones. The papers also document the history of the Jones Family prior to the birth of Lynds Jones, as well as shed light on the history of Oberlin College and the community of Oberlin during the teaching careers of both Lynds and George Jones. The papers are organized into four subgroups: I. Lynds Jones Papers; II. George Jones Papers; III. Other Family Members; and IV. Late...
Dates:
1832-1999; Other: Date acquired: 09/14/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jorge Luis Borges Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-461
Scope and Contents
The Jorge Luis Borges Collection primarily comprises interviews, ephemera, clippings, photographs, and audio and video recordings documenting Borges’ visit to Oberlin College in May 1983, as well as other interviews with Borges by Ana Cara. Most of the materials were used in the Oberlin College Libraries' digital [url=https://omeka.ohio5.org/exhibits/show/borges]Jorge Luis Borges Collection[/url] published in 2012. The project was one of many developed at Oberlin and the other four...
Dates:
1979-2016, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2015 November 3
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
L. Dean Nuernberger Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-436
Scope and Contents
The L. Dean Nuernberger Papers are divided into seven series. The bulk of the collection comprises his original compositions from his entire career, spanning the mid-1940s to 2009. Transcriptions and research materials make up the other, larger series. The collection holds very little biographical or teaching materials.
Dates:
1918-2013, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1989; Other: Date acquired: 2014 October 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Leslie Candor Farquhar Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-401
Scope and Contents
The Leslie Candor Farquhar Papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, brochures, advertisements, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, slides, exhibit materials, and a scrapbook, most of which were produced by Leslie Farquhar as a journalist, writer, photographer and community volunteer. They reflect the Oberlin College and town community and, to a lesser extent, the Elyria community, primarily during the 1970s through 2008.
The papers are about equally split between texts...
Dates:
1932-2008, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2008; Other: Date acquired: 2008 August 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Little Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-007
Scope and Contents
The Little collection spans several generations of Oberlin residents. The correspondence series, comprising the bulk of the collection, contains letters demonstrating the interest in missionary work by members of the Cowles-Little and Dart-Leonard families, and the correspondence relates to the activities of Class 1888 members. The remainder of the collection provides glimpses into the educational and activist lives of members of the Little family via school notes, talks, and published...
Dates:
1853-1956; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Logan Omer Osborn Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-191
Scope and Contents
The papers of Logan Omer Osborn primarily relate to Osborn's student days at the Oberlin Business School and Oberlin College, and his military service with the U.S. Ambulance Corps, Oberlin Unit (1918-19). His student files consist of printed material from Oberlin College (i.e., football program, handbook, student organization), notes for a physics class (1913) and summer school (1915), a subscription book (1916) for a magazine organized by Osborn and Robert M. Hutchins (Honorary War...
Dates:
ca. 1911-1940, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1988 May 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives