Printed ephemera -- Ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
Lois Blakely Orbell Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-218
Scope and Contents
The Lois Blakely Orbell Papers is a small collection of correspondence, musical performance programs, a clipping, and two panorama photographs of students at Oberlin College. The letters from Lois to her family span 1904-1928, with the majority written from Oberlin. A few letters are from Lois’ parents to Lois. After Lois Orbell’s death in 1985, two friends sent letters to an Orbell relative about her.
The programs, with one exception, feature piano performances by Lois Blakely...
Dates:
1900 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1942; Other: Date acquired: 1991
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lorain County Regional Airport Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-043
Scope and Contents
The Lorain County Regional Airport Records range in date from 1944 through 2010. The collection includes business and administrative records. There are expansion and master planning records, as well as an economic impact report.
Dates:
1944-2010; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/2012
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Malcolm D. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-245
Scope and Contents
The papers of Malcolm D. Taylor span the years 1910 to 1981 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1914-1920. During this period, Taylor taught in a junior high school in Kinsman, Ohio, was educated at Oberlin College, and served in the First World War. Less well highlighted is Taylor's professional life after graduation. There is virtually no information about Taylor's personal life.
The Taylor papers are organized into eight series: Series I. Biographical File; Series II....
Dates:
1910 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1920; Other: Date acquired: 1994 June 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mark M. Heald Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-159
Scope and Contents
The Mark Mortimer Heald Papers primarily document his early life in Illinois, Oberlin (1910-16), Minnesota (1916-17), and Germany and France both during and after World War I (1918-19). Specific periods of interest represented by the collection are Heald’s high school days in Illinois (1906-10), his time as a college student (1910-14), his work at Oberlin Academy and Oberlin College (1914-16), his fellowship at the University of Minnesota (1916-17), his military service (1917-1919), and...
Dates:
1902 - 2017; Majority of material found in 1902-1947; Other: Date acquired: 1980 June 4
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Elizabeth Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-168
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mary Elizabeth Johnston consist largely of scrapbooks assembled between 1910 and 1972 by Johnston as a record of her family life in Oberlin, her teaching career and travels, and activities in retirement.
The collection is arranged into five records series: Series I. Correspondence; II. Diaries and Memoranda Books; III. Biographical Miscellany; IV. Scrapbooks; and V. Photographs. Within series, files are typically arranged alphabetically by topic or type of...
Dates:
1882-1981, undated; Majority of material found in 1910-1972; Other: Date acquired: 1984 November 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Miscellaneous Clubs and Associations Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-002
Abstract
This record group holds small amounts of material for fourteen clubs and associations in Lorain County in Series 1, and the larger Series 2 on the Neighborhood House Association of Lorain County. The latter includes oral history interviews on cassette tapes and select transcriptions on the history of the Neighborhood House Association.
Dates:
1886-2008
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mutual Improvement Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-014
Scope and Contents
The records of the Mutual Improvement Club consist of two yearly programs, printed in 1913 and 1914, which contain lists of officers, members, meeting places, and topics covered during meetings. The club had 23 active members and 5 honorary members in 1913. The club’s official colors were blue and white and it had a club song composed by Mrs. Gertrude Anderson, a club president.
Although the stated topic of study was home economics, the Mutual Improvement Club covered a range of...
Dates:
1913-1914
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Oberlin Unit 3196, Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-033
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Unit of the NAACP cover the period from ca. 1919 to 1976, and from 1990 to 2014. They comprise certificates of achievement, correspondence, Freedom Fund Banquet programs, membership campaign materials, reports, general NAACP information, and complaint case files. The latter are restricted.
Dates:
ca. 1919-2018, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nineteenth Century Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-003
Scope and Contents
The records of the Nineteenth Century Club document club activities and history. The materials consist of club minutes, financial records, annual yearbooks, correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, videotapes, and objects.
The club’s administrative records include both minutes and financial records but do not include materials prior to 1904. The minutes span from 1904 to 2009 with some gaps, the largest being 1915-1938. Financial records reside both in a...
Dates:
1901-2011, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/11/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union Records, Oberlin, Ohio
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-010
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union is documented by administrative records, printed material, and miscellaneous items including newspaper clippings and a letter from Ann Hopkins Olds to the Oberlin Weekly News, 1888 March 8.
The administrative records include secretary’s books, 1897 January 5–1924 August 20 (2 vols.), which are mainly minutes of meetings plus a few newspaper clippings. Financial records include a treasurer’s book, 1901-1924 (1 vol.) and a...
Dates:
1897-1924; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives