Printed ephemera -- Ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
Oberlin Academy Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 23
Scope and Contents
Student admissions records (1904-16) and a variety of printed materials (1850-1916) comprise the records of the Oberlin Academy (1833-1916). Documentation for the years from 1833 to 1892, when the school was known as the Preparatory Department, is limited to printed material (found in Series II) dated 1850-92 and a small number of grade certificates from 1855-56. There are no records for the years 1833-49. The bulk of Series I, Operating Records, provides a fairly detailed and consecutive...
Dates:
1850-1916; Majority of material found in 1901-1916; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Area Churches, Miscellaneous
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-004-002
Abstract
This small collection brings together limited files on churches in Oberlin and just outside of it in Lorain County. Few of these materials are church records, but rather collected clippings, booklets, programs, ephemera, and some compiled historical information. Larger holdings for individual churches have their own record groups within Oberlin Community Records: Church/Religious-based Organizations (RG 31/004).
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin College Library Records, Files of Ray English
Collection
Identifier: RG 16-002
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin College Library, the files of Ray English, Director of Libraries, predominantly cover the years of 1990-2015. They relate to the leadership of Ray English over a span of twenty-five years. Several technological advances and structural changes to both the library and the campus occurred during this period, which are evidenced by the record.This record group details the change to an online catalog (OBIS), the design and building of the Academic Commons at the Mudd...
Dates:
1914 - 2022; Majority of material found in 1990-2014; Other: Date acquired: 10/15/2015
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Community Players Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-027
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Community Players primarily document the productions performed by the group during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Play scripts, programs, and newspaper articles provide evidence of the group’s work on the stage. The collection contains a scant amount of information about the groups administrative operations, including a copy of the constitution, 1953 and 1961, by-laws, 1976, Board and committee activity, membership information, and financial.
The...
Dates:
1920-1977, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/12/1995
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Forum Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-015
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Forum records have been divided into four series. The collection includes the group's constitution, financial records, programs, and a friendship bond.
Dates:
1957-1999, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/11/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Golf Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-022
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Golf Club Records are arranged in 13 series and range in date from 1903-2007. Records include administrative, membership, and miscellaneous documents. There are photographs and maps, as well as documents from the club's women's associations.
Dates:
1903-2007; Other: Date acquired: 09/30/1996
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization (O.H.I.O.) Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-009
Scope and Contents
This record group, consisting of three subgroups, documents the activities and efforts of Oberlin citizens to improve the town and to preserve its history. The first two subgroups represent the records of the predecessor organizations which merged to form O.H.I.O. in 1964.
Subgroup I contains the records of the Oberlin Village Improvement Society which was extant from 1903 to 1964. Dating from 1909 to 1964, important record series are: constitution and by-laws, 1911-1943;...
Dates:
1903-2005; Majority of material found in 1903-2005, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Industrial School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-016
Scope and Contents
The records include annual reports, 1885-1913, written by Julia Monroe, Mary Monroe (1854-1917), and Kate Fowler (1860-1933), successive directors of the school; teachers’ class reports, ca. 1887; financial records, 1885-1916; letters from industrial schools in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, ca. 1885; names of teachers and students; lesson plans for teachers; religious lessons, undated; notes on advice to the girls and their mothers, ca. 1885-1892; samples of work done; and a book of...
Dates:
1885-1934, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Junior Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-009
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Junior Women’s Club document the organization’s involvement in local community projects, as well as ties to state and national organizations. The collection consists of club handbooks, 1961-64; constitution and rules, 1954; programs for events, 1961-1963; newspaper clippings, 1960-63; magazines from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1961-62, and the Directory of the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1960-62. The records also include miscellaneous papers...
Dates:
1954-1964; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, legal documents, financial ledgers, printed material, and photographs comprise the records of the Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School (OKPTS), founded in 1894 by the Oberlin Kindergarten Association and absorbed in 1932 by the Education Department of Oberlin College. The school's founders conceived of the OKPTS and its free kindergartens as laboratories in which the latest methods of kindergarten pedagogy might be tested; however, the bulk...
Dates:
1894-1933; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives