plaques (flat objects)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy Schrom Dye Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-013
Scope and Contents
The Nancy S. Dye presidential papers (1948 (1994-2007)–2007) cover the thirteen-year tenure of Oberlin College’s first woman president. Broadly, the official records document administrative actions and decisions made by Dye and her senior staff, with an emphasis on cultivating and developing the college’s relationships locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In many ways, this voluminous record (125.68 l.f.) of two subgroups, 32 records series, and 81 subseries captures the...
Dates:
1948-2007; Other: Majority of material found within 1994-2007; Other: Date acquired: 1994 December 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Consumers Cooperative Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-029
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Consumers Cooperative document the history of this socio-economic organization, which operated on the Rochdale principles of cooperation. The records include the articles of incorporation and bylaws, minutes, financial records, administrative files, correspondence, contracts and other legal documents, subject files, building project files, printed matter, and non-textual material.
The records span the history of the Oberlin Consumers Cooperative (OCC)...
Dates:
1896-2002; Majority of material found in 1940-2000; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Objects Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 35
Scope and Contents
The Objects Collection comprises over 500 objects as of 2024, most of which are not associated with another record group or personal paper group. All of the objects have been photographed and described for an image database at http://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/objects. This image database, titled the Archives Museum Collection, also holds digital surrogates for...
Dates:
ca. 1830s-2024
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Physical Education Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-006
Scope and Contents
The records from the Physical Education Department date from 1880 to 2004, with a small amount of additional material from 2005-2012, and document the development of physical training for men and women at Oberlin College. Records from the men's department comprise the bulk of this record group (Subgroups I-V) and include correspondence of the Directors of Athletics; information on Oberlin's philosophy of athletics and how it has evolved; curricular materials from the tenures of C.W....
Dates:
1880-2024, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/03/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Edwards and Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-219
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Edwards Stevenson (1900-85) and his wife Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson (1902-87) document the joint public service careers of the Stevensons over a period of forty-five years. Correspondence with their families (1917-25) and with each other (1924-25), as well as genealogical records such as diaries, wills, and marriage certificates, bring to light the privileged New England childhoods and family relationships which fostered their social ideals. The arrangement of the...
Dates:
1809 - 1987; Majority of material found in 1917-1925, 1942-85; Other: Date acquired: 1979 October 4
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives