photographs -- lantern slides

Scope and Contents The records from Bayer Diagnostics Corporation document the medical instrument manufacturing and research of Bayer Diagnostics and its predecessor entities, Gilford Instrument Laboratories, Ciba Corning Diagnostics, and Chiron Diagnostics. For four decades this manufacturing plant was a major employer in the city of Oberlin. Located at 132 Artino Street, Gilford Instrument Laboratories was the first occupant of the Oberlin Industrial Park in 1959. The company was a leading manufacturer...

Scope and Contents The Erwin H. Richards papers consist of a scrapbook, correspondence, writings, photographs and photograph albums, glass plate negatives, lantern slides, a map, and printer’s blocks that document the family’s missionary activity in Portuguese East Africa. The writings constitute a significant portion of the Erwin H. Richards papers. Included are writings and translations by Richards, used as instructional tools during his missionary work in Africa. The writings by others also...

Scope and Contents Consisting of both the personal and professional papers generated and gathered in the course of his life, the Fred Eugene collection documents the life of a man raised in the American West with a strong appreciation for natural history and biology. He subsequently traded in these interests for a career in physical education. The papers reflect his education in the West, at Oberlin College, and at The College of Physicians and Surgeons. Leonard used his education, particularly his medical...

Scope and Contents Geoffrey T. Blodgett’s career as a professor and scholar of American history at Oberlin College is well documented in these papers, from his appointment at Oberlin in 1960 to his retirement in 2000 and death in 2001. A small amount of material dates from prior to his faculty appointment. There is very little of a personal nature in the papers, but his correspondence with respected and valued colleagues, as well as many former students, reveal warm relationships with many of them and...

Scope and Contents The papers of Herbert G. May consist of instructional files, correspondence, writings, committee files, files relating to the Bible, files relating to the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, sermons and chapel talks, and photographs. These papers document May’s distinguished career as teacher and theologian, Biblical translator, cartographer, and linguist. The biographical materials and the extensive correspondence series (professional and personal) provide many examples of the respect...

Scope and Contents The papers of James Caldwell McCullough document his greatest interests–photography and chemistry. His personal and professional correspondence and laboratory manuals make up the bulk of his collection. McCullough's letters document his professionalism through his dealings with other corporations and with the college itself. He never received a doctorate in his field, but he managed to convince the college that his years of service and experience surmounted his limited schooling....

Scope and Contents The papers of John Frederic Shreiner consist of textual and non-textual materials relating to the Oberlin College Class of 1916.  Shreiner served as Class President and Class Agent for several years, beginning in 1966, and collected these materials in order to plan class reunions and update class directories.  Materials in the collection include letters from the Class President, letters from class members, class member lists, minutes and reports from meetings, financial records, printed...

Scope and Contents The records of OSMA date from 1881 to the present and relate to the activities of Oberlinians in Asia during that period.  Earlier records discuss missionary work of the Oberlin Band: evangelism, teaching, medical work, and the operation of "opium refuges" in the Shanxi province of China. The bulk of this collection deals with the OSMA, which was formed as a living memorial to Oberlin missionaries who died in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Administrative and financial...

Scope and Contents The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...

Scope and Contents This category of photographic materials comprises transparent positives. They are arranged in four series: Series 1. Lantern Slides; Series 2. Mounted Film Transparencies; Series 3. Unmounted Film Transparencies; and Series 4. Slide Sets. This collection was created for those transparencies that are not part of an institutional record group or a personal paper group. The mounted transparencies, also known as slides, were used with a projector for teaching and presentations,...