photographs -- color transparencies
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Memorial Art Museum Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-003
Scope and Contents
The records of the Allen Memorial Art Museum date from 1899 to the present. A significant portion of the collection consists of correspondence files of the directors and curators, spanning the years from 1919 to 1991. The correspondence deals with various issues pertaining to acquiring, lending, and borrowing works of art. Extensive files also document exhibits from 1919 to 1987. These exhibition files often include checklists, catalogs, brochures, photographs, and correspondence. The...
Dates:
1899-2013; Other: Date acquired: 01/17/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Bayer Diagnostics Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-028
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...
Dates:
1941-2001; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2000
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
City of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-005
Abstract
The records of the City of Oberlin span 1858 to 2007. This material documents many aspects of the administration of Oberlin, including: minutes of City Council, records of City Officials, city boards, commissions and committees; ordinances and resolutions; the records of the Water Works, Police and Fire Departments, Public Works, and Code Administrators. The Water Works and the minutes and ordinances of the City Council are among the most complete record series. Major gaps exist among...
Dates:
1858-2007; Other: Date acquired: 01/18/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John T. Seyfried Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-445
Scope and Contents
The John T. Seyfried Photograph Collection comprises prints, negatives, slides and transparencies produced by Seyfied for Oberlin College as freelance work. They cover college events, people, buildings, performances, and guest visitors to campus in the 1980s through the 2000s. Many of the images were used by the Office of Communications for college publications. The collection is arranged in three series.
Dates:
1986-2010, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2017 May 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Nichols Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-372
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Nichols Family primarily document the career of Ruth Alexander Nichols as a photographer and businesswoman and range from letters to and from diverse family members to photographs and negatives. These materials provide an example of a successful commercial photographer who was almost entirely self-taught. Ruth Alexander Nichols began her career as a photographer out of necessity, finding herself widowed in the first half of the twentieth century, an age when single...
Dates:
1884-1962, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1911-1934; Other: Date acquired: 2004 June 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Slides & Transparencies Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-009
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,...
Dates:
late 19th century - 2000s; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Mock Convention Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-008
Scope and Contents
These records document the mock political conventions held at Oberlin College from 1860 to 1968. This quadrennial event was an Oberlin tradition that many alumni regarded as a highlight of their student experience. There were twenty-seven mock political conventions held at Oberlin. Twenty-four were Republican, two were Democratic, and one was non-partisan. The records consist of correspondence, financial records, official proceedings, committee records, convention newspapers, programs and...
Dates:
1860-1968; Majority of material found in 1924-1968; Other: Date acquired: 07/21/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Walter King Bailey Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-106
Scope and Contents
The papers of Walter King Bailey document his activities—particularly athletic ones—while a student at Oberlin College and his involvement in development issues during his tenure as a trustee of the College later in his career. His letters include reference to the 1916 controversy involving a Greek fraternity. Several letters also relate conversations with Irvin Houck and address the controversy surrounding the naming of Carr Pool. These letters demonstrate the depth of involvement Bailey...
Dates:
1914 - 1996; Majority of material found in 1914-1919; Other: Date acquired: 06/29/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives