photographs -- photographic prints
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 266 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Wesley Graham Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-086
Scope and Contents
The papers of Thomas W. Graham consist largely of his sermon outlines, prepared between 1916 and ca. 1945. There is very little material in this small collection relating to Graham's personal life or to his varied professional career. Papers documenting Graham's tenure as Dean of the Graduate School of Theology (1923-48) are located in Record Group 10. In this collection, there is one folder of memoranda and miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Theological Seminary, which includes a...
Dates:
1896-1967; Majority of material found in 1916-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Tom Root Aerial Photographic Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-253
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 25 black and white aerial negatives in 4” x 5” format; three color aerial negatives, also 4” x 5”; seven black and white enlargements to 8” x 10” prints; four matte black and white enlargements, also in 8” x 10” prints; and three additional black and white aerial photographs in 8” x 10”. Nine additional photographs and four photographic postcards, all aerial views by Tom Root, were originally filed in the general photographic collection (RG 32).
Most...
Dates:
1949-1994, undated.; Other: Date acquired: 1995 February 10
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
Walter L. Hopkins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-220
Scope and Contents
The Walter Leland Hopkins papers document his service with the United States Army Ambulance Service during World War I. This period of service from 1917 to 1919 is the only period documented in the records. Little is known about his life prior to or after joining the ambulance service. Hopkins served with the Princeton University Ambulance Section, 523. The papers consist of correspondence, photographs and ephemera collected by Hopkins.
The richest source material is found in...
Dates:
1917-1919; Other: Date acquired: 1971 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Walter Marshall Horton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-004
Abstract
The papers of Walter Marshall Horton primarily consist of Horton's writing and information related to the modern Ecumenical Movement.
Dates:
1903-1967; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Warren Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-015
Abstract
The papers of Warren Taylor relate primarily to the professional life of an Oberlin College professor. Their contents reflect Taylor's interest in collecting evidence of his achievements. His friendships with students were important to him and are recorded in correspondence spanning forty years. Lecture notes used in his popular English and American literature courses are not present in the collection, although there is material relating to the academic programs Taylor initiated. There is...
Dates:
1924-1990; Majority of material found in 1925-73; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Wattles Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-273
Abstract
The Wattles Family Papers relate primarily to the lives of Theano Wattles and Esther Whinery Wattles. There are also materials related to Lucretia Celestia Wattles and Harmonia Wattles Woodford. The collection has been subdivided into four record series.
Dates:
1860-1953, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1969 March 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Werner H. Bromund Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-087
Scope and Contents
The papers of Werner H. Bromund primarily document Werner Bromund’s role as historian of the Chemistry Department of Oberlin College. His collected works and materials concerning Frank Fanning Jewett and publications of the Chemistry Department illustrate some of the rich history of the department. Photographs of Charles Martin Hall and Frank Fanning Jewett are included in this collection. Bromund was also interested in the City of Oberlin water supply and he wrote and collected reports...
Dates:
1875-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1875-1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/23/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Wesley Frost Papers
Collection — 8 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-030
Abstract
The papers of Wesley Frost unevenly document his thirty-two-year career (1912-44) in the U.S. Foreign Service and Department of State. A more complete record of Frost's ambassadorial service is held among the Department of State Records at the National Archives, Record Group 59, Decimal File 834.00 through 834.99.
Dates:
1884-1944; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Willard Livingstone Beard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-076
Scope and Contents
The Willard Livingstone Beard Papers consists primarily of letters (1910-1925) between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children. Of special interest are the twenty letters written by Willard L. Beard and his daughter, Phebe, from Foochow, China (1921-23), some of which tell of the struggle between factions of the Chinese to gain control of the area. A letter from Myron Gould Beard to “Dearest Sister Dot” (Dorothy), dated June 29, 1920, is an account of his visit to Bahia Blanca,...
Dates:
1904-1925, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives