photographs -- photographic prints
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 266 Collections and/or Records:
Edward T. Wong Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-252
Scope and Contents
The papers of Edward T. Wong document Wong's career as a teacher, advisor, researcher, and writer. The majority of the files concern Wong's career as a professor of mathematics at Oberlin College. The Instructional and Student Files series contains materials concerning the courses taught by Wong, grades and exams, student papers and projects, and letters of reference written for students. In addition, the Miscellaneous Professional Files include documentation related to Wong's positions...
Dates:
1958 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 January 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Eileen Thornton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-280
Scope and Contents
This small collection holds biographical information, correspondence, poems, and publications by Thornton, photographs of Carnegie and the Conservatory libraries, student assistants, library staff, and Thornton’s retirement dinner, and a scrapbook assembled and presented by library staff on the occasion of Thornton’s retirement in 1971.
Included are two handmade children’s books created by Thornton in 1938, with original illustrations. Another handmade book, made by Thornton...
Dates:
1938-1971, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 January 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elaine Hoff Norton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-405
Scope and Contents
The Elaine Hoff Norton collection is a modest sized volume of academic and personal papers and photographic materials. The content of the collection focuses largely on Norton’s time at Oberlin College as an undergraduate and graduate student.
Norton’s course materials and writings make up the bulk of the collection. These materials provide an in depth look into her coursework at Oberlin College, especially her work with botany and life sciences. The writings also contain Norton’s...
Dates:
1935-2000, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1935-1943; Other: Date acquired: 2007 September 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elam Jewett Comings Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-052
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elam J. Comings include correspondence, writings, miscellaneous family papers, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence of Elam J. Comings to his family, written while a student at Oberlin College (1836-41) and while serving pastorates in Ohio (1842-43, 1853-60), Vermont (1845-48), and Massachusetts (1848-53). Topics covered in the Oberlin correspondence include the preaching of Asa Mahan (1799-1889) and Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875),...
Dates:
1834-94, 1904-36, undated; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1907; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ellen H.E. Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-243
Scope and Contents
Ellen Johnson was a teacher, writer, artist, collector of contemporary art, and world traveler. This collection details the career of an extraordinary woman who worked and taught at Oberlin College for 38 years. In order to gain a grasp of the uniqueness and extent of Johnson's contributions to the world of contemporary art and the teaching of modern art history, one must also refer to the research files and assorted papers donated to the Archives of American Art.
The collection...
Dates:
1933-1992, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 June 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elliott F. Grabill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-043
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elliott F. Grabill consist mainly of letters sent by Grabill (December, 1863-1865) to Anna S. Jenney, whom he would marry in March of 1865. Grabill expressed himself well on such matters as schools for contraband, relations with other officers, regard for black troops, troop dispositions including their transport by water, the siege of Petersburg, descriptions of battle, the wounding of Colonel Giles W. Shurtleff, exchange of papers with a Confederate soldier, a tour of four...
Dates:
1859 - 1910; Majority of material found in 1862-1868; Other: Date acquired: 02/18/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ellsworth C. Carlson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-176
Abstract
The papers of Ellsworth C. Carlson document his undergraduate days at Oberlin College, his years as an Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association representative to China and Shansi board member, his professional contributions as a faculty exchange member, and his special interest in East Asian History.
Dates:
1935-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1985
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elmina R. Lucke Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-389
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elmina R. Lucke consist predominantly of undated materials relating to her book, Remembering at Eighty Eight: Letters I Should Have Written. This book discusses her travels in India and work there in the 1930s and 1940s, and explores her impressions as well as personal philosophies and ways of working. It was originally published in India under the title, Unforgettable Memories: A Collection of Letters In...
Dates:
1986-1987, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 October 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Emil C. and Mary Ann Danenberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-393
Scope and Contents
The papers of Emil C. Danenberg (1917-1982) and Mary Ann Danenberg (1927-2008) document the lives and careers of the Danenbergs over an 82 year period. The arrangement of the Danenberg’s papers into two subgroups—the papers of Mary Ann Danenberg and the papers of Emil C. Danenberg—does not diminish the collaborative nature of the couple’s work. Although the bulk of the materials found in the collection relate to Mary Ann’s education and professional life, significant material relating to...
Dates:
1926-2008, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2006 October 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Eric B. Nye Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-342
Scope and Contents
The papers of Eric B. Nye, Oberlin Class of 1970, document his days as a student at Oberlin College (1966-70), including his summers spent at Cape Cod (1967) and on the Oberlin programs in France (1968) and Vienna (1969). His time at Oberlin College spanned an era of increasing unrest among college students across the country in reaction to the Vietnam War and civil protests at home, and Oberlin experienced its share of this unrest.
The collection consists of a notebook from a...
Dates:
1961-1981, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2001 June 19
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives