Scrapbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
Julia G. Severance Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-309
Scope and Contents
The Julia G. Severance papers primarily consist of her etchings of notable sites and buildings around the Oberlin College campus. Also included are letters written to friends regarding personal matters. The letters were retained for the additional artwork found on them. The photograph series contains photos of Julia Severance, her studio, and the Severance home in Oberlin, Ohio, as well as a photo album documenting her time in California and various loose photographs. The two scrapbooks...
Dates:
1912-1957, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1999 September 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kathryn Reinhard Albrecht Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-102
Scope and Contents
The papers consist entirely of newspaper clippings, which document the local events of Lorain County, Amherst and Oberlin in particular. Aside from the first few obituary clippings in volume 1 of the scrapbooks that contain information about the deaths of the Albrechts’ two sons, there is scant documentation concerning Kathryn Albrecht and her family.
Dates:
1913 - 1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/18/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Keyes DeWitt Metcalf Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-212
Scope and Contents
The Keyes DeWitt Metcalf Family Papers contain letters, day books, photographs,memorabilia, and genealogical information relating to Keyes and his immediate family. The bulk of papers consists of courtship letters to and from Keyes and Martha Gerrish, 1907-1914.
Dates:
1872-1990, undated; undated; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1914; Other: Date acquired: 1989 October 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
League of Women Voters of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-005
Scope and Contents
Records include minutes of general meetings and board meetings, 1924-1950; an annual report, 1945-46; bulletins, 1944-1960, 1969-1972; correspondence, 1955-1959; printed matter, 1956-1970; newspaper clipping, 1941, 1952, and 1947-1965; and three scrapbooks, 1949-1961. Folders of information from various committees cover the following topics: “Citizen’s View of 1952,” a program sponsored by NBC Radio; “Life Magazine”; the League of Women Voters, 1952-53;...
Dates:
1924-2006, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/14/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
LeRoy Adams Grumbine Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-135
Scope and Contents
The papers of LeRoy A. Grumbine detail mainly his time spent at Oberlin (1899-1907) when he took various courses in Greek and Latin, English Literature and Bible studies, and Organ and Harmony. Included are grade reports (restricted) for various subjects in the academy, the College and Conservatory as well as his student schedules for the Conservatory which include his term bill.
The greatest volume of the collection is devoted to items from the scrapbook Grumbine kept during...
Dates:
1899-1930, undated; Majority of material found in 1899-1907; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Leslie Candor Farquhar Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-401
Scope and Contents
The Leslie Candor Farquhar Papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, brochures, advertisements, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, slides, exhibit materials, and a scrapbook, most of which were produced by Leslie Farquhar as a journalist, writer, photographer and community volunteer. They reflect the Oberlin College and town community and, to a lesser extent, the Elyria community, primarily during the 1970s through 2008.
The papers are about equally split between texts...
Dates:
1932-2008, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2008; Other: Date acquired: 2008 August 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-334
Scope and Contents
The Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers provide uneven documentation of the life and career of this Oberlin alumna and educator. The papers consist of biographical information, diaries, correspondence, writings, essays, teaching related materials, newspapers, and non-textual items. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1. Biographical Files, 2. Diaries and Journals, 3. Correspondence, 4. Student Files, 5. Teaching Files, 6. Writings, 7. Non-Textual Materials, and 8....
Dates:
1848-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1989 October 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lucy Lee Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-256
Scope and Contents
The papers of Lucy Lee Lewis document Lewis's career as a harpist, particularly at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and her relationship with her students. Little or no material is extant documenting her scholarship and service to Oberlin College. The material, consisting of correspondence between Lewis and her harp students, clippings of her students' activities, and miscellaneous items, is of a relatively high research value. This collection is organized into eight series: 1....
Dates:
1937 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 1995 April 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Margaret Guss Barnaby Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-400
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Guss Barnaby Papers document Barnaby’s time at Oberlin College (1921-1925), and only the last three years from her time at the Harvard School of Public Health, between 1967 and 1969. She held various positions at Harvard from 1937 until her retirement in 1969.
The collection is arranged into five series.
Dates:
1921-1969, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2008 September 11
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Margaret Reynolds Schauffler Papers
Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-204
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Schauffler papers primarily consist of thirty-six sketches, two essays, four journals, and an oversize scrapbook that document her life as a political activist and prolific artist. The collection covers almost exclusively Schauffler’s activities as an undergraduate student at Oberlin College (OC ’18), her career as an art professor, and her commitment to activism and the visual arts even in her retirement.
Of significance to Oberlin’s institutional history are the...
Dates:
1914 - 1994; Other: Date acquired: 1989 March 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives