Scrapbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
Richard E. Spear Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-305
Scope and Contents
The Richard E. Spear Papers document his career as an art historian, scholar, and professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory, and his work as the former Director of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The bulk of the collection is made up of published writings, course materials, lectures, speeches, and professional correspondence. These materials span Spear’s career as an art historian, beginning with his undergraduate education in the late 1950s and ending in 2018, eighteen years after...
Dates:
1953 - 2018; Other: Date acquired: 1998 August 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert A. Melcher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-190
Scope and Contents
The papers of Robert A. Melcher, spanning the years 1891-1996, document Melcher's career as a student, teacher, and scholar. They also reflect in detail the nature of Melcher's research interest and his emphasis on the study of music theory. Material of a personal nature is virtually non-existent within the collection.
The Melcher papers are arranged into six record series: I. Book Manuscript, II. Course Material—Instructor, III. Course Material—Student, IV. Miscellaneous...
Dates:
1891-1996, undated; Majority of material found in 1930-76; Other: Date acquired: 1988 March 11
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert P. Fountain Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-368
Scope and Contents
The Robert P. Fountain Papers document his career as a singing teacher and director of choral music, and to a lesser degree his early life. The bulk of his papers consist of thirteen scrapbooks, most of which his son, Robert H. Fountain, assembled. According to Bob, “the scrapbooks are full of how my father’s talents, drive, and personality affected those who studied with him, performed under his direction, attended performances, or knew him as a human being.” Included here, too, are two...
Dates:
1900-1996, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2004 April 9
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert S. Fletcher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-024
Abstract
The Fletcher papers reflect Robert S. Fletcher's interest in the history of Oberlin College, an institution located in the Connecticut Western Reserve, and his interest in the history of the trans-Mississippi West.
Dates:
1816-1958; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ronald J. DiCenzo Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-456
Scope and Contents
The Ronald J. DiCenzo papers provide evidence of Professor DiCenzo’s work at Oberlin College, teaching in both the East Asian Studies and History Departments from 1972 to 2005. The papers also supply information about his personal life, including his educational experiences at Canisius College, University of Kansas, University of Hawai’i, and Princeton University. There is little information in the collection concerning his life after working at Oberlin College.
Dates:
1953-2020, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2019 January 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Russia Township Farm Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-031
Scope and Contents
This collection has been subdivided into nine series. It includes records dating from 1923-2002, such as administrative information, correspondence, membership, and financial records along with photographs and artifacts.
Dates:
1923-2002; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2000
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
Student Life: Scrapbooks Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-004-003
Scope and Contents
The scrapbooks in this collection, assembled primarily by former Oberlin College students, are those not associated with a personal paper group. Not all scrapbooks are intact. Some were donated as dissembled or photocopied books, while others were dissembled and/or copied by Archives staff for preservation purposes.
The inventory lists names of creators in alphabetical order. Married women’s names appear twice in the inventory, under two different surnames, maiden and married, for...
Dates:
ca. 1836-1996
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Social Organizations
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-008
Scope and Contents
This record group consists of records related to various social organizations at Oberlin College.
Dates:
1938-2022
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sydney Nettleton Fisher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-187
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sydney Nettleton Fisher document the Fisher family and his days as a student at Oberlin College. The collection is rich in documentation about the Fisher family, including an autobiography of Sydney N. Fisher and biographies of Robert Dean Fisher and Fisher's parents, Addison Washburn Fisher and Pearl Nettleton Fisher. The correspondence series contains letters between Sydney Fisher and family, including accounts of his teaching appointment at Robert College in Istanbul,...
Dates:
1914-1986, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/1986
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives