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Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 372 Collections and/or Records:
Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization (O.H.I.O.) Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-009
Scope and Contents
This record group, consisting of three subgroups, documents the activities and efforts of Oberlin citizens to improve the town and to preserve its history. The first two subgroups represent the records of the predecessor organizations which merged to form O.H.I.O. in 1964.
Subgroup I contains the records of the Oberlin Village Improvement Society which was extant from 1903 to 1964. Dating from 1909 to 1964, important record series are: constitution and by-laws, 1911-1943;...
Dates:
1903-2005; Majority of material found in 1903-2005, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Industrial School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-016
Scope and Contents
The records include annual reports, 1885-1913, written by Julia Monroe, Mary Monroe (1854-1917), and Kate Fowler (1860-1933), successive directors of the school; teachers’ class reports, ca. 1887; financial records, 1885-1916; letters from industrial schools in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, ca. 1885; names of teachers and students; lesson plans for teachers; religious lessons, undated; notes on advice to the girls and their mothers, ca. 1885-1892; samples of work done; and a book of...
Dates:
1885-1934, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Junior Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-009
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Junior Women’s Club document the organization’s involvement in local community projects, as well as ties to state and national organizations. The collection consists of club handbooks, 1961-64; constitution and rules, 1954; programs for events, 1961-1963; newspaper clippings, 1960-63; magazines from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1961-62, and the Directory of the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1960-62. The records also include miscellaneous papers...
Dates:
1954-1964; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, legal documents, financial ledgers, printed material, and photographs comprise the records of the Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School (OKPTS), founded in 1894 by the Oberlin Kindergarten Association and absorbed in 1932 by the Education Department of Oberlin College. The school's founders conceived of the OKPTS and its free kindergartens as laboratories in which the latest methods of kindergarten pedagogy might be tested; however, the bulk of...
Dates:
1894-1933; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin LIASE Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 60-001
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin LIASE collection documents faculty and student activities funded by a grant from the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment from 2016 to 2022. The materials are arranged in three series: Series 1. Program Files, Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE), Exploration and Implementation Grants; Series 2. Non-textual Materials and Posters; and Series 3. Books.Series 1 includes correspondence with the grant project partners; files generated...
Dates:
1995-2022; Majority of material found in 2015-2022; Other: Date acquired: 2022 August 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Manual Training School Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-040
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Manual Training School Records date from 1887 to 1910. They include newspaper clippings and citations, a committee report related to the school, and end of term reports.
Dates:
1887-1910, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/10/2001
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Public Schools Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-007
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Oberlin Public Schools consist of High School Annuals (1902-28), graduation programs (1870s), and names and addresses, 1915-16, 1921-22, 1931-46; Junior High Council, ca. 1930; Pleasant School PTA, 1954-70; and other records, 1927-51.
Older records, 1843-72, include pupil enumerations, teachers and district clerk reports, bonding certificates, teachers certificates, superintendents and board minutes and reports, correspondence, bids, deeds for school lots,...
Dates:
1834-2000; Majority of material found in 1859-1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Race Relations Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-041
Scope and Contents
This small collection of records date from 2000 through 2002 and relate to the activities of the Oberlin Race Relations Committee during that time.
Dates:
2000-2002; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2003
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin School of Commerce Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-021
Scope and Contents
Oberlin School of Commerce records date from 1859 through 1997. Records include student directories, a history of the School of Commerce, business college news, student records, and photographs.
Dates:
1859-1997, undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/14/1995
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Temperance Alliance Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-032
Scope and Contents
The records (2 vols.) are mainly those of the executive committee plus newspaper clippings that report upon annual meetings and other activities of the Alliance. The clippings are pasted into the volumes in chronological sequence. The first 18 pages of volume one contain records of the “Oberlin Temperance League,” February 1, 1870, to May 1, 1874. This group apparently disbanded on the latter date because all cash on hand was turned over to the newly formed Alliance. Included are a few...
Dates:
1870-1917; Majority of material found in 1874-1910
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives