Publications
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on printed material made available for sale or distribution.
Found in 374 Collections and/or Records:
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
Oberlin Woman's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin Woman’s Club document the organization’s contribution to the Oberlin Community, as well as commitment to both intellectual improvement and service work. The collection contains minutes of general and executive board meetings, 1901‑75, and minutes of meetings of the following departments: history, 1927‑ 75; literature, 1919‑75; history and literature, 1975‑79; home and garden, 1955‑61; and social progress, 1955-67. Also included in the records are annual...
Dates:
1901-1981, undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/1981
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
OCOPE/OPEIU Local 502
Collection
Identifier: RG 48
Scope and Contents
The records for the Oberlin College Office and Professional Employees Union (OCOPE) provide relevant information about the labor issues which precipitated the creation of a union. The documents provide a very detailed account of its formation and development as the sole collective bargaining agent for the administrative assistants. The bulk of the material emphasizes the period from 1970 to 1977, from the union’s creation to its affiliation with the Office and Professional Employees...
Dates:
1960-2004; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/1987
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Admissions Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 25
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Admissions (1888, 1902-2000), including annual reports, minutes, correspondence, student applications, statistical tables, consultants' reports, and printed materials, document the office's administrative, recruitment, research, and marketing activities over six decades. Minutes of the Committee on Admissions, 1907-28, are housed with the records of the Office of the Secretary. The collection is divided into six series alphabetically arranged: I....
Dates:
1888-2000
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Communications Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 18-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Communications and its predecessor bodies serve as a significant vertical file covering a wide range of events and topics of interest to the College. The records, existing in both textual and non-textual formats, thus provide an historical overview of these events and topics, dating from 1923 through the present. Comprised of news clips, subject files, news releases, photographs and reel to reel tape recording, the collection documents Oberlin history, Oberlin...
Dates:
1923-2024; Majority of material found in 1950-1987; Other: Date acquired: 12/27/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of Development and Alumni Affairs Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 26
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs document the fund-raising, reporting, research, and public relations activities of the development arm of Oberlin College from 1887 to the present. These records do not provide a consecutive account of the complicated history of the Development Office per se. That history may be constructed by consulting this collection and related holdings of institutional records and personal papers (as detailed below) in the Oberlin College...
Dates:
1857-2012
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Office of the Secretary Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 05
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of the Secretary document the duties and functions of the office beginning with the creation of the office in 1899. The records also include documents prior to the organization of the Office of the Secretary. The majority of these records are located in the historical file. The records illustrate the gradual growth of the Office of the Secretary, from an ancillary offshoot of the Office of the Treasurer, to an administrative office overseeing the functions of...
Dates:
1833 - 1998; Other: Date acquired: 1967 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Order of the Eastern Star, Oberlin Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-006
Scope and Contents
The records of the Pansy Chapter #34, Oberlin Order of the Eastern Star document the organization’s internal activities and their ties to other O.E.S. groups. The group met regularly for bi-weekly meetings, and celebrated activities such as Association Day, Flag Day, Inspections, Installation of officers and Friendship nights with other nearby Ohio chapters.
The collection consists of a three-page history, 1976; a list of past Matrons and Patrons, 1895-1977; programs for events...
Dates:
1918-1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul B. Arnold Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-254
Scope and Contents
The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...
Dates:
ca. 1900-2013; Other: Date acquired: 1992 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul H. Boase Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-248
Scope and Contents
The Paul H. Boase Papers primarily document the his professional career as a professor of speech at Oberlin College, Ohio University, and other institutions; a dedicated lay minister in the Methodist church; a leader in various professional organizations; and a scholar of speech and rhetoric, particularly around topics related to the Methodist church. The collection consists of a small amount of biographical materials related to his personal life, family, and his time as a student. The...
Dates:
1939 - 2000; Other: Date acquired: 1994 September 30
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives