Photograph albums
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on albums made up of mounted photographs, with or without identifying information. Works on published books illustrated by reproduced or original photographs, with or without text, in which the essential information is conveyed by the images are entered under Photobooks.
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Oberlin Golf Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-022
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin Golf Club Records are arranged in 13 series and range in date from 1903-2007. Records include administrative, membership, and miscellaneous documents. There are photographs and maps, as well as documents from the club's women's associations.
Dates:
1903-2007; Other: Date acquired: 09/30/1996
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 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
Paul Leaton Corbin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-049
Scope and Contents
The papers of Paul Leaton Corbin constitute a small portion of Corbin's research collection on China, assembled over the course of Corbin's 29 years as a missionary in Shansi Province. Consisting almost entirely of printed materials, these files document the educational and evangelical work of the American Board in North China from 1900 to 1936. The papers also provide evidence of the activities of several foreign missionary organizations headquartered in Shanghai. Notably absent from this...
Dates:
1886-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Philip O. Bennett Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-306
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection contains papers and multimedia documenting Phillip Bennett's life. Because Bennett was blind, this collection provides information about Oberlin College's efforts to help students with disabilites, services available to help the blind, and Bennett's ability to conduct everyday life in a very successful fashion and to excel as a musician.Twelve folders of correspondence provide information about Bennett's admission to the Conservatory at Oberlin College...
Dates:
1923-1998, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1998 September 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photograph Albums Collection
Collection — boxes
Identifier: RG 32-007
Scope and Contents
The Photograph Albums Collection comprises albums or album contents dating from 1861 to 2000. Fifteen of these date from the 19th century, with cartes-de-visite, collotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, postcards, cyanotypes, and other early prints. Cyanotypes dominate the contents of albums dating from 1900 to 1910, typically taken by Oberlin students themselves. From the 1920s to the 1960s several College-produced albums feature quality gelatin silver prints made...
Dates:
1861 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1920; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Class Albums
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-003-003
Scope and Contents
Class albums are photograph albums with portraits of the graduating members of a particular class year at Oberlin College, which sometimes include photographs of faculty members or the president of the College. The date range for these is 1858-1898, but some years are not represented. These albums replace the daguerreotype and ambroytpe group portraits of the preceding two decades as photographers adopted the methods of making multiple prints from wet or dry plate negatives.
The...
Dates:
1858-1898; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Raymond T. Moyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-260
Scope and Contents
The Raymond T. Moyer papers consist of correspondence, writing files, speeches, lectures, and topical files, as well as non-textual materials and collected publications. The collection covers Moyer’s professional career in Far East Asia, dating from the 1920s to his retirement in the 1960s. The Moyer papers are arranged into nine (9) record series: 1. Appointments, Awards, and Diploma Files; 2. Correspondence Files (incoming and outgoing); 3. Lectures, Official Statements, and...
Dates:
1913 - 2000; Majority of material found in 1921-1980; Other: Date acquired: 1995 October 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robbins Strong Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-215
Scope and Contents
The Robbins Strong papers primarily consist of the six photographic albums and five manuscripts that detail twentieth-century China. The collection covers almost exclusively Strong’s prolific career in China as an Oberlin-in-Shansi representative and as an active Christian missionary (1930s-1960s). However, the collected works face several shortcomings in shedding insight into Strong’s personal career. Most of his correspondence between friends and family were written under strict censorship...
Dates:
1934-1989, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1990 October 29
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Robert K. and Olive Grabill Carr Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-221
Scope and Contents
The first subgroup in this record group consists of four series, which document President Robert K. Carr’s pre-presidential and post-presidential years, particularly through his extensive correspondence. Materials (i.e., lecture notes, writings) relating to his professional work concerning civil liberties and his career as an academician are contained in this collection. Carr’s service on President Harry Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights is documented in Series 2. Professional Teaching and...
Dates:
1907 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 1973 July 16
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives