Letters

Scope and Contents The Clarence Ward Collection provides detail on Clarence Ward’s activities as an architectural consultant and on his administration of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Information also exists here on the debate of the system of faculty governance at Oberlin College. Consisting of correspondence, memoranda, and other printed materials, this collection is organized into ten series. The correspondence and diaries series provide the richest insight into Ward’s personal and...

Scope and Contents The records of the Oberlin College Museum, 1877-1964, include correspondence, inventories, an accession book, and a catalogue that contains information relating to the acquisition of specimens for the natural history museum. The Accession Book covers the period 1855-1949 and contains entries that include the name of the donor, date received, a description of the specimen, and the accession number. The correspondence files contain letters from individual donors. Inventory and specimen...

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...