Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 289 Collections and/or Records:
O. Mark and Gertrude Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-275
Scope and Contents
The papers of O. Mark and Gertrude Hocking Richards (OMR and GHR) constitute family documents preserved over several generations. Files mainly consist of correspondence, diaries (of Gertrude Richards), genealogical records, newspaper clippings, unpublished family reminiscences and poems, publications, and photographs. A genealogical survey, tracing the family back to 1585, stands out as an accomplishment and illustrates how a family traces its history. The collection provides a generational...
Dates:
1909-1996, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1996 July 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin and Civil Rights Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-427
Scope and Contents
The Oberlin and Civil Rights Collection is an artificial one consisting of material donated by or relating to Oberlin students who participated in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The collection began as collaboration between the Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin alumni from the classes of the 1950s and 60s, and the staff of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Oberlin has a long tradition of student activism, and during the Civil Rights Movement many...
Dates:
1920s-2015, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s; Other: Date acquired: 2012 September 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin Beach Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-031
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection consist of photocopies from the Oberlin College Archives, the Oberlin Beach Association’s records, and letters and clippings from the Association’s members. They were compiled by Mildred Locke Chapin and comb-bound into several editions of a two-volume manuscript entitled “History in the Making.” Also included is a smaller compilation entitled “A Tydbit of Oberlin Beach from 1917.” The volumes contain photocopies of newspaper articles, minutes,...
Dates:
1905-1992; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1994
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin College Library Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 16-001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Oberlin College Library cover the years 1815-1890. These historical materials provide proof of the work of five distinguished College Librarians, spanning a century, but they also document the role Oberlin played over time in developing librarianship in a small college liberal arts setting.Except for some gaps for the pre-1887 years and for missing annual reports for 1973-74 through 1977-78, the files in this record group are essentially complete. The...
Dates:
1815-2024; Majority of material found in 1950-1989; Other: Date acquired: 1973 February 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Oberlin File
Collection
Identifier: RG 21
Abstract
The Oberlin File is a collection of single items by or about Oberlinians and the College. It is an artificial collection comprised of many small accessions or items transferred without deed of gift.
Dates:
1823-2003, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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 Telegraphy Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-034
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence and printed material. The printed material includes miscellaneous advertising pamphlets and booklets, dating from 1873-1906, undated. This material contains information on the history of telegraphy, the foundation of the school, the school mission statement and curriculum. To entice new students there are stories on successful graduates and articles on the benefits of attending the Oberlin School of Telegraphy. The name of the school(s) changed many...
Dates:
1873-1906, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/31/1981
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 the...
Dates:
1833 - 1998; Other: Date acquired: 1967 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Olive Bell Daniels Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-154
Scope and Contents
The papers of Olive Bell Daniels consists of College memorabilia, including a memory book, photographs, programs, an expense record (1909-1913), essays, letters, and a bound copy of “Minnetonka Mornings.” Copies of letters written by Mrs. Daniels to family members, 1960-1961, describe her travels in Europe and Asia with her husband.
Dates:
1909 - 1981; Other: Date acquired: 1983 January 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives