Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 289 Collections and/or Records:
Spaulding Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-028
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of the original Spaulding Manuscript and a negative photostat copy of it. Also included is a photostat copy of a one-page document signed by Solomon Spaulding that is titled "Articles of Agreement,” 1 January 1811. This document concerns the transfer of property to John Dunn.Other documents concern the origin of the Spaulding Manuscript and its placement at Oberlin College. These include typescript copies of statements by Professor George F. Wright...
Dates:
1811-1985, undated; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Stanley B. Harkness Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-173
Scope and Contents
The papers of Stanley Harkness deal mainly with the works of Samuel Butler and consist of manuscripts written by Harkness, reviews of Butler’s works and writings about him, and other types of criticism. Aside from a short obituary, the collection gives no information about the life of Stanley Harkness, save his overwhelming interest in Samuel Butler.
Dates:
1901-1961, undated; Majority of material found in 1915-1955; Other: Date acquired: 10/27/1982
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Steer-Wilson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-392
Dates:
1895-1996, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1917-1948; Other: Date acquired: 2007 April 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Miscellaneous Publications and Printed Materials
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-000-004
Scope and Contents
This record group consists of publications and printed materials related to student life. This includes committee and organization handbooks, dance programs, programs, and course evaluations. The record group has been arranged in three series.
Dates:
1868-1996, undated; Majority of material found in 1960s-1990
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Musical and Dramatic Organizations: Gilbert and Sullivan Players Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-003-001
Scope and Contents
Although Gilbert and Sullivan operettas have been produced at Oberlin at least since the 1930s, the Oberlin Gilbert and Sullivan Players, as a group, was formed in 1949. The first production, The Pirates of Penzance, took place in 1950. The bulk of records cover the period 1949-1990. The collection occupies 4.95 linear feet. A few financial records from Gilbert and Sullivan productions of the 1930’s and 1940’s can be found in Series 4, “Financial...
Dates:
1938-2005; Majority of material found in 1938-1995; Other: Date acquired: 1990 May 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Student Life: Student Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 19-005
Scope and Contents
The Student Papers collection consists of research papers written by Oberlin College students. The majority of the research topics concern Oberlin issues or people, but some cover other topics. The collection is one series, listing student papers in alphabetical order by author.
Dates:
1908-present; Acquired 1985 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Susan Wealthy Orvis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-129
Scope and Contents
The papers of Susan Wealthy Orvis consists mainly of notes (c. 1934-39) taken by Orvis during the lectures of Graduate School of Theology professors Robert Elliot Brown, Francis William Buckler, Clarence Tucker Craig, George Walter Fiske, Clarence Herbert Hamilton, and Walter Marshall Horton. Also included are notes used by Orvis in her teaching at the Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work in Cleveland (1935-1937); correspondence (1922-26, 1934-35, and n.d.); and biographical...
Dates:
1917-1939, undated; Majority of material found in 1922-1939; Other: Date acquired: 02/25/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sydney Nettleton Fisher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-187
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sydney Nettleton Fisher document the Fisher family and his days as a student at Oberlin College. The collection is rich in documentation about the Fisher family, including an autobiography of Sydney N. Fisher and biographies of Robert Dean Fisher and Fisher's parents, Addison Washburn Fisher and Pearl Nettleton Fisher. The correspondence series contains letters between Sydney Fisher and family, including accounts of his teaching appointment at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey...
Dates:
1914-1986, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/1986
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sylvan Suskin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-387
Scope and Contents
This small collection is comprised of certain course materials created by Sylvan Suskin, as well as syllabi from other courses in the Department of Musicology at Oberlin College; materials relating to a letter by Beethoven in the Oberlin College Library; two essays by faculty member Roderick Knight on ethnomusicology; materials generated during the celebration at Oberlin of the bicentennial of Mozart’s death, and records generated by the Oberlin Inn Advisory Committee. More information on...
Dates:
1967-2000, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2005 September 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sylvia H. Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-359
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sylvia H. Williams primarily document her role as a curator at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1971-1983, and as Director of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution, 1983-1996. The biographical files, correspondence, clippings, writings, and awards and diplomas provide documentation concerning her education, her interest in art and African Art, her work at the Brooklyn Museum and the Smithsonian Institute, and her accomplishments as a successful...
Dates:
1952-1997, undated; Majority of material found in 1971-1996; Other: Date acquired: 2003 January 3
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives