COLLEGE GENERAL

RECORDS, 1834-present, n.d.

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INVENTORY

Note: An asterisk * denotes records.

Series 1.  Miscellaneous Publications and Printed Materials

Box 1
       Publications and Printed Materials, pre-1890-1899, n.d.  (8f)

Box 2
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1900-1919  (7f)

Box 3
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1920-1939  (5f)

Box 4
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1940-1959  (5f)

Box 5
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1960-1967  (6f)

Box 6
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1968-1970  (4f)

Box 7
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1971-1973  (4f)

Box 8
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1974-1981  (8f)

Box 9
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1982-1987  (6f)

Box 10
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1988-1995  (8f)

Box 11
       Publications and Printed Materials, 1996-


Series 2.  Miscellaneous Publications Relating to Instruction and
       Recruitment

       Subseries 1.  General Catalogs* 

Box 1
              General Catalogs, 1834-1841  [photocopy]
	          
		Online Version of 1836 Catalog

Box 2
              General Catalogs, 1841-1847  [photocopy]

Box 3
              General Catalogs, 1847-1855  [photocopy]

Box 4
              General Catalogs, 1855-1863  [photocopy]

Box 5
              General Catalogs, 1863-1867  [photocopy]

Box 6
              General Catalogs, 1867-1871  [photocopy]

Box 7
              General Catalogs, 1871-1875  [photocopy]

Box 8
              General Catalogs, 1875-1879  [photocopy]

Box 9
              General Catalogs, 1879-1883  [photocopy]

Box 10
              General Catalogs, 1884-1890  [originals, in box]

Box 11
              General Catalogs, 1891-1896  [originals, in box]

Box 12
              General Catalogs, 1897-1902  [originals, in box]

Volumes on Shelf  (in-house use copy)
              General Catalogs, 1903-1991  (85v)  [bound]

Box 1
              General Catalogs, 1834-1885/86  [originals]

Box 2
              General Catalogs, 1874-1897/98  [originals]

Box 3
              General Catalogs, 1898/99-1908/09  [originals]

Box 4
              General Catalogs, 1909/10-1917/18  [originals]

Box 5
              General Catalogs, 1918/19-1927/28  [originals]

Box 6
              General Catalogs, 1928/29-1936/37  [originals]

Box 7
              General Catalogs, 1937/38-1945/46  [originals]

Box 8
              General Catalogs, 1946/47-1953//55  [originals]

Box 9
              General Catalogs, 1954/56-1960/62  [originals]

Box 10
              General Catalogs, 1961/63-1968/70  [originals]

Box 11
              General Catalogs, 1970/71-1973/74  [originals]

Box 12
              General Catalogs, 1974/75-1979/80  [originals]

Box 13
              General Catalogs, 1980/81-1985/86  [originals]

Box 14
              General Catalogs, 1986/87-1988/89  [originals]

Box 15
              General Catalogs, 1989/90-1996/97  [originals]

Box 16
              General Catalogs, 1997/98-      [originals]

       Subseries 2.  Announcements of Courses

Box 1
              Announcement of Courses, 1883-1901  (12v)

       Subseries 2.  Announcements of Courses (cont.)

Box 2
              Announcement of Courses, 1965-1977  (11f)

Box 3
              Announcement of Courses, 1977-1987  (10f)

Box 4
              Announcement of Courses, 1987-   (5f)

       Subseries 3.  Winter Term

Box 1
              Winter Term (various), 1969-1996  (6f)
              Clippings, 1968-1986

       Subseries 4.  Information Catalogues

Box 1
       Bulletin of Oberlin College, 1937-1938, 1978-1985  (10v)

       Subseries 5.  View/Picture Books

Box 1
       View/Picture Books, 1986-  (12v)


Series 3.  Annual Reports of the President and the Financial Report
       of Oberlin College

Box 1
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1834-1907/08

Box 2
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1908/09-1916/17

Box 3
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1917/18-1929/30

Box 4
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1930/31-1944/45

Box 5
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1945/46-1957/58

Box 6
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1958/59-1968/69t 

Box 7
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1975/78, 1977/78-1983/84

Box 8
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1984/85-Volumes on Shelf
       Annual and Financial Reports, 1876-1975  (74v)

Box 1
       Annual Reports of the President, 1867-1933 (microfiche)

Box 2
       Annual Reports of the President, 1933-1969, 1975-1978 (microfiche)
       Annual Reports of the Treasurer, 1933-1993 (microfiche)


Series 4.  Annual Calendars

Box 1
       Annual Calendars (wall), 1896-1897, 1900-1902, 1904-1924

Box 2
       Annual Calendars (wall), 1925-1947
       Annual Calendars (appointment), 1948-1957

Box 3
       Annual Calendars (appointment), 1958-1971r


Series 5.  About Oberlin

Box 1
       About Oberlin, 1939-1971


Series 6.  Oberlin Quarterly Review

Box 1
       Oberlin Quarterly Review (includes index), 1845-1849


Series 7.  Honors Day Programs

Box 1
       Honors Day Programs, 1927-  (7f)


Series 8.  Oberlin College Directories
              (more recent issues include the administrative chart)

Box 1
       Oberlin College Directories, 1898/99, fall 1900, fall 1901

Box 2
       Oberlin College Directories, 1903-1941/42

Box 3
       Oberlin College Directories, 1942/43-1973/74

Box 4
       Oberlin College Directories, 1974/75-1981/82

Box 5
       Oberlin College Directories, 1982/83-1988/89

Box 6
       Oberlin College Directories, 1989/90-


Series 9.  Registers and Directories of Alumni, Trustees, and Staff

Box 1
       Registers and Directories of Alumni, Trustees and Staff, 1835-1908

Box 2
       Registers and Directories of Alumni, Trustees and Staff, 1916-1960

Box 3
       Registers and Directories of Alumni, Trustees and Staff, 1981

Box 4
       Registers and Directories of Alumni, Trustees and Staff, 1995


Series 10.  Weekly Calendar & "Oberlin Notes"

Box 1 (Oversize)
       Weekly Calendar, Nov. 1927 - June 1933

Box 1A (Oversize)
       Weekly Calendar (duplicates)

Box 2
       Weekly Calendar, Oct. 1933 - May 1953  (22f)

Box 3
       Weekly Calendar, Sept. 1953 - May 1968  (23f)

Box 4
       Weekly Calendar, Sept. 1968 - May 1985  (21f)

Box 5
       Weekly Calendar, June 1985 - Aug. 1994  (9f)

Box 6
       "Oberlin Notes," Aug. 1994 - June 1996  (4f)


Series 11.  Handbooks for Students

Box 1
       Handbooks for Students
              Student Handbook, 1894-1934, 1954-1961, 1971-1979  (5f)

Box 2
              Student Handbook, 1980-1988, 1996-1998

Box 3
              Student Legislation/Regulations, 1840-1985, 1900-1992  (6f)
                     (information now appears in the Oberlin College Directory)

Box 4
              Freshman Handbooks, 1938-1975

Box 5
              Women's Legislation and Regulations, 1852-1969 (3f)
              Social Form, n.d.
              Miscellany, n.d.


Series 12.  Summer Session Publications and Printed Materials

Box 1
       Summer Session Publications and Printed Materials, 1890-1947  (9f)

Box 2
       Summer Session Publications and Printed Materials, 1950-1977  (6f)


Series 13.  Drama Programs

Box 1
       Drama Programs, 1865-1985, n.d.  (11f)
              (inc. Ben Greet Players, 1905-1914)

Box 2
       Drama Programs, 1972-1994  (2f)
       Inter-Arts - Dance, 1971-1979
       Inter-Arts - Oberlin College Theater, 1966-1980
       Inter-Arts - Russian Theater, 1970s


Series 14.  Oberlin Alumni Bulletin - Oberlin Today

Box 1 (Oversize)
       Oberlin Alumni Bulletin - Oberlin Today, 1943-1952

Box 2
       Oberlin Alumni Bulletin - Oberlin Today, 1952-1964

Note:
       Oberlin Alumni Bulletin - Oberlin Today, 1943-1964  (on microfilm)


Series 15.  Commencement Files

Box 1
       Commencement Files, 1837-1883  (50f)

Box 2
       Commencement Files, 1884-1901  (18f)

Box 3
       Commencement Files, 1902-1908  (9f)

Box 4
       Commencement Files, 1909-1916  (8f)

Box 5
       Commencement Files, 1917-1923  (7f)

Box 6
       Commencement Files, 1924-1929  (7f)

Box 7
       Commencement Files, 1930-1935  (8f)

Box 8
       Commencement Files, 1936-1946  (11f)

Box 9
       Commencement Files, 1947-1957  (11f)

Box 10
       Commencement Files, 1958-1965  (8f)

Box 11
       Commencement Files, 1966-1971  (6f)

Box 12
       Commencement Files, 1972-1979  (8f)

Box 13
       Commencement Files, 1980-1986  (7f)

Box 14
       Commencement Files, 1987-1994  (8f)

Box 15
       Commencement Files, 1995-   (3f)


Series 16.  Repetitive Programs and Lists

Box 1
       Repetitive Programs and Lists
              Nellie Heldt Lectures, 1939-1954  (2f)

Box 2
              Vesper Services, 1921-1968  (5f)

Box 3
              Assemblies - Calendars and Programs, 1940s-1973  (2f)

Box 4
              Chapel Programs, 1934, 1952-1970  (5f)

Box 5
              Baldwin Lectures, 1931-1972
              Butts Guestship, 1976-1987
              Causey Fund Conference, 1928-1932
              Robert S. Danforth Lectureship Series, 1996-
              Haskell Lectures, 1900-1996  (2f)

Box 6
              Humanities Lectures, 1943-1944
              Harold Jantz Memorial Lectures, 1990-1995
              Jaszi Lectures, 1972-1980
              Max Kade, German Writer-in-Residence, 1970-1986

Box 7
              Vernon Johns Scholars Program, 1992-
              Martin Luther King Commemorative Service, 1965-1996

Box 8
              Charles Beebe Martin Lectures, 1930, 1973-1994  (2f)
              Herbert G. May Memorial Lectures, 1977-1988  (2f)

Box 9
              Mead-Swing Lectures, 1925-1996

Box 10
              Ruth Mulhauser Memorial Lectures, 1990
              Philosophy Colloquium, 1993-
              Beatty B. and Amy F. Williams Lectureship, 1962-1966
              Yinger Lectures, 1989-

Box 11
              Fellowships-Career Development and Placement, 1989-
              Student Organization Directories, 1975-1988  (2f)

Box 12
              Newcomers, 1952-  (2f)
                     See also vertical file "Faculty Wives (Newcomers Club,                            etc.)."
              Orientation, 1926-  (3f)


Series 17.  Early Financial Campaigns:  See Development (RG 26)


Series 18.  Oberlin College Newsletters or Newspapers

       Subseries 1.  OC News Letter for Faculty and Staff

Box 1 (Oversized)
       OC News Letter for Faculty and Staff, 1923-1935

       Subseries 2.  OC Newsletter for Faculty and Staff

Box 1
       OC Newsletter for Faculty and Staff, 1974-1976
       Subseries 3.  Oberlin College Observer, and Index (on-line)

       Vol. 1-4, 1979-1983
       Vol. 5-8, 1983-1987
       Vol. 9-11, 1987-1990
       Vol. 12-14, 1990-1993
       Vol. 15-17, 1993-1996
       Index, Vol. 1-16, 1979-1995

       Subseries 4.  Around the Square

Box 1 (Oversized)
       Around the Square, 1994-


Series 19.  Class Schedules

Oversize
       Class Schedules, 1887-1959
              (housed in Room 420A, Oversize Map Drawer 2)


Series 20.  Examination Schedules

Oversize
       Examination Schedules, 1845-1952
              (housed in Room 420A, Oversize Map Drawer 2)


Series 21.  Committee Lists

Box 1
       Committee Lists, [pre-1893]-1994  (11f)

Note:
       For Committee Lists, after 1994, see Oberlin College Directories


Series 22.  Faculty Publications, Performances, and Exhibitions

Box 1
       Faculty Publications, Performances, and Exhibitions, 1968-1995  (2f)
The 1995-1996 issue was not published (material was received, however) and beginning in 1996-1997 this document will only be available in an electronic format.


Series 23.  Miscellaneous Oberlin Brochures and Maps

Box 1 (Oversized)
       Miscellaneous Oberlin Brochures and Maps, 1946-1975 (various)


Series 24.  Buildings and Dedications/Rededications
       (arranged by date of dedication/rededication or purchase)

Box 1
       Tappan Hall, 1835
       Colonial Hall, 1836
       College Chapel, 1854-1903
       Second Ladies' Hall, 1861-1865
       Society Hall, 1868-1917
       French Hall, 1868-1927
       Cabinet Hall, 1874
       Council Hall, 1874
       Sturges Hall, 1884
       Warner Hall, 1884
       Spear Hall, Spear Library, Spear Laboratory, 1885
       Peters Hall, 1887  (2f)
       Warner Gymnasium, 1901
       Severance Chemical Laboratory, 1901
       Memorial Arch, 1903
       Finney Memorial Chapel, 1908
       Carnegie Library, 1908
       Rice Memorial Hall, 1910
       Men's Building, 1911
       Johnson House, 1911
       Heating Plant, 1913
       Jacob Dolson Cox Administration Building, 1915

Box 2
       Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Building, 1917, 1977  (2f)
       Allen Memorial Hospital, 1925
       Westervelt Hall, 1927
       President's House - 154 Forest St., 1927
       A.A. Wright Zoological Laboratory, 1927
       Crane Pool, 1931
       Graduate School of Theology Buildings, 1931  (2f)
       Hales Memorial Gymnasium for Women, 1939
       Wilbur and Orville Wright Laboratory of Physics, 1943
       George M. Jones Field House, 1948
       Service Building, 1949
       Sophronia Brooks Hall Auditorium, 1942, 1953  (3f)
       Oberlin Inn, 1955

Box 3
       Kettering Hall of Science, 1961
       Warner Concert Hall, 1963
       Conservatory of Music, 1964  (3f)
       King Memorial Building, 1966
       Jesse Philips Gymnasium, 1971
       Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center, 1971-1977  (2f)
       Bandstand, 1985-1987
       North Hall Addition, 1988
       Conservatory of Music Library, 1988
       Religious Life Center, 1989
       Geology Department - Severance, 1989


Series 25.  Class Files

Box 1
       Class Files, 1843-1867  (11f)

Box 2
       Class Files, 1868-1875  (16f & 1v)

Box 3
       Class Files, 1875 (cont.)  (12f & 4v)

Box 4
       Class Files, 1876-1884  (12f)

Box 5
       Class Files, 1885-1888  (6f)

Box 6
       Class Files, 1889  (8f)

Box 7
       Class Files, 1890-1892  (10f)

Box 8
       Class Files, 1893-1896  (10f)

Box 9
       Class Files, 1897-1898  (6f)

Box 10
       Class Files, 1899-1901  (8f)

Box 11
       Class Files, 1902-1903  (7f)

Box 12
       Class Files, 1904  (3f & 1v)

Box 13
       Class Files, 1905-1906  (5f)

Box 14
       Class Files, 1907-1909  (6f)

Box 15
       Class Files, 1910  (5f)

Box 16
       Class Files, 1911-1912  (9f)

Box 17
       Class Files, 1913  (5f)

Box 18
       Class Files, 1913 (cont.)  (2f & 1v)

Box 19
       Class Files, 1914-1916  (6f)

Box 20
       Class Files, 1917  (7f)

Box 21
       Class Files, 1918-1920  (6f & 1v)
              (incls. 1918 Hudson Scholars)

Box 22
       Class Files, 1921-1924  (9f)

Box 23
       Class Files, 1925-1927  (6f)

Box 24
       Class Files, 1928-1929  (10f)

Box 25
       Class Files, 1929  (Round Robin)

Box 26
       Class Files, 1930-1931  (7f)

Box 27
       Class Files, 1932-1933  (2f)

Box 28
       Class Files, 1934  (2f)

Box 29
       Class Files, 1935-1939  (7f)

Box 30
       Class Files, 1940-1945  (7f)

Box 31
       Class Files, 1946-1950  (5f)

Box 32
       Class Files, 1951-1954  (4f)

Box 33
       Class Files, 1955-1958  (4f)

Box 34
       Class Files, 1959-1963  (5f)

Box 35
       Class Files, 1964-1967  (4f)

Box 36
       Class Files, 1968-1969  (2f)

Box 37
       Class Files, 1970-1975  (6f)

Box 38
       Class Files, 1976-1979  (4f)

Box 39
       Class Files, 1980-1989  (10f)

Box 40
       Class Files, 1990-   (8f)


Series 26.  Inaugurations and Anniversaries

Box 1
       Inaugurations
              King, Henry C., 1903  (1f + loose items)
              Wilkins, Ernest H., 1927  (5f, 3v)

Box 2
              Ballantine, William G., 1891
              Barrows, John Henry, 1899
              Stevenson, William E., 1947  (4f)
              Carr, Robert K., 1960  (5f)
              Fuller, Robert W., 1970
              Danenberg, Emil C., 1975

Box 3
              Starr, S. Frederick, 1983  (9f + loose items)

Box 4
              Dye, Nancy S., 1994

Box 5
       Anniversaries
              50th [Golden] Anniversary, 1883  (2f)
              75th Anniversary, 1908  (3f)
              100th [Centennial] Anniversary, 1933  (4f)

Box 6
              Centennial [100th] of Coeducation, 1937  (2f)
              125th Anniversary, 1958  (3f)
              Shansi:  50 Years, 1958
              Conservatory Centennial, 1967
              150th [Sesquicentennial] Anniversary, 1983
              Aluminum Discovery, 1986
              Sesquicentennial [150th] of Coeducation, 1987

Box 7 (Oversized)
              Anniversary, 1883 Jubilee


Series 27.  Diplomas

       Diplomas (located in 1:1, top shelf)


Series 28.  Indexes

       Subseries 1.  Speakers and Musical Events, 1895-1969
              (taken from catalogs, Annual Reports, and Weekly Calendars)

Box 1
       Speakers, A--Fl

Box 2
       Speakers, Fl--L

Box 3
       Speakers, M--Sl

Box 4
       Speakers, Sl--Z
       Musical Events, A--D

Box 5
       Musical Events, E--Z
       Artist Recitals

       Subseries 2.  Oberlin Review

Box 1
       Oberlin Review, 1874-1907

       Subseries 3.  Oberlin's Community Newspaper

Volume on Shelf
       Index for Oberlin's Community Newspaper, 1860-1905
              (incls:  Lorain County News, 1860-1873 andOberlin
                         Weekly News/Oberlin News-Tribune<, 1873
                         present)
              (on-line index available through Special Collections:
                     www.oberlin.edu/~library/reference/dobnews.html)

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