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RG 19 - Student Life
Introduction

Among the current holdings of the Oberlin College Archives are 18 manuscript record groups relating to student life. Included among them are publications and charters of student organizations, research papers and class notes of former students, diaries and scrapbooks, records of student government, and so forth. These records document academic activities, as well as the social and cultural, political, religious, and recreational interests of Oberlin College students. For purpose of intellectual control, these collections of varying size and research value are classified under Student Life (Record Group 19), and are grouped according to the mission or purpose of the organization. The total volume stands at about 150 linear feet, or two percent of the total holdings of the Oberlin College Archives. Some of the following categories contain only partial lists.

Record Group 19 - Student Life
NAME & CLASSIFICATION NO. DATE SPAN VOLUME
Student Publications (19/0) 1858- 20.6 l.f.

     The Activist - Zehut, 148 titles

1858- 9.6 l.f.

     The Oberlin Review

1908-1999 11.0 l.f.
Residences (19/1) 1869-1997 3.89 l.f.

     Baldwin Cottage

1887-1896 0.4 l.f.

     Dascomb

1913 0.005 l.f.

     Delta Lodge

1927-1943 1.2 l.f.

     Keep Cottage

1900-1920s 0.01 l.f.

     Klinefelter's

1900-1920s 0.01 l.f.

     Ladies' Hall

1869-1881 0.4 l.f.

     Lord Cottage

1900-1920s 0.01 l.f.

     Talcott Hall

1887-1929 0.6 l.f.

     Third World House

1974-1999 1.25 l.f.

     Vatican

1930-1931 0.005 l.f.
Student Senate (19/2) 1907-1978 6.85 l.f.

     Charters, constitutions, and by-laws

1914-1967 0.2 l.f.

     Financial Records

1907(1957-1966)-1966 0.2 l.f.

     General Files, A-S

1909-1978 3.4 l.f.

     Health Committee

n.d. 1.45 l.f.

     Student Council, Minutes of

1927-1936, 1945-1966 1.2 l.f.

     Student Senate, Minutes of

1967-1978 0.4 l.f.
Student Life Organizations (19/3) 1837-2001 51.94 l.f.

     Religious Organizations (19/3/1)

1852-2001 1.0 l.f.

          Agape Fellowship

1990 0.03 l.f.

          American Friends Service Committee

1978-1983 0.03 l.f.

          Baha'i

1967-1979, n.d. 0.03 l.f.

          Christian Science Organization

1968, 1976-1983 0.03 l.f.

          Ecumenical Christians of Oberlin

1989 0.03 l.f.

          Foreign Missionary Volunteers

1886 0.03 l.f.

          Hillel

1965-1987 0.03 l.f.

          Interfaith Religious Council

1964-1967 0.03 l.f.

          Jewish Socialist Community

1973-1979, 1983-1985 0.03 l.f.

          Jewish Student Union

1995 0.03 l.f.

          Kadima

1979-1987 0.03 l.f.

          Liberated Unitarian Universalist Voices

2000  

          Muslim Student Group

1990 0.03 l.f.

          Newman Club

1968, 1997 0.03 l.f.

          Nexus (advisory council for campus ministry)

1973, 1978-1979 0.03 l.f.

          Nichiren Shosha Soka Gakkai

1985-1986 0.01 l.f.

          Oberlin Atheists and Freethinkers

1992 0.03 l.f.

          Oberlin Christian Fellowship

1949, 1997 0.03 l.f.

          Oberlin Interfaith Community

1998 0.03 l.f.

          Oberlin Zionists

1997 0.03 l.f.

          Pagan Awareness Network

2001  

          Quaker Student Committee

1998 0.03 l.f.

          Society of Friends

1967-1968, 1975-1978 0.02 l.f.

          Student Christian Association

1942  

          Student Missionary Society

1852-1864 0.03 l.f.

          Student Religious Liberals

1964-1969 0.2 l.f.

          Student Volunteer Band

1912-1927 0.05 l.f.

          Union Missionary Society

1867-1870 0.01 l.f.

          Unity (support group for Christian groups & others)

1998 0.03 l.f.

          Young Ladies' Missionary Society

1880-1894 0.03 l.f.

          (See also the records of the First & Second Congregational Church, RG 31/4.)

     Honorary Organizations (19/3/2)

1878-1998 9.3 l.f.

          Oberlin Honorary Mathematical Society

1994 0.01 l.f.

          Phi Beta Kappa

1878-1998 5.9 l.f.

          Pi Kappa Lambda

1927-1986 3.2 l.f.

          Sigma Xi

1921-1947 0.19 l.f.

     Musical/Dramatic Organizations of Oberlin College (19/3/3)

1837-2004 18.7 l.f.

          Gilbert and Sullivan Players

1938-2001 7.05 l.f.

          Glee Club (Men)

1881-1955 1.6 l.f.

          Glee Club (Women)

1918-1955 0.4 l.f.

          Music Education Club

1958-1991 0.4 l.f.

          Musical Union

1837-1954 3.85 l.f.

          Oberlin Dramatic Association

1907-1976 2.85 l.f.

          Miscellaneous, 35 groups

1852 (1953-1997)-2001 0.6 l.f.

               (Arrival Big Band - Voices for Christ)

     Literary Organizations (19/3/4)

1839-2001 21.35 l.f.

          Ladies Literary Society

1846-1953 7.65 l.f.

          Phi Delta Society

1841-1917 1.2 l.f.

          Phi Kappa Pi

1839-1930 1.5 l.f.

          Sigma Gamma

1910-1946 0.4 l.f.

          Union Library Association

1909-1923 0.01 l.f.

               (See also the records of the Oberlin College Library, RG 16.)

          Miscellaneous, 17 organizations

1841-2001 0.8 l.f.

               (Alpha Zeta - Writer's Bloc)

   

     Women's Organizations (19/3/5)

1900s-2002 1.4 l.f.

          Oberlin Association of Women Students (OAWS)

1958-1968 0.6 l.f.

          Oberlin Student Women's Group

n.d. 0.01 l.f.

          Oberlin Women's Collective

n.d. 0.01 l.f.

          Women's Athletic Association

1900s-1930s 0.01 l.f.

          Women's Center

1971-2002 0.8 l.f.

          Women's Information and Resource Center

1990 0.01 l.f.

          Women's League of Oberlin College

1920s-1930s 0.01 l.f.

          Women's Self-Government League

1944-1956 0.01 l.f.

          Women's Senate

1910-1914 0.01 l.f.

          Women's Softball Club

1990 0.01 l.f.

          Women's Sports Committee

1984 0.01 l.f.

     Activist/Political Organizations (19/3/6)

1851- 11.05 l.f.

          Econference 2000, October 15-17, 1999 (see OPIRG)

   

          National Student Association

1953-1966 0.4 l.f.

          Oberlin College Democrats

1982, 1984, 1986, 2002-2004 0.25 l.f.

          Oberlin Peace Activists League

1990s-2001 0.20 l.f.

               (includes School of the Americas Watch [SOA])

          Oberlin Peace Society

1930-1941, 1947, n.d. 1.0 l.f.

          Ohio Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG)

1979-2000 0.2 l.f.

          Oberlin Resistance

1960s-1970s 0.8 l.f.

          Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

1960s 2.5 l.f.

          Miscellaneous, 131 organizations

1851-2001 1.2 l.f.

               (The Activist - Youth Alternatives)

     Curriculum-Based Organizations (19/3/7)

1860-1999 1.0 l.f.

          Asian Science Students Organization

1987 0.01 l.f.

          College Major's Council

1979, n.d. 0.01 l.f.

          Course Evaluation Group

1989 0.01 l.f.

          Mainstream

1979-1980, n.d. 0.01 l.f.

          Mathematics Club

1922-1941 0.05 l.f.

          Natural History Club

1949-1955, n.d. 0.01 l.f.

          Naturalist's Club

1860-1863 0.05 l.f.

          Oberlin Biomedical Journal Club

1999 0.01 l.f.

          Oberlin Black Science Student

1980 0.01 l.f.

          Oberlin Pre-Medical Society

1999 0.01 l.f.

          Paradigms and Frameworks

1997 0.01 l.f.

          Philosophy Club

1965-1969 0.01 l.f.

          Psychology, Biopsychology, and Neuroscience Majors Committee

1989 0.01 l.f.

          Student Education Network

1991 0.01 l.f.

          Tau Phi Gamma

1913-1917 0.1 l.f.

     Social Organizations (19/3/8)

1938-2004 0.9 l.f.

          Aikido Club - Yoga Club (76 organizations)

          Sailing Club

1960-2004 0.4 l.f.

     Miscellaneous Organizations and Committees (19/3/9)

1929-2000 0.8 l.f.

          American Field Service - Turntablist Society (28 organizations)

     Organizations of Diverse Cultures and Groups (19/3/10)

1971-1999 5.0 l.f.

          ABUSUA

1979 0.01 l.f.

               (See also Archives' Subjects file.)

          Asian American Alliance

1985-1995 0.4 l.f.

          Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgendered Union

1971-1999 2.4 l.f.

          Oberlin Lambda Association

1987-1997 2.0 l.f.

               (See also the records of the Alumni Association, RG 20.)

          Miscellaneous, 20 organizations

1984-1997 0.19 l.f.

               (African Student Association - South American Action Group)

Scrapbooks and Diaries (19/4) c. 1836-1996 35.2 l.f.
Student Papers (19/5) 1908-2000 3.2 l.f.
Student Notes (19/6) 1860-1910 2.8 l.f.
Radio Station, WOBC (19/7) 1949-2000 2.2 l.f.
Mock Convention (19/8) 1860(1928-68)-1968 20.55 l.f.

2000

 
 
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