Oberlin
Using the Archives Contact Us Search Site Index -
College Archives
-
Home
Holdings
Published Resources
Teaching Resources
Records Management
Exhibits
Exhibits
News
Outside Links
About the Archives
-
library links
RG 32/3/4 - Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

All pictures are daguerreotypes unless otherwise noted. Creators are unknown.

Box 1

Group Pictures

Class of 1848 [?], Composite of 8 Young Ladies with Mrs. Dascomb
Class of 1853, Composite of10 Graduates in Ladies Literature Course with Mrs. Dascomb and President Finney, (2 copies)
Class of 1853 [probably], 9 Men
Composite of 12 Male Faculty, c. 1853
Class of 1854 [?], 13 Women
Class of 1854, Composite of 9 Men, Composite of 8 Men and 1 Woman [Edgerton?] (2 daguerreotypes in one case)
Class of 1855, 7 Men, 3 Women
Class of 1855, 7 Men, 3 Women
Class of 1855, 7 Men, 3 Women
Class of 1855, 15 Ladies with Mrs. Dascomb (case damaged)
Class of 1855, 15 Ladies with Mrs. Dascomb and Mrs. Finney
Class of 1855, 14 Ladies with Mrs. Dascomb
Class of 1856, 3 Men [Samuel Burdette, Gardner Trowbridge, Henry Kinney], (ambrotype)
Class of 1857, 10 Women, 9 Women (2 ambrotypes in one case)
Class of 1857, 10 Women, 9 Women (2 ambrotypes in one case)
Class of 1857, 10 Women, 9 Women (2 ambrotypes in one case)
Class of 1857, 9 Women (ambrotype, no cover)
Class of 1857, 3 Women [Sarah Treat, Jeanie Wells, Amanda Knowlton]
Class of 1857, 3 Women [Sarah Treat, Jeanie Wells, Amanda Knowlton], (ambrotype, damaged)
Class of 1857 [?], 7 Men, 8 Men, (2 ambrotypes in one case, poor condition)
3 Faculty [Fairchild, Morgan, Monroe], 1857, (ambrotype, poor condition)
Oberlin Group, 5 Women, (ambrotype, poor condition)

Individual Pictures

Anthony, Jacob Merritt, 1853-54 Prep., (copy of daguerreotype)
Conant, Mary (Mrs. John Lynch), 1850-51 Lit., (ambrotype, no backing, no case)
Cowles, Prof. Henry, (tintype)
Finney, Charles G., 1857 (ambrotype, 2001/026), Box 1A
Hawley, Uriah
Kendall, Sewell N., AB 1850, Sem. 1853
Kinney, Henry Payson, (ambrotype)
Lynch, John (ambrotype)
Morgan, Prof. John (ambrotype)
Parmalee, Horace Meigs, AB 1839, Sem. 1842
Porter, Zeruiah (Mrs. Edward Weed), Lit. 1838
Porter, Zeruiah and husband Edward Weed
Smith, Jailer and Mrs., (in charge of Oberlin-Wellington rescuers)
Smith, Lucretia (Mrs. Lewis E. Sikes), AB 1846, and Rev. Sikes
Tefft, James Cutler, AB 1847, Sem. 1850
Thissel, Horatio N., 1841-42 Prep., 1842-43 College
Treat, Sarah Marie (Mrs. Francis Douglas), 1857 Lit., (2 ambrotypes)
Unidentified Woman, 1853 Lit.
Unidentified Woman, 1853 Lit. (damaged)
Unidentified Woman, 1853 Lit.
Unidentified Woman, 1853 Lit.
Unidentified Black Woman, (tintype owned by Emma A. Bridgeman (Mrs. Roselle T. Cross, 1863-66 Lit, 1869-70 Cons.))

Box 1A

Finney, Charles G., 1857 (ambrotype, 2001/026)

Box 2

Unidentified daguerreotypes (32)

Box 3 oversize

Seminary Class of 1853 (framed)
Seminary Class of 1855 (framed)

Box 4 oversize

Eight unidentified men (framed)
Nine unidentified men (framed)
Twenty photographs of women, 19 individuals, 1 composite photo of 1848 (framed)

Alphabetical Listing of Persons in Group and Individual Photographs

Andrews, Mary Jane (Mrs. Silas F. Millikan), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Anthony, Jacob Merritt, 1853-54 Prep., Individual
Baldwin, Rosanna (Mrs. Avery S. Walker), AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Booth, Almeda Ann Booth, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Bennett, Ethan Osborne, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Burdette, Samuel Swinfin, 1855-56 Prep., 1856-57 College, in "1856" Group with
Kinney and Trowbridge
Cleveland, Giles Butler, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Clisbee, C.G. [?], in "Class of 1857 [?] Men"
Conant, Mary (Mrs. John Lynch), 1850-51 Lit. Individual
Condit, Myra (not listed as an OC Student). In "Class of 1857"
Conkling, Charles, AB 1850, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Cowles, Professor Henry, Individual
Cravath, E.M., In "Class of 1857 [?] Men"
Dascomb, Marianne, In "Class of 1848, 1853, 1855"
Edgerton, Sarah. A. [?] (Mrs D.N. Bordwell), AB 1854, in "Class of 1854"
Fairchild, James H., in "Class of 1854"
Finney, President Charles Grandison, In "Class of 1853, 1854,1855"
Finney, Mrs. Charles G., in "Class of 1855"
Foote, William Wirt, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Gilman-Ross, Mary Maria (Mrs. Abel Hastings Ross), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Harper, Almer, AB 1850, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Hawley, Uriah, Individual
Hazle, Ann Maria [?], in "Class of 1855"
Holbrook, Martin Kellogg, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Ingraham, Sarah C. (Mrs. Thonton B. Penfield), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Jones, William Allen, in "Class of 1857 [?] Men"
Judd, Henderson, AB 1852, 1855 Sem., #40 framed (Box 3)
Kendall, Sewell Norton, AB 1850, Sem. 1853, in 32/3 Paige Box, see also framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Kinney, Henry Payson, see "Burdette"
Knowlton, Amanda E. (Mrs. Xenophon Wheeler), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857" and "3 Women of 1857"
Knowlton, Mary Amelia (Mrs. Henry Baker), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Langston, John Mercer, AB 1849, AM 1852, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Lynch, John, 1851, Individual
McMillan, George, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Millikan, Silas Franklin, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Miner, Alcy Eliza (Mrs. Jason Downer), AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Morgan, Professor John, n.d., individual
Norton, Smith, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Parmalee, Horace Meigs, AB 1839, 1842 Sem., Individual and "Class of 1853 Men"
Pepoon, Julia Charlottte, 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Porter, Zeruiah (Mrs. Edward Weed), 1838 Lit., 2 indivual (one with husband)
Prunty, Rose Ann (Mrs. John L. Firestone), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Rider, Betsey L. (Mrs. Ezra R. Andrews), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857"
Rogers, John Almanza Rowley, AB 1851, 1853 Sem., #42 Framed (Box 3)
Secrest, Nancy (Nannie; Mrs. Joseph A Standeford), Lit. 1857, "Class of 1857"
Sikes, Rev. Lewis E., individual (with wife)
Smith, Jailer, n.d., individual (with wife)
Smith, Lucretia (Mrs. Lewis E. Sikes), AB 1846, individual (with husband)
Smith, Moses Henry, AB 1850, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"
Tefft, James Cutler, AB 1847, 1850 Sem., individual
Thissell, Horatio, 1841-42 Prep., 1842-43 College, individual
Treat, Sarah Marie (Mrs. Francis Douglas), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857", "3 Women of 1857" and 2 individual
Trowbridge, Gardner Clark, see "Burdette"
Wadsworth, Thomas Arthur, AB 1847, AM 1851, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Weed, Reverend, see "Porter, Zeruiah"
Wells, Jeannie (Mrs. Henry Willard), 1857 Lit., in "Class of 1857" and "3 Women of 1857"
Williams, Wolcott Bigelow, AB 1850, 1853 Sem., in framed "Seminary Class of 1853" (Box 3)
Wright, Johnson, AB 1855, in "Class of 1855"

See also Daguerreotypes in Personal Papers:

Allen, George Nelson Family, 30/67, 1850s-1921
Comings, Elam J., 30/52, c. 1850-1936
Dart, Francis Henry, 30/161, 1849, 1863, n.d.
Leonard, Delavan, 30/223, c. 1850s

 
 
Oberlin College Seal -