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Finding Guides
Record Group	Date span	VOLUME
0. College General	1834–to present	90.25 l.f.
1. Board of Trustees *	1833-1982	47.35 l.f.
2. Office of the President (Mahan-Dye)	1750–to present
Asa Mahan *	1764(1835-94)-1985	0.4 l.f.
Charles Grandison Finney *	1814-1878	5.6 l.f.
James Harris Fairchild *	1771(1819-1926)-1926	15.2 l.f.
William Gay Ballantine *	1750(1834-1937)-1966	0.4 l.f.
John Henry Barrows *	1889-1905	1.2 l.f.
Henry Churchill King *	1873(1902-27)-1934	54.0 l.f.
Ernest Hatch Wilkins *	1927-1947	65.6 l.f.
William Edwards Stevenson *	1943-1961	46.1 l.f.
Robert Kenneth Carr *	1956(1959-71)-1977	9.45 l.f.
Robert Works Fuller *	1962(1962-74)-1982	19.0 l.f.
Emil Charles Danenberg *	1954(1973-83)-1983	46.15 l.f.
S. Frederick Starr *	1958(1982-94)-1994	86.4 l.f.
Nancy Schrom Dye	1994–to present	56.0 l.f.
3. Presidential Assistants (Williams-Mason)	1900-1974
Charles Whiting Williams *	1904-1913	5.5 l.f.
William Frederick Bohn *	1900(1913-44)-1955	22.0 l.f.
Harold Sanford Wood *	1931(1944-48)-1950	2.0 l.f.
Thomas Edward Harris *	1949-1953	0.8 l.f.
Bayley Frederick Mason *	1971-1974	8.3 l.f.
4. Office of Provost *	1959-1995	111.0 l.f.
5. Office of Secretary *	1833-1998	121.0 l.f.
6. Office of Business & Finance *	1927-1988	162.05 l.f.
7. Office of Treasurer *	1822-1997	77.2 l.f.
8. Office of Controller	1835-1995	25.9 l.f.
9. College of Arts and Sciences (Division)	1846–to present
Office of the Dean *	1903-2001	207.7 l.f.
African American Studies Department	1972(1972-97)-2003	0.6 l.f.
Allen Memorial Art Museum *	1899-1999	99.45 l.f.
Anthropology Department	2002	0.002 l.f.
Art Department	1924–to present	23.05 l.f.
Biology Department	1937(1967-2001)-2001	0.8 l.f.
Botany Department *	1846(1874-1980)-1988	7.4 l.f.
Chemistry Department	1904(1927-2000)-2004	5.5 l.f.
Classics Department	1970(1993-2000)-2000	0.1 l.f.
Communication Studies Department	1929-1985	7.45 l.f.
Comparative American Studies Department	2002-2003	0.2 l.f.
Computer Science Department	1977-1984	0.2 l.f.
Economics Department	1936(1966-80)-1987	3.0 l.f.
Education Department *	1909(1958-78)-1979	18.2 l.f.
English Department	1922(1965-89)-1996	5.0 l.f.
Environmental Studies Program	1968-2000	14.0 l.f.
Experimental College	1968-2004	1.0 l.f.
Gender and Women's Studies Department	1972-1999	7.1 l.f.
Geology Department	1906(1906-38)-1998	0.6 l.f.
German & Russian Department	1938-1984	2.4 l.f.
Government (Politics) Department	1947-1998	6.0 l.f.
History Department	1911(1969-2000)-2003	2.2 l.f.
Jewish Studies Program	1985-1999	3.0 l.f.
Mathematics Department	1858(1858-1918)-1997	0.8 l.f.
Oberlin College Museum	1877-1964	1.2 l.f.
Peace Corps *	1961-1967	4.6 l.f.
Philosophy Department	1952-1997	7.55 l.f.
Physical Education Department *	1880-2004	93.2 l.f.
Physics Department *	1871(1871-1970)-2002	11.4 l.f.
Psychology Department	1910-1968	1.85 l.f.
Religion Department	1966-2001	2.4 l.f.
Rhetoric & Composition Department (formerly Expository Writing Program)	1999, 2005	0.05 l.f.
Sociology Department	1957-1971	0.65 l.f.
Theater and Dance Department	1971-1996	2.8 l.f.
10. Conservatory of Music (Division) *	1841–to present	166.6 l.f.
11. Graduate School of Theology (Division) *	1841(1923-66)-1984	27.45 l.f.
12. Dean of Students *	1928(1928-89)-1996	267.15 l.f.
13. Dean of Student Support Services	1969(1991-98)-2001	21.2 l.f.
14. Office of Vice-President for Operations	1973-1998	18.25 l.f.
15. Shansi Memorial Association *	1881–to present	69.47 l.f.
16. College Library *	1815–to present	71.3 l.f.
17. Department of Human Resources	1939(1970-90)-1998	9.75 l.f.
18. Office of College Relations *	1923(1950-87)-2001	103.3 l.f.
19. Student Life (See Information Leaflet #6)	1836-2005	165.0 l.f.
20. Alumni Association *	1839(1920-85)-2003	53.95 l.f.
21. "Oberlin File"	1823–to present	13.6 l.f.
22. Faculty Club *	1919-1939	1.0 l.f.
23. Oberlin Academy *	1850(1901-16)-1916	6.0 l.f.
24. Oberlin Kindergarten-Primary Training School *	1894-1933	6.85 l.f.
25. Office of Admissions *	1888–to present	139.55 l.f.
26. Development & Alumni Affairs *	1857–to present	58.26 l.f.
27. Office of the Registrar *	1859-1999	33.1 l.f.
28. Alumni & Development Records *	1833–to present	620.0 l.f.
29. YMCA-YWCA *	1863(1894-1964)-1971	12.25 l.f.
30. Other Individuals (See Information Leaflet #2)	1737-2004	1502.0 l.f.
31. Oberlin Community (See Information Leaflet #3)	1834–to present	247.7 l.f.
32. Photographs (260,000 items)	1848–to present	252.16 l.f.
33. Various College-wide Committees	1912–to present	48.35 l.f.
34. Schauffler College of Religious & Social Work *	1887(1930-80)-1980	5.2 l.f.
35. Museum Items	1800-2004	242 items
36. Post Cards	1890s(1900-30)-1985	8.0 l.f.
37. Motion Pictures and Tape Recordings	1927–to present	33.5 l.f.
38. Miscellaneous Missionary Records	1866(1884-1938)-1984	1.6 l.f.
39. Office of Placement *	1887(1937-70)-2003	21.5 l.f.
40. Paintings, Drawings	1888-1996	292 items
41. Oberlin College Archives	1959-2005	65.4 l.f.
42. Women's Department	1851-1907	2.0 l.f.
43. Oral History	1970(1979-89)-2004	3.6 l.f.
44. Non-College Miscellany	1849-1987	0.2 l.f.
45. Miscellaneous Manuscripts	1809-1999	1.0 l.f.
46. Posters	1876-2005	19.5 l.f.
47. O.C. Teacher's Academy	1986-1991	0.1 l.f.
48. OCOPE/OPEIU Local 502	1960-2004	1.0 l.f.
49. Office of Financial Aid	1881(1900-81)-2002	11.1 l.f.
50. Administrative & Professional Staff	1974–to present	4.0 l.f.
51. Center for Information Technology	1964-2003	19.85 l.f.
52. Maps	1833-1980	20.75 l.f.
53. Architectural Records	1895-1998	76.1 l.f.
54. Offiice of Vice President for Finance	1984(1990-2001)-2001	2.85 l.f.
55. Center for Service and Learning	1995–to present	0.2 l.f.
56. Office of Affirmative Action	1973-1995	0.9 l.f.
Index to the Subjects File
* Denotes MARC.AMC record accessible locally on OBIS, nationally on OCLC. A great many of the machine-readable records are also to be found on RLIN.


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