The Oberlin College Archives holds the permanently valuable records of the institution (Board of Trustees, main administrative divisions, academic departments, etc.) as well as those of individuals, families, and organizations affiliated with Oberlin College and/or the town of Oberlin. Included are historical materials on movements with which Oberlin has been associated, such as anti-slavery, black education, coeducation, missions, temperance, cultural diversity, ecology, and the environment. Records are held of the thirteen presidents who served Oberlin College over the span of 170 years. In addition, personal papers exist of faculty, graduates, and other Oberlin related individuals (376 collections); municipal government records of the town of Oberlin and of Russia Township; and over 260,000 photographs of the College and the town. The current holdings consist of approximately 8,000 linear feet of records organized around 56 record groups.