Oberlin College Digital Collections

• ARTstor (OC Access)

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  ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. ARTstor also includes over 3,000 Oberlin College Art Dept. curriculum-related images.

  

• Geology Digital Photographs

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  Geology Photographs is a collection of photos depicting natural features and the human impact on environments around the world.

  

• Oberlin Missionary Ethnographic Collection

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  This digital database consists of a sample of African Ethnographic Objects selected from the Oberlin College Ethnographic Collection. The OCEC consists of approximately 1600 objects donated to the Oberlin College Museum by alumni and friends during the 19th and early 20th centuries...

  

• Oberlin College Archives Digital Collections

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  The Oberlin College Archives offers eight digital image collections with over 1,200 items from its rich holdings on the history of the College and its involvement in national and international affairs. Collections include John Frederick Oberlin, Campus Views, Select Historic Portraits, the Objects Catalogue, Military Service in World War I, the Near East Relief Collection, Popular Images, and the Visual Study Collection.

  

• The Oberlin News-Tribune--the World War II years

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  All 1941-1945 issues of the Oberlin News Tribune can be searched by date and full text keyword.

  

• Mail Art at Oberlin

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  The Oberlin College Mail Art Collection is housed in the Clarence Ward Art Library. The collection consists of two large Mail Art archives gathered by two Oberlin artists from the mid-1970's to the present...

  

• The Roderic C. Knight Musical Instrument Collection

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  In 2008, upon his retirement, Knight donated his personal collection of instruments, some 200 in number, to the conservatory. In addition to collecting instruments to take to class, he also purchased instruments to be used in performing ensembles, especially his own, in African and Indian music...

  

• Sela G. Wright Digital Collection

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  The Sela G. Wright Digital Collection at Oberlin College is a joint project of The Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Oberlin College Archives, and Oberlin College Library. The project to digitize the Sela G. Wright papers began with conversations within the Undergraduate Research Working Group of The Center for Research Libraries.

  

• King-Crane Commission Digital Collection

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  During the summer of 1919, a delegation under the leadership of Oberlin College President Henry Churchill King and Chicago businessman Charles R. Crane travelled to areas of the former Ottoman territories. Their mission was to determine the wishes of the people of the region as their future was being determined by the major powers at the Paris Peace Conference.

  

• Mayan Archaelogy Digital Photographs

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  Mayan Archaeology Photographs show Mayan architecture and scenery from Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and serves as a resource for the exploration of the various and complex interrelationships within Mayan society.

  

 Featured Online Exhibitions

Only a Small Sampling...

Here you will find a sampling of the Oberlin College Archives and Library Special Collections' rich holdings. The Special Collections and Archives websites provide a more complete view of the wonderful books, papers, and objects that have been given to the College throughout its history. Teaching and research needs drive the digitization projects now underway, and we encourage faculty and student comments on adding materials to our digital collections.