OBERLIN COLLEGE ARCHIVES
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About
The archives
serves as the "memory bank" of Oberlin College. It
holds the most valuable records of the institution as well as those of individuals,
families, and organizations affiliated with Oberlin College and the City of
Oberlin. These include materials on movements with which Oberlin has been associated,
such as antislavery, black education, coeducation, cultural diversity, temperance,
and missionaries; personal papers of faculty, alumni, and other Oberlin related
individuals; municipal government records; and more than 200,000 photographs
of the College and town, and files on Oberlin College student life from 1835
to the present.
The College Archives are available to those who need access to primary sources
about the history of the college and the town. Archival staff provide support
for the first-year seminar program, assist seniors enrolled in departmental honors, offer direction for general course
work, and cooperate with students in the development of campus publications and preservation of the records created by student organizations. The archives
are open Monday through
Friday 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and again from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The College Archives web site contains over 363 finding guides for institutional,
individual, and community records. These reference tools provide biographical
sketches or administrative histories, collection and series descriptions, and
folder-level inventories. The web site also contains three publications: Guide
to the Architectural Records in the
Oberlin College Archives (1996); Oberlin History Bibliography (1992); and,
Guide to the Women's History Sources in the Oberlin College Archives
(1990).
Collectively, the titles provide references to the primary materials of the
College Archives, as well as citations to secondary sources covering topics
related to the history of Oberlin College and the town of Oberlin.
Services
For a complete list of services and resources, visit www.oberlin.edu/archive/.
guides to archive holdings
how to use the archive
published resources
teaching resources
records management
publications order forms
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