Acquired:
1976. Accession Nos: 1976/017, 1988/095, 1988/157 (microfiche), 1989/013, 1989/048, 1991/036, 1995/125, 1995/149, 1995/152, 1996/089, 1996/120, 1997/026, 1997/071, 1998/052, 1998/090 (unprocessed), 1998/131, 1998/143, 1999/003 (unprocessed), 1999/025, 1998/028, 1999/037, 1999/049, 1999/066, 2000/003, 2001/033, 2002/134, 2006/097, 2006/100, 2010/047, 2010/071, 2011/038, 2011/068, 2011/070 (separate inventory, digital surrogates), 2013/022, 2013/064, 2016/040, 2016/046, 2017/015, 2017/027, 2020/009.
Restrictions: Some drawings and records cannot be photographed or othewise copied; consult College Archivist. Brittle drawings are closed, as noted on inventory.
Acquisition Note:
Most of the records were transferred from the Oberlin College Office of Facilities and Planning, with over half the records received between 2011 and 2016.
Related Materials:
College General (RG 0), Series 24. Buildings and Dedications
Office of the President (RG 2)
Office of the Secretary (RG 5)
Records of the Office of Business & Finance (RG 6)
Geoffrey Blodgett Papers (RG 30/263)
Cass Gilbert Papers (RG 30/124)
Clarence Ward Papers (RG 30/158)
City of Oberlin Records (RG 31/5)
Photographs: Buildings (RG 32/4)
Sound Recordings (RG 37)
Related Publications: Guide to the Architectural Records in the Oberlin College Archives, by Roland M. Baumann, General Editor; Roland M. Baumann, Jessica G. Broadwell, and Michael Morgenstern, compilers (Oberlin: Oberlin College, 1996).
Architecture of Oberlin College, Oberlin College Archives website (Oberlin College Libraries, 2015).
Finding Aid Revisions: Revised March 2005 by Archives staff. Revised by Anne Cuyler Salsich, 2009, October 2010, November 2012, April and October 2013. Accession 2011/068 processed by Anne Cuyler Salsich, August 2014; additional accessions January and June 2016; July 2017, March 2018, November 2020
Collection Material Type: Artificial Collection