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Architectural Records, 1842-2008, n.d.

By Archives staff, Anne Cuyler Salsich

Collection Overview

Title: Architectural Records, 1842-2008, n.d.

ID: RG 53/

Creator: Oberlin College (1833-)

Extent: 523.02 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Records are arranged alphabetically by building or project name.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1976

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The architectural records at the Oberlin College Archives relate to the architecture or built environment of the College and the City of Oberlin from the 1830s to the present, except for a handful of isolated references to other places. The buildings which make up the Oberlin College campus, as well as those which are now gone, constitute a rich artifactual document of institutional growth since the founding of Oberlin in 1833.  Oberlin’s architectural history is one of eclecticism – a mixture of styles from Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Mediterranean Romanesque, Italianate, Queen Anne, Usonian, Utilitarian, Modern, Postmodern, and, more recently, sustainable structure design.

The records are arranged into flat files, roll boxes, flat boxes, and manuscript boxes.

Administrative Information

Accruals: 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.

Access Restrictions: Some drawings and records cannot be photographed or othewise copied; consult College Archivist. Brittle drawings are closed, as noted on inventory.

Acquisition Method: 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 Revision History: 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

Box and Folder Listing

Item 1: Air Route Traffic Control CenterAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Allen Memorial Art Museum and AdditionsAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Allen Memorial Art Museum and Addition ProposalsAdd to your cart.
Item 4: AllencroftAdd to your cart.
Item 5: Apartments, OberlinAdd to your cart.
Item 6: Apollo TheaterAdd to your cart.
Item 7: ArboretumAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Art Department, Geodesic Domes, 1971Add to your cart.
Item 9: Art Department "Domes", 1983Add to your cart.
Item 10: F.B. Artz ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 11: Asia House (Shipherd)Add to your cart.
Item 12: Athletic District Master PlanAdd to your cart.
Item 13: Athletic FieldsAdd to your cart.
See also: Fieldhouse and Stadium.
Item 14: Bailey (French House)Add to your cart.
Item 15: Baldwin CottageAdd to your cart.
Item 16: Bandstand, ClarkAdd to your cart.
Item 17: Barrows HallAdd to your cart.
Item 18: Barrows House RenovationAdd to your cart.
Item 19: Bell/Clock Tower ProposalAdd to your cart.
Item 20: Bench by the Road, OberlinAdd to your cart.
Item 21: Bosworth Hall/Theological QuadrangleAdd to your cart.
Item 22: James Brand HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 23: Burton HallAdd to your cart.
Item 24: Cabinet HallAdd to your cart.
Item 25: Carnegie Library and AdditionAdd to your cart.
Item 26: Carnegie RenovationAdd to your cart.
Item 27: Central Heating PlantAdd to your cart.
Item 28: Raymond Cerf ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 29: Chinese TempleAdd to your cart.
Item 30: City HallAdd to your cart.
Item 31: Coeducational Memorial GatewayAdd to your cart.
Item 32: College ChapelAdd to your cart.
Item 33: College Park AdditionAdd to your cart.
Item 34: Commencement Seating PlansAdd to your cart.
Item 35: Conservatory of MusicAdd to your cart.
Item 36: Conservatory of Music Library AdditionAdd to your cart.
Item 37: Council HallAdd to your cart.
Item 38: Cox Administration BuildingAdd to your cart.
Item 39: Crane PoolAdd to your cart.
See also: Hales Memorial Gymnasium.
Item 40: Dascomb HallAdd to your cart.
Item 41: DormitoriesAdd to your cart.
Item 42: East HallAdd to your cart.
Item 43: C.S. Ellsworth ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 44: Embassy HallAdd to your cart.
Item 45: Environmental Studies Center, A.J. LewisAdd to your cart.
Item 46: Faculty ApartmentsAdd to your cart.
Item 47: Fairchild HallAdd to your cart.
Item 48: C.K. Fauver ApartmentsAdd to your cart.
Item 49: Field House, Heisman ClubAdd to your cart.
Item 50: Field House, Jones, & StadiumAdd to your cart.
Item 51: Finney Memorial ChapelAdd to your cart.
Item 52: Firelands Retirement CenterAdd to your cart.
Item 53: First Congregational ChurchAdd to your cart.
Original plans closed.
Item 54: French HallAdd to your cart.
Item 55: Gasholder HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 56: Peter B. Lewis Gateway CenterAdd to your cart.
Item 57: General Telephone CompanyAdd to your cart.
Item 58: Graduate School of TheologyAdd to your cart.
Item 59: Thomas Wesley Graham HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 60: Hales Memorial GymnasiumAdd to your cart.
Item 61: Hall Memorial AuditoriumAdd to your cart.
Item 62: Hall Memorial Gateway & Outdoor TheaterAdd to your cart.
Item 63: Harkness HallAdd to your cart.
Item 64: Dr. E. Hawkins ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 65: Heating PlantAdd to your cart.
Item 66: Herbarium (Botany Building Annex)Add to your cart.
Item 67: Intermuseum Conservation AssociationAdd to your cart.
Item 68: Jameson HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 69: Johnson HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 70: Johnston MemorialAdd to your cart.
Item 71: Johnston Park PlaygroundAdd to your cart.
Item 72: Jones Fieldhouse and StadiumAdd to your cart.
Item 73: Kade (German) HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 74: Keep CottageAdd to your cart.
Item 75: Kettering Hall of ScienceAdd to your cart.
Item 76: Kettering LibraryAdd to your cart.
Item 77: King Memorial BuildingAdd to your cart.
Item 78: Koppes-Norris HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 79: J.B. Landfield HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 80: Landscape ArchitectureAdd to your cart.
Item 81: Landscape Sculpture PlanAdd to your cart.
Item 82: Langston HallAdd to your cart.
See also: North Hall.
Item 83: Langston Middle SchoolAdd to your cart.
Item 84: A.J. Lewis Center for Environmental StudiesAdd to your cart.
Item 85: Lord CottageAdd to your cart.
Item 86: Mallory House (Shansi House)Add to your cart.
Item 87: Medical Arts BuildingAdd to your cart.
Item 88: Memorial ArchAdd to your cart.
Item 89: Men's Building (Wilder Hall)Add to your cart.
Item 90: Men's CampusAdd to your cart.
Item 91: Men's Club ProposalsAdd to your cart.
Item 92: Men's Gymnasium ProposalsAdd to your cart.
Item 93: Metcalf ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 94: Metcalf Summer CottageAdd to your cart.
Ripley Point, ME.
Item 95: Mudd Learning CenterAdd to your cart.
Item 96: Natural History Building (Proposed)Add to your cart.
Item 97: Nichols Memorial GatewayAdd to your cart.
Item 98: Noah HallAdd to your cart.
Item 99: North (Langston) HallAdd to your cart.
Item 100: North Campus Dining FacilityAdd to your cart.
Item 101: City of Oberlin Bike PathAdd to your cart.
Item 102: Oberlin City HallAdd to your cart.
Item 103: Oberlin Fire StationAdd to your cart.
Item 104: City of Oberlin "General"Add to your cart.
Item 105: (City of Oberlin) Gilford Instruments LaboratoryAdd to your cart.
Item 106: (City of Oberlin) Gilford ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 107: Oberlin High School (Langston Middle School)Add to your cart.
Item 108: City of Oberlin Municipal Light & Power SystemsAdd to your cart.
Item 109: City of Oberlin Public HousingAdd to your cart.
Item 110: Oberlin Public LibraryAdd to your cart.
Item 111: City of Oberlin Railroad Station GroundsAdd to your cart.
Item 112: City of Oberlin Sanitation SystemAdd to your cart.
Item 113: City of Oberlin, Vine Street ParkAdd to your cart.
Item 114: City of Oberlin WaterworksAdd to your cart.
Item 115: Oberlin College Campus Layout & LandscapeAdd to your cart.
Item 116: Oberlin College ProposalsAdd to your cart.
Unidentified proposed buildings.
Item 117: Oberlin Village Gas & Electric CompanyAdd to your cart.
Item 118: Oberlin Golf ClubAdd to your cart.
Item 119: Oberlin InnAdd to your cart.
Item 120: Oberlin Properties: Lot 95Add to your cart.
Item 121: Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools in ChinaAdd to your cart.
Item 122: Ohio State Athletic FieldAdd to your cart.
Item 123: Outdoor TheaterAdd to your cart.
Item 124: Park HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 125: Peters Hall & RenovationAdd to your cart.
Item 126: Phillips GymnasiumAdd to your cart.
Interior.
Item 127: Physical Education FacilityAdd to your cart.
Item 128: Physics LaboratoryAdd to your cart.
Item 129: Planning: CampusAdd to your cart.
Item 130: Planning: LandscapeAdd to your cart.
Item 131: Pope ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Dormitory.
Item 132: President's HouseAdd to your cart.
Item 133: Pyle InnAdd to your cart.
Item 134: Residences: Butler, Kennedy, Seaman, SteinerAdd to your cart.
Item 135: Rice Memorial HallAdd to your cart.
Item 136: Rice Memorial Hall LibraryAdd to your cart.
Item 137: Russia TownshipAdd to your cart.
Item 138: Science Building ProposalsAdd to your cart.
Item 139: Science CenterAdd to your cart.
Item 140: Science QuadrangleAdd to your cart.
Item 141: Second ChurchAdd to your cart.
Item 142: Severance HallAdd to your cart.
Item 143: Shurtleff CottageAdd to your cart.
Item 144: Society HallAdd to your cart.
Item 145: Soldiers MonumentAdd to your cart.
Item 146: South HallAdd to your cart.
Item 147: Spear LibraryAdd to your cart.
Item 148: Stadium (Savage)Add to your cart.
Item 149: Stand PipeAdd to your cart.
Item 150: Station SquareAdd to your cart.
Item 151: Stevenson HallAdd to your cart.
Item 152: Stewart HallAdd to your cart.
Item 153: Student Health ServicesAdd to your cart.
Item 154: Sturges HallAdd to your cart.
Item 155: Talcott HallAdd to your cart.
Originals closed.
Item 156: Tank HallAdd to your cart.
Item 157: Tappan SquareAdd to your cart.
Item 158: Theology QuadrangleAdd to your cart.
Item 159: Town HallAdd to your cart.
Item 160: U.S. Post Office, OberlinAdd to your cart.
Item 161: VaticanAdd to your cart.
Dormitory. See also: Pope Residence.
Item 162: Warner Concert HallAdd to your cart.
Item 163: Warner GymnasiumAdd to your cart.
Item 164: Warner Hall (Conservatory)Add to your cart.
Item 165: Water Treatment PlantAdd to your cart.
Item 166: Webster HallAdd to your cart.
Item 167: Weltzheimer/Johnson ResidenceAdd to your cart.
Item 168: Wilder HallAdd to your cart.
Item 169: Women's DormitoriesAdd to your cart.
Item 170: Women's HallAdd to your cart.
Item 171: World War II Memorial GardenAdd to your cart.
Item 172: Frank Lloyd WrightAdd to your cart.
Item 173: Wright Laboratory of PhysicsAdd to your cart.
Item 174: Minoru YamasakiAdd to your cart.