91ֱ�� in Photos</h1> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� in Photos</h1> <p>ygay — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:43:02 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� in Photos</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-03-31T14:43:02-04:00" title="Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 14:43">Tue, 03/31/2020 - 14:43</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>91ֱ�� College President Henry Churchill King <a href="http://www2.oberlin.edu/175/didyouknow-rosewindow.html" target="_blank">desired</a> to have a chapel that could serve as a common meeting place for academic, religious, and musical occasions. Many renovations occurred after Finney Chapel was completed in 1908. The <a href="/conservatory/divisions/keyboard-studies/organ/finney" target="_blank">C.B. Fisk Organ </a>was constructed from 1999 to 2000, and dedicated in 2001. The organ contains 4,014 pipes. Photo credit: Nicholas Masterson ’01</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>"Women across the world still face discrimination," Shirin Ebadi stated in her Convocation lecture through an interpreter. Ebadi, an Iranian political activist, lawyer, former judge, and human rights activist, is founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. Photo credit: John Seyfried</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Maggie Kuhn addresses her audience. Kuhn was an activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement, a series of multigenerational local advocacy networks in the United States that confront ageism and many other social justice issues.<br> Photo credit: Courtesy of 91ֱ�� College Archives</figcaption> </figure> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Shirley Chisholm holds a Noon Assembly. Chisholm was the first black woman elected to the United States Congress. Photo credit: Courtesy of 91ֱ�� College Archives</figcaption> </figure> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>An 91ֱ�� audience is treated to the folk, alternative country, rock, and Americana music sounds of Josh Ritter ’99.<br> Photo credit: John Seyfried</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><a class="view-more" href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMcnUJc" target="_blank">View more photos on 91ֱ�� Flickr</a></p> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-03-31T12:00:00Z">Tue, 03/31/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2369">Environment & Sustainability</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25416">Politics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25351">Environmental Studies and Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/environmental-studies" hreflang="und">Environmental Studies and Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/politics" hreflang="und">Politics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Wendell Berry, author, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer, holds a book signing in Finney Chapel’s atrium. Earlier that day, Berry joined sustainable agriculture expert Wes Jackson for a Convocation discussion on the chapel’s stage.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">John Seyfried</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Veterans’ Trailers at 91ֱ�� College</h1> <p>hhempste — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:12:33 +0000</p> <span>Veterans’ Trailers at 91ֱ�� College</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-11-08T13:12:33-05:00" title="Friday, November 8, 2019 - 13:12">Fri, 11/08/2019 - 13:12</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>After the end of World War II, veterans, along with their wives and children, returned to 91ֱ�� to attend the college as civilian students. Many of these veterans were students who attended 91ֱ�� College prior to enlisting in the armed services.</p> <p>Veterans began to occupy former college housing, but the number of veterans returning to 91ֱ�� was steadily increasing. On December 31, 1945, the 91ֱ�� Prudential Committee voted to secure housing for around 350 single veterans and veteran families. The Federal Public Housing Administration provided 50 trailers to be placed on North Lorain and Woodland streets. The trailers served as temporary places of residence for veterans until January 31, 1952.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-11-08T12:00:00Z">Fri, 11/08/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>"In 91ֱ�� History" is a series dedicated to notable events in 91ֱ�� College history. It is created in partnership with the Office of Communications and 91ֱ�� College Archives.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2496">91ֱ�� History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2384">Libraries</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">A military veteran with his wife outside of a trailer during the winter.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id="obj-28794" class="paragraph paragraph--type--para-el-photo-gallery paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="section--photo-gallery o-flex--photo-gallery"> <p class="header-tag">Photo Gallery</p> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid"> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery--overlay"> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery--overlay__content"> <h2> Veterans’ Trailers at 91ֱ�� College </h2> <button class="btn js-modal" data-modal-prefix-class="fullscreen" data-modal-content-id="28794" data-modal-background-click="disabled"> View photo gallery </button> </div> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="28794" class="photo-gallery-wrapper"> <div class="photo-gallery"> <div class="photo-gallery__slides"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__caption">A family inside a trailer on campus.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: 91ֱ�� College Archives</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__caption">Veterans’ trailers on Lorain and Woodland streets.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: 91ֱ�� College Archives</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__caption">Gray-sided trailers on Lorain and Woodland streets.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: 91ֱ�� College Archives</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__navbar"> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry 160 Years Ago</h1> <p>hhempste — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:38:40 +0000</p> <span>John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry 160 Years Ago</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-10-16T15:38:40-04:00" title="Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 15:38">Wed, 10/16/2019 - 15:38</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In October of 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a party of 22 on the raid of a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The effort was intended to initiate an armed slave revolt in Southern states. Among the group were three 91ֱ��ians: Shields Green, a former slave and abolitionist; Lewis Sheridan Leary, a harness maker; and John A. Copeland, a student of the 91ֱ�� Preparatory Department between 1854 and 1855.</p> <p>A monument in their honor stands in Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Vine Street in 91ֱ��. Although some questioned John Brown’s intentions in leading the ill-fated raid, his small group of followers, including the 91ֱ��ians, remained steadfast in their fight against slavery.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-10-16T12:00:00Z">Wed, 10/16/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>‘‘In 91ֱ�� History’’ is a series dedicated to notable events in 91ֱ�� College history. It is created in partnership with the Office of Communications and 91ֱ�� College Archives.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2496">91ֱ�� History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Lewis Sheridan Leary, a harness maker from 91ֱ��.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Iconic Ball Chairs Introduced</h1> <p>hhempste — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:03:02 +0000</p> <span>Iconic Ball Chairs Introduced</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-09-26T17:03:02-04:00" title="Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 17:03">Thu, 09/26/2019 - 17:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Just 45 years ago, the iconic ball chairs first appeared on campus. Part of the Terrell Main Library’s original 1974 furnishings, the colorful chairs were created by Finnish interior designer Eero Aarnio and have served as a welcome spot for both studying and dozing off. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-09-26T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/26/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>"In 91ֱ�� History" is a series dedicated to notable events in 91ֱ�� College history. It is created in partnership with the Office of Communications and 91ֱ�� College Archives.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2384">Libraries</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2496">91ֱ�� History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ��-Wellington Rescue</h1> <p>hhempste — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:24:49 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ��-Wellington Rescue</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-09-18T15:24:49-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 15:24">Wed, 09/18/2019 - 15:24</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In the fall of 1858, a federal marshal arrested a fugitive slave named John Price. Price had been living and working in 91ֱ�� for about two years when slave catchers conspired to capture him and return him to slavery in Kentucky. On September 13, 1858, citizens and students of 91ֱ�� and citizens of Wellington successfully rescued Price in Wellington, Ohio. The 1859 trial of the 91ֱ�� Rescuers and their release from the Cuyahoga County Jail represented one of 91ֱ��'s most remarkable achievements in the battle against the institution of slavery.</p> <p>More information about the 91ֱ��-Wellington Rescue is available through the <a href="http://www2.oberlin.edu/archive/exhibits/Wellington_Rescue/index.html">91ֱ�� College Archives</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-09-18T12:00:00Z">Wed, 09/18/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>"In 91ֱ�� History" is a series dedicated to notable events in 91ֱ�� College history. It is created in partnership with the Office of Communications and 91ֱ�� College Archives.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2496">91ֱ�� History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Historic photo of the 91ֱ�� Rescuers at Cuyahoga County Jail.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of the 91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� College Receives Grant Supporting the 91ֱ�� Sanctuary Project</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 28 May 2019 15:27:40 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� College Receives Grant Supporting the 91ֱ�� Sanctuary Project</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-05-28T11:27:40-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 11:27">Tue, 05/28/2019 - 11:27</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>From 91ֱ��’s historic decision in 1835 to enroll students “irrespective of color,” to its roles as an Underground Railroad stop, a welcoming place for Japanese American students during World War II internments, and a refuge for Kent State University students after the May 4, 1970 National Guard shootings, the practice of providing sanctuary has been a central value of the college and town.</p> <p>91ֱ�� College has been awarded $10,000 from the <a href="https://www.cic.edu/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Council of Independent Colleges</a> <a href="https://www.cic.edu/programs/public-humanities" target="_blank">Humanities Research for the Public Good</a> program to both expand and extend 91ֱ��’s existing work around the concept of sanctuary. To that end, the college and city’s commitment to providing shelter for and affirming the humanity of individuals at key points of U.S. history will be highlighted through undergraduate research, the creation of a traveling exhibit, and online educational resources.</p> <p>The impetus for this project was “inspired by a strong movement on campus to further assert 91ֱ�� College’s position as a sanctuary,” says Alexia Hudson-Ward, Azariah Smith Root Director of Libraries. “After a series of conversations with former Dean Tim Elgren and College Archivist Ken Grossi, the Libraries and Archives were charged with creating a sustaining educational program that would explore our institution’s role as sanctuary from our early beginnings through the modern era. Hence, the 91ֱ�� Sanctuary Project was born.”</p> <p>A variety of individuals will help bring this project to fruition, including Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies <a href="/meredith-gadsby">Meredith Gadsby</a> and Professor of Comparative American Studies <a href="/gina-perez">Gina Pérez</a>, who will serve as researchers and faculty mentors to a student researcher. Grossi will be the collections expert and Hudson-Ward will be the project administrator.</p> <p>Gadsby says that it’s vital to undertake this research because it provides the opportunity to illuminate how alive this particular history is.</p> <p>“At 91ֱ��, we celebrate the history of the city and the college as a space that offered safe haven to African Americans escaping enslavement. In the present, there are students and faculty here who are first-generation and have diverse immigration experiences and stories.</p> <p>‘‘The college was also the leader in admitting students ‘without respect to race.’ 91ֱ�� has been superbly situated to actively participate in almost 300 years of sanctuary practices. Today, this issue touches Africans, Caribbeans, Latin Americans from Central and South America, and many others. It is important that we remember our history and act decisively in the present and future,’’ she says.</p> <p>Pérez hopes that the resulting research and exhibit will inspire others to investigate their community’s efforts related to activism so that they can work to change unjust practices. She also hopes it will serve as a reminder of the history of sanctuary movements.</p> <p>“Current sanctuary movements and struggles have long histories that affect a range of communities, including enslaved African Americans in the 19th century, interned Japanese and Japanese Americans during WWII, and even those protesting U.S. military power, including antiwar activists during the Vietnam War.”</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/" target="_blank">91ֱ�� Heritage Center</a> will serve as the community partner for the project, providing support through research and interpretation of both 91ֱ��’s abolitionist history and the community’s acceptance of Japanese Americans during World War II.</p> <p>91ֱ�� Heritage Center Executive Director Liz Shultz says she hopes that those who engage with the resulting exhibit and programming can obtain some insight into how sanctuaries originate. </p> <p>“I hope they gain a better understanding of how sanctuaries were created,” says Shultz.<br> “It’s often not through one big easy decision but through individuals making recurring, small, difficult, and personal decisions.”</p> <p>Hudson-Ward believes that the project has the power to galvanize individuals into a different way of thinking. “I hope that people will be inspired by the concept of supporting community members in times of need, and they will see how this concept influenced the history of our nation.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-05-28T12:00:00Z">Tue, 05/28/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A $10,000 grant awarded from the Council of Independent Colleges Humanities Research for the Public Good program will fund exploration of 91ֱ�� College and the city of 91ֱ��’s shared 185-year commitment to providing a safe place for humanity to live, learn, and work.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2563">Grants</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2384">Libraries</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2496">91ֱ�� History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/gina-perez" hreflang="und">Gina Pérez</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/meredith-gadsby" hreflang="und">Meredith Gadsby</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/ken-grossi" hreflang="und">Ken Grossi</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">John Seyfried</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Archives Creates Ultimate Guide to 91ֱ��’s Architectural History</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:41 +0000</p> <span>Archives Creates Ultimate Guide to 91ֱ��’s Architectural History</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:41-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A tour guide leads a group of prospective students and their families between Dascomb and Rice halls and past Warner Center toward Mudd Learning Center. As they walk, they direct their upturned heads right, then left, then right again in an attempt to commit the buildings they are passing into memory. A parent motions to Peters Hall. He’s curious to know when it was built and what it’s used for today. The guide answers and the group moves on.</p> <p>Students, faculty, staff, and community members are also curious about the buildings on campus, says Anne Cuyler Salsich, associate archivist at the <a href="https://libraries.oberlin.edu/archives">91ֱ�� College Archives</a>. “91ֱ�� has an amazingly eclectic architectural heritage. People have an affection for the really old stone structures like Peters Hall and also new structures like the AJ Lewis Center,” she says.</p> <p>Until last month, archives staff would answer basic questions about campus buildings using an online illustrated guide created by Jonathan Thurn ’03 in 2000 and updated by Caroline Casey ’11 in 2010. But the guide was limited, outdated, and dependent on a department website abandoned by the library in 2012, Salsich says. Archives staff wanted to create a web resource that was more comprehensive and ambitious. And so the idea for the Architecture of 91ֱ�� College electronic exhibit was hatched.</p> <p>Launched August 3, <a href="https://www.oberlinlibstaff.com/omeka_oca/">Architecture of 91ֱ�� College</a> provides historical and current information on every structure and monument that has ever stood on the 91ֱ�� College campus, including projects currently under construction. The website has an alphabetical index of all buildings and monuments, all of which include details about the structure, including the year it was built, the architects and contractors, a brief history, and its location.</p> <p>Salsich says the website is for anybody interested in 91ֱ�� College structures and is a particularly good starting point for students tasked with researching buildings and monuments for a class. According to Reference and Instruction Librarian Jennifer Starkey, students from three rhetoric classes—two taught by Visiting Assistant Professor Nancy Boutilier and one by Associate Professor Jan Cooper—are using the website to help in writing narratives about 91ֱ�� buildings, for example.</p> <p>“Students have been impressed and excited by the quality of the site: the high-quality images, the detailed information, and the source citations for further reading,” Starkey says. “This [website] is the place where, if you have a question about 91ֱ�� architecture, you’re probably going to get it answered. You’ll also find links to more resources to take you in deeper,” Salsich says.</p> <p>The planning of the site started with conversations between Salsich and senior economics and computer science double-major and <a href="http://stories.oberlin.edu/5/interdisciplinary/eva-fineberg-16.shtml">archives student webmaster Eva Fineberg</a>. “I sat down with Eva and said, ‘We need a way for people to see an alphabetical list of buildings and date ranges for those buildings, and we need an index of architects,’” Salsich says. “Eva said, ‘OK, I got it,’ and she built the templates in <a href="http://omeka.org/">Omeka</a> as a winter-term project at home in New York. Without Eva, this really wouldn’t have happened.”</p> <p>A few alterations to Fineberg’s work after her return to campus in January, and Salsich and the archives staff “got to the fun part”: populating the templates with information and photographs for more than 190 buildings. Salsich, with assistance from Archives and Special Collections Intern Haley Antell, scoured primary sources within the college archives—drawings and blueprints, photographs, dedication booklets, recordings of speeches, and more—to glean important facts about all of the structures. They also turned to a few outside resources, notably the <a href="http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/">91ֱ�� Heritage Center website</a>, which is where Salsich says she found rich histories for the college’s nearly 40 village houses.</p> <p>“The 91ֱ�� Heritage Center inventoried the village houses before they belonged to the college and had done historical research with city directories and tax records to find out who built the houses and who lived there,” Salsich says. “I found a nice history about these houses from these inventories. I didn’t get into every owner [on the Architecture of 91ֱ�� College website], but I highlighted if there were a lot of professors or conservatory people, for example, who lived there—if there was something quirky, something different.”</p> <p>Images on the website were drawn from the archives’ holdings and the Office of Communications’ photo assets, or are the result of new photography by Salsich, John Seyfried, and archives student assistant and senior comparative literature and composition double-degree student Serena Carey. “I couldn’t find a good picture of the Conservatory Library Addition, and I would guess that’s because it is a really tough building to photograph. John got up on a ladder, shot it, and it’s terrific,” Salsich says.</p> <p>Aside from the buildings index, Salsich says one of the most exciting website features is the “New Projects” box located on the homepage. The “dynamic part of the website,” box content will change as construction projects on campus change, she says. She also points to the <a href="http://www.oberlinlibstaff.com/omeka_oca/exhibits/show/oberlin-campus-maps/geolocate_buildings">campus maps</a>, which show how the campus was laid out over time, and says a timeline, possibly similar to the one she created in association with the <a href="https://scalar.oberlincollegelibrary.org/oberlins-namesake/index" target="_blank">John Frederick 91ֱ�� virtual exhibit</a>, is under development.</p> <p>“I want to have something so you can see the bumps in the construction on campus. I would assume at 91ֱ�� there would be a valley during the ’80s and ’90s, and then a rise in the 2000s. There’s nothing like a timeline that gives you a snapshot to really understand those peaks and valleys,” she says.</p> <p>Salsich says the website has attracted approximately 470 unique users since its launch, mainly from 91ֱ�� but also from cities including Austin, Texas; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Chicago; Cleveland; and New York. She says many of these users are archivists at other colleges and universities interested in creating a similar online resource. But they are also architecture enthusiasts excited to learn more about the buildings that surround us.</p> <p>“There is a representative example of almost every major style in the history of American architecture at 91ֱ��. Each of 91ֱ��’s buildings has such a unique story and stylistic heritage.” It’s a heritage she says she is happy to openly share via the Architecture of 91ֱ�� College website.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-09-25T12:00:00Z">Fri, 09/25/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Lisa Gulasy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2496">91ֱ�� History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2561">Buildings</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">The exterior of the Conservatory Library Addition, shot by John Seyfried for the Architecture of 91ֱ�� College website.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">John Seyfried</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Students Discuss Archives Research as Part of Panel</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:41 +0000</p> <span>Students Discuss Archives Research as Part of Panel</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:41-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Professor of History Carol Lasser works with junior history major Natalia Shevin in the Goodrich Reading Room located on the fourth floor of the library. Shevin and fellow history majors Joanna Wiley and Rebecca Debus spent their summers <a href="/news/summer-spent-oberlins-earliest-feminists">researching first-wave feminism at 91ֱ��</a>. The students discussed their work as <a href="https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/faculty-staff/notes/2015/08/24/ken-grossi-carol-lasser-and-team-present-panel">part of a panel</a> at the annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists, which took place August 16-22 in Cleveland, Ohio. They were the only undergraduate students to present at the meeting.</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-09-21T12:00:00Z">Mon, 09/21/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">John Seyfried</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Archives Acquires Tony Musante’s Papers</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:21:26 +0000</p> <span>Archives Acquires Tony Musante’s Papers</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:21:26-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:21">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:21</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Described as “an actor’s actor” by the <em>New York Daily News</em>, Musante began acting off-Broadway and in television in the early 1960s. He made his film debut in 1965 and two years later he gave an award-winning performance as the menacing hoodlum Joe Ferrone in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061814/"><em>The Incident</em></a>. Other of his roles include Detective David Toma in the television series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toma_(TV_series)"><em>Toma</em></a>, 1973-74; the gay burglar Vito in <a href="http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/8415/P-S-Your-Cat-Is-Dead"><em>P.S. Your Cat is Dead!</em></a>, his first Broadway performance in 1975; and his work in such Italian films as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065408/"><em>The Anonymous Venetian</em></a> in 1971.</p> <p>Spanning the years 1954 to 2012, the Musante Collection includes extensive biographical information; Musante’s handwritten notebooks that contain his thoughts, questions, ideas, and directorial suggestions relating to 116 of his acting roles in film, television, and theater productions; production photos of his work on the stage and in films; scrapbooks relating to his student days at 91ֱ�� and his professional work in film and theater; scripts; playbills; posters signed by co-stars and production crews; and DVDs of many of his movies and television shows. The collection also includes materials relating to his wife, writer Jane Sparkes Musante ’59.</p> <p>“We’re delighted to have Tony Musante's papers at 91ֱ��,” says Geoff Pingree, chair of the Cinema Studies Program. “His collection will give cinema studies students an additional and valuable inside perspective on the overall process of making films and television programs. The notebooks he kept for his roles will be especially valuable in illustrating how an actor’s views of a character develop during the course of a production.”</p> <figure> <p class="obj-center"></p> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Tony Musante starred in the 1973-74 ABC television series </em>Toma<em>, based on the real-life career of New Jersey detective <a href="http://davidtoma.com/" target="_blank">David Toma</a>.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><br> “I am very happy to have my collection at 91ֱ��, where my acting career began,” says Musante. “I truly hope it will be helpful and interesting to students and faculty in cinema and theater fields.”</p> <p>Tony Musante has received many awards during his career, including the Photoplay Best Actor Award and the Hollywood Women’s Press Club Award for his work in the <em>Toma</em> series, a New York Drama Desk nomination for his Broadway work in <em>P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!</em>, and an Emmy nomination for his role as Hoff in the NBC movie <em>The Quality of Mercy</em>. International awards include the best actor award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival for his performance in <em>The Incident</em> and the Rodolfo Valentino International Cinema Award.</p> <figure> <p class="obj-center"></p> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Tony Musante had a recurring role as Mafia boss Nino Schibetta in the HBO prison drama </em>Oz<em>.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>The 91ֱ�� College Archives is creating an online finding aid for the Musante Collection. Please contact the archives for more information: phone 440-775-8014 or e-mail <a href="mailto:archive@oberlin.edu">archive@oberlin.edu</a>.</p> <p>The archives will exhibit materials from the Musante Collection in the Academic Commons of the Mudd Library from March 4 to 17 and in the Goodrich Room on the fourth floor of the Mudd Center from March 18 to 29.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2013-02-12T12:00:00Z">Tue, 02/12/2013 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Actor, director, and writer Tony Musante, 91ֱ�� Class of 1958, has donated his personal-papers collection to the 91ֱ�� College Archives.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2374">Archives & Special Collections</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25256">Cinema and Media</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25441">Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/geoff-pingree" hreflang="und">Geoff Pingree</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/cinema-studies" hreflang="und">Cinema and Media</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/theater" hreflang="und">Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Tony Musante starred as Hector in the 91ֱ�� Dramatic Association's November 1957 production of Tiger at the Gates, Christopher Fry's adaptation of Jean Giraudoux's anti-war play The Trojan War Will Not Take Place.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">91ֱ�� College Archives</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>