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Syllabus for Oberlin History as American History, 2014
This is a syllabus for a college-level course in which students explore the history of Oberlin, Ohio, as a unique location and in relation to broader trends in American history. The class challenges students to research, understand and evaluate the…
The Founder's Boulder
This boulder, one of the three on Tappan Square, was gifted to the college in 1933 by Edwin Hill, who found it on his farm. It honors the two founders of Oberlin, John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
Class of 1882 Boulder
The Oberlin Class of 1882 gifted this boulder, taken from Plum Creek, to the college as their class gift. Today it sits in Tappan Square near the Memorial Arch off of North Professor Street.
Want a Drink, Anybody?
A lesson plan about temperance designed for 8th Grade US history class. In this lesson students will evaluate several primary source documents which originated during the Temperance Movement as they explore ways that society and its prejudices…
Perspectives on Women's Suffrage
"Students explore how events throughout the women’s suffrage movement shaped public opinion about women’s role in society and their rights. They conduct research to make claims – supported with evidence – about the impact of individual events on…
Burrell-King House Historic Marker
Marks the site of the house built by Jabez Burrell, an important local abolitionist, and Henry Churchill King, who was president of Oberlin College from 1902-1927. Erected in 2002 by The Ohio Bicentennial Commission. The Longaberger Company. Oberlin…
Downtown Oberlin Historic District Historical Marker
Erected 2008 by the City of Oberlin Historic Preservation Commission, Oberlin Heritage Center, and The Ohio Historical Society.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell and the First Church of Oberlin Historic Marker
Marker about the history of First Church and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, an 1847 graduate of Oberlin's Ladies Department and one of the first women ordained as a Christian minister. Erected in 2014 by 2014 by the First Church in Oberlin, United…
Oberlin College and Community / Abolitionism in Oberlin Marker
Historic marker erected by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Longaberger Co, the Oberlin Heritage Center / O.H.I.O, and the Ohio Historical Society. Front of maker is about the founding of the Oberlin College and community of Oberlin and the back…
1963, Oberlin Rock, Easter Bunny
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2005-05, Oberlin Rock, Bob the Builder
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-03-07, Oberlin Rock, Dr. Seuss Day
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages.
1962-12, Oberlin Rock, Santa
A photo from 1962 of five first year students with the rock they decorated as Santa Claus. At that point, decorating the boulders on Tappan Square was still considered an act of vandalism and the Oberlin Tribune reported on December 18, 1962 that the…
2008-06-01, Oberlin Rock, The Old Guitarist
Three pictures of a rock depicting Pablo Picasso's 1903 work, "The Old Guitarist," painted by two members of the Oberlin High School Art Club on May 29, 2008
2009-11-21, Oberlin Rock, Suzanne for President OCOPE
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-5-4, Oberlin Rock, George and Julia at Kulas
Advertisement for a concert at Kulas Hall in May 2010
2010-7-5, Oberlin Rock, OSAS Fabulouso
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-6, Oberlin Rock, Hug Me I'm Emo
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-8-8, Oberlin Rock, Arby G.
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-5-31, Oberlin Rock, Thousands Died for our Freedom
Oberlin Rock painted in honor of Memorial Day 2010
2010-8-30, Oberlin Rock, Exco 119
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-9-3, Oberlin Rock, Welcome Back My Minions
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-6, Oberlin Rock, Good-bye Prospect, Hello Langston!
Oberlin High School Class of 2017 celebrates their graduation from Prospect Elementary School and their advance to Langston Middle School by decorating all three Tappan Square rocks.
2010-7-9, Oberlin Rock, Credo
Several pictures of rocks painted by participants in the 2010 Credo summer music program for young musicians.
2011-12-19, Oberlin Rock, We Rock
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-11-7, Oberlin Rock, Happy Birthday Michael
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-12-29, Oberlin Rock, AIDS Week
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-11-03, Oberlin Rock, Happy Birthday Abby
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-12-5, Oberlin Rock, Bienvedos
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-11-11, Oberlin Rock, We are the 99 Percent
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-12-22, Oberlin Rock, Happy 40th Dad
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-2-5, Oberlin Rock, Thundercat
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-2-4, Oberlin Rock, Yalta
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-2-5, Oberlin Rock, Elephant
Oberlin Rock painted with an elephant. These words are painted inside the elephant: Congratulations on the acquisition of your pachyderm Mr. Barnum, 2-3 1882.
2011-11, Oberlin Rock, Space Journey
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-2-14, Oberlin Rock, Memorial to Emma Rose Coleman
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-2-9, Oberlin Rock, Happy Birthday Katie
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-2-23, Oberlin Rocks, Happy Birthday Maya
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-3-1, Oberlin Rock, Jung Choi
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-3-15, Oberlin Rock, Happy Birthday Hannah
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2008-9-15, Oberlin Rock, Welcome
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2013-1-3, Oberlin Rock, How We Find It
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2010-10-30, Oberlin Rock, Vote November 2
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2009-11-3, Oberlin Rock, Tracy for President of OCOPE
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2012-8-12, Oberlin Rock, Lost Cat
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2008-11-4, Oberlin Rock, Obama 2008 Election Day
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2011-11-5, Oberlin Rock, The Revolution is Coming
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
2008-3-4, Oberlin Rock, Obama
Rocks painted in support of Obama on Ohio's primary day in 2008
2012-1-20, Oberlin Rock, the Rubin Institute
One of three boulders on Tappan Square that is regularly painted with messages. The title of the image conveys the sentiment.
Harper's Ferry Memorial
This memorial, originally placed in Westwood Cemetery sometime around 1865, honors the two Black Oberlin residents who were died as a result of John Brown's 1859 raid on a US arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Brown and his followers were…
Oberlin War Memorial
Erected in 1943 in the midst of World War II, the Oberlin War Memorial incorporated the marble tablets removed from an early war memorial that had been dismantled in 1934 in response to strong pacifist sentiment. Tablets on the monument's brick wall…
Oberlin Tuskegee Airmen Monument
One of the most recent monuments erected in Oberlin, this placque remembers nine men with links to Oberlin who served in the Tuskeegee Airmen during World War II. The Tuskeegee Airmen were the first black pilots allowed to fight in the US military;…