The paintings, drawings, and other framed items capture images of the town and campus.
Some items are more interpretive or abstract than others.
This record group includes some framed photographs, and both originals and prints of pencil sketches, woodblock prints, etchings, and drawings. An alphabetical inventory of framed items lists images, ca. 1840-1910, of the City of Oberlin and of Oberlin College campus buildings. Kate Emlen Chamberlin executed a color print of Finney Chapel, which was used on the invitation for the inauguration of President Nancy S. Dye, in 1994. He completed 22 original drawings and prints of campus buildings, ca.