Oberlin's Namesake: John Frederick Oberlin (1740-1826)Main MenuIntroduction to Oberlin's NamesakeDetailed Table of ContentsWhat's in a Name? Why Oberlin?Address by John W. KurtzJ. F. Oberlin in his lifetimeExplore materials made by Oberlin and his contemporariesThe Ban de la Roche, Alsace, FranceArt works and photographs of the regionEarly views of Oberlin, OhioDrawings, prints and photographs of the colony and collegeDesigning a monument to our namesake (video)Videos with the artist Paul B. ArnoldResources for further explorationAnne Cuyler Salsich, Oberlin College Archives65340b1e79f9df03d291b8de171f6479ab6abb16Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin, Ohio
View of Waldersbach, looking down on the Oberlin Museum gardens, 2013
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1media/garden_at_museum_Waldersbach_ca2004.jpg2018-01-12T20:31:58+00:00Photographs, 1990s to 2010s39image_header2018-01-27T01:43:24+00:00A number of Oberlin College visitors to the Ban de la Roche took color photographs in the 1990s through the 2010s, and gave the Archives copies. This photo of Oberlin's grave at Fouday was taken in 1998, photographer unknown. The iron cross at the head of his tombstone reads "Papa Oberlin."
Tracy Strong, graduate of the Class of 1937, visited in 2004 just after the Oberlin Museum in Waldersbach had been renovated. This was the former home of J. F. Oberlin. The museum's garden in the snapshot in the header and below is a replication of Oberlin's horticultural experiments to find food-producing plant specimens suited to the region's harsh conditions.
Our most recent, digital photographs of Oberlin's region were taken in 2013 by Susan Phillips, Class of 1976. Below is her image of a view in Waldersbach, looking down with the Oberlin Museum's experimental gardens in the foreground.
