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Photograph of the church at Waldersbach, Alsace, France, ca. 1902

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Photograph of the church at Waldersbach, Alsace, France, ca. 1902

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Work type (Art & Architecture Thesaurus)	photograph
Title	Photograph of the church at Waldersbach, Alsace, France, ca. 1902
Creator	Beard, Mary E. (American)
Creation date	ca. 1902
Time period	1900s
Subject (Library of Congress)	Oberlin, Johann Friedrich, 1740-1826 Ban de la Roche (France) Villages--France--Alsace
Subject (Art & Architecture Thesaurus)	churches; villages
Measurements	10" x 8"
Materials & Techniques (Art & Architecture Thesaurus)	gelatin developing-out paper
Description	Photograph taken by Mary E. Beard, ca. 1902 of John Frederick Oberlin's church in Waldersbach, Ban de la Roche, France. Congregants appear to be clustered outside the church on the road. Mary's father, Rev. Augustus Field Beard (1833-1934), was the Secretary of the American Missionary Association. He visited the Ban de la Roche in 1886 and 1902 to gather materials for his book The Story of John Frederick Oberlin (Pilgrim Press, 1909).
Description sources	Augustus Field Beard, The Story of John Frederick Oberlin (Boston, New York Chicago: Pilgrim Press, 1909).
Inscriptions/marks	Verso: "Photo taken by Miss Mary E. Beard, 190?" "Oberlin's church"
Related materials	A collection of postcards of the Ban de la Roche are inscribed with Mary Beard's name on the back, in the "John Frederic Oberlin" vertical file.
Image source	vintage photographic print
Rights holder	Oberlin College Archives
Copyright statement	Images provided by the Oberlin College Archives may be downloaded for educational use only by Oberlin College and the Oberlin School District. For all other uses--including reproduction in any media--permission must be requested from the Oberlin College Archives. Please see http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/using/services/application.html
Description of records	Photographs--Faculty, Staff, Trustees, etc.
Record Group	RG 32/3
Box No.	23 A
Exhibition--history	John Frederick Oberlin, Oberlin College Archives, September 2009
Notes--miscellaneous	Mary E. S. Beard attended Oberlin and in 1879 married Reuben A. Beard, a graduate of the School of Theology that year. Her sister Patten Beard gave the photograph in exchange for a small sum to the Oberlin College Library in 19??. Her father, Rev. A. F. Beard (1833-1934), Secretary of the American Missionary Association, arranged for the donation of several items related to John Frederick Oberlin to the Library.