From The Life of Adelia A. Field Johnston who served Oberlin College for thirty-seven years... by Harriet L. Keeler [Cleveland, O., The Britton Printing Co., c1912], Courtesy Oberlin College Library
Long before there was an Art Museum at Oberlin, Adelia A. Field Johnston brought her love of art to the college and broader community. Born in Ohio in 1837, Johnston completed the “Ladies Course” at Oberlin in 1856. Traveling abroad to study European…