Oberlin Academy
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1833 - 1916
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Diary of Mary "Mollie" A. Hezlep Jones, 1868 (Copy), ca. 1987, Accession: 1987
Item — Box 2
Scope and Contents
Mary “Mollie” A. Hezlep Jones’ diary exists in the Oberlin College Archives as a photocopy with transcriptions and other notes written by Jane Barrell, an alumna of Stony Brook University. Barrell purchased the diary in Sag Harbor, New York, in 1968 and used it for an independent research project before donating scanned pages of the book, along with copies of biographical research done at the Trumbull County Historical Society, to the Oberlin College Archives. The diary includes...
Dates:
ca. 1987; Other: Accession: 1987
Oberlin Academy Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 23
Scope and Contents
Student admissions records (1904-16) and a variety of printed materials (1850-1916) comprise the records of the Oberlin Academy (1833-1916). Documentation for the years from 1833 to 1892, when the school was known as the Preparatory Department, is limited to printed material (found in Series II) dated 1850-92 and a small number of grade certificates from 1855-56. There are no records for the years 1833-49. The bulk of Series I, Operating Records, provides a fairly detailed and consecutive...
Dates:
1850-1916; Majority of material found in 1901-1916; Other: Date acquired: 1967 July 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Walter L. Hopkins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-220
Scope and Contents
The Walter Leland Hopkins papers document his service with the United States Army Ambulance Service during World War I. This period of service from 1917 to 1919 is the only period documented in the records. Little is known about his life prior to or after joining the ambulance service. Hopkins served with the Princeton University Ambulance Section, 523. The papers consist of correspondence, photographs and ephemera collected by Hopkins.The richest source material is found in the...
Dates:
1917-1919; Other: Date acquired: 1971 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives