Oberlin College. Board of Trustees

Scope and Contents Organized around eleven records series, the records of the Board of Trustees document the work of the College’s governing body from its creation in 1834 to 1974. Records series are: Series I. Charter and Bylaws of Oberlin College; Series II. Minutes of the Meetings of the Board; Series III. Document Files Supporting Minutes of the Board; Series IV. Prudential Committee Minutes; Series V. Executive Committee Minutes; Series VI. Budget Committee (currently Budget and Finance Committee)...

Scope and Contents The papers of Erwin N. Griswold cover the term of Griswold's service on the Oberlin College Board of Trustees from 1936 to 1992.  Griswold served on the Board until 1980, and remained an Honorary Trustee until his death in 1994.  The more extensive archive relating to Griswold's service as a professor of law and Dean of the Harvard University Law School (1946-67) is held by the Harvard University Law School Library.  Records pertaining to Griswold's service (1967-73) as U. S. Solicitor...