Oberlin College--History--19th century--Sources
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Adelia A. Field Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-019
Scope and Contents
The Adelia A. Field Johnston papers are divided into the following five series: Series I. Biographical File, Series II. Correspondence, Series III. Travel Accounts and Diaries, Series IV. Writings and Notebooks, and Series V. Photographs.Of importance to the Oberlin community is the correspondence series, which sheds valuable insight on the central role Johnston played in the establishment of the Oberlin Village Improvement Society. Filed under the subheading "Oberlin...
Dates:
ca. 1856-1994; Majority of material found in ca. 1856-1911; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Albert Allen Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-017
Abstract
The Albert Allen Wright Papers span 1853-1905. The papers consist primarily of correspondence along with a sampling of writings, talks, field notes, and student notes. They relate to Wright's personal and professional life, with a focus on career in geology and the natural sciences while at Oberlin. This collection includes a portion of the "College Museum" records.
Dates:
1853-1905; Other: Date acquired: 1968 June 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Delavan Levant Leonard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-223
Scope and Contents
The papers of Delavan Levant Leonard provide an outline of the life of a college and seminary trained minister working in the Midwest as a struggling young minister in the 1870s, and in the developing American West during the 1880s. Leonard's work in the West was conducted under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society, for whom he served as superintendent of Home Missions for Utah, Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming. Based in Utah, Leonard observed the Mormon community and...
Dates:
1834-1917, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1975 September 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frances Theresa Densmore Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-156
Abstract
The papers of Frances Densmore consist of letters, notes, and sketches created during her years as a student at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (1884 to 1887), and writings dating from the 1920s to 1954.
Dates:
1886-1954; Other: Date acquired: 1983 March 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Henry Cowles Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-027
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Rev. Henry Cowles document Cowles' active role in the establishment of the Oberlin enterprise from 1835 to 1881. They illuminate Cowles' abilities in the diverse fields of biblical scholarship and college fund raising and reveal his avid support for home missionaries and the rights of freedpeople. A small amount of material pertains to Henry Cowles' daughter, Sarah Cowles Little (1838-1912).The collection is arranged into six records series: I. Correspondence of...
Dates:
1824-1908; Other: Date acquired: 1967 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Monroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-022
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Monroe relates to the career of this antislavery orator, minister, professor, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and U.S. Consul to Rio de Janeiro. The collection richly illustrates the life of a second-rank national figure who personified the Oberlin ethos. The papers are organized into seven distinct series which parallel Monroe's career phases: 1. Correspondence (Indexed and Calendared); 2. Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro; 3. Files Relating to...
Dates:
1819-1898; Other: Date acquired: 1968 November 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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- Manuscripts 5
- Diaries 3
- Programs 3
- letters (correspondence) 3
- records (documents) 3
- Diplomas 2
- Notebooks 2
- Speeches, addresses, etc. 2
- lecture notes 2
- photographic prints 2
- printed ephemera 2
- scrapbooks 2
- Abolitionists 1
- African Americans 1
- Ambrotype 1
- Antislavery movements 1
- Bible 1
- Cabinet photographs 1
- Campaign literature 1
- Carte de visite photographs 1
- Congregational churches--Missions 1
- Daguerreotype 1
- Deeds 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--19th century--Sources 1
- Drawing 1
- Ethnomusicology 1
- Formulas, recipes, etc. 1
- Geology 1
- Home missions 1
- Microfilms 1
- Miniature painting 1
- Ohio--Politics and government--19th century--Sources 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Photographs 1
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--History--19th century--Sources 1
- Sermons 1
- Temperance 1
- Tintype 1
- United States--Politics and government--19th century--Sources 1
- Women college students 1
- Women--Education--Ohio--Oberlin 1
- Zoology -- Study and teaching 1
- field notes 1
- photographs -- ambrotypes 1
- research (documents) 1