Stevenson, William Edwards, 1900-1985

Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Erwin N. Griswold Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-101

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...

Dates: 1917 - 1998; Other: Date acquired: 05/16/1977

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Edwards and Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-219

Scope and Contents The papers of William Edwards Stevenson (1900-85) and his wife Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson (1902-87) document the joint public service careers of the Stevensons over a period of forty-five years. Correspondence with their families (1917-25) and with each other (1924-25), as well as genealogical records such as diaries, wills, and marriage certificates, bring to light the privileged New England childhoods and family relationships which fostered their social ideals. The arrangement of the...

Dates: 1809 - 1987; Majority of material found in 1917-1925, 1942-85; Other: Date acquired: 1979 October 4