Correspondence, 1983 - 1996

The Ellen N. Lawson Papers consist of Project and Research Files, including the Langenheim Daguerreotypes Research Files, Oral Histories of Black Americans, and the National City Bank Research Files. The collection also contains Women’s Studies Historical Files, including an interview with Hope Hibbard (audio cassette), Oberlin Faculty Wives Survey, and Barbara Seaman Correspondence; files relating to the Women’s Studies program at Oberlin College. Published and unpublished writings of Lawson, including “Children of the Amistad” (1989), “A History of Banking in Cleveland” (1994), and a number of articles written for a variety of publications are included in this collection.

The collection is divided into seven series: 1. Project and Research Files, 2. Women’s Studies Historical Files (certain files are restricted as noted by an asterisk on the inventory), 3. Files Relating to the Women’s Studies Program at Oberlin, 4. Writings (Published and Unpublished), 5. Oral History Interviews, 6. Correspondence, and 7. Copy Negatives.