Establishment of the Oberlin College Biology Department, 1959-1960

The correspondence series contains detailed letters that document the merger of the Oberlin College Departments of Botany and Zoology into the Department of Biology in 1961. Included is correspondence between George T. Scott and Oberlin College President Robert K. Carr, and letters from professors at other institutions. This series also consists of letters concerning a construction grant for Kettering Hall. The series is arranged chronologically.