General Correspondence, 1877-1934

The correspondence series consists mainly of letters and documents received by Irving W. Metcalf, although some outgoing correspondence is found within the series. Topics cover business, politics, religion, the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, social reform and temperance, and include correspondence from James Monroe (Oberlin A.B. 1846, B.D. 1849, A.M. 1850), D.L. Moody, Booker T. Washington, Charles Martin Hall (Oberlin A.B. 1885, A.M. 1893, honorary degree 1910), H. H. K'ung (Oberlin A.B. 1906) and Arthur Vining Davis among others. The series is divided into two subseries: general correspondence, and the letters from missionary Chauncey M. Cady (Oberlin A.B. 1877). The correspondence is chronologically arranged. Subseries 1 contains incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Subseries 2 contains letters received from missionary Chauncey Marvin Cady. The letters document his work in China and Japan as an original member of the Shansi, China Band. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.