World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, 1892-1893

Includes files on specific topics including evolution, the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and the history of Sunday Schools in Ohio. The file on Judge Charles C. Baldwin contains writings by Baldwin and biographical information that was used by Wright for a memorial article on Baldwin; this file also includes his address concerning the Cleveland Professorship presented at the 1892 annual dinner of Cleveland alumni of Oberlin College and a review of Wright’s Man and the Glacial Period with notes by Baldwin. Another file includes research notes and newspaper clippings about Z. Swift Holbrook who was a special instructor on Christian Sociology at Oberlin College from 1894-96. There was an attack on Holbrook’s character made in connection to an 1895 property dispute in Chicago, and the file includes clippings about the dispute as well as Wright’s letters to the Cleveland Plain Dealer in Holbrook’s defense. The material about Oberlin College includes Wright’s notes on the College’s history, an undated “General Scheme for the Reorganization of Oberlin University,” and a 1919 statement from New York alumni concerning the organization of an alumni association. Wright’s articles and lectures about the College may be found in Series XI. Sermons and Addresses and in Series XV. Writings.