RG 30. Personal Papers

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The papers consist entirely of newspaper clippings, which document the local events of Lorain County, Amherst and Oberlin in particular. Aside from the first few obituary clippings in volume 1 of the scrapbooks that contain information about the deaths of the Albrechts’ two sons, there is scant documentation concerning Kathryn Albrecht and her family.

Scope and Contents The Hahn papers, mainly consisting of drawings, 1933-1934, include the following architectural materials relative to the post office at Oberlin: originals and photostats of floor plans, a dedication plaque, and a site plan. Also located here is a bound set of drawings on tracing paper, including one of the dedication plaque, a site plan, a basement plan, a first floor plan, a front elevation plan, the right side elevation plan, and a longitudinal section plan. On unbound tracing paper...

Abstract The Don J. Pease papers, 1960-2003, document the thirty-year career of a journalist turned leader in state and national politics. Consisting of 188.25 linear feet of records, the papers contain correspondence, legislative files, reports, bills, clippings, campaign literature, audio-visual material, and other files generated during Congressman Pease’s service in the Ohio General Assembly (1964-66, 1968-76) and as a United States Representative from the 13th Ohio District (1977-92)....

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Consists of 1.4 linear feet of handwritten sermons arranged in alphabetical order by sermon title. The author annotated the sermons with the places and dates of their delivery. The date range is 1861-1893, representing the entire working life of A. H. Ross as a minister.

Scope and Contents The papers of Daniel Moe consist of an award, biographical information, diaries and scrapbooks, writings and music compositions, correspondence, various files relating to both his Oberlin and non-Oberlin service, photographs and reel-to-reel tape recordings. These materials document Moe’s choral career in both the academic and religious sectors, though the bulk of the collection relates to his time at Oberlin College. The collection documents Moe’s intense focus on his musical...

Scope and Contents The records of the Directors’ Association of Oberlin College comprise one small box containing two books of minutes, a cash book, loose constitution and by-laws documents and receipts, lists of directors (or matrons), and the College Archivist’s record of his conversation with the donor, a member of the organization. The founding constitution and minute book dates from 1904, while the last entry in the second minute book is dated May 1961. Some of the lists of matrons include the address...

Scope and Contents This collection is divided into three series, but largely consists of diaries and transcripts of two Oberlin students from the 1880s. The collection contains little biographical information of either woman, apart from what can be gleamed from the everyday occurrences in their diaries. Close and Mann were evidently friends, as well as cousins. Close’s diary mentions a “Maud” quite frequently, and as Mann’s student file lists her as “M. Maud Mann,” it is quite likely that...

Scope and Contents The Samuel J.M. and Louisa Kaiser Marshall papers consist of two small series. Series I includes a Civil War diary of Samuel J.M. Marshall that documents Marshall’s service with the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band, 1861-62. The typescript version of the diary contains an introduction by Henry Cowles Marshall, and correspondence from him to Julian Fowler, Oberlin College Librarian, concerning family history and Oberlin connections. The series contains the original...

Scope and Contents This collection is primarily comprised of copies of poems written by Stuart Friebert, as well as articles and publications related to Stuart Friebert’s work and life. The bulk of the biographical materials relate to Stuart’s time teaching at Oberlin College. The collection also includes unfinished poems from Stuart’s computer files and several talk transcripts. The collection is arranged into four records series: 1. Biographical Materials, 2. Creative Writing Program, 3. Writings,...

Scope and Contents The papers consist of two series: Correspondence, 1818–1824, 1836, and Estate Materials, 1843–1865, and undated Estate Materials is further divided into two subseries: Estate Correspondence, 1843–1865, and Financial Records, 1843–1845 and n.d. The Correspondence series includes a series of letters from Benjamin Franklin Bosworth’s school days at Lenox Academy in upstate New York and Union College. The materials are modest, but they do shed light into the life of a student at the...