RG 30. Personal Papers

Abstract These are primarily financial and legal papers of the Eddys, a pioneering family in Camden Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Fifty‑six items cover the family's period as farmers in western New York State in the area called the Holland Land Purchase (1805‑1830). John Eddy (1766‑1842) was then the head of the family. These items include two deeds (1816, 1817) to land in Genesee County, New York; a Sheldon, N.Y., school tax bill (1820); and a notice (1829) to quit the...

Scope and Contents The papers in this collection were created by Paula Goldsmid during her tenure at Oberlin College as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and as a member of the Women’s Studies Committee starting in 1974. The files cover women’s organizations and issues during the period 1970-1983. The files are a combination of topical files and Oberlin-specific files with relation to abortion rights, Affirmative Action, day care, equalization of retirement benefits, gay literature,...

Scope and Contents This is a small collection of materials gathered by Charlotte Briggs during her time as a student at Oberlin College. The materials document student involvement in campus opposition to the Solomon Amendment. At least three students, including Briggs, left the college publicly to protest the amendment. Briggs also co-chaired committees that insisted the College provide financial assistance to students affected by the Solomon Amendment. In response to this and other pressures, the College...

Scope and Contents The records of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Henry Lincoln Post #364 document its 50-year history as an organization that supported Civil War veterans in Oberlin. The series contained herein describe the operations of the group, events and meetings held, income and expenses, and the passing of its members.  The collection spans many years and many functions of the group. The collection is divided into six record series: I. Bylaws and Regulations; II. Journals; III....

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...

Scope and Contents The 13 folders primarily consist of the correspondence between George A. Adams and Emily M. (Higgins) Adams, dating from 1846 to 1858. These letters document their courtship. Letters written by Emily provide evidence related to her life in the 1840s and 1850s. One letter (Nov. 27, 1851) makes reference to her decision not to join the Antislavery Society in Rochester. A second letter (March 19, 1852) addressed "To my Sabbath School Class" in Rockville, Indiana, reveals some of...

Scope and Contents The photographic output of T.J. Rice at Oberlin between 1894 and 1937 can be found throughout the Photographs record group (32), where they were placed after the College received it sometime after 1937 from Andrew J. Stofan, who purchased Rice’s business and all of his negatives and prints. The only items in the T.J. Rice Papers are two record books in which Rice recorded the names of his clients, the numbers of their orders, and sometimes the amounts received. Record book 1 is...

Scope and Contents The George Durand Wilder Papers consists primarily of letters, 1922-45, between George Durand Wilder and his cousins and friends regarding his missionary work and family matters. In 1936, Wilder was detained by the Japanese government upon his departure from China. He wrote to his cousin, Jamie, and described his stay in Japan and corruption in China. Wilder’s reference to the actions of the Japanese can be identified as the first conflicts of WW II in the Pacific. Included with the...

Scope and Contents The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...

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The Alexander Maitland and Laura Salome Bartlett collection is mainly made up of the long-distance courtship correspondence between Alexander and Laura from the 1850s. However, little else in terms of their childhood, time spent at Oberlin, or adult lives is included. The collection arranged into three series.