RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The papers of Albert James McQueen document McQueen's career as teacher, researcher, and an advocate for Black students, as well as a person who devoted his professional career to service to institution and community. The collection illustrates the Oberlin ideals of activism, volunteerism, and the pursuit of social equality.Most notable are the records that document McQueen's committee work. He volunteered his time to address many issues for faculty, staff, and students. The...

Scope and Contents The papers of Frances Walker-Slocum contain biographical material, correspondence, greeting cards, performance and recital programs, ephemera, publicity files, and several scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection is made up of greeting cards, performance programs, and publicity materials. The most significant materials are the performance programs in series 3. Dating from the 1940s to the mid-2000s, these files document Walker-Slocum's performances at Oberlin College and at venues across the...

Scope and Contents The papers of the Platt Family document the lives of several members of the Platt Family, providing accounts regarding life on an Indian Reservation in Iowa, hardships faced during severe winter weather, and the relationships between American Indians and the settlers from the East. The collection consists primarily of correspondence among family members, including letters (transcriptions) from Elizabeth Charlotte Ricketts Whaley Lehman in which she described teaching school in Iowa...

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The John Pearson Collection is a small one, comprised of the artist’s posters, exhibition catalogs and announcement cards, and a small amount of writings by and about him.

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The General Files of the Congressional Papers of Charles Mosher document subject areas and issues of great interest to Mosher and his constituents. The files cover the period 1954-1977 [1961-76, bulk] and include constituent correspondence on such issues as employment and labor, health care, Watergate, space, the Vietnam War and the military, and local issues in Lorain County and the State of Ohio.

Scope and Contents The papers of Alice Hester Simpson detail her life, personal and professional, and her relationships with several members of her family. The correspondence of David and Clara Simpson gives additional insight for the lives of Alice Simpson’s parents. Her family correspondence and activity in finalizing the affairs or receiving posthumous gifts of several family members describes her involvement with her family. Of special notice are the numerous letters to and from Alice Simpson’s great aunt...

Scope and Contents The Toby J. McIntosh Papers comprise copies of documents from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files kept on Oberlin College student political activities in the 1960s and 1970s, and a small amount of related materials including an article on government surveillance at Oberlin written by Toby McIntosh for the March/April 1978 issue of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine.The first folder contains a 1978 letter from an agent in the FBI to Toby McIntosh...

Scope and Contents The Homer H. Johnson Family Papers which were created, received, and collected by Homer H. Johnson are arranged into eleven series; I. Courtship correspondence of Homer Johnson and Janet "Nettie" Whitcomb, II. Incoming correspondence of Homer Johnson, III. Incoming correspondence of Nettie Whitcomb, IV. Incoming correspondence of Philothea Johnson, V. Incoming correspondence to Alfred Johnson, 1888-1905, VI. Incoming Correspondence of Alfred and Philothea Johnson, VII. Incoming...

Scope and Contents The Daniel A. Harris Papers comprise a very small collection of printed matter that advertised and reviewed productions in which Harris performed, and those of singers from the Oberlin Conservatory such as his student Jane Marsh. The collection includes posters for operas, program notes, newspaper clippings and show reviews, lyrics from Harris’ productions, and alumni and miscellaneous magazines. The papers shed light on trends in music education and performance, and the global expanse of...

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This small collection of papers reflects aspects of Jack Glazier’s service to the college as a teacher and as an active member of the Graduate Studies Committee. There is very little personal material and only one of his writings.