RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents This small collection consists of items relating to the Charles Grandison Finney family. The correspondence series (Series 1) includes eight letters by Elizabeth Atkinson Finney, C.G. Finney’s second wife, and one letter from C.G. Finney to his daughter, Julia R. Finney. The series also holds one letter of introduction for Mrs. Charles G. Finney to Horace Greeley by Henry Ward Beecher. Series 2. Geneaology holds a family chart and a report on the Finney family. Information in...

Abstract The Kemper Fullerton (1902-1940) Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, and writings documenting Fullerton's career as a teacher and scholar. The bulk of the collection, the lecture notes and writings, dates from his tenure (1904-34) as Finney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology. With the exception of portions of the correspondence and seven diaries (1905-08, 1915, 1935, 1937), there is little material...

Scope and Contents The Baldwin Family Papers span one hundred thirty-four years, from 1855-1989, and chronicle the life and times of Cyrus Grandison Baldwin, Cyrus Harcourt Baldwin, James Fairchild Baldwin, and Edward Henry Fairchild. The majority of materials can be considered secondary sources; news clippings, excerpts from historical publications, and other printed matter. Few documents were created by the family members themselves. The collection contains nineteen well-annotated...

Abstract The Papers of Simon Fraser MacLennan document MacLennan's career as a teacher and scholar. The biographical information (Series 1) contains only brief information of his personal life, with more emphasis on his professional activities. The collection does illustrate MacLennan's scholarly interests and his teaching. The instructional files contain detailed syllabi for the teaching of ethics, and voluminous notes concerning comparative religions. The writings series illustrate MacLennan's...

Scope and Contents The Richard E. Spear Papers document his career as an art historian, scholar, and professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory, and his work as the former Director of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The bulk of the collection is made up of published writings, course materials, lectures, speeches, and professional correspondence. These materials span Spear’s career as an art historian, beginning with his undergraduate education in the late 1950s and ending in 2018, eighteen years after...

Scope and Contents The papers of George A. Lanyi document his career as a teacher and scholar of political science. The collection contains both Lanyi's work as a student and teacher; these documents provide a wealth of information concerning issues of national and international politics. Noteworthy are materials concerning British appeasement of Germany prior to World War II, communist foreign policy, the Middle East, and the beginning of the Cold War. The collection also contains professional...

Scope and Contents The Mark Mortimer Heald Papers primarily document his early life in Illinois, Oberlin (1910-16), Minnesota (1916-17), and Germany and France both during and after World War I (1918-19). Specific periods of interest represented by the collection are Heald’s high school days in Illinois (1906-10), his time as a college student (1910-14), his work at Oberlin Academy and Oberlin College (1914-16), his fellowship at the University of Minnesota (1916-17), his military service (1917-1919), and...

Scope and Contents The Elaine Hoff Norton collection is a modest sized volume of academic and personal papers and photographic materials. The content of the collection focuses largely on Norton’s time at Oberlin College as an undergraduate and graduate student. Norton’s course materials and writings make up the bulk of the collection. These materials provide an in depth look into her coursework at Oberlin College, especially her work with botany and life sciences. The writings also contain Norton’s...

Scope and Contents Consists of published papers concerning the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling of July 6, 1983 that employer pension plans that paid different amounts to men and women violated federal civil rights laws. Amy J. Gittler of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest successfully argued the case on behalf of plaintiff Nathalie Norris. The legal documents include Gittler’s brief (booklet), a copy of the Opinion of the Supreme Court, and a transcript of the Proceedings before the...