RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The Ernest and Mary Fisk Papers span the years of Ernest's career as a journalist and in the foreign service. The great bulk of the material is from the Fisks' time in India, Pakistan, and Nepal with the State Department. The very few papers not from this time are mostly not of the Fisks' creation. The collection is mainly personal, but contains much information about their professional duties. There is little material of an expressly professional nature. The Fisk Papers are...

Scope and Contents The papers of J. Clayton Miller primarily document Miller's time in China as a Shansi Representative from 1930 to 1932. Series I contains letters from Miller to his parents during his stay in China. Series III includes Chinese Maps collected in China. Motion picture film (not viewed by the Archives staff) documents Miller’s student missionary work in Shansi, China in the early 1930s. Miller’s insights into the situation in China and Japan during the 1930s are illustrated in his writings...

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...

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...

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 papers, photographs, and objects originating with Frances Cade and E. John Hamlin reflect the lives of two Oberlin graduates who met during their service in China as Shansi representatives in the mid-1930s, and continued after their marriage in 1942 to pursue a lifetime of service in the Far East.  Both the Hamlins wrote articles for their hometown newspapers during their time at Taigu, and gave presentations on their experiences later in life as employees of the World Council of...

Scope and Contents The Charles Livingstone Papers at the Oberlin College Archives mainly comprise Charles Livingstone’s account of the Zambezi Expedition of 1858 to 1864, handwritten in journal books. (The second of the four volumes of the account is not in this collection). The fourth volume is dated 1864. The brothers Charles and David Livingstone drew upon this account to write their book Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, and the Discovery of the...

Scope and Contents The letters contained in this collection shed light on the daily life in and around Oberlin in the nineteenth century, beginning in 1837, four years after Oberlin’s founding. One letter dating from 1913 is the sole item from the twentieth century. The letters are written by Oberlin College students, Oberlin townspeople, or the families and friends of people residing in Oberlin. None of the letters deal with major historical events; rather, the content is focused on daily occurrences. Of...

Scope and Contents The Robert W. Wheeler Papers comprise biographical materials, correspondence, materials from Wheeler’s time at Oberlin College and Harvard Law School, and two photographs. The small collection is not divided into series. The bulk of the collection consists of legal briefs written for Harvard’s Ames Moot Court Competition from 1924 to 1926. Wheeler’s success in the competition resulted in his winning the most prestigious award bestowed upon law students at Harvard. Other materials include...

Scope and Contents The papers of Professor Claudia Macdonald document the Women in Music course she taught between 1992 and 2000. Macdonald worked as a professor of musicology at Oberlin College and Conservatory. As part of the course, students conducted interviews with local women about their background and career in music. The interviews focused on the interviewee’s experiences in the music field, their education and career path, their mentors and teachers, and the obstacles they faced as women. The...