RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The papers of LeRoy A. Grumbine detail mainly his time spent at Oberlin (1899-1907) when he took various courses in Greek and Latin, English Literature and Bible studies, and Organ and Harmony. Included are grade reports (restricted) for various subjects in the academy, the College and Conservatory as well as his student schedules for the Conservatory which include his term bill. The greatest volume of the collection is devoted to items from the scrapbook Grumbine kept during...

Scope and Contents The papers of Oberlin biology professor, Anna Ruth Brummett, mainly document Brummett's service on various college committees. Records of her college-wide and departmental activities reveal Brummett's commitment to equal professional status for men and women and a special interest in promoting science education for women. Notably absent from this collection are Brummett's teaching materials and personal papers. The collection is organized into four records series: I....

Scope and Contents The Helen Bigelow White Papers provides a glimpse into the life of an Oberlin student, graduate, wife and mother, both in writing and in photographs. It includes three of her diaries (Series 1): one from her high school years, another from her time enrolled at Oberlin College, and a third from the year of her first child’s birth in 1927, when she and her husband lived in Cleveland. Other materials include a few items of correspondence (Series 2), and a photograph album (8 x 10 in.)...

Scope and Contents The papers of Thomas and Katherine Farquhar document the social lives of two Oberlin College students during and after the first World War. Included in the collection are a journal, which records in detail one particular outing, and a full scrapbook, which gives a broad overview of Katherine’s activities during her entire four-year college career. In addition, a limited number of photocopies of newspaper clippings which contain biographical information are included. Few records exist of...

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The papers were arranged by William K. Farquhar into three groupings: Series I. Correspondence during Military Service in World War II, 1943-1946; Series II. Memoir of Military Service during World War II, 1945-1946, 1996 (in four binders); and Series III. Additional Materials, 1944-1946, 1984, 2005-2006, undated.

Scope and Contents The Laurence H. and Frances MacDaniels papers contain biographical and college-related files, correspondence, and photographs. The bulk of the material is correspondence (with indexes initially prepared by Ellen Speers), and most of the material documents their Oberlin connection up to 1920. Photographs, almost all dated before 1920, strongly complement the correspondence in that they capture visually their lives at Oberlin.The papers are organized around 10 records series....

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The Fred R. Bunker Collection has been organized into nine series. This collection consists only of the microfilmed copies.

Scope and Contents The Jeanne Ragner Papers contribute some documentation of student life in a language program house at Oberlin College during the 1940s through the 1960s, particularly in the photographs series.  Most of the photographs are informal snapshots of Ragner, students, and others associated with French House.  There are a few professional college photographs in the series that were likely used in publicity vehicles such as the Alumni Magazine.  At least three of...

Scope and Contents The Dutton Family papers document the lives of three generations of the family.  The papers span the years Helen Axford Wiley (Dutton) and Philip Drew Dutton studied at Oberlin (ca. 1910-17), their years as missionaries in China and the Philippines (1919-52), and the military service of their son Colonel Thomas Chester Dutton (retired 1970). A substantial portion of this documentation is personal correspondence; however, the papers also include unpublished manuscripts, reports, diaries...

Scope and Contents The papers consist mainly of 6 letters by Wright and ten by his secretary, 2 telegrams by Wright, 8 blueprints for the house and 2 blueprints for chairs (see the Architectural Records Collection, RG 53, for the blueprints). Filed with them are copies of published articles that describe Wright's ideas and the building of the house plus its restoration by Miss Ellen Johnson and donation to Oberlin College. There is also a copy of a letter written by Kristen Weltzheimer in 1985 in which she...