RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The papers of Elam J. Comings include correspondence, writings, miscellaneous family papers, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence of Elam J. Comings to his family, written while a student at Oberlin College (1836-41) and while serving pastorates in Ohio (1842-43, 1853-60), Vermont (1845-48), and Massachusetts (1848-53). Topics covered in the Oberlin correspondence include the preaching of Asa Mahan (1799-1889) and Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875),...

Scope and Contents The collection contains both personal and professional papers of David L. Anderson. Personal papers include correspondence and items relating to Anderson's ministry, family, Navy service, health and car insurance, investments, and retirement. Professional papers exist for activities directly relating to Oberlin, and for external professional involvement. Included are correspondence, memoranda, notes, class syllabi, students' papers and exams, lecture outlines, drafts and final copies of...

Scope and Contents The papers consist of Norton's manuscript sermons and notes plus some occasional addresses of his, 1883‑91 and undated.  Of main interest are his notes.  They were taken upon Charles Finney's lectures on pastoral theology and on his Thursday Lectures, c.1858‑61; on Professor Horatio B. Hackett's lectures at Newton Theological Seminary, 1855; and at Andover Theological Seminary on Professor E.A. Park's lectures, 1856‑57; and on Professor Austin Phelps' lectures, 1857‑58.  Also included are...

Scope and Contents The papers of Robert A. Melcher, spanning the years 1891-1996, document Melcher's career as a student, teacher, and scholar. They also reflect in detail the nature of Melcher's research interest and his emphasis on the study of music theory. Material of a personal nature is virtually non-existent within the collection.The Melcher papers are arranged into six record series:  I. Book Manuscript, II. Course Material—Instructor, III. Course Material—Student, IV. Miscellaneous...

Scope and Contents The Willard Livingstone Beard Papers consists primarily of letters (1910-1925) between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children. Of special interest are the twenty letters written by Willard L. Beard and his daughter, Phebe, from Foochow, China (1921-23), some of which tell of the struggle between factions of the Chinese to gain control of the area. A letter from Myron Gould Beard to “Dearest Sister Dot” (Dorothy), dated June 29, 1920, is an account of his visit to Bahia Blanca,...

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The papers of the Rev. Harry Edwin Woodcock chronicle Woodcock's youth and Congregational ministry from ca. 1820 through the first years of his Kansas pastorate (1868-70). Miscellaneous materials date from his final years in Kansas City, Missouri (1886-1911). The missionary service in Jamaica (1853-76) of Lucy Angela Woodcock, Harry Woodcock's sister, is well represented in this collection.

Scope and Contents This collection is arranged in four series: 1. Biographical File; 2. Writings; 3. Research Files; and 4. Photographs.Consisting primarily of writings and research files, A. Claire Siddall’s papers document his scholarship and contributions to the field of medicine. This collection contains Siddall's writings on the early history of medical practice in the city of Oberlin, Ohio, and articles on women’s health. The balance of this collection is made up of photographs of Oberlin...

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 and...

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The Carlos A. Kenaston Papers consist of four (4) record series, and primarily relate to his travels, including maps and four volumes of journals.

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The papers consist entirely of newspaper clippings, which document the local events of Lorain County, Amherst and Oberlin in particular. Aside from the first few obituary clippings in volume 1 of the scrapbooks that contain information about the deaths of the Albrechts’ two sons, there is scant documentation concerning Kathryn Albrecht and her family.