RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents This is a small collection of materials gathered by Charlotte Briggs during her time as a student at Oberlin College. The materials document student involvement in campus opposition to the Solomon Amendment. At least three students, including Briggs, left the college publicly to protest the amendment. Briggs also co-chaired committees that insisted the College provide financial assistance to students affected by the Solomon Amendment. In response to this and other pressures, the College...

Scope and Contents The Mary Rudd Cochran papers primarily consist of biographical files, correspondence, financial and property files, professional records, writings files, and photographs. Though the papers cover many activities of her life, the collection mainly documents her private life as a member of an educated, upper middle class family.  Her personal files detail life as a child and into adulthood, which focuses much on the Cochran family and their interactions with two other great families of...

Scope and Contents The Belden and Lisa Paulson Papers primarily document the life of Belden Paulson, who began his varied service-oriented career resettling refugees in post-World War II Europe. As a maverick academic, his professional endeavors involved urban development, alternative futures, sustainability, and substantial, practical projects related to each of these fields. The records of the High Wind Association document a non-profit intentional community founded by Belden and Lisa dedicated to...

Scope and Contents The papers of Irenaeus J. Atwood and the Atwood family represent a compilation of personal items and writings that reflect the inextricable involvement of their lives with the Oberlin Shansi Mission in China. The collection includes correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous materials and an artifact collected predominantly by Irenaeus Atwood and his daughter, Mabel. The correspondence series is limited in scope, containing only four letters, as are the photographs, of...

Scope and Contents The Wendell P. Russell Papers cover the period of his undergraduate career at Oberlin College, in which he was a key member of committees and organizations for Black Studies and the reevaluation of education at Oberlin, and as a research assistant for a Black Studies Seminar for program directors funded by the Ford Foundation. The bulk of the collection, in Series 4, documents the Black Studies Seminar held in Aspen, Colorado July 19-25, 1970. The Seminar was organized by the...

Scope and Contents The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Joseph Reichard, and papers of Anita Reichard. Subgroup I is divided into four series: 1. Files of Service to Oberlin College, 2. Files of External Professional Activities, 3. Writings, and 4. Teaching Files. The second subgroup consists of: 1. Biographical File, 2. Clippings File, and 3. Choir Tour Files. In both sections of the collection, documentation is somewhat uneven. In Joseph Reichard's papers, coverage of...

Scope and Contents The papers of Grover C. Amen, poet and writer, primarily consist of biographical material and his own poems and fiction. The biographical materials include his résumés and listings gathered and contributed by Elizabeth Albrecht and other writers. Amen’s writings are represented among the papers by copies of his published book of poetry, F Train Ramble, and a fairly comprehensive volume of his collected poems, short fiction, and translations, compiled by...

Scope and Contents This small collection consists mainly of correspondence between members of the Norton family, many of whom attended Oberlin College. The letters describe the Oberlin experience in the late 19th and early 20th century, specifically during World War I. One member of the family, Donald Norton, participated in the war effort through the College’s Students’ Army Training Corps (SATC) program. The Noyce family is also represented in this...

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A small collection, the bulk of the Eva J. Price Papers are dated 1884 through 1902. The collection includes correspondence, a journal, and photographs. Price's journal sheds light on her experience during the Boxer Uprising in China.

Scope and Contents The papers of O. Mark and Gertrude Hocking Richards (OMR and GHR) constitute family documents preserved over several generations. Files mainly consist of correspondence, diaries (of Gertrude Richards), genealogical records, newspaper clippings, unpublished family reminiscences and poems, publications, and photographs. A genealogical survey, tracing the family back to 1585, stands out as an accomplishment and illustrates how a family traces its history. The collection provides a...