RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents Consists of five record series: Biographical File, 1899-1955; Correspondence, 1930-38; Field Notebooks, Aug. 4, 1899-Oct. 16, 1923 (No. 1-7); Miscellaneous File, 1900-1930s, undated; and, Writings File, 1919-35, undated. Included are the seven volumes of field notebooks covering surveys of properties in Oberlin, including those in and around the College campus and those properties on Edgemere and Reamer Streets. A great many of the pages are vacant. The 1930-38 correspondence,...

Scope and Contents The records of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Henry Lincoln Post #364 document its 50-year history as an organization that supported Civil War veterans in Oberlin. The series contained herein describe the operations of the group, events and meetings held, income and expenses, and the passing of its members.  The collection spans many years and many functions of the group. The collection is divided into six record series: I. Bylaws and Regulations; II. Journals; III....

Scope and Contents Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse Creglow's undated writings make up the bulk of the collection along with some correspondence and religious school lessons. Her numerous poems, stories, and plays for both children and adults are mostly moralistic or religious, though a few are adventures or detective stories. A 20-page essay titled "Optimism: Is It Rational?" and three articles from the 1930s on VA hospital libraries are also included in the collection. Some correspondence exists on her...

Scope and Contents The papers of Hope Hibbard document the particular areas of research that Hope Hibbard conducted as a zoologist. The papers also document her extensive career as a teacher and lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Oberlin College. The papers do not however, document Hibbard's work on the various faculty committees she served on while teaching at Oberlin College. The papers are organized into four distinct series which are: 1. Correspondence; 2. Writings; 3. Zoology Alumni Survey File;...

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The papers consist of information about Foltz and the establishment of the tract fund, a brief diary (1834-35), notes, memoranda and printed letters (from newspapers) and verse.

Note: Entry taken from William E. Bigglestone's unpublished "[preliminary] Guide to the Oberlin College Archives," which was prepared as individual entry sheets in a three-ring binder during the early 1980s.

Scope and Contents From 1917 to 1960 a "Round Robin" of letters was carried on by the members of the Graduate School of Theology Class of 1916. These letters, written by seven of the twelve graduates, tell of activities in which the writers were engaged, of their wives and families, and often include comments upon national and international events or upon matters concerning the Graduate School of Theology. Shock and sorrow is periodically expressed as their number is reduced by death. A majority...

Scope and Contents Consists of original letters and photocopies; an issue of the Bangkok calendar (1864), printed by Dan Beach Bradley; the will (1893) of Sarah Blachly Bradley; writings and addresses (1892-1937, undated); and a photograph album showing scenes of Bangkok (ca. 1889). Most of the letters were written between 1877 and 1892 by Dan F. Bradley to his mother and siblings in Bangkok, Thailand. They describe Bradley's student days from 1877 to 1885 at Oberlin College and Oberlin Theological...

Scope and Contents The Oberlin College Archives' collection of the papers of Betsy Mix Cowles is a reference-only collection, drawn from the much larger collection located at Kent State University. The papers (photocopies) consist of biographical articles, letters received by Cowles, and additional information about the collection at Kent State. The materials in this collection primarily relate to Betsy Cowles' life as an educator, abolitionist, and women's rights activist. Though the collection contains a...

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The papers consist of four notebooks:

Notes on lectures by Edwards Amasa Park, Andover Theological Seminary, 1865-66 (2 vols.).

Notes on Laurens Perseus Hickok’s “Science of the Mind” and “Moral Science.”

“Text Book” containing texts for Tenney’s sermons and a catalogue of his sermons, 1869, undated.

Scope and Contents The papers consist of two series: Correspondence, 1818–1824, 1836, and Estate Materials, 1843–1865, and undated Estate Materials is further divided into two subseries: Estate Correspondence, 1843–1865, and Financial Records, 1843–1845 and n.d. The Correspondence series includes a series of letters from Benjamin Franklin Bosworth’s school days at Lenox Academy in upstate New York and Union College. The materials are modest, but they do shed light into the life of a student at the...