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RG 30. Personal Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 30

Found in 396 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Bongiorno Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-258
Scope and Contents The Andrew Bongiorno Papers are arranged into five series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Speeches; 3. Writings; 4. Teaching and Research Files; and 5. Photographs. The teaching and research files in Series 4 make up the bulk of the collection, with extensive lecture notes and quotations for his teaching, particularly on the work of Dante, and research index card notes for his translation of Lodovico Castelvetro’s Poetica d’Aristotele Vulgarizzata et Sposta published...
Dates: 1938-1991, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 July 21

Jacob "Jack" Radunsky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-259
Scope and Contents The Jacob “Jack” Radunsky Papers, 1895, 1908-1995, mainly document the pianoforte performance and teaching career of Radunsky over nearly three decades. Consisting of six record series, the largest of which is his correspondence, the collection is on the whole uneven. There are gaps in the record relating to Professor Radunsky’s teaching and service to Oberlin College. The biographical file (Series I) helps to fill some of the holes in his life and times.The correspondence...
Dates: 1895 - 1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 September 12

Douglas T. Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-261
Scope and Contents The materials of Douglas T. Ross comprise of correspondence, diagrams, programs, clippings, and several scrapbooks. The bulk of the material is made up of scrapbook pages and clippings. The most significant materials are the clippings in Series 3. Dating from 1940s to the 1960s, the clippings document Ross’ significant contribution to the engineering world, through his creation of the Automatically Programmed Tool (APT) during his time working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Dates: 1941-1993, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2008 October 14

O. Mark and Gertrude Richards Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-275
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 Files mainly consist of correspondence, diaries (of Gertrude Richards), genealogical records, newspaper clippings, unpublished family reminiscences and poems, publications, and photographs.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 generational...
Dates: 1909-1996, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1996 July 1

Fred R. Bunker Collection (Microfilm)

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-277
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1835-1975, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1994

F. Champion Ward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-278
Scope and Contents

This small collection, until 2016, only held materials from F. Champion Ward. That year, more materials were received, the bulk of which originated with Champion Ward’s wife, R. Duira Baldinger Ward. The collection has been rearranged into two subgroups. Subgroup I contains the original F. Champion Ward materials in the collection, plus additional correspondence received in 2016. Subgroup II holds materials from Duira Ward.

Dates: 1949 - 2011; Other: Date acquired: 1996 April 24

John Pearson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-312
Scope and Contents

The John Pearson Collection is a small one, comprised of the artist’s posters, exhibition catalogs and announcement cards, and a small amount of writings by and about him.

Dates: 1976-2002, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1995

Eric B. Nye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-342
Scope and Contents The papers of Eric B. Nye, Oberlin Class of 1970, document his days as a student at Oberlin College (1966-70), including his summers spent at Cape Cod (1967) and on the Oberlin programs in France (1968) and Vienna (1969). His time at Oberlin College spanned an era of increasing unrest among college students across the country in reaction to the Vietnam War and civil protests at home, and Oberlin experienced its share of this unrest.The collection consists of a notebook from a...
Dates: 1961-1981, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2001 June 19

Newell L. Sims Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-343
Scope and Contents The papers of Newell L. Sims document his days as a college student, and his career as a teacher and author in the fields of Sociology and Political Science. A small amount of material in one notebook, 1902-1905, contains information concerning his service as a minister. Also included is a modest amount of biographical information and correspondence.The bulk of the collection includes notebooks relating to class notes of courses taken by Sims, schedules and appointments, notes...
Dates: 1899-1940, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1969 June 11

Maurice P. Kessler Collection in Honor of Albert Schweitzer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-344
Scope and Contents The Maurice P. Kessler Collection in Honor of Albert Schweitzer papers consist of materials related to the life and professional career of Kessler himself, as well as materials pertaining to the career of Albert Schweitzer. The biographical and correspondence files, which include records of immigration, letters to and from Kessler, as well as programs from several of his performances, shed light on Kessler’s career and his time at Oberlin. The bulk of the collection, however, is comprised of...
Dates: 1927 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 2002 February 7