RG 30. Personal Papers

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 Richard C. Schoonmaker Papers primarily relate to his professional life, including his work as a professor of chemistry at Oberlin College from 1960 through 1993. Earlier records are still professional in nature and relate to his career prior to Oberlin. Other records relate to visiting appointments, grant-funded research, and publishing.

Scope and Contents The papers of Joseph Eliash document his research about Shi'i Muslim law. The papers consist of manuscript materials, printed material, correspondence, and grant documentation.The papers are arranged in two series: I. Grant Files, and II. Writings Files.The Grant Files contain material related to a grant (1978-81) from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The stated purpose of this grant was to support Eliash in translating and editing selections from one of...

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...

Scope and Contents The papers consist of some 140 concert programs and about 90 music manuscripts.  The programs (printed) are mainly for organ and piano recitals, 1883-1902, although most of them are for recitals at Oberlin, 1895-1900. The music was written for organ by Church, 1931-1952, but only three of the manuscripts date after 1942. A 1931 piece was composed at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago. According to information Church wrote upon his manuscripts, those in 1932-34 were created while he...

Abstract The papers of Florence Mary Fitch relate to Fitch's student years in Oberlin, Munich, and Berlin (1892-97; 1900-03) and her subsequent career at Oberlin College as a biblical scholar and writer of children's books. They also contain materials relating to three preceding generations of the Fitch family (1807-1936). Virtually no record exists in these papers of Florence Fitch's tenure as Dean of Women at Oberlin (1904-20). The records of the Office of the Dean of Students (Record Group 12)...

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The papers of the Rev. Chauncey Northrop Pond reveal Pond's concern to document the lives of missionaries in China and other countries by collecting missionary correspondence and related historical materials. Pond's professional files offer a limited view of his sixty-year career as a Congregational minister. There is virtually no information on his personal life in this collection.

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 his...

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The papers of Stanley Harkness deal mainly with the works of Samuel Butler and consist of manuscripts written by Harkness, reviews of Butler’s works and writings about him, and other types of criticism. Aside from a short obituary, the collection gives no information about the life of Stanley Harkness, save his overwhelming interest in Samuel Butler.

Scope and Contents The papers of Betty Lind provide a brief overview of Lind's career at Oberlin College and her life following her retirement.The files pertaining to her time at Oberlin reflect her determined efforts to establish modern dance as an art form. Lind's attempts to incorporate modern dance into the Theater Arts department are also demonstrated in this collection, both by proposals and by the numerous productions she staged with The Modern Dance Club.Lind's career as a...