RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The papers of William H. Chapin, consisting of correspondence, writings (published and unpublished), teaching and research files, photographs and plans, primarily document his career as a teacher, researcher, and writer in the field of chemistry. Among the publications in the collection is Chapin’s textbook Second Year College Chemistry (1922, 1933), which he used to stress that the general principles of chemistry should be tested through experience. Also...

Scope and Contents The Emma L. Frank Papers represent a very incomplete record of her life and work. This small collection is related only to her research on and compilation of publications written by graduates of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology. Information pertaining to her personal life and her time at Oberlin College is absent from the collection. The Papers comprise three copies of the booklet Frank wrote, titled “Books Written by Graduates of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology,...

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The Charles H.A. Wager Papers are divided into three records series: miscellaneous research and teaching files, writings by Charles H.A. Wager, and miscellaneous printed items.

Abstract The Kemper Fullerton (1902-1940) Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, and writings documenting Fullerton's career as a teacher and scholar. The bulk of the collection, the lecture notes and writings, dates from his tenure (1904-34) as Finney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology. With the exception of portions of the correspondence and seven diaries (1905-08, 1915, 1935, 1937), there is little material...

Scope and Contents The papers of Herbert G. May consist of instructional files, correspondence, writings, committee files, files relating to the Bible, files relating to the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, sermons and chapel talks, and photographs. These papers document May’s distinguished career as teacher and theologian, Biblical translator, cartographer, and linguist. The biographical materials and the extensive correspondence series (professional and personal) provide many examples of the respect...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 133 copies made from selected materials in the Atkins Family Papers at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.  The Atkins family were early settlers in Ashtabula County, Ohio.  The Bancroft’s collection of Atkins Family Papers document their participation in the anti-slavery movement from 1836 through 1950.  The copies (solicited by Oberlin College’s second archivist in 1988) comprise correspondence of Josiah Atkins (1757-1828), who served in...

Scope and Contents In 2012 Oberlin College student Sonia Roubini visited the Manuscripts Division in the Library of Congress to photograph items in the John Keep Papers, 1781-1929 at the request of Oberlin faculty members in consultation with the Oberlin College Archivist. The John Keep papers had been given to the Library of Congress by Helen E. Keep, great granddaughter of John Keep, from 1929 to 1954. The finding aid from the Library of Congress is accessible on their ...

Scope and Contents The Jeanne Ragner Papers contribute some documentation of student life in a language program house at Oberlin College during the 1940s through the 1960s, particularly in the photographs series.  Most of the photographs are informal snapshots of Ragner, students, and others associated with French House.  There are a few professional college photographs in the series that were likely used in publicity vehicles such as the Alumni Magazine.  At least three of...

Scope and Contents The papers, photographs, and objects originating with Frances Cade and E. John Hamlin reflect the lives of two Oberlin graduates who met during their service in China as Shansi representatives in the mid-1930s, and continued after their marriage in 1942 to pursue a lifetime of service in the Far East.  Both the Hamlins wrote articles for their hometown newspapers during their time at Taigu, and gave presentations on their experiences later in life as employees of the World Council of...