RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The Hahn papers, mainly consisting of drawings, 1933-1934, include the following architectural materials relative to the post office at Oberlin: originals and photostats of floor plans, a dedication plaque, and a site plan. Also located here is a bound set of drawings on tracing paper, including one of the dedication plaque, a site plan, a basement plan, a first floor plan, a front elevation plan, the right side elevation plan, and a longitudinal section plan. On unbound tracing paper are...

Scope and Contents The records of the Directors’ Association of Oberlin College comprise one small box containing two books of minutes, a cash book, loose constitution and by-laws documents and receipts, lists of directors (or matrons), and the College Archivist’s record of his conversation with the donor, a member of the organization. The founding constitution and minute book dates from 1904, while the last entry in the second minute book is dated May 1961. Some of the lists of matrons include the address of...

Abstract The Papers of Simon Fraser MacLennan document MacLennan's career as a teacher and scholar. The biographical information (Series 1) contains only brief information of his personal life, with more emphasis on his professional activities. The collection does illustrate MacLennan's scholarly interests and his teaching. The instructional files contain detailed syllabi for the teaching of ethics, and voluminous notes concerning comparative religions. The writings series illustrate MacLennan's...

Scope and Contents The Herbert Henke Papers comprise seven folders of two categories of materials: Programs from musical performances, and manuscript music notebooks. The programs represent concerts in which Herbert Henke performed, primarily for Oberlin College and Conservatory. For the New Cleveland Opera Company’s performance of the Magic Flute in November-December 1979, Henke played the part of Sarastro. The manuscript music notebooks hold transcriptions of music as well as photocopies of printed music....

Scope and Contents The original Sami Ibrahim Haddad Papers comprise one photograph album loosely held by thread, “Vain Hope, or the American Commission, June-August 1919.” Haddad served as the doctor and translator for the King-Crane Commission in the Middle East. Additional material, created by his granddaughter Ranwa Haddad, comprise scans of the King-Crane Commission album photographs, a scan of a letter from Oberlin President Henry Churchill King and Harry Crane upon Haddad’s departure from the...

Scope and Contents Consists of published papers concerning the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling of July 6, 1983 that employer pension plans that paid different amounts to men and women violated federal civil rights laws. Amy J. Gittler of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest successfully argued the case on behalf of plaintiff Nathalie Norris. The legal documents include Gittler’s brief (booklet), a copy of the Opinion of the Supreme Court, and a transcript of the Proceedings before the Supreme...

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of correspondence, personal belongings, biographical material, and research materials related to the life of Alice Imamoto (’47 Mus. B.) Alice enrolled in the conservatory for piano at the age of 16 in 1943. During her first years at Oberlin, her family, of Japanese descent, were in an internment camp in Arkansas. Her letters to her parents, a considerable portion of the collection, provide a look at life in Oberlin during and after the Second World War,...

Scope and Contents This collection is primarily comprised of copies of poems written by Stuart Friebert, as well as articles and publications related to Stuart Friebert’s work and life. The bulk of the biographical materials relate to Stuart’s time teaching at Oberlin College. The collection also includes unfinished poems from Stuart’s computer files and several talk transcripts. The collection is arranged into four records series: 1. Biographical Materials, 2. Creative Writing Program, 3. Writings,...

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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.

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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.