RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents

The Mary J. Culhane Papers are divided into three subgroups: I. Records, II. Photographic Materials, and III. Plaques.

Scope and Contents The letters contained in this collection shed light on the daily life in and around Oberlin in the nineteenth century, beginning in 1837, four years after Oberlin’s founding. One letter dating from 1913 is the sole item from the twentieth century. The letters are written by Oberlin College students, Oberlin townspeople, or the families and friends of people residing in Oberlin. None of the letters deal with major historical events; rather, the content is focused on daily occurrences. Of...

Scope and Contents The Homer H. Johnson Family Papers which were created, received, and collected by Homer H. Johnson are arranged into eleven series; I. Courtship correspondence of Homer Johnson and Janet "Nettie" Whitcomb, II. Incoming correspondence of Homer Johnson, III. Incoming correspondence of Nettie Whitcomb, IV. Incoming correspondence of Philothea Johnson, V. Incoming correspondence to Alfred Johnson, 1888-1905, VI. Incoming Correspondence of Alfred and Philothea Johnson, VII. Incoming...

Scope and Contents The papers of Julia Finney Monroe are modest in volume and varied in terms of composition. The content of the material largely focuses on very specific aspects of Julia's life, such as her charity work and her travels to Europe and the Middle East. There are very few documents detailing Julia Finney Monroe's personal or family life, her relationship with James Monroe, or her life outside of the years 1885-1901. The travel notebooks that Julia Finney Monroe wrote in 1893 and 1900-01, and...

Scope and Contents The Lilla Estelle Appleton Papers provide uneven documentation of the life and career of this Oberlin alumna and educator.  The papers consist of biographical information, diaries, correspondence, writings, essays, teaching related materials, newspapers, and non-textual items. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1. Biographical Files, 2. Diaries and Journals, 3. Correspondence, 4. Student Files, 5. Teaching Files, 6. Writings, 7. Non-Textual Materials, and 8....

Scope and Contents The collection, consisting of six record series, covers only a portion of the life and times of George Whitfield Andrews. In addition to some modest biographical material and nine compositions, one of which is an original (“At Home With the Lord”), incoming and outgoing correspondence (4 folders) exists for the period 1914-1932. Key correspondents include Charles Martin Hall, 1914; Eunice Lea Kettering, 1930s; and Henry M. Tenney, 1929. Subjects covered include funds for the organ in...

Scope and Contents The Paul B. Arnold Collection represents only a portion of the life and work of professor and artist Paul B. Arnold. The materials in the collection are diverse and represent Arnold’s varied and prolific career as an artist and as a professor at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The bulk of the collection is made up of course materials, published writings, and speeches relating to Arnold’s teaching career between 1942 and 1985 at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The collection also...

Scope and Contents The papers of Frederick B. Artz document his youth in Dayton, Ohio, his World War I service and travels in France, his Oberlin courses in European intellectual history, and critical response to many of his articles and books. With the exception of a small group of condolence letters on the death of Raymond H. Stetson (1872-1950), with whom Artz lived for decades, and of several other letters in the correspondence files, the papers contain virtually no information on his personal life...

Scope and Contents The Robert Weinstock papers, which heavily focus on Weinstock's scholarly activity outside the classroom, largely consist of his correspondence with colleagues and with the editors of various physics journals. Weinstock regularly reviewed books, instructional texts and manuscripts submitted for publication in the American Journal of Physics, and his own work was published recurrently in several prominent physics journals. His professional...