RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The papers of James Monroe relates to the career of this antislavery orator, minister, professor, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and U.S. Consul to Rio de Janeiro. The collection richly illustrates the life of a second-rank national figure who personified the Oberlin ethos. The papers are organized into seven distinct series which parallel Monroe's career phases: 1. Correspondence (Indexed and Calendared); 2. Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro; 3. Files Relating to...

Scope and Contents The papers of Barbara B. Zikmund consist of materials and notes compiled for the writing of her PhD dissertation Asa Mahan and Oberlin Perfectionism (Department of Religion, Duke University, 1969). While a good bulk of the material consists of photocopies or photostats of published writings or primary documents, the collection provides a corpus of documentation concerning Asa Mahan, Oberlin Perfectionsim, and other related topics. In addition, the...

Scope and Contents For a 1931 study of juvenile delinquency and related factors for Lorain, Ohio, Frederick M. Zorbaugh created 13 maps, each c. 20” x 32”, that depict seven sociological profiles. The maps depict a variety of information and are listed in the inventory. The collection contains this single record series. In addition, the Oberlin College Archives holds a microfilmed copy of Zorbaugh’s Ph.D. dissertation for New York University, “Town and Gown: A Sociological Study of the Relations of Oberlin...

Scope and Contents The papers (1937-2003) of J. Milton Yinger provide minor information about their subject's personal life, but document fairly well Yinger's intellectual range as a social scientist. For example, a strength of this collection resides in its documentation of Yinger's research in educational sociology carried out under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education from 1965 to 1969. Copius amounts of correspondence also outline Yinger’s myriad of professional involvements, including visiting...

Scope and Contents The Frederick Bennett Wright Collection consists primarily of photographs taken in Russian and the Far East ca. 1900-1901, some of which appear in the two-volume work Asiatic Russia, 1902, authored in Oberlin by his father George Frederick Wright and with a chapter by the younger Wright.  Some of the photographs appear in articles written by Frederick Bennett Wright for issues of the periodical Records of the Past in the...

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The collection consists of one folder containing materials related to the American Physical Society's "Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution", 1999; one folder containing a copy of Warner's curriculum vitae, 1999; a list of his publications, 1959-2002; and four folders containing reprints of articles authored or co-authored by Warner, 1959-2002.

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The Mary S. Yocom Papers comprise a small collection consisting of correspondence, records, printed matter, writing, and photographs. The collection is arranged in six record series. Items in several record series relate to the history of the Kindergarten-Primary Training Program in Oberlin.

Scope and Contents In his daybook Warner recorded tasks as a student employee at Oberlin College, including hours, cost of supplies and pay; pay for odd job work for residents of Oberlin; Oberlin Sabbath School Association financial records (1863); inventory of his personal library including date of purchase and cost; bills and receipts for medical office of S.C. Warner (1866); and an inventory of Agnes E. Warner’s personal library. The eight photographs in the collection are of Lucien Warner at several...

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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.

Scope and Contents The papers of Frances Walker-Slocum contain biographical material, correspondence, greeting cards, performance and recital programs, ephemera, publicity files, and several scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection is made up of greeting cards, performance programs, and publicity materials. The most significant materials are the performance programs in series 3. Dating from the 1940s to the mid-2000s, these files document Walker-Slocum's performances at Oberlin College and at venues across...