RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents This small collection consists of Lucien Warner's 1862-1866 daybook and primarily undated photographs. 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); an inventory of his personal library including date of purchase and cost; bills and receipts for medical office of S.C. Warner (1866); and a later inventory of...

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The Robert I. Rotberg Papers at the Oberlin College Archives relate to Rotberg’s service to the College for the Alumni Association, the Library Visiting Committee, and the Board of Trustees. The four series of materials date from 1978 to 2007.

Scope and Contents The Samuel J.M. and Louisa Kaiser Marshall papers consist of two small series. Series I includes a Civil War diary of Samuel J.M. Marshall that documents Marshall’s service with the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band, 1861-62. The typescript version of the diary contains an introduction by Henry Cowles Marshall, and correspondence from him to Julian Fowler, Oberlin College Librarian, concerning family history and Oberlin connections. The series contains the original...

Scope and Contents The papers of Karl F. and Ruth B. Heiser document closely the family and personal lives of their subjects, but contain much less information about the Heisers’ occupations as psychologists. The collection consists almost entirely of the Heisers’ correspondence, the bulk of which was carried on between Karl and his family, between Karl and his first wife Jennie Byers Heiser, and between Karl and Ruth Heiser.The exception to the collection’s composition of letters is the first...

Scope and Contents The Thomas G.M. Simchak Photographs document his interest and participation in environmental, political, social, and outdoor activities, on campus and elsewhere. The collection consists of: Series 1. Photographic Prints from Thomas G.M. Simchak (approximately 931 prints); Series 2. Born-Digital Images on Compact Disks (2), containing 1,608 born-digital photographs, many of which are represented in the prints; and, Series 3. Reference Prints from Selected Born-Digital Images on CD-Roms (796...

Scope and Contents The George Durand Wilder Papers consists primarily of letters, 1922-45, between George Durand Wilder and his cousins and friends regarding his missionary work and family matters. In 1936, Wilder was detained by the Japanese government upon his departure from China. He wrote to his cousin, Jamie, and described his stay in Japan and corruption in China. Wilder’s reference to the actions of the Japanese can be identified as the first conflicts of WW II in the Pacific. Included with the...

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The collection consists of original drawings and prints by Raymond Lufkin that were used to illustrate the 1942 Oberlin College annual calendar. Illustration subjects include the Allen Art Museum, Bosworth Hall, Cox Administration Building, First Church, and Warner Hall. Some of Lufkin’s drawings were also used in the 1941 annual calendar.

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...

Scope and Contents The Helen A. Sargent Papers document her career as a teacher and missionary in South Africa. The Papers are arranged into Series 1. Biographical; Series 2. Correspondence; Series 3. Miscellaneous Items; and Series 4. Photographs. The correspondence series contains letters to and from her aunt Sabra Sargent, James Sumner Sargent (father), and letters written by Helen A. Sargent to various other people. Most of these letters, many having traveled between New York and South Africa, reveal...

Scope and Contents The papers of Barbara Calmer primarily document Calmer’s career as Associate Professor of Physical Education at Oberlin College. The instructional file series (Series 2) contains materials from the courses taught by Calmer (i.e. syllabi and reading lists) and reference materials concerning physical education issues such as dance, golf, and gymnastics. Notes from physical education workshops attended by Calmer can be found in this series. The files related to the Oberlin College Physical...