RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The Lois Blakely Orbell Papers is a small collection of correspondence, musical performance programs, a clipping, and two panorama photographs of students at Oberlin College. The letters from Lois to her family span 1904-1928, with the majority written from Oberlin. A few letters are from Lois’ parents to Lois. After Lois Orbell’s death in 1985, two friends sent letters to an Orbell relative about her. The programs, with one exception, feature piano performances by Lois Blakely...

Scope and Contents This collection is divided into three series, but largely consists of diaries and transcripts of two Oberlin students from the 1880s. The collection contains little biographical information of either woman, apart from what can be gleamed from the everyday occurrences in their diaries. Close and Mann were evidently friends, as well as cousins. Close’s diary mentions a “Maud” quite frequently, and as Mann’s student file lists her as “M. Maud Mann,” it is quite likely that...

Scope and Contents The papers of Marcia Goldberg pertain mostly to her research and publications on art history, particularly the portraits of 19th century artist H. Alonzo Pease (d.1881). Goldberg created two volumes that extensively document Pease’s portraits of prominent figures in Oberlin’s early history. The collection also contains photographs of many of these paintings. There is a wealth of information pertaining to H. Alonzo Pease, his life, his family, and his work. The collection does...

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The General Files of the Congressional Papers of Charles Mosher document subject areas and issues of great interest to Mosher and his constituents. The files cover the period 1954-1977 [1961-76, bulk] and include constituent correspondence on such issues as employment and labor, health care, Watergate, space, the Vietnam War and the military, and local issues in Lorain County and the State of Ohio.

Scope and Contents The papers of Helen Domonkos span the years 1885-1970. The bulk of the documents detail the early activities of The Delphine Hanna Foundation from its inception in 1957 through 1959. Entries written in a log book labeled Hanna Foundation Records together with several meeting minutes and correspondence with contributors all reveal much about the establishment of the memorial, about the planning involved in formulating the Foundation's mission and purpose,...

Scope and Contents The William P. Norris Papers reflect his long career as a professor of sociology at Oberlin College from 1978 to 2008. Beginning with his Peace Corps work in Bahia, Brazil, Norris was deeply engaged with issues of poverty, housing, and economic structures in Brazil, Pittsburgh, and Lorain, Ohio. This is reflected in his writings, talks, professional papers, research project files, and course files. His research files on LGBT issues reflect his activism and advocacy, but his Oberlin...

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The papers of Richard Miller consist of five series covering the period 1964 to 2009 primarily documenting the singing career of Miller and his affiliation as an Oberlin College employee for forty years.  This collection includes personal drafts of Richard Miller’s writings, as well as a look into his scientific understanding of vocal pedagogy.

Scope and Contents The papers of Professor Claudia Macdonald document the Women in Music course she taught between 1992 and 2000. Macdonald worked as a professor of musicology at Oberlin College and Conservatory. As part of the course, students conducted interviews with local women about their background and career in music. The interviews focused on the interviewee’s experiences in the music field, their education and career path, their mentors and teachers, and the obstacles they faced as women. The...

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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 papers of William Kincaid Jr. primarily comprise correspondence, essays, verses, and notes for composition and rhetorical classes, 1856-1867 and undated, most of which were organized under the title “Compositions and Scraps, mainly College Essays.” These writings were written by Kincaid before and during his student days at Oberlin College--in the Preparatory School, the College (A.B. 1865), and the Graduate School of Theology (Sem. 1867). The papers dating from Kincaid’s student...