RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents This small collection consists of items relating to the Charles Grandison Finney family. The correspondence series (Series 1) includes eight letters by Elizabeth Atkinson Finney, C.G. Finney’s second wife, and one letter from C.G. Finney to his daughter, Julia R. Finney. The series also holds one letter of introduction for Mrs. Charles G. Finney to Horace Greeley by Henry Ward Beecher.Series 2. Geneaology holds a family chart and a report on the Finney family. Information in 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...

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The records (22 microfilm rolls) consist of correspondence between members and with publishers and others, drafts and revisions, annual reports, minutes of meetings, publicity and the like.  For information about the location of the records themselves, or concerning work after 1975 on an over-all revision to be published in the 1980s, inquire at the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

Scope and Contents These papers reflect Andrew G. Hoover’s directorship of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Summer Institutes in English, 1965-1967). The records consist of applications, syllabi, correspondence, reports, and other materials compiled with the director in conjunction with the operation of the Institutes.The papers are organized in a series of folders by date. Each folder contains materials from the annual NDEA Summer Institutes in English, spanning 1965-1967.The...

Scope and Contents The papers of Calvin C. Hernton consist of files relating to the Oberlin College African-American Studies Department (formerly the Black Studies Department). Hernton served as chairman of the department from 1997 to 1999 and was a faculty member from 1970 to 1999. This collection consists of the files and correspondence that he maintained during his time as chairman and as a faculty member. The collection provides documentation concerning the history of the African-American Studies...

Scope and Contents The papers of Walter King Bailey document his activities—particularly athletic ones—while a student at Oberlin College and his involvement in development issues during his tenure as a trustee of the College later in his career. His letters include reference to the 1916 controversy involving a Greek fraternity. Several letters also relate conversations with Irvin Houck and address the controversy surrounding the naming of Carr Pool. These letters demonstrate the depth of involvement Bailey...

Scope and Contents The David E. Green Collection encompasses oral histories he conducted as research and the final paper on the college presidential term of Robert W. Fuller (1970-74), “The Politics of Reform: Oberlin College in the Fuller Years.” The records consist of sixteen oral histories on nine 7-inch reel-to-reel tapes, two copies of Green’s paper and a letter from College Archivist Bill Bigglestone to Green concerning the content of the paper.Green’s analysis beginning with the end of...

Scope and Contents The papers of Alicia D'Addario consist of her history honors paper, "In Search of Community: The Oberlin Student Movement, 1961-68," and related historical files and oral history interviews. The papers are arranged in three series: I. Honors Thesis, II. Historical Files, and III. Oral History Interviews.D'Addario did extensive research in the Oberlin College Archives for her honors paper, which looks at the New Left from the perspective of a small liberal arts college. In her...

Scope and Contents The papers of Elliott F. Grabill consist mainly of letters sent by Grabill (December, 1863-1865) to Anna S. Jenney, whom he would marry in March of 1865. Grabill expressed himself well on such matters as schools for contraband, relations with other officers, regard for black troops, troop dispositions including their transport by water, the siege of Petersburg, descriptions of battle, the wounding of Colonel Giles W. Shurtleff, exchange of papers with a Confederate soldier, a tour of four...

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This collection consists entirely of copies of King-Crane Commission material held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 85 originals date from 1919.

These copies of King-Crane Commission material are for reference use only. The originals are held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.