RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The Elaine Hoff Norton collection is a modest sized volume of academic and personal papers and photographic materials. The content of the collection focuses largely on Norton’s time at Oberlin College as an undergraduate and graduate student. Norton’s course materials and writings make up the bulk of the collection. These materials provide an in depth look into her coursework at Oberlin College, especially her work with botany and life sciences. The writings also contain Norton’s...

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The Harry N. Holmes Papers range in date from 1914-1997 and have been divided into three series. The collection includes biographical material, a small amount of correspondence, and writings both about and by Holmes.

Scope and Contents The Andrew Bongiorno Papers are arranged into five series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Speeches; 3. Writings; 4. Teaching and Research Files; and 5. Photographs. The teaching and research files in Series 4 make up the bulk of the collection, with extensive lecture notes and quotations for his teaching, particularly on the work of Dante, and research index card notes for his translation of Lodovico Castelvetro’s Poetica d’Aristotele Vulgarizzata et Sposta...

Scope and Contents The Jacob “Jack” Radunsky Papers, 1895, 1908-1995, mainly document the pianoforte performance and teaching career of Radunsky over nearly three decades. Consisting of six record series, the largest of which is his correspondence, the collection is on the whole uneven. There are gaps in the record relating to Professor Radunsky’s teaching and service to Oberlin College. The biographical file (Series I) helps to fill some of the holes in his life and times. The correspondence...

Scope and Contents The papers of Victor Obenhaus comprise fifty-eight letters concerning the careers and families of Victor Obenhaus and Erwin N. Griswold, and the Oberlin College Class of 1925. Obenhaus was a member of the Oberlin College Board of Trustees, as was Erwin N. Griswold, his college roommate at Oberlin. This collection includes letters sent to and received by Erwin N. Griswold, whose papers are also held by the Oberlin College Archives (RG 30/101). Griswold was also the U.S. Solicitor General from...

Scope and Contents The Raymond T. Moyer papers consist of correspondence, writing files, speeches, lectures, and topical files, as well as non-textual materials and collected publications. The collection covers Moyer’s professional career in Far East Asia, dating from the 1920s to his retirement in the 1960s. This documentation suggests that Moyer was not a Cold War warrior, à la John Foster Dulles, but that he probably stood near the center of the political spectrum. The files attest to his commitment to...

Scope and Contents The materials of Douglas T. Ross comprise of correspondence, diagrams, programs, clippings, and several scrapbooks. The bulk of the material is made up of scrapbook pages and clippings. The most significant materials are the clippings in Series 3. Dating from 1940s to the 1960s, the clippings document Ross’ significant contribution to the engineering world, through his creation of the Automatically Programmed Tool (APT) during his time working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Scope and Contents The papers of Elmina R. Lucke consist predominantly of undated materials relating to her book, Remembering at Eighty Eight: Letters I Should Have Written. This book discusses her travels in India and work there in the 1930s and 1940s, and explores her impressions as well as personal philosophies and ways of working. It was originally published in India under the title, Unforgettable Memories: A Collection of Letters In...

Scope and Contents The papers of Alice L. Weiss document her performance experience as a student of the Oberlin College Conservatory.  The documents also provide a glimpse into her accomplishments and experiences as a young student in the field of music and her career as a musician. Although her Oberlin College materials relate to her graduate work in the Oberlin Conservatory, they provide an example of the commitment and dedication that musicians invest in order to study music theory and perform musical...

Scope and Contents The papers of Clyde Holbrook, Danforth Professor Emeritus of Religion, consist primarily of lecture notes and writings from eight classes that he taught in Oberlin College’s Department of Religion from 1958 to 1985. The collection does not include any correspondence or other personal papers relating to Holbrook’s campus and community activities. According to Mrs. Holbrook, her late husband did not retain his own correspondence files. The biographical series contains some documentation...