RG 30. Personal Papers

Scope and Contents The papers of Kate Bowne Leonard offer insight into the life of a female college graduate who served her family rather than pursuing a career. The papers include childhood compositions (ca. 1880s), lecture notes (1923-24), diaries and journals (1889-1931), an autograph book (1886-1892), and photographs (1878-1903). There exists a small body of correspondence received from her family, and postcards and Christmas cards from classmate Katherine Wright Haskell (1874-1929, A.B. 1898), who was an...

Scope and Contents This collection, which consists of correspondence, notebooks, legal papers, and printed materials, documents the lives of Lucy Fletcher Kellogg and her family.Kellogg's account of her life is preserved in both manuscript and printed forms, 1879 and 1881. In addition to information on family life and changes of residence, Kellogg describes her youth in New England, where she produced textiles in her parents' home to support herself. Family letters (1836-1851) discuss feelings of...

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The Wattles Family Papers relate primarily to the lives of Theano Wattles and Esther Whinery Wattles. There are also materials related to Lucretia Celestia Wattles and Harmonia Wattles Woodford. The collection has been subdivided into four record series.

Scope and Contents The papers of Rufus Cleveland Hovey, OC enrolled, consist of original letters written by Hovey to his family, Hovey’s Civil War journal, and a poem written by Hovey. His letters concern his intention to enroll at Oberlin College, his search for a teaching position, and his military service. The Civil War journal covers the period 1 January 1862 to 18 February 1862. An additional five letters were written by others concerning Hovey’s promotion to officer in the Union Army, his certification...

Scope and Contents The original Sami Ibrahim Haddad Papers comprise one photograph album loosely held by thread, “Vain Hope, or the American Commission, June-August 1919.” Haddad served as the doctor and translator for the King-Crane Commission in the Middle East.Additional material, created by his granddaughter Ranwa Haddad, comprise scans of the King-Crane Commission album photographs, a scan of a letter from Oberlin President Henry Churchill King and Harry Crane upon Haddad’s departure from the...

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 The Helen Bigelow White Papers provides a glimpse into the life of an Oberlin student, graduate, wife and mother, both in writing and in photographs. It includes three of her diaries (Series 1): one from her high school years, another from her time enrolled at Oberlin College, and a third from the year of her first child’s birth in 1927, when she and her husband lived in Cleveland. Other materials include a few items of correspondence (Series 2), and a photograph album (8 x 10 in.) holding...

Scope and Contents The research materials of Nancy J. Pendleton comprise correspondence, photographs, research copies of documents, and maps. The bulk of the material is made up of research files used for Pendleton’s self-published 1997 book, Early Clintonville (and Grove City) and the Bull and Smith Families. These documents focus on the Bull and Smith families of Clintonville and Grove City, Ohio, and the state of Ohio at large. The collection spans back to 1814, with several...

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The papers were arranged by William K. Farquhar into three groupings: Series I. Correspondence during Military Service in World War II, 1943-1946; Series II. Memoir of Military Service during World War II, 1945-1946, 1996 (in four binders); and Series III. Additional Materials, 1944-1946, 1984, 2005-2006, undated.

Scope and Contents The papers of Frank T. Cooke document his personal interest and professional career in photography. Many photographs of college buildings and houses in Oberlin are included in the collection. The pages of a disbound photographic album show Cooke and his family at Oberlin Beach along Lake Erie and demonstrate his concern for the eroding of the beach. Additional photographs were taken in several cities in Ohio, including Huron and Milan. Notably, the photographs in the later accession include...