RG 31. Oberlin Community Records

Scope and Contents The records (2 vols.) are mainly those of the executive committee plus newspaper clippings that report upon annual meetings and other activities of the Alliance. The clippings are pasted into the volumes in chronological sequence. The first 18 pages of volume one contain records of the “Oberlin Temperance League,” February 1, 1870, to May 1, 1874. This group apparently disbanded on the latter date because all cash on hand was turned over to the newly formed Alliance. Included are a few...

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This small collection of records date from 2000 through 2002 and relate to the activities of the Oberlin Race Relations Committee during that time.

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The Oberlin Manual Training School Records date from 1887 to 1910. They include newspaper clippings and citations, a committee report related to the school, and end of term reports.

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The Lorain County Regional Airport Records range in date from 1944 through 2010. The collection includes business and administrative records. There are expansion and master planning records, as well as an economic impact report.

Scope and Contents The records include annual reports, 1885-1913, written by Julia Monroe, Mary Monroe (1854-1917), and Kate Fowler (1860-1933), successive directors of the school; teachers’ class reports, ca. 1887; financial records, 1885-1916; letters from industrial schools in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, ca. 1885; names of teachers and students; lesson plans for teachers; religious lessons, undated; notes on advice to the girls and their mothers, ca. 1885-1892; samples of work done; and a book of...

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The Lorain County Regional Planning Commission Records date from 1956 through 1979. They include documents related to commission activities, including annual reports, a thoroughfare plan, and a senior citizens' needs survey.

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Records of the Oberlin Community Welfare Council date from 1956 to 1976. They consist primarily of annual reports for the years 1958 to 1976, with reports for 1960, 1961, and 1975 missing. The annual reports contain reports of the president, treasurer, caseworker, and various committees. The OCWC records also include a twelve-month report of the information and Referral Office for the year August 1, 1956, to July 31, 1957.

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The bulk of the records of the American Civil Liberties Union, North Central Ohio Chapter, consist of legal case files dating from the 1970s through the 1990s; these as well as correspondence and meeting minutes are restricted. Records available for research comprise speeches, subject files and general files. The records are arranged in six record series.

Scope and Contents The records of the Finitimi Society document the weekly meetings of the Society , as well as the social aspect of the group. The collection consist of by-laws, 1906, four volumes of minutes (1902-1923), memorial notes on deceased members and a few letters from members (i.e., thank yous from members for flowers and get well notes received from other Society members), 1910-26. The memorials and correspondence illustrate that the members of the Finitimi Society formed close friendships with...

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The Oberlin Druggists' Records date from 1882 through 1955. There are gaps in the records between 1897 and 1906 and 1923 and 1948. The records in this collection primarily consist of accounts, a poison register, and a liquor register.