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Student Life: Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 19-004-002

Scope and Contents

The diaries in this collection are those not associated with any personal paper groups; they date from 1844 through 1937. Diaries not with papers can also be found in the Oberlin File, RG 21. Two diarists also assembled scrapbooks; these materials are all stored with scrapbooks in RG 19/4/3, as noted on the inventory.

Dates

  • Creation: 1844-1937
  • Other: Date acquired: 1961

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Extent

1.40 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

Most of the diaries were transferred from the Library. Four diaries were given directly to the Archives after 1976.

Accruals and Additions

Accession Nos: 1976/009, 1980/017, 1987/008, 1992/060, 1996/004, 2001/094.

Related Materials

Oberlin File (RG 21), Subgroup X. Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Albums, Series B. Diaries.

Student Life: Autograph Albums Collection (RG 19/4/1).

Student Life: Scrapbooks Collection (RG 19/4/3).

For a photograph album compiled by diarist Lucy O. Hungerford, see Class Photograph Albums (RG 32/3/3), 1861.

Subjects

Genre / Form

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Student Life: Diaries Collection Finding Guide
Author
Archives staff; Anne Cuyler Salsich
Date
03/17/2014
Description rules
Rules for Archival Description
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Oberlin College Archives Repository

https://libraries.oberlin.edu/archives
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