Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains a variety of materials, including an index compiled by Wright on his readings, c. 1868; foreign language material from Wright’s 1900-01 trip; a New Testament given to Wright at the time of his enlistment in 1861; a list of students taught by Wright in an unidentified school; a grade book (c. 1856) from the Select School in Fairhaven, Vermont; a summary of church membership by county in New Connecticut (Ohio); a report about the Ohio Centennial Forestry Exhibit;...

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Consists primarily of lecture advertisements and programs for events (1886-1917) in which Wright participated. Additional material includes temperance related material, 1905-1916, and information on excursions that Wright and Charles Dutton (1870-1959, A.B. 1893), a Cleveland teacher, led for geology classes from Oberlin College and Cleveland high schools. Also included is material from meetings of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Congregational Club of Cleveland.

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Consists primarily of lecture advertisements and programs for events (1886-1917) in which Wright participated. Additional material includes temperance related material, 1905-1916, and information on excursions that Wright and Charles Dutton (1870-1959, A.B. 1893), a Cleveland teacher, led for geology classes from Oberlin College and Cleveland high schools. Also included is material from meetings of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Congregational Club of Cleveland.

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Skeletons of sermons preached at Gustavus revival of 1860-1861.

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Skeletons of sermons preached at Gustavus revival of 1860-1861.

Scope and Contents From the Series: These include notebooks of Wright’s geological observations taken during his travels as well as loose notes on his travels and readings. His notebooks cover his work for the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Geological Survey as well as his trips to study glacial formations in Alaska, Greenland, Europe, and Asia. Also included in these files are lectures and 1907 exam questions for his glacial geology course at Oberlin College. Additional material relating to Wright’s...

Scope and Contents From the Series: These include notebooks of Wright’s geological observations taken during his travels as well as loose notes on his travels and readings. His notebooks cover his work for the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Geological Survey as well as his trips to study glacial formations in Alaska, Greenland, Europe, and Asia. Also included in these files are lectures and 1907 exam questions for his glacial geology course at Oberlin College. Additional material relating to Wright’s...

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Wright wrote the majority of these essays while he was a student at Oberlin College and Oberlin Theological Seminary; a few of the essays date from his time at the Castleton Seminary in Vermont. They cover such topics as China, intellectual faculties, and providence. They are arranged chronologically, with undated material arranged by title at the end.

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Wright wrote the majority of these essays while he was a student at Oberlin College and Oberlin Theological Seminary; a few of the essays date from his time at the Castleton Seminary in Vermont. They cover such topics as China, intellectual faculties, and providence. They are arranged chronologically, with undated material arranged by title at the end.

Scope and Contents Includes files on specific topics including evolution, the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and the history of Sunday Schools in Ohio. The file on Judge Charles C. Baldwin contains writings by Baldwin and biographical information that was used by Wright for a memorial article on Baldwin; this file also includes his address concerning the Cleveland Professorship presented at the 1892 annual dinner of Cleveland alumni of Oberlin College and a review of Wright’s ...