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Some of these items are related to Starr’s presidency and the Solomon Amendment, while others are more general Oberlin memorabilia. The series includes examples of buttons worn by 1984 graduates to protest Starr’s stance on the amendment, a comic strip related to President Starr’s inauguration drawn by Peter Miller ’84, and a cartoon drawn in 1986 by Anne Rubenstein, OC 1984, in reference to Reagan’s election in the fall of her first year at Oberlin.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The correspondence relates to the implementation of the Solomon Amendment. Included is correspondence between the parents of Charlotte Briggs and the United States Senate. The series also contains communications within Oberlin College, including from the Oberlin Ad Hoc Committee of Students Against the Solomon Amendment, and the Ad Hoc Committee of Students and Ex-Students on the Draft Financial Aid Cut-offs. There is also a letter to the student body written by the newly appointed...

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These memos were written by President S. Frederick Starr to the Board of Trustees, and from student groups to the faculty and the Board of Trustees in response to the College’s implementation of the Solomon Amendment. Also included are three memos related to President S. Frederick Starr’s decision not to renew the appointment of Reverend Willis Ludlow, as College Chaplain.

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Charlotte Briggs kept this notebook, which contains meeting minutes, agendas, and to-do lists.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is a small collection of materials gathered by Charlotte Briggs during her time as a student at Oberlin College. The materials document student involvement in campus opposition to the Solomon Amendment. At least three students, including Briggs, left the college publicly to protest the amendment. Briggs also co-chaired committees that insisted the College provide financial assistance to students affected by the Solomon Amendment. In response to this and other pressures, the College...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is a small collection of materials gathered by Charlotte Briggs during her time as a student at Oberlin College. The materials document student involvement in campus opposition to the Solomon Amendment. At least three students, including Briggs, left the college publicly to protest the amendment. Briggs also co-chaired committees that insisted the College provide financial assistance to students affected by the Solomon Amendment. In response to this and other pressures, the College...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is a small collection of materials gathered by Charlotte Briggs during her time as a student at Oberlin College. The materials document student involvement in campus opposition to the Solomon Amendment. At least three students, including Briggs, left the college publicly to protest the amendment. Briggs also co-chaired committees that insisted the College provide financial assistance to students affected by the Solomon Amendment. In response to this and other pressures, the College...