Box 1

Letter to Child's grandmother and aunt, telling of her trip from New York to Oberlin. Notes her recent illness and medical treatment for the six weeks prior to January 6, 1836.

Letter written by Ann Eliza Gillett (enrolled 1832-1842 in the Oberlin Collegiate Institute Preparatory Department) to Charlotte E. Fenner. Dated 1838 January 5-15. Gillett wrote about life as a student at Oberlin and events that took place near Niagara, New York. Folder includes the four-page letter and its transcription.

Samuel Sedgwick (AB 1840) to "Esteemed" friend, 1836 August 19. Letter describes his residence of more than a year in Oberlin and teaching in Sullivan in the winter. Photostat and typescript copies, two pages each.

Materials of Elizabeth R. Lord, student from 1837-1838 and 1840-1842 and staff in the Oberlin College Women's Department from 1884-1900. Consists of seven letters, 1839-1876, and miscellany, including information concerning Alice Welch Cowles, "fugitive slaves," and the "Norton case" (1842). Letters also mention the efforts of Giles W. Shurtleff in raising money for salaries (1876-1881) and the Ladies' Hall fire of 1886.

Records collected by Frances Lord Church (OC 1863). Includes correspondence (1841, 1865, 1943); details of student expenses (1865, 1890-1891); and material related to the Spencerian Commercial Institute (1859).

Letter written by Rev. William Patterson Russell (1812-1880) to his brother-in-law Daniel Rockwell in Saratoga Springs. The letter is dated 1841 January 10 and concerns a death in the family and Russell's role as a missionary for the American Missionary Assocation.

John Todd, of Oberlin, to Margaret Strohm. Written 1842 February 21. Todd (AB 1841, Seminary 1844) writes mainly about the anti-slavery movement and its importance: "If to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and deliver the poor from the hands of the oppressor be 'Conspiracy,' I glory in such conspiracy."

Letter from Sarah Jane Willard, wife of Sereno Wright Streeter, (enrolled 1842-1844 Lit.) of Oberlin, Ohio, to her father, John Willard, of Wilton, Maine. The letter is dated 1842 July 7.

Charlotte Hickox, of Oberlin, to "my dear niece," written on 1843 November 12. Charlotte's letter relates to her experience as a student at Oberlin, mentioning religion, the Graham diet "system," and describing Charles G. Finney as a "harum-scarum fellow." Includes correspondence with donor.