Box 3

Scope and Contents Approximately 36 letters connected with Ruth S. Taylor (1863-1866 Prep.) and her sister Juliza E. Taylor (1866-1868 Prep.), dating from 1863-1865, undated. At least 8 letters were written from Oberlin. Those relate to family affairs, burials in Westwood Cemetery, and some school matters. The Taylor family was from North Rose, New York, so most information concerns that area. There are some Civil War-related letters, including one written in Virginia on 1865 July 1. For complete list, see...

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Eight letters and replies dated 1865 September through October and exchanged by preparatory students Alice Strickler and Alpheus E. Gregory. Strickler initiated the correspondence under the name "Ettie Leavenworth," but Gregory discovered her identity relatively quickly.

Scope and Contents The Missionary’s call: The Correspondence of Thornton and Charlotte Penfield, edited by Susan C. Davis (A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Kalamazoo College, Winter 1983). Consists of transcribed letters of Thornton Penfield (Oberlin College, AB 1856) and his wife Charlotte, during their missionary work in India from 1866 to 1871 (typescript, 587 pages). Includes acknowledgement and...

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Only for Jesus: The Penfield Correspondence, 1866-1872, revised edition, edited by Charlotte E. Mertz (Silver Bay, NY: Boat House Books, 2011).

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Henry E. Peck, Minister to Haiti, to the Secretary of State, January 7 and May 31, 1867 (copies). Letters tell of the death of his daughter, Peck's attitude toward his work in Haiti, and some of the problems that he faced.

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Two letters to her cousin, Mrs. John Clarck, of Lowell, Massachusetts, on April 12 and November 9, 1867, regarding family and illnesses.

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Papers of Isaac W. Russell (AB 1869). Consists of 23 items, 1867-1869, including letters written by John S.C. Abbot (2), Bishop Thomas M. Clark, Frederick Douglass, John B. Gough (2), Josiah G. Holland, John G. Saxe (2), J.A. Sladden, Elizabeth R. Tilton, and Moses Coit Tyler (2). The letters concern the possibility of the correspondents lecturing in Oberlin.

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Letters from Charles Tillinhast Otis, enrolled in Oberlin College 1868-1869, to his mother.

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Original letter, "Daniel" to "Ella," 14th ______ 1872. Last names of correspondents not known.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Original manuscript letters and copies of letters written by Oberlin students to their families and friends. The documents are arranged chronologically in order to provide a consecutive account of student life at Oberlin from 1836 to ca. 1940. Letters are largely written at the time of a student’s attendance at Oberlin College, or from the missionary fields of China (Susan Rowena Bird, 1900), India (Margaret Hammaker, 1925-47, Thornton and Charlotte Penfield, 1866-71) and Japan (Edith E....