Box 5

One letter written by Lester Pross (AB 1945, AM 1946) to "Miss Parsons," on December 9, 1941. Pross' letter details the lovely winter morning enjoyed by Oberlin students before learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and reactions of Oberlin College students and faculty afterwards.

One folder consisting of letters written to Don and Mary Louise VanDyke, including nineteen letters from Samuel Fei (AM 1949) and Isabel Ying-chi Chao Fei (AM 1950), and three letters from Brooks Fei. The letters concern time spent in Oberlin during Sam Fei and Isabel Ying-chi Choa's time as students, 1948-1950; Brooks Fei's student life at Bowling Green, 1948-1950; travel to Peking, China, 1950; Sam's marriage to Isabel, 1950; and family life, 1953-1954.

Letter to Ernestine E. King describing her travels, reunions with Shansi representatives, and her work with the Congregational Church. Dated February 23, 1963.

Correspondence of Bruce L. Bennet '39 to Phil Jear, Oberlin Alumni Magazine (OAM) and the editors of OAM concerning the Oberlin College Physical Education Department, the football program, and Jack Scott. Includes a letter from President Nancy Dye (1995) and the Alumni Magazine staff (2002) regarding Bennet's request to be removed from a mailing list.

One volume of photocopied letters (ca. November 1989) which were sent to Oberlin College President S. Frederick Starr, the General Faculty Council, and the Board of Trustees requesting the removal of James Ross from the Board of Trustees, requesting that the charges against student protestors Claude Moeller and Dan Kiss be dropped, and calling Oberlin College to fully divest of its holdings in South Africa.

Letter (copy) from Russell Brown (OC 1935) to Charles Hillinger, May 1, 1989, in which Brown describes Oberlin College, especially during his days as a student.

Letter (typed copy) from Dorothy Dosch Sands (OC 1942) to "Dear Oberlin Friends," dated 1999 August 3, in which Sands describes Eleanor Roosevelt. Sands met Roosevelt in 1942 during the Roosevelt's visit to Oberlin for the International Student Service Conference.