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Edward Long Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-063
Scope and Contents
This personal paper collection is divided into two series.
Dates:
1955-2006, undated; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 02/23/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Edward S. Steele Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-133
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a typed manuscript by Steele titled, “The Open Secret.” On June 14, 1929, he wrote to W.F. Bohn, assistant to the president of Oberlin College, “My principal work will be entitled A Dogmatic Epistemology and will be a radical investigation of the human power of knowing.” In this letter and in subsequent correspondence he indicated that he planned to have a statement inserted in his will that his manuscripts be sent to...
Dates:
ca.1930-1954; Other: Date acquired: 06/26/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Edward T. Wong Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-252
Scope and Contents
The papers of Edward T. Wong document Wong's career as a teacher, advisor, researcher, and writer. The majority of the files concern Wong's career as a professor of mathematics at Oberlin College. The Instructional and Student Files series contains materials concerning the courses taught by Wong, grades and exams, student papers and projects, and letters of reference written for students. In addition, the Miscellaneous Professional Files include documentation related to Wong's positions as a...
Dates:
1958 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 January 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Eileen Thornton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-280
Scope and Contents
This small collection holds biographical information, correspondence, poems, and publications by Thornton, photographs of Carnegie and the Conservatory libraries, student assistants, library staff, and Thornton’s retirement dinner, and a scrapbook assembled and presented by library staff on the occasion of Thornton’s retirement in 1971.Included are two handmade children’s books created by Thornton in 1938, with original illustrations. Another handmade book, made by Thornton while...
Dates:
1938-1971, undated; Other: Acquired 1997 January 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elaine Hoff Norton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-405
Scope and Contents
The Elaine Hoff Norton collection is a modest sized volume of academic and personal papers and photographic materials. The content of the collection focuses largely on Norton’s time at Oberlin College as an undergraduate and graduate student.Norton’s course materials and writings make up the bulk of the collection. These materials provide an in depth look into her coursework at Oberlin College, especially her work with botany and life sciences. The writings also contain Norton’s...
Dates:
1935-2000, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1935-1943; Other: Date acquired: 2007 September 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elam Jewett Comings Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-052
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elam J. Comings include correspondence, writings, miscellaneous family papers, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence of Elam J. Comings to his family, written while a student at Oberlin College (1836-41) and while serving pastorates in Ohio (1842-43, 1853-60), Vermont (1845-48), and Massachusetts (1848-53). Topics covered in the Oberlin correspondence include the preaching of Asa Mahan (1799-1889) and Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875),...
Dates:
1834-94, 1904-36, undated; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1907; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Eleanor Gould Packard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-447
Scope and Contents
The Eleanor Gould Packard papers document her early childhood and college academic achievements and experiences. The materials demonstrate Packard’s early aptitude for writing and research, which eventually lead to her lifelong career in editing.
The majority of the collection is made up of primary and secondary academic materials, such as academic awards and honors, class assignments and notes, essays, school projects, and yearbooks. An example of Packard’s early grasp of the English...
Dates:
1920-1981, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2015 August 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Eliab W. Metcalf Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-292
Scope and Contents
The papers of Eliab Wight Metcalf primarily consist of documents concerning the Alabama Claims (1873-1890, 5 folders). These letters and pamphlets document the efforts of Metcalf to help individuals collect claims for lost ships and property on the seas. Also included are two folders related to the Geneva award (undated), and a file documenting a legal case between Metcalf and the city of Watertown, Wisconsin (1887-90). The Watertown case folder primarily contains correspondence of attorney...
Dates:
1846-1908, undated; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1892; Other: Date acquired: 1977 January 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elijah Porter Barrows Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-114
Scope and Contents
The papers consist almost entirely of Barrows’ manuscript writings and notes. Among them are sermons (1832-80), incomplete Hebrew grammar, outlines of lectures on the Kingdom of God, commentary on the Book of Proverbs, introductions to the Old and New Testaments, and notes to a treatise on Proverbs. Also included is a typescript autobiography of 180 pages (1881).
Dates:
1832 - 1881; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elizabeth Kadelbach Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-050
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily consists of personal letters and postcards written to Elizabeth Kadelbach from Germany while she was in Oberlin, 1914-15. Almost all the letters are in German, and they mostly discuss events of World War I. Many of the postcard prints promote the German war effort.
Dates:
1914-1915; Other: Date acquired: 02/24/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives