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George Frederick Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-021
Scope and Contents
The papers of George Frederick Wright relate to his work as a minister, theology professor, geologist, and literary writer. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, sermons, and addresses, the bulk of which spans the period from Wright’s young adulthood through his death in 1921. Additional material includes notes, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous printed material, and photographs. The collection also includes correspondence and genealogical information of the Wright...
Dates:
1811-1998; Majority of material found in 1850-1921; Other: Date acquired: 1968 September 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George J. Binczewski Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-296
Scope and Contents
The papers of George J. Binczewski primarily concern Charles Martin Hall, who discovered the electrolytic reduction process for aluminum on February 23, 1986, in Oberlin, Ohio. Mr. Binczewski made it his mission, beginning in 1983, to convince the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) to donate their Charles Martin Hall materials to the Oberlin College Archives.
Dates:
1985-1998, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1998 March 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Nelson Allen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-067
Scope and Contents
The George Nelson Allen family papers contain correspondence, diaries, journals, hymn books, music scores, certificates and diplomas, and photographs. The scope and content of this collection was altered by accessions of family papers, received between 1993 and 1996. Revised in 1992 and again in 1997, this third arrangement and description of the Allen papers had to account for the large entry of correspondence, most of which belonged to Caroline Mary Rudd Allen and her children, as well as...
Dates:
1804 - 1924; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George T. Scott Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-134
Scope and Contents
The papers of George T. Scott, biologist and Oberlin College professor, primarily document his involvement with the merger of the Oberlin College Departments of Botany and Zoology into the Department of Biology in 1961.
The collection is divided into six series: I. Biographical Files, II. Correspondence Relating to the Oberlin College Biology Department, III. Clippings File, IV. Writings File, V. Audio Recordings, and VI. Photographs.
The correspondence series consists...
Dates:
1951 - 1987; Majority of material found in 1951-1977; Other: Date acquired: 07/02/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George W. Dell Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-308
Scope and Contents
The papers of George W. Dell primarily document his research for a biography of Robert Maynard Hutchins (Oberlin College Honorary War Membership, 1919). In addition to interviews conducted by Dell, the collection includes various newspaper clippings and articles, correspondence with and regarding Robert Hutchins, speeches given by Hutchins, and related writings, notes, and articles. See the inventory for information concerning the speeches and writings.
Dates:
1920-1995, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 June 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Whitfield Andrews Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-054
Scope and Contents
The collection, consisting of six record series, covers only a portion of the life and times of George Whitfield Andrews. In addition to some modest biographical material and nine compositions, one of which is an original (“At Home With the Lord”), incoming and outgoing correspondence (4 folders) exists for the period 1914-1932. Key correspondents include Charles Martin Hall, 1914; Eunice Lea Kettering, 1930s; and Henry M. Tenney, 1929. Subjects covered include funds for the organ in Finney...
Dates:
1861-1932, 1935, undated; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1932; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Gerrish Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-109
Scope and Contents
The Gerrish Family Papers document three generations of Gerrish family members in Oberlin, beginning with Nathaniel Gerrish, one of the earliest settlers in Oberlin, continuing with William Blanchard Gerrish, and ending with his children. Although the collection spans from 1825-1940, the bulk of the material covers the time period 1880-1938 and concerns primarily William Blanchard Gerrish. Types of materials include letters, deeds, financial journals and record books, photographs, artifacts...
Dates:
1786-1940; Other: Date acquired: 03/23/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Gertrude F. Jacob Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-085
Scope and Contents
The Gertrude F. Jacob Papers consists of six (6) record series. The scope of the historical material is relatively narrow and uneven, and the content primarily covers Miss Jacob’s professional career at Oberlin’s Office of the Secretary, 1937-43, the Graduate School of Theology (GST), 1944-65, and the Oberlin College Archives, 1965-89. Included are Jacob’s comments regarding the closure of the GST and the details of her work at the Oberlin College Archives.
Dates:
1880s-1989, undated; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 10/15/1974
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Gertrude M. Hoffman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-311
Scope and Contents
The papers of Gertrude M. Hoffman consist of two series: Series 1. Correspondence, and Series 2. Albums. The correspondence series comprises letters written to her family while she was teaching at the Oberlin Shansi Memorial School in Taigu, Shanxi, China, from 1933 to 1936. These letters describe her daily activities, classes taught, Chinese customs observed, visits to other parts of China and to Japan and Korea, and her study of the Chinese language. The March 1936 correspondence discusses...
Dates:
1933 - 1936; Other: Date acquired: 1999 February 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Giles Waldo and Mary E. Burton Shurtleff Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-032
Scope and Contents
The papers of Giles Waldo and Mary E. Burton Shurtleff consist, in large part, of their correspondence, 1862-1887. This is by far the richest series in the collection. Two hundred and twenty-one of the letters were written by Giles between 1861-65 while he was on active service. They detail the longing of the soldier for his girl (wife), military routine interspersed by the violence of his wartime world, and family matters. One letter was smuggled out of prison in a button in 1862. In some...
Dates:
1846-1930; Majority of material found in 1854-1904; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives