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James Dascomb Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-337
Scope and Contents
The James Dascomb papers document his medical career in Oberlin. The collection contains many of his own notes concerning his practice. These notes include lists of births and deaths (and in some cases, the cause of death), visits and treatment of patients, and exploration of medical botany. Some of the items are typed, including a formal copy of an address he delivered on the topic of homeopathy. Most of the notes are in a handwritten journal, which includes several pages of pressed plants...
Dates:
1833-1850, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2001 September 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James H. Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-020
Scope and Contents
This small body of materials, which spans the years 1909 to 1957, documents James H. Hall's academic career as a student of music and as an instructor. It provides insight into his work as a writer, composer and musician. A series of detailed, reflective letters written home during a year's stay in Europe (1937-38) reveals the nature of his relationships with family members, friends, and colleagues.Hall's early aspirations and his love of music are illustrated by the contents of...
Dates:
1907-1957; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Harris Fairchild Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-003
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Harris Fairchild do not provide users a complete record of the Fairchild presidency, 1866-1889, or of the personal life of their creator. The body of documentation is instead a mix of personal and professional papers, the bulk of which consists of incoming correspondence (1852-1903). All but two boxes of this correspondence has been described at the item level in a six-volume calendar, plus an index, prepared by Susan F. Zearing in 1955-1956. The correspondence treats...
Dates:
1771-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1819 - 1926; Other: Date acquired: 1968 June 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Monroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-022
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Monroe relates to the career of this antislavery orator, minister, professor, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and U.S. Consul to Rio de Janeiro. The collection richly illustrates the life of a second-rank national figure who personified the Oberlin ethos. The papers are organized into seven distinct series which parallel Monroe's career phases: 1. Correspondence (Indexed and Calendared); 2. Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro; 3. Files Relating to...
Dates:
1819-1898; Other: Acquired 1968 November 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Steele Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-430
Scope and Contents
The James Steele Papers is a very small collection of documents and letters pertaining to James Steele (1808-1859), dated 1841, 1935, 1940 and undated. The thirteen documents and letters are numbered and described below. Each page has been placed separately in folders with mylar inserts. These very fragile documents should not be removed from their mylar covers. The documents were transcribed; the transcriptions are in the first folder.The most notable of the three letters...
Dates:
1841, 1935, 1940, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2010 May 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James T. and Jeanne H. Stephens Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-239
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Dr. James T. and Jeanne (Hibbard) Stephens primarily document their careers as physicians in the Oberlin Community, and their work in Kenya after retirement in 1976. The writings of James Stephens, including The Christian as a Doctor (1960), The History of the Oberlin Clinic (1977), and In the Shadow of Mt. Kenya (1993, book and manuscript), provide insight into the medical...
Dates:
1927 - 2007; Other: Date acquired: 1993 August 9
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James W. Holton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-041
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Wilber Holton consist primarily of letters between Holton and his mother, and letters written by Holton to his wife Alice H. (Renik) Holton. The contents of the letters include Oberlin events, financial concerns, temperance activities, music, and Holton's travels in the midwest. A small amount of letters between Mrs. M.L. Shumway and Mrs. R. B. Holton are also included. Series 2 contains a journal of Mrs. R. B. Holton (minutes of the Oberlin Beneficial Society, 1890-91;...
Dates:
1860s-1913, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jan Allyson Cooper Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-360
Scope and Contents
The papers of Jan Cooper predominantly comprised files from her work on the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns Committee (LGBCC), and the Oberlin Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Alumni (LGBA, later Oberlin Lambda Alumni) group of the Alumni Association. Those files were transferred to the respective record groups: Various College-Wide Committees, and the Alumni Association. One somewhat informal LGBCC report was kept in this collection in Series 4. Queer Studies Survey.The materials in...
Dates:
1979-1997, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 November 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Janet Knapp Byles Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-363
Scope and Contents
The papers of Janet Knapp Byles are modest in volume, and contain both personal and professional papers, several photographs and three scrapbooks. The content of the material largely focuses on Byles' life during and after attending Oberlin College.The bulk of the collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks, regarding Byles’ family, friends, class reunions and trips abroad. In addition to the photographs and scrapbooks, there are several writings by Byles regarding her...
Dates:
1850-1999, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1948; Other: Date acquired: 2003 January 28
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jean Brown McAllister Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-452
Scope and Contents
The Jean Brown McAllister Papers is a small collection, covering her years as an Oberlin student (1938-1942), coinciding with the years leading up to and including the early years of U.S. involvement in World War II.The letters written by Brown to her family in Series 1 represent the bulk of the collection. Undated letters were inscribed with postmark dates from envelopes by Archives staff. They reveal student life and its rituals and customs at Oberlin at the time. Early In her...
Dates:
1938-1942, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2018 July 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives