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Julia G. Severance Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-309
Scope and Contents
The Julia G. Severance papers primarily consist of her etchings of notable sites and buildings around the Oberlin College campus. Also included are letters written to friends regarding personal matters. The letters were retained for the additional artwork found on them. The photograph series contains photos of Julia Severance, her studio, and the Severance home in Oberlin, Ohio, as well as a photo album documenting her time in California and various loose photographs. The two scrapbooks in...
Dates:
1912-1957, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1999 September 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Karl F. and Ruth B. Heiser Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-186
Scope and Contents
The papers of Karl F. and Ruth B. Heiser document closely the family and personal lives of their subjects, but contain much less information about the Heisers’ occupations as psychologists. The collection consists almost entirely of the Heisers’ correspondence, the bulk of which was carried on between Karl and his family, between Karl and his first wife Jennie Byers Heiser, and between Karl and Ruth Heiser.The exception to the collection’s composition of letters is the first...
Dates:
1922-1975; Other: Date acquired: 1985 June 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Karl Frederick Geiser Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-241
Scope and Contents
The papers of Karl Frederick Geiser consist of biographical information, clippings, correspondence, and writings concerning Geiser’s pro German stance and reaction by the Oberlin College administration, the community of Oberlin, and the nation. Included in the biographical file is a copy of the “Report of the Committee on the Case of Professor Karl F. Geiser” (1919). This report provides insight into how Geiser’s writings and teachings were viewed by the College trustees, administration, and...
Dates:
ca. 1906-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1941; Other: Date acquired: 1969 March 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Karl Wilson Gehrkens Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-018
Scope and Contents
The papers of Karl Wilson Gehrkens consist mainly of Gehrkens' published and unpublished essays, articles, and addresses on the philosophy of music education, composed between 1914 and 1967. This collection includes one of Gehrkens' published works, Essentials in Conducting (1919). The Department of Special Collections in the Oberlin College Library holds a complete set of Gehrkens's publications.Files also include correspondence of a routine nature...
Dates:
1900-1975; Majority of material found in 1914-1967; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kate Bowne Leonard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-224
Scope and Contents
The papers of Kate Bowne Leonard offer insight into the life of a female college graduate who served her family rather than pursuing a career. The papers include childhood compositions (ca. 1880s), lecture notes (1923-24), diaries and journals (1889-1931), an autograph book (1886-1892), and photographs (1878-1903). There exists a small body of correspondence received from her family, and postcards and Christmas cards from classmate Katherine Wright Haskell (1874-1929, A.B. 1898), who was an...
Dates:
ca. 1880-1931; Other: Date acquired: 1978 February 13
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Katharine Hayden Salter Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-335
Scope and Contents
The papers of Katharine Hayden Salter document her career and life as a political writer, feminist, radical, and activist. They consist of biographical materials, correspondence, writings by Katharine Hayden Salter such as her poetry, pamphlets, letters to the editors of various publications, and books, and writings about Salter. The materials cover the period from 1915, the time of Salter’s earliest writings, to 1988, the year of her death. Her pamphlets and writings span topics including...
Dates:
1915 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 2001 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kathryn Reinhard Albrecht Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-102
Scope and Contents
The papers consist entirely of newspaper clippings, which document the local events of Lorain County, Amherst and Oberlin in particular. Aside from the first few obituary clippings in volume 1 of the scrapbooks that contain information about the deaths of the Albrechts’ two sons, there is scant documentation concerning Kathryn Albrecht and her family.
Dates:
1913 - 1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/18/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kemper Fullerton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-038
Abstract
The Kemper Fullerton (1902-1940) Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, and writings documenting Fullerton's career as a teacher and scholar. The bulk of the collection, the lecture notes and writings, dates from his tenure (1904-34) as Finney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology. With the exception of portions of the correspondence and seven diaries (1905-08, 1915, 1935, 1937), there is little material...
Dates:
1850-1946; Majority of material found in 1902-1940; Other: Date acquired: 08/20/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Keyes DeWitt Metcalf Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-212
Scope and Contents
The Keyes DeWitt Metcalf Family Papers contain letters, day books, photographs,memorabilia, and genealogical information relating to Keyes and his immediate family. The bulk of papers consists of courtship letters to and from Keyes and Martha Gerrish, 1907-1914.
Dates:
1872-1990, undated; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1914; Other: Acquired 1989 October 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kirke L. and Mary T. Cowdery Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-010
Abstract
This small collection consists of materials that document the study and teaching of the French language.
Dates:
1890-1928; Other: Date acquired: 01/22/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives