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Paul Patrick Rogers Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-377
Scope and Contents
The Paul Patrick Rogers Papers comprise copies of the FBI’s files (1944-1968) on Rogers, Oberlin College Professor of Spanish language and literature, 1929-1966. The files are photocopies of documents (e.g., letters, reports) complied by the FBI during the agency’s investigation of Rogers’ ties to the Communist Party, including his interest in the Communist Party in Mexico, and involvement with the Ohio State Communist Party in Cleveland, Ohio. See the biographical sketch for more...
Dates:
1944 - 2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1968; Other: Date acquired: 2005 June 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paul Skeels Peirce Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-139
Scope and Contents
One of Peirce's early publications (1904) was "The Freedman's Bureau: A Chapter on the History of Reconstruction" (The State University of Iowa Studies in Sociology, Economics, Politics, and History, Vol. III, No. 1). During his research for this study, Peirce wrote to a number of persons who had knowledge of the workings of the Freedmen's Bureau and these papers consist of the 34 replies received. The letters written in 1889-1900 generally concern...
Dates:
1899-1907, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Paula Goldsmid Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-231
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection were created by Paula Goldsmid during her tenure at Oberlin College as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and as a member of the Women’s Studies Committee starting in 1974. The files cover women’s organizations and issues during the period 1970-1983. The files are a combination of topical files and Oberlin-specific files with relation to abortion rights, Affirmative Action, day care, equalization of retirement benefits, gay literature, minority...
Dates:
1970 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1988
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Peace Corps Training Program
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-008
Scope and Contents
This record group, consisting of five series, documents the activities of the Peace Corps Training Program that existed at Oberlin College from 1963-1966. Because the program trained volunteers for the French-speaking Ivory Coast, some of the documents are written in French.
Dates:
1961-1966, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1967 August 9
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Philip O. Bennett Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-306
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection contains papers and multimedia documenting Phillip Bennett's life. Because Bennett was blind, this collection provides information about Oberlin College's efforts to help students with disabilites, services available to help the blind, and Bennett's ability to conduct everyday life in a very successful fashion and to excel as a musician.Twelve folders of correspondence provide information about Bennett's admission to the Conservatory at Oberlin College...
Dates:
1923-1998, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1998 September 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Phillips Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-394
Scope and Contents
The Phillips Family papers document a period in the young-adulthood of the four sisters, Edith, Philena, Hannah, and Sallie. The bulk of the collection is personal correspondence written by Edith and Philena to various family members. Many of the letters describe student life both, in the case of Edith, at Central College in McGrawville, New York, in 1850, and from all the sisters at Oberlin Preparatory and College between 1852 and 1855. Of special interest are Edith’s descriptions of...
Dates:
1847-1856, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1847-1853; Other: Date acquired: 1967 July 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Philo P. Safford Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-045
Scope and Contents
The Philo P. Safford Family Papers consist mainly of letters by Philo Perry Safford (1863-1914, AB 1885) to his father John Safford (1831-1891, AB 1859, Seminary 1862) and mother Cornelia Melissa Walker Safford (1831-1914 attended 1853-59), 1884-87; of letters written by his parents to Philo, 1881-87; and of other letters received by Philo or his parents, 1872-88.Philo’s letters, 1884-85, are from Oberlin and contain much information about oratory, debate, and his support for...
Dates:
1872-1888, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/04/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Phoebe Haynes Ainsworth Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-155
Scope and Contents
The diaries consist of six small volumes, 1866-1870, 1875, and loose sheets, 1863-1867. They cover a trip to New York and New Jersey in 1866, a stay at the home of the Rev. Lyman Abbot in New York City in 1869, and periods when Ainsworth was in Oberlin. The diaries are devoted to her musical activities and interests and to the activities of her friends. A few of Phoebe’s recollections and diary entries from her college days are included in the collection.
Dates:
1863-1875; Other: Date acquired: 1983 February 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photograph Albums Collection
Collection — Container: boxes
Identifier: RG 32-007
Scope and Contents
The Photograph Albums Collection comprises albums or album contents dating from 1861 to 2000. Fifteen of these date from the 19th century, with cartes-de-visite, collotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, postcards, cyanotypes, and other early prints. Cyanotypes dominate the contents of albums dating from 1900 to 1910, typically taken by Oberlin students themselves. From the 1920s to the 1960s several College-produced albums feature quality gelatin silver prints made by...
Dates:
1861 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1920; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Photographs: Buildings, Monuments, and Places
Collection
Identifier: RG 32-004
Scope and Contents
Photographic images of buildings, monuments and places on campus, on paper of legal size and smaller, fill this category; it also includes born digital images. Nearly all of the buildings represented are college buildings; the exceptions are a few early Oberlin churches. The monuments represented are college-owned, with some exceptions. Places constitute the Arboretum, a large natural area with a reservoir, and Tappan Square, now devoid of buildings but which once served as the site of the...
Dates:
1860s to Present; Other: Date acquired: 1966
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives