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Ward E. Bailey Senior Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-466

Abstract

The Ward E. Bailey Senior Family Collection comprises a collection of teaching materials, including objects, photographs, and printed matter. The majority of the items in this collection were compiled by Ward E. and Bertha Bailey during their missionary service in Sichuan Province, China, from 1912-1919.

Dates: ca. 17th century-20th century, undated

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Warren Taylor Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-015

Abstract The papers of Warren Taylor relate primarily to the professional life of an Oberlin College professor. Their contents reflect Taylor's interest in collecting evidence of his achievements. His friendships with students were important to him and are recorded in correspondence spanning forty years. Lecture notes used in his popular English and American literature courses are not present in the collection, although there is material relating to the academic programs Taylor initiated. There is...

Dates: 1924-1990; Majority of material found in 1925-73; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1968

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Wattles Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-273

Abstract

The Wattles Family Papers relate primarily to the lives of Theano Wattles and Esther Whinery Wattles. There are also materials related to Lucretia Celestia Wattles and Harmonia Wattles Woodford. The collection has been subdivided into four record series.

Dates: 1860-1953, undated; Other: Acquired 1969 March 27

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Wendell P. Russell Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-272

Scope and Contents The Wendell P. Russell Papers cover the period of his undergraduate career at Oberlin College, in which he was a key member of committees and organizations for Black Studies and the reevaluation of education at Oberlin, and as a research assistant for a Black Studies Seminar for program directors funded by the Ford Foundation.The bulk of the collection, in Series 4, documents the Black Studies Seminar held in Aspen, Colorado July 19-25, 1970. The Seminar was organized by the...

Dates: 1964 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 1996 May 25

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Werner H. Bromund Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-087

Scope and Contents The papers of Werner H. Bromund primarily document Werner Bromund’s role as historian of the Chemistry Department of Oberlin College. His collected works and materials concerning Frank Fanning Jewett and publications of the Chemistry Department illustrate some of the rich history of the department. Photographs of Charles Martin Hall and Frank Fanning Jewett are included in this collection. Bromund was also interested in the City of Oberlin water supply and he wrote and collected reports...

Dates: 1875-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1875-1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/23/1975

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Wesley Frost Papers

Collection — Container: 8 boxes

Identifier: RG 30-030

Abstract

The papers of Wesley Frost unevenly document his thirty-two-year career (1912-44) in the U.S. Foreign Service and Department of State. A more complete record of Frost's ambassadorial service is held among the Department of State Records at the National Archives, Record Group 59, Decimal File 834.00 through 834.99.

Dates: 1884-1944; Other: Date acquired: 1969 April 17

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Willard Livingstone Beard Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-076

Scope and Contents The Willard Livingstone Beard Papers consists primarily of letters (1910-1925) between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children. Of special interest are the twenty letters written by Willard L. Beard and his daughter, Phebe, from Foochow, China (1921-23), some of which tell of the struggle between factions of the Chinese to gain control of the area. A letter from Myron Gould Beard to “Dearest Sister Dot” (Dorothy), dated June 29, 1920, is an account of his visit to Bahia Blanca,...

Dates: 1904-1925, undated; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/1973

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William A. Westervelt Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-120

Scope and Contents The William A. Westervelt Papers reflect his coursework at Oberlin College and Theological Seminary in the 1830s and 1840s, and his career as a minister and itinerant preacher in Ohio from the 1840s through the 1870s. Westervelt’s student notes from lectures at Oberlin are of interest for their light on the content of early courses by professors Charles Grandison Finney, Amasa Walker, James Dascomb, and others.The bulk of the papers comprise notes for sermons and orations. Sermon...

Dates: 1838-1908, undated; Majority of material found in 1842-1869; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/1979

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Andrew Hobbs Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-034

Scope and Contents

Consists primarily of handwritten sermons arranged in alphabetical order by sermon title. The author annotated the sermons with the places and dates of their delivery. The date range is 1882-1902, representing the entire working life of W. A. Hobbs as a minister. Box 4 contains a journal of a trip to the Holy Land in 1892-93, which includes descriptions of sea travel, places in Italy (Genoa, Rome, Naples), Greece, Egypt, the Holy Land and Turkey.

Dates: 1882-1902; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Arthur and Alberta T. Turner Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-291

Scope and Contents The papers of William Arthur Turner document Turner’s career as a teacher and scholar as well as his service to the wider profession. The biographical material (Series 1) contains only brief information of his personal life, concentrating more fully on his professional activities. The collection as a whole primarily illustrates Turner’s scholarly interests and writing as well as personal narratives regarding religion and his early life.The collection is divided into the following...

Dates: 1941 - 1982; Other: Date acquired: 1997 November 10

Found in: Oberlin College Archives

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Ward E. Bailey Senior Family Collection

Warren Taylor Papers

Wattles Family Papers

Wendell P. Russell Jr. Papers

Werner H. Bromund Papers

Wesley Frost Papers

Willard Livingstone Beard Papers

William A. Westervelt Papers

William Andrew Hobbs Papers

William Arthur and Alberta T. Turner Papers

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