letters (correspondence)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 393 Collections and/or Records:
Geoffrey T. Blodgett Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-263
Scope and Contents
Geoffrey T. Blodgett’s career as a professor and scholar of American history at Oberlin College is well documented in these papers, from his appointment at Oberlin in 1960 to his retirement in 2000 and death in 2001. A small amount of material dates from prior to his faculty appointment. There is very little of a personal nature in the papers, but his correspondence with respected and valued colleagues, as well as many former students, reveal warm relationships with many of them and their...
Dates:
1683-ca. 2011; Majority of material found in 1960-2000; Other: Date acquired: 1995
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George A. Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-202
Scope and Contents
The 13 folders primarily consist of the correspondence between George A. Adams and Emily M. (Higgins) Adams, dating from 1846 to 1858. These letters document their courtship. Letters written by Emily provide evidence related to her life in the 1840s and 1850s. One letter (Nov. 27, 1851) makes reference to her decision not to join the Antislavery Society in Rochester. A second letter (March 19, 1852) addressed "To my Sabbath School Class" in Rockville, Indiana, reveals some of Emily's...
Dates:
1846 - 1925; Other: Date acquired: 1989 August 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George A. Lanyi Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-180
Scope and Contents
The papers of George A. Lanyi document his career as a teacher and scholar of political science. The collection contains both Lanyi's work as a student and teacher; these documents provide a wealth of information concerning issues of national and international politics. Noteworthy are materials concerning British appeasement of Germany prior to World War II, communist foreign policy, the Middle East, and the beginning of the Cold War. The collection also contains professional correspondence...
Dates:
1933-1996; Other: Date acquired: 1985 July
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George C. Westervelt Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-364
Scope and Contents
The George C. Westervelt Papers are divided into three series; Series I. Historical File; Series II. Correspondence; and, Series III. Scrapbooks and Notebooks. The historical file and scrapbook provide evidence of Westervelt’s role in the formation of Oberlin College’s first band. The correspondence series provides insight into Westervelt’s personal life, including information regarding family deaths and Westervelt’s personal financial difficulty.A separate notebook contains...
Dates:
1872-1941, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Durand Wilder Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-213
Scope and Contents
The George Durand Wilder Papers consists primarily of letters, 1922-45, between George Durand Wilder and his cousins and friends regarding his missionary work and family matters. In 1936, Wilder was detained by the Japanese government upon his departure from China. He wrote to his cousin, Jamie, and described his stay in Japan and corruption in China. Wilder’s reference to the actions of the Japanese can be identified as the first conflicts of WW II in the Pacific. Included with the...
Dates:
1922-1945, undated ; Other: Date acquired: 1990 September 7
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Edward Woodberry Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-304
Scope and Contents
The papers of George Edward Woodberry reflect Woodberry’s position as a poet, critic and educator. The 46 documents in the collection are letters written by Woodberry to George H. Danton, Oberlin College faculty member who, while working on his doctorate at Columbia University, had been Woodberry’s research assistant. The letters range in date from June 30, 1903 to October 29, 1927, and are largely personal in nature. Woodberry was a charming and indefatigable letter-writer, his...
Dates:
1903 - 1927; Other: Date acquired: 1969 March 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
George Feick Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-303
Scope and Contents
The George Feick Papers consist of contracts, architectural plans and specifications for Oberlin College buildings as well as specifications for the Ohio State University Athletic Field. Also included are copies of biographical information about George Feick and Feick family members assembled by Archives staff.Architectural records by George Feick himself include details for parts of the interior of the Cox Administration Building, the Athletic Field Grandstand, and the Ohio...
Dates:
1889-1996, undated; Majority of material found in 1906-1914; Other: Date acquired: 1998 April 21
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