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:
Calvin C. Hernton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-326
Scope and Contents
The papers of Calvin C. Hernton consist of files relating to the Oberlin College African-American Studies Department (formerly the Black Studies Department). Hernton served as chairman of the department from 1997 to 1999 and was a faculty member from 1970 to 1999. This collection consists of the files and correspondence that he maintained during his time as chairman and as a faculty member. The collection provides documentation concerning the history of the African-American Studies...
Dates:
1969 - 1998; Other: Date acquired: 2001 January 31
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Career Center Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 39
Scope and Contents
The records of the Career Center, due to their functional nature, are organized as an autonomous record group outside of the Office of the Dean of Student Life and Services. Records document the record-keeping and placement functions of four predecessor offices: The Bureau of Appointments (1905-62), the Office of Placement and Graduate Counseling (1962-74), the Office of Career Development and Placement (1974-94), and the Office of Career Services (1994-2013). Administrative files, covering...
Dates:
1887-2003; Majority of material found in 1937-1970; Other: Date acquired: 1976 July 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Carleton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-385
Scope and Contents
The Carleton Family Papers primarily document the life and career of Alford Carleton as a missionary, teacher, minister, college president, and observer of the cultural and political climate in the environs of the Middle and Near East.During his time abroad (mostly in Syria, Turkey, and present-day Lebanon) Carleton wrote hundreds of letters to family members, friends, and colleagues. Of great historic value are his first-hand accounts of the region’s unrest due to the repeated...
Dates:
1808-1985, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1853-1973; Other: Date acquired: 2006 June 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Carlos A. Kenaston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-016
Scope and Contents
The Carlos A. Kenaston Papers consist of four (4) record series, and primarily relate to his travels, including maps and four volumes of journals.
Dates:
1862-1897; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Cass Gilbert Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-124
Scope and Contents
The Cass Gilbert Collection contains correspondence, sketches, blueprints, specifications, a presentation painting, photographs, and exhibit materials prepared by the Allen Memorial Art Museum about Cass Gilbert and his work for Oberlin College. Copy photographs of Gilbert’s sketches depict floor plans, site plans, specifications, renderings, and elevations for a variety of buildings. A pamphlet of sketches for the Theological Quadrangle and a photograph of the plan for the third floor of...
Dates:
1903-2000, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles A. Mosher Congressional Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-226
Abstract
The General Files of the Congressional Papers of Charles Mosher document subject areas and issues of great interest to Mosher and his constituents. The files cover the period 1954-1977 [1961-76, bulk] and include constituent correspondence on such issues as employment and labor, health care, Watergate, space, the Vietnam War and the military, and local issues in Lorain County and the State of Ohio.
Dates:
1954 - 1977; Other: Majority of material found within 1961 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 1991 September 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles A. Mosher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-153
Scope and Contents
The papers of Charles A. Mosher offer partial documentation of Mosher's student days at Oberlin College (1924‑28), of his career as a newspaper publisher in Oberlin (1940‑60), of his second term of service as a trustee of Oberlin College (1973‑77), and of his research leading to the completion of his M.A. thesis at Oberlin College in 1983. For records relating to Mosher's service in the Ohio State Senate (1941‑60) and U. S. House of Representatives (1961‑77), consult Record Group 30/226....
Dates:
1815 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1960; Other: Date acquired: 1982 August 4
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Edwin Monroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-136
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of 9 letters written by Monroe, August 1881‑February 1882, while he was a member of a surveying crew for the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Monroe called it the Penokee or Wisconsin Central Survey and wrote from Ashland County in the northern part of the state where the work took place. He described his duties as a surveyor, people he worked with and his reactions to this type of employment. He was a member of the party at the suggestion of his uncle, Frederick N. Finney,...
Dates:
1875 - 1936; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-366
Scope and Contents
The Charles Family papers document the lives of two generations of the family. A substantial portion of the documentation is personal correspondence between Harriet Blood Charles and Thomas Charles, their four daughters: Ethelwyn Charles, Mary Agnes Charles, Grace Miriam Charles and Alice Bell Charles Reid, and various friends and relatives. Many of these letters provide descriptions of student life at Oberlin College around 1893-1902. Of a separate special interest are letters from invited...
Dates:
1828-1965, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2003 October 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Grandison Finney Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-002
Scope and Contents
The Finney papers are organized into the following record series, arranged to facilitate access to the collection's index and calendar: I. Correspondence, Incoming (calendared); II. Correspondence, Incoming and Outgoing (uncalendared); III. Miscellaneous Manuscripts; IV. Diaries and Commonplace book; V. Lectures; VI. Sermon Outlines; VII. Business Papers of Finney; VIII. Writings of Finney (Ms.); IX. Writings of Finney (Printed); and X. Late Accretions. Series II, Correspondence...
Dates:
1814-1991, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1966 October 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives