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Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:
William Edwards and Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-219
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Edwards Stevenson (1900-85) and his wife Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson (1902-87) document the joint public service careers of the Stevensons over a period of forty-five years. Correspondence with their families (1917-25) and with each other (1924-25), as well as genealogical records such as diaries, wills, and marriage certificates, bring to light the privileged New England childhoods and family relationships which fostered their social ideals. The arrangement of the...
Dates:
1809 - 1987; Majority of material found in 1917-1925, 1942-85; Other: Date acquired: 1979 October 4
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Gay Ballantine Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-004
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Gay Ballantine, consisting primarily of Ballantine family papers (1750-1913), provide no documentation of Ballantine's tenure as President of Oberlin College (1891-1896). Ballantine's personal papers are few but include correspondence (1865-1886), three journals (1881-1896, undated), miscellaneous papers(1836-1933), and writings (1836-1933). The collection also contains several albumen portraits of the Ballantine family (ca. 1846-1899). Materials are divided into two...
Dates:
1750-1966, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1834-1937; Other: Date acquired: 1971 February 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Seaman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-235
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Seaman document his service to Oberlin College as first Director of Admissions (1928-48) through his talks and writings in which he addressed admission policies and life at Oberlin, gave welcoming remarks and encouragement to incoming freshmen, and provided insight to college life in general. Approximately one half of the collection (0.20 l.f.) concerns his sudden death by suicide on 19 March 1948. The biographical series contains copies of his obituary, memorial...
Dates:
1930 - 1948; Other: Date acquired: 1992 June 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William K. Farquhar Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-380
Scope and Contents
The papers were arranged by William K. Farquhar into three groupings: Series I. Correspondence during Military Service in World War II, 1943-1946; Series II. Memoir of Military Service during World War II, 1945-1946, 1996 (in four binders); and Series III. Additional Materials, 1944-1946, 1984, 2005-2006, undated.
Dates:
1943-2006, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1946; Other: Date acquired: 2006 January 31
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Willis Curtis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-071
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Willis Curtis consist mainly of diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The diaries and notebooks contain a partial record of events, accounts, and miscellany of which most was kept during the period in Japan, mainly Osaka, Sendai, and Sapporo. Series VII and Series XI contain records related to missionary work in Japan. Curtis was involved in operating boys’ schools and, in the 1890s, he worked in prisons. After 1900, the family letters in Series V. Letters and...
Dates:
1826-1968, undated; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1913; Other: Date acquired: 04/19/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Yeaton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-095
Scope and Contents
The papers consist in large part of notes taken and lectures given by all three Yeatons, but also of correspondence (1902-56), genealogical information, estate papers, family miscellany, photographs (mostly of Ethel M. Kitch), and a few student papers. Five letters from missionary M. Portia Mickey, class of 1912, during the late 1930s and 1940s, are included in Marie Johnson Yeaton’s correspondence.
Dates:
1833 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/1976
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives