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Found in 273 Collections and/or Records:
Walter L. Hopkins Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-220
Scope and Contents
The Walter Leland Hopkins papers document his service with the United States Army Ambulance Service during World War I. This period of service from 1917 to 1919 is the only period documented in the records. Little is known about his life prior to or after joining the ambulance service. Hopkins served with the Princeton University Ambulance Section, 523. The papers consist of correspondence, photographs and ephemera collected by Hopkins.
The richest source material is found in...
Dates:
1917-1919; Other: Date acquired: 1971 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Walter Marshall Horton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-004
Abstract
The papers of Walter Marshall Horton primarily consist of Horton's writing and information related to the modern Ecumenical Movement.
Dates:
1903-1967; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1967
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: Date acquired: 1969 March 27
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 — 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 C. Cochran Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-008
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Cochran Family primarily consist of correspondence, family records, photographs, research files, and writings. The corpus of the collection is formed around William C. Cochran (1848-1936), who organized files relating to the Cochran family and who personally collected historical research files used to support his writing. The bulk of the series material is related to William C. Cochran and his immediate family. Included is documentation on the life and time of his...
Dates:
1839-1936; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William E. Bigglestone Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-151
Scope and Contents
The Bigglestone personal papers reflect William E. Bigglestone's interest in Oberlin history, with a special interest in the Oberlin Black community, and Oberlin during the mid-to-late 19th century. He was preoccupied with focusing on Oberlin's early themes (such as a place of refuge for enslaved people in pursuit of freedom, Black servicemen in the Civil War, and Oberlin College as an integral part of the town) and getting the record straight. The collection highlights Bigglestone’s...
Dates:
1818-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/1982
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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