Account books
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Alice Jones Emery Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-355
Scope and Contents
The Alice Jones Emery Papers primarily consists of materials relating to Emery’s position as Class Agent for the Oberlin College Class of 1891.
The correspondence series, which constitutes the bulk of the collection, contains letters received from former classmates in response to Alice Jones Emery’s requests for individual class letters. Spanning a period of over twenty years, these letters handsomely document the warm friendship and spirit retained by Oberlin College graduates...
Dates:
1931-1955, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1971 January 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Botany Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-015
Scope and Contents
Records relating to the early history of the Botany Department consist of account books, faculty files and grade books, student files and papers, and other miscellaneous writings and materials. This record group is arranged into nine series : I. Account Books ; II. Faculty Files; III. Grade Books ; IV. Miscellaneous Files; V. Miscellaneous Printed Materials; VI. Student Files; VII. Student Papers; VIII. Herbarium, further divided into two subseries: 1. Correspondence; 2. General Files,...
Dates:
1846-1988, undated; Majority of material found in 1874-1980; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/1981
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
Donald M. Love Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-091
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of Donald M. Love are divided into thirteen series: I. Address Books; II. Appointment Books; III. Committee Files; IV. Correspondence; V. Teaching Files; VI. Writings and Talks; VII. Community Service Files; VIII. Tour Guide Files; IX. Student Files; X. Photographs; XI. Miscellaneous Historical Files; Miscellaneous Printed Matter (Late Accretion); and, XIII. Awards and Honors.
Love's papers document his activities as a college administrator, writer, and...
Dates:
1868-1974; Majority of material found in 1912-1974; Other: Date acquired: 06/17/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Eddy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-108
Abstract
These are primarily financial and legal papers of the Eddys, a pioneering family in Camden Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Fifty‑six items cover the family's period as farmers in western New York State in the area called the Holland Land Purchase (1805‑1830). John Eddy (1766‑1842) was then the head of the family. These items include two deeds (1816, 1817) to land in Genesee County, New York; a Sheldon, N.Y., school tax bill (1820); and a notice (1829) to quit the...
Dates:
1805 - 1919; Other: Date acquired: 06/30/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Faculty Club of Oberlin College Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 22
Scope and Contents
The records consist of minutes of the directors and membership, annual reports, correspondence, financial records (Box 2), printed and duplicated matter, and the like.
Note: Scope and content entry taken from William E. Bigglestone's unpublished "[preliminary] Guide to the Oberlin College Archives," which was prepared as individual entry sheets in a three-ring binder during the early 1980s.
Dates:
1919-1939, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
First and Second Congregational Churches of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-004-001
Scope and Contents
Records of the First and Second Congregational Churches of Oberlin date from 1834 to 2002. They include minutes of the Oberlin Society, the original governing body of the colony and church. The bulk of the collection consists of minutes, annual reports, correspondence, financial records, sermons of various pastors, and records of several women's voluntary and social organizations. Topics covered include church doctrine, fundraising, Christian education, volunteerism, missions, and church...
Dates:
1834-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1979
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jacob "Jack" Radunsky Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-259
Scope and Contents
The Jacob “Jack” Radunsky Papers, 1895, 1908-1995, mainly document the pianoforte performance and teaching career of Radunsky over nearly three decades. Consisting of six record series, the largest of which is his correspondence, the collection is on the whole uneven. There are gaps in the record relating to Professor Radunsky’s teaching and service to Oberlin College. The biographical file (Series I) helps to fill some of the holes in his life and times.
The correspondence...
Dates:
1895 - 1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 September 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jesse Maltby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-338
Scope and Contents
The Jesse Maltby Family Papers primarily relate to the family’s time in Norfolk, Connecticut. A few items date from their residence in Bristolville, Trumbull County, Ohio, during 1837 to the 1850s. The Maltby family’s years in Oberlin, Ohio, are not represented in these documents.
Correspondence (1817-1887) discusses topics such as family news, religion, and Jesse Maltby’s business dealings. More information about Maltby’s business affairs is found in accounts (1823-1844),...
Dates:
1807 - 1887; Other: Date acquired: 2001 September 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John Frederic Shreiner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-096
Scope and Contents
The papers of John Frederic Shreiner consist of textual and non-textual materials relating to the Oberlin College Class of 1916. Shreiner served as Class President and Class Agent for several years, beginning in 1966, and collected these materials in order to plan class reunions and update class directories. Materials in the collection include letters from the Class President, letters from class members, class member lists, minutes and reports from meetings, financial records, printed...
Dates:
1912-1976, undated; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/1976
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives