letters (correspondence)
Subject
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Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:
James Caldwell McCullough Papers
Collection — 5 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-053
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Caldwell McCullough document his greatest interests–photography and chemistry. His personal and professional correspondence and laboratory manuals make up the bulk of his collection. McCullough's letters document his professionalism through his dealings with other corporations and with the college itself. He never received a doctorate in his field, but he managed to convince the college that his years of service and experience surmounted his limited schooling....
Dates:
1906-1949, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/28/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James H. Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-020
Scope and Contents
This small body of materials, which spans the years 1909 to 1957, documents James H. Hall's academic career as a student of music and as an instructor. It provides insight into his work as a writer, composer and musician. A series of detailed, reflective letters written home during a year's stay in Europe (1937-38) reveals the nature of his relationships with family members, friends, and colleagues.
Hall's early aspirations and his love of music are illustrated by the contents of...
Dates:
1907-1957; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Steele Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-430
Scope and Contents
The James Steele Papers is a very small collection of documents and letters pertaining to James Steele (1808-1859), dated 1841, 1935, 1940 and undated. The thirteen documents and letters are numbered and described below. Each page has been placed separately in folders with mylar inserts. These very fragile documents should not be removed from their mylar covers. The documents were transcribed; the transcriptions are in the first folder.
The most notable of the three letters...
Dates:
1841, 1935, 1940, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2010 May 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James T. and Jeanne H. Stephens Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-239
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Dr. James T. and Jeanne (Hibbard) Stephens primarily document their careers as physicians in the Oberlin Community, and their work in Kenya after retirement in 1976. The writings of James Stephens, including The Christian as a Doctor (1960), The History of the Oberlin Clinic (1977), and In the Shadow of Mt. Kenya (1993, book and manuscript), provide insight into the medical...
Dates:
1927 - 2007; Other: Date acquired: 1993 August 9
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James W. Holton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-041
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Wilber Holton consist primarily of letters between Holton and his mother, and letters written by Holton to his wife Alice H. (Renik) Holton. The contents of the letters include Oberlin events, financial concerns, temperance activities, music, and Holton's travels in the midwest. A small amount of letters between Mrs. M.L. Shumway and Mrs. R. B. Holton are also included. Series 2 contains a journal of Mrs. R. B. Holton (minutes of the Oberlin Beneficial Society,...
Dates:
1860s-1913, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jan Allyson Cooper Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-360
Scope and Contents
The papers of Jan Cooper predominantly comprised files from her work on the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns Committee (LGBCC), and the Oberlin Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Alumni (LGBA, later Oberlin Lambda Alumni) group of the Alumni Association. Those files were transferred to the respective record groups: Various College-Wide Committees, and the Alumni Association. One somewhat informal LGBCC report was kept in this collection in Series 4. Queer Studies Survey.
The materials in...
Dates:
1979-1997, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 November 6
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Janet Knapp Byles Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-363
Scope and Contents
The papers of Janet Knapp Byles are modest in volume, and contain both personal and professional papers, several photographs and three scrapbooks. The content of the material largely focuses on Byles' life during and after attending Oberlin College.
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks, regarding Byles’ family, friends, class reunions and trips abroad. In addition to the photographs and scrapbooks, there are several writings by Byles regarding her class...
Dates:
1850-1999, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1948; Other: Date acquired: 2003 January 28
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jean Brown McAllister Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-452
Scope and Contents
The Jean Brown McAllister Papers is a small collection, covering her years as an Oberlin student (1938-1942), coinciding with the years leading up to and including the early years of U.S. involvement in World War II.
The letters written by Brown to her family in Series 1 represent the bulk of the collection. Undated letters were inscribed with postmark dates from envelopes by Archives staff. They reveal student life and its rituals and customs at Oberlin at the time. Early In her...
Dates:
1938-1942, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2018 July 12
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jeanne Ragner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-419
Scope and Contents
The Jeanne Ragner Papers contribute some documentation of student life in a language program house at Oberlin College during the 1940s through the 1960s, particularly in the photographs series. Most of the photographs are informal snapshots of Ragner, students, and others associated with French House. There are a few professional college photographs in the series that were likely used in publicity vehicles such as the Alumni Magazine. At least three of...
Dates:
1941-1978, 2008, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2008 March 31
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jeptha J. Carrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-251
Scope and Contents
The Jeptha J. Carrell papers are divided into six subgroups: I. Oberlin Retirement Community (Kendal at Oberlin), II. Oberlin Community Improvement Corporation (O.C.I.C.), III. Cable Television, IV. Cleveland Small Business Incubator Study (CSBI), V. Ohio Historical Improvement Organization, and VI. Writings and Talks. Included are agendas, clippings, correspondence, minutes, notes, notebooks, reports, books, and financial, legal, and planning documents.
As the subgroup titles...
Dates:
1954 - 2003; Other: Date acquired: 1995 January
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives