letters (correspondence)
Subject
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Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:
Karl F. and Ruth B. Heiser Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-186
Scope and Contents
The papers of Karl F. and Ruth B. Heiser document closely the family and personal lives of their subjects, but contain much less information about the Heisers’ occupations as psychologists. The collection consists almost entirely of the Heisers’ correspondence, the bulk of which was carried on between Karl and his family, between Karl and his first wife Jennie Byers Heiser, and between Karl and Ruth Heiser.
The exception to the collection’s composition of letters is the first...
Dates:
1922-1975; Other: Date acquired: 1985 June 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Karl Frederick Geiser Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-241
Scope and Contents
The papers of Karl Frederick Geiser consist of biographical information, clippings, correspondence, and writings concerning Geiser’s pro German stance and reaction by the Oberlin College administration, the community of Oberlin, and the nation. Included in the biographical file is a copy of the “Report of the Committee on the Case of Professor Karl F. Geiser” (1919). This report provides insight into how Geiser’s writings and teachings were viewed by the College trustees, administration,...
Dates:
ca. 1906-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1941; Other: Date acquired: 1969 March 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Karl Wilson Gehrkens Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-018
Scope and Contents
The papers of Karl Wilson Gehrkens consist mainly of Gehrkens' published and unpublished essays, articles, and addresses on the philosophy of music education, composed between 1914 and 1967. This collection includes one of Gehrkens' published works, Essentials in Conducting (1919). The Department of Special Collections in the Oberlin College Library holds a complete set of Gehrkens's publications.
Files also include correspondence of a routine nature with...
Dates:
1900-1975; Majority of material found in 1914-1967; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kate Bowne Leonard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-224
Scope and Contents
The papers of Kate Bowne Leonard offer insight into the life of a female college graduate who served her family rather than pursuing a career. The papers include childhood compositions (ca. 1880s), lecture notes (1923-24), diaries and journals (1889-1931), an autograph book (1886-1892), and photographs (1878-1903). There exists a small body of correspondence received from her family, and postcards and Christmas cards from classmate Katherine Wright Haskell (1874-1929, A.B. 1898), who was...
Dates:
ca. 1880-1931; Other: Date acquired: 1978 February 13
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kemper Fullerton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-038
Abstract
The Kemper Fullerton (1902-1940) Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, and writings documenting Fullerton's career as a teacher and scholar. The bulk of the collection, the lecture notes and writings, dates from his tenure (1904-34) as Finney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology. With the exception of portions of the correspondence and seven diaries (1905-08, 1915, 1935, 1937), there is little material...
Dates:
1850-1946; Majority of material found in 1902-1940; Other: Date acquired: 08/20/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Kirke L. and Mary T. Cowdery Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-010
Abstract
This small collection consists of materials that document the study and teaching of the French language.
Dates:
1890-1928; Other: Date acquired: 01/22/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
L. Dean Nuernberger Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-436
Scope and Contents
The L. Dean Nuernberger Papers are divided into seven series. The bulk of the collection comprises his original compositions from his entire career, spanning the mid-1940s to 2009. Transcriptions and research materials make up the other, larger series. The collection holds very little biographical or teaching materials.
Dates:
1918-2013, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1989; Other: Date acquired: 2014 October 20
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Laurence H. and Frances MacDaniels Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-276
Scope and Contents
The Laurence H. and Frances MacDaniels papers contain biographical and college-related files, correspondence, and photographs. The bulk of the material is correspondence (with indexes initially prepared by Ellen Speers), and most of the material documents their Oberlin connection up to 1920. Photographs, almost all dated before 1920, strongly complement the correspondence in that they capture visually their lives at Oberlin.The papers are organized around 10 records series....
Dates:
1847-2018, undated; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1960
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Lawson-Merrill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-157
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies, both photocopies and typescript, of letters and other documents; notes taken by Lawson and Merrill; correspondence created in search of source material and potential publishing vehicles, and in writing to others doing similar research; articles and drafts of articles; photographs and slides of Oberlin College and town individuals and families; and other records of a like nature. Records created the last two years also reflect additional interests followed by...
Dates:
1978 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 1983 April 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
League of Women Voters of Oberlin Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-005
Scope and Contents
Records include minutes of general meetings and board meetings, 1924-1950; an annual report, 1945-46; bulletins, 1944-1960, 1969-1972; correspondence, 1955-1959; printed matter, 1956-1970; newspaper clipping, 1941, 1952, and 1947-1965; and three scrapbooks, 1949-1961. Folders of information from various committees cover the following topics: “Citizen’s View of 1952,” a program sponsored by NBC Radio; “Life Magazine”; the League of Women Voters, 1952-53;...
Dates:
1924-2006, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/14/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives