letters (correspondence)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Works Fuller Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-010
Scope and Contents
The Robert Works Fuller Presidential Papers are divided into six Subgroups: Administrative Files of the Office of the President, Board of Trustees Records, Administrative Commissions, Councils, and Committees, Academic Departments, Programs, and Administrative Units, Files on External Organizations, and Files of Acting President Ellsworth Carlson.
Dates:
1930-1982; Majority of material found within 1960-1974; Other: Date acquired: 1975 September 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Roxane Offner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-381
Scope and Contents
The Roxanne Offner papers document her time as an Oberlin College student and her professional career. This collection is made up of eight series.
Dates:
1947-2006, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2005 June 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Rufus Cleveland Hovey Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-302
Scope and Contents
The papers of Rufus Cleveland Hovey, OC enrolled, consist of original letters written by Hovey to his family, Hovey’s Civil War journal, and a poem written by Hovey. His letters concern his intention to enroll at Oberlin College, his search for a teaching position, and his military service. The Civil War journal covers the period 1 January 1862 to 18 February 1862. An additional five letters were written by others concerning Hovey’s promotion to officer in the Union Army, his...
Dates:
1857-1866, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1998 May 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Russell Parsons Jameson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-066
Abstract
The papers of Russell Parsons Jameson provide documentation concerning his professional career as a professor and scholar, and his personal life as a resident of Oberlin, Ohio, from 1904 to 1954.
Dates:
ca. 1917-1958, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ruth Easton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-098
Scope and Contents
Ruth Easton’s personal financial records dating from 1952 until after her death in 1957 make up the greater part of this collection. Her guardian and later executor of her estate, Robert Barr, Assistant Secretary of the College, presumably kept most of these materials. Evidence of a five hundred dollar gift to Oberlin College from her estate for the Ruth Easton Scholarship Fund exists in the form of an acknowledgement slip dated April 19, 1958.
The collection is divided into three...
Dates:
1952 - 1958; Other: Date acquired: 12/21/1976
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
S. Frederick Starr Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-012
Scope and Contents
Expansive in terms of range, and volume (81.9 l.f.), the presidential papers of S. Frederick Starr mirror the work of a proactive leader who sought to make Oberlin College one of the nation’s most distinctive liberal arts institutions. Within these official records, the researcher will find delineated the decision and policy making actions of the Starr administration with fine detail on building projects, campus unrest, financial planning and development, personnel issues, and his...
Dates:
1950-1994, undated; Majority of material found within 1982-1994; Other: Date acquired: 1986 July 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Samuel Miller Cooper Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-398
Scope and Contents
This small collection relates to Samuel M. Cooper’s time as a student and alum at Oberlin College, his first position as a teacher and coach at Bellevue High School in the 1940s, and his involvement in the John W. Heisman Club in the 1980s. The club’s membership is composed of Oberlin College athletic letter winners, and anyone interested in the well being of the Oberlin College athletic program. Included is a photograph of the 1935 Oberlin football team; Cooper earned an athletic letter...
Dates:
1935-1991, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2004 July 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Sara L. Houston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-174
Scope and Contents
Consisting almost exclusively of data and statistics from her phenomenological movement behavior studies, the collection sheds little light on the personal life of Sara Louise Houston. The earliest records consist of two graduate school papers written by Houston in 1964 and 1965 on the relationship between movement and the fine arts. The remainder of the records are comprised of questionnaires, personal profiles, and statistics derived from her movement behavior studies.
The...
Dates:
1964 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 1985 June 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 34
Scope and Contents
The records (1887-1980) of the Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work (1886-1957) consist of annual reports of missionaries, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials relating to Henry A. Schauffler's missionary work among Slavic populations in Cleveland which led to the formation in 1886 of the Slavic Bible Readers' Home (School), subsequently named the Schauffler Missionary Training School and later Schauffler College. The collection is divided into three series: I....
Dates:
1887 - 1980; Majority of material found in 1930-1980; Other: Date acquired: 03/01/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Seabury C. and Agnes W. Mastick Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-350
Scope and Contents
The Seabury C. and Agnes W. Mastick Papers consist of materials that primarily document the relationship between the Masticks and Oberlin College. The materials document the Mastick’s donation to Oberlin College in 1961 for the construction of the Warner Concert Hall, and their honorary degrees awarded by Oberlin College in 1962. The philanthropic activity of the Warner and Mastick families are documented in this collection.
The collection contains some biographical information,...
Dates:
1887-1970, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1970 October 29
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives