manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
J. Milton Yinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-188
Scope and Contents
The papers (1937-2003) of J. Milton Yinger provide minor information about their subject's personal life, but document fairly well Yinger's intellectual range as a social scientist. For example, a strength of this collection resides in its documentation of Yinger's research in educational sociology carried out under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education from 1965 to 1969. Copius amounts of correspondence also outline Yinger’s myriad of professional involvements, including visiting...
Dates:
1937-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 07/23/1987
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Jacob Dolson Cox Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-003
Scope and Contents
The Jacob Dolson Cox Papers consist of 13 record series. In addition to correspondence, there are notes and published articles dealing with microphotography; copies of his speeches and other writings; records reflecting his work as an attorney and his time at the Cincinnati Law School; notes, papers, diaries, record books, newspaper clippings, and other printed material gathered during his studies of the Civil War; and material related to his political career.
The partially...
Dates:
1842-1901; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1967
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
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 Dascomb Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-337
Scope and Contents
The James Dascomb papers document his medical career in Oberlin. The collection contains many of his own notes concerning his practice. These notes include lists of births and deaths (and in some cases, the cause of death), visits and treatment of patients, and exploration of medical botany. Some of the items are typed, including a formal copy of an address he delivered on the topic of homeopathy. Most of the notes are in a handwritten journal, which includes several pages of pressed...
Dates:
1833-1850, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2001 September 10
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 Harris Fairchild Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-003
Scope and Contents
The papers (1771, 1819-1926, undated) of James Harris Fairchild do not provide users a complete record of the Fairchild presidency, 1866-1889, or of the personal life of their creator. The body of documentation is instead a mix of personal and professional papers, the bulk of which consists of incoming correspondence (1852-1903). All but two boxes of this correspondence has been described at the item level in a six-volume calendar, plus an index, prepared by Susan F. Zearing in...
Dates:
1771-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1819 - 1926; Other: Date acquired: 1968 June 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Monroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-022
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Monroe relates to the career of this antislavery orator, minister, professor, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and U.S. Consul to Rio de Janeiro. The collection richly illustrates the life of a second-rank national figure who personified the Oberlin ethos. The papers are organized into seven distinct series which parallel Monroe's career phases: 1. Correspondence (Indexed and Calendared); 2. Files Relating to U.S. Consulate, Rio de Janeiro; 3. Files Relating to...
Dates:
1819-1898; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/1968
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