manuscripts
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Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Bridgman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-349
Scope and Contents
This is a sizable collection. The Bridgman Family Papers document the family’s work as missionaries to South Africa over nearly a century (1860-1949). Included in these family papers are a good many biographical and genealogical histories of each member of the extended family. Unevenness exists in the collection, however, in part because the bulk of the materials primarily document the work and accomplishments of Frederick Brainerd Bridgman (1869-1925) and his wife, Clara Davis Bridgman...
Dates:
ca. 1854-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1962; Other: Date acquired: 2002 January 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Byron R. Newton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-379
Scope and Contents
The Bryon R. Newton Papers document his involvement in local, state, and national political appointments between the years of 1910 and 1938. The most well-documented part of his life is his success as a publicist for political campaigns and the political connections he was able to establish. Included among them were President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Federal Reserve William G. McAdoo (1863-1941), and New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia...
Dates:
1832-1945, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1832-1938; Other: Date acquired: 2005 November 5
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
Carlos A. Kenaston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-016
Scope and Contents
The Carlos A. Kenaston Papers consist of four (4) record series, and primarily relate to his travels, including maps and four volumes of journals.
Dates:
1862-1897; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/1968
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Carolyn F. Corwin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-061
Abstract
The Carolyn Frances Corwin Papers document her research for a seminar paper for Professor Geoffrey Blodgett (d. 2001) entitled “Oberlin College Students and the Race Issue in the 1950s.” The collection is divided into two series: I. Article and Research Paper, and II. Questionnaires and Research Materials.
Dates:
1955 - 1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles A. Mosher Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-153
Scope and Contents
The papers of Charles A. Mosher offer partial documentation of Mosher's student days at Oberlin College (1924‑28), of his career as a newspaper publisher in Oberlin (1940‑60), of his second term of service as a trustee of Oberlin College (1973‑77), and of his research leading to the completion of his M.A. thesis at Oberlin College in 1983. For records relating to Mosher's service in the Ohio State Senate (1941‑60) and U. S. House of Representatives (1961‑77), consult Record Group...
Dates:
1815 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1960; Other: Date acquired: 1982 August 4
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Edwin Monroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-136
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of 9 letters written by Monroe, August 1881‑February 1882, while he was a member of a surveying crew for the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Monroe called it the Penokee or Wisconsin Central Survey and wrote from Ashland County in the northern part of the state where the work took place. He described his duties as a surveyor, people he worked with and his reactions to this type of employment. He was a member of the party at the suggestion of his uncle, Frederick N....
Dates:
1875 - 1936; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-366
Scope and Contents
The Charles Family papers document the lives of two generations of the family. A substantial portion of the documentation is personal correspondence between Harriet Blood Charles and Thomas Charles, their four daughters: Ethelwyn Charles, Mary Agnes Charles, Grace Miriam Charles and Alice Bell Charles Reid, and various friends and relatives. Many of these letters provide descriptions of student life at Oberlin College around 1893-1902. Of a separate special interest are letters from...
Dates:
1828-1965, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2003 October 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles Grandison Finney Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-002
Scope and Contents
The Finney papers are organized into the following record series, arranged to facilitate access to the collection's index and calendar: I. Correspondence, Incoming (calendared); II. Correspondence, Incoming and Outgoing (uncalendared); III. Miscellaneous Manuscripts; IV. Diaries and Commonplace book; V. Lectures; VI. Sermon Outlines; VII. Business Papers of Finney; VIII. Writings of Finney (Ms.); IX. Writings of Finney (Printed); and X. Late Accretions. Series II, Correspondence...
Dates:
1814-1878, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1966 October 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Charles H.A. Wager Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-033
Scope and Contents
The Charles H.A. Wager Papers are divided into three records series: miscellaneous research and teaching files, writings by Charles H.A. Wager, and miscellaneous printed items.
Dates:
1900-1939; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives