records (documents)
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Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
H. H. (Hsiang-hsi) Kung Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-448
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection of materials relating to Hsiang-Hsi (or H. H.) Kung brings together disparate materials held by the Oberlin College Archives and previously by the Oberlin College Library. The collection is organized into six series.
Dates:
1906-2010, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2015 August 13
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Harold S. Wood Vice Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-003
Scope and Contents
The papers of Harold S. Wood mainly document his activities as Vice President from 1944 to 1948. Included is documentation on his involvement in the fund-raising campaigns to finance new campus buildings and scholarships for students.
This collection consists of four record series: 1. Annual Reports of the Vice-President; 2. Correspondence (Donor Files); 3. Oberlin College Buildings and Grounds; and 4. Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association. These files though not significant in...
Dates:
1931-1950, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1948; Other: Date acquired: 12/27/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Harry N. Holmes Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-265
Scope and Contents
The Harry N. Holmes Papers range in date from 1914-1997 and have been divided into three series. The collection includes biographical material, a small amount of correspondence, and writings both about and by Holmes.
Dates:
1914 - 1997; Majority of material found in 1914-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1995 December 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Helen A. Sargent Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-285
Scope and Contents
The Helen A. Sargent Papers document her career as a teacher and missionary in South Africa. The Papers are arranged into Series 1. Biographical; Series 2. Correspondence; Series 3. Miscellaneous Items; and Series 4. Photographs. The correspondence series contains letters to and from her aunt Sabra Sargent, James Sumner Sargent (father), and letters written by Helen A. Sargent to various other people. Most of these letters, many having traveled between New York and South Africa, reveal...
Dates:
1858-1930s, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 July 30
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Helen C. Estabrook Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-072
Scope and Contents
The papers of Helen C. Estabrook primarily document “The Order of the Pearls,” one of the student social organizations formed at Oberlin College in the 1920s.
The primary document in the collection is a scrapbook compiled by Helen Estabrook that contains information on “The Order of the Pearls” between 1923 and ca. 1970. A document in the collection provides the names of the thirty-five charter members and a brief description of the organization. Also included are two copies of an...
Dates:
1923 - 1970; Other: Date acquired: 05/29/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Helen Domonkos Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-230
Scope and Contents
The papers of Helen Domonkos span the years 1885-1970. The bulk of the documents detail the early activities of The Delphine Hanna Foundation from its inception in 1957 through 1959. Entries written in a log book labeled Hanna Foundation Records together with several meeting minutes and correspondence with contributors all reveal much about the establishment of the memorial, about the planning involved in formulating the Foundation's mission and purpose,...
Dates:
1885 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 1990 September 9
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Henry Churchill King Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-006
Scope and Contents
The Henry Churchill King Presidential Papers abundandocument King’s service to Oberlin College as teacher, preacher, and president. His contributions to wartime Europe as a chaplain and diplomat are also well recorded. Two-thirds of the papers consist of professional correspondence (1897-1928), alphabetically arranged by correspondent; a name index and calendar (1976) to the bulk of this correspondence is available in the Archives. Correspondents include Cass Gilbert, Charles Martin Hall,...
Dates:
1873-1934, undated; Majority of material found in 1902-1927; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Henry Cowles Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-027
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Rev. Henry Cowles document Cowles' active role in the establishment of the Oberlin enterprise from 1835 to 1881. They illuminate Cowles' abilities in the diverse fields of biblical scholarship and college fund raising and reveal his avid support for home missionaries and the rights of freedmen. A small amount of material pertains to Henry Cowles' daughter, Sarah Cowles Little (1838-1912).
The collection is arranged into six records series: I. Correspondence of...
Dates:
1824-1908; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Henry Harrison Barnard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-317
Scope and Contents
The papers of Henry Harrison Barnard consist of four modest file units, which primarily document his experiences during the 1860s. His personal correspondence with his family, friends, and future wife, Clarissa Pomeroy, make up the bulk of his collection.
Barnard's letters to Clarissa (1861-62) express his confidence in a short war, the inefficient postal system, the prevalence of sickness–particularly typhoid fever–in the ranks, and every soldier's desire for long and numerous...
Dates:
1837-1867, undated
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Henry L. Lieske Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-143
Scope and Contents
The research files assembled and described by retired Lutheran pastor, Henry L. Lieske, document the conflict between moderate and conservative members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) which resulted in schism in 1976. Folder and item-level notations provided by Pastor Lieske express the views of one moderate pastor who watched the conflict unfold from within the Missouri Synod. The papers reveal the extent of the moral and theological crisis provoked by the actions of...
Dates:
1932 - 1999; Majority of material found in 1932-1989; Other: Date acquired: 07/15/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives