records (documents)
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Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
Mariah Crabb Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-383
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mariah Crabb document her manumission, include information about her former enslavers, and detail the activities of her family members in the 1830s and 1840s. Of particular note is Mariah Crabb's handwritten Manumission Indenture. On July 1, 1831, Mariah and her family purchased their freedom for $150 from Martin, Elizabeth, and David Hausman.
Consisting largely of personal letters written to Mariah Crabb from her former enslavers, Martin and Elizabeth, the letters...
Dates:
1831-1878, undated; Majority of material found in 1834-1849
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Marlene Deahl Merrill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-250
Scope and Contents
The Marlene Deahl Merrill Papers reflect her professional activity from 1978 to 2017 as an independent researcher, documentary editor, author, speaker and consultant, Research Associate for the Oberlin College Library, and Affilate Scholar for Oberlin College for over fifteen years. Her area of expertise is 19th century American history, particularly that of Oberlin as situated in the larger national context on the issues of education and rights of Black people...
Dates:
1819 - 2017; Other: Date acquired: 1995 October
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Church Terrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-438
Scope and Contents
The Mary Church Terrell Papers document her life and achievements as a writer, educator, and activist whose work contributed greatly to the fight against discrimination on the basis of race and sex. The collection consists of biographical information, a modest amount of correspondence, documents associated with organizations in which Terrell was involved, legal and financial documents, diaries, printed matter, speeches, writings, artifacts, and photographs.
The strengths of the...
Dates:
1884-2004, 2009, undated; Other: Majority of material found within 1884 - 1953; Other: Date acquired: 2015 June 17
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Durling Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-348
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mary Durling primarily document her work as an artist, coordinator of special projects and exhibitions, and her civic activities within the community of Oberlin. A modest amount of materials relate to her teaching in the Oberlin College Upward Bound Program, and her work with other student achievement programs and the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs.
Series IX. Special Programs Coordinator Files contains correspondence, notes, and other materials that...
Dates:
1950-2000, undated; Majority of material found in 1977-1997
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Elizabeth Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-168
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mary Elizabeth Johnston consist largely of scrapbooks assembled between 1910 and 1972 by Johnston as a record of her family life in Oberlin, her teaching career and travels, and activities in retirement.
The collection is arranged into five records series: Series I. Correspondence; II. Diaries and Memoranda Books; III. Biographical Miscellany; IV. Scrapbooks; and V. Photographs. Within series, files are typically arranged alphabetically by topic or type of...
Dates:
1882-1981, undated; Majority of material found in 1910-1972; Other: Date acquired: 1984 November 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary F. Tenney Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-181
Scope and Contents
This small collection includes materials from the Tenney and the Snedeker families. Both families were early settlers in the Lorain County region of Ohio, and are connected by the marriage of Mary’s parents, Bernard Tenney and Sadie Snedeker, in 1895. The Tenney family has a long history with Oberlin College spanning multiple generations.
Series I pertains to Mary Francis Tenney and her family. Her photo album, dating from the mid- to late 19th century,...
Dates:
1860-ca.1960s; Other: Date acquired: 1978 August 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary J. Culhane Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-404
Scope and Contents
The Mary J. Culhane Papers are divided into three subgroups: I. Records, II. Photographic Materials, and III. Plaques.
Dates:
1966-1993, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2010 January 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Louise VanDyke Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-455
Scope and Contents
The papers of Mary Louise VanDyke contain a wide variety of materials related to her work with the Dictionary of American Hymnology and as a hymn writer and researcher. Most of the collection comprises Oberlin College alumni and former student composer files in Series 1, which contain correspondence, biographical information, articles and clippings, photographs, and hymns. Some composer files include booklets or spiral bound collections of hymns. Also included in Series 1 are files of...
Dates:
1897-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2018 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary Rudd Cochran Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-282
Scope and Contents
The Mary Rudd Cochran papers primarily consist of biographical files, correspondence, financial and property files, professional records, writings files, and photographs. Though the papers cover many activities of her life, the collection mainly documents her private life as a member of an educated, upper middle class family. Her personal files detail life as a child and into adulthood, which focuses much on the Cochran family and their interactions with two other great families of...
Dates:
1882 - 1988; Other: Date acquired: 1995 February 1
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Mary S. Yocom Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-079
Scope and Contents
The Mary S. Yocom Papers comprise a small collection consisting of correspondence, records, printed matter, writing, and photographs. The collection is arranged in six record series. Items in several record series relate to the history of the Kindergarten-Primary Training Program in Oberlin.
Dates:
ca. 1919-1968, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives