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Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Edward Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-004
Scope and Contents

This small collection consists mostly of correspondence relating to Thomas E. Harris' tenure as presidential assistant between 1949 and 1953. The correspondence is divided into two subseries: 1. Name Files and 2. Subject Files. The subject files document various topics such as outside representation, alumni affairs and scholarships. The name files are mostly donor files containing incoming and outgoing (file copies) of correspondence with Oberlin College alumni, faculty and friends.

Dates: 1949-1953; Other: Date acquired: 12/27/1967
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Thomas H. LeDuc Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-099
Scope and Contents

The Thomas H. LeDuc Papers are a very incomplete record of his life and work. They are useful primarily for insight into the workings and course content of the History Department in the 1960s and 1970s, and for the history of the establishment of the College Archives.

Dates: 1949-1979, undated; Other: Date acquired: 02/28/1977
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Toby J. McIntosh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-149
Scope and Contents The Toby J. McIntosh Papers comprise copies of documents from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files kept on Oberlin College student political activities in the 1960s and 1970s, and a small amount of related materials including an article on government surveillance at Oberlin written by Toby McIntosh for the March/April 1978 issue of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine. The first folder contains a 1978 letter from an agent in the FBI to Toby...
Dates: 1960-1981, undated; Majority of material found in 1960-1975; Other: Date acquired: 11/19/1981
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Various College-Wide Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 33
Scope and Contents Consists of committee files received from a variety of sources. Generally these are records kept by faculty members during service on various college or faculty committees. For example, most of the files for the Standing Committee on Pluralism and Equality were transferred from the William P. Norris Papers. Miscellaneous committee files (A-Z), largely up to 1961 (some single items dated to 1972), are to be found in Box 1. The arrangement is alphabetical. Boxes 2-99 contain the...
Dates: 1912-Present, undated
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Wendell P. Russell Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-272
Scope and Contents The Wendell P. Russell Papers cover the period of his undergraduate career at Oberlin College, in which he was a key member of committees and organizations for Black Studies and the reevaluation of education at Oberlin, and as a research assistant for a Black Studies Seminar for program directors funded by the Ford Foundation. The bulk of the collection, in Series 4, documents the Black Studies Seminar held in Aspen, Colorado July 19-25, 1970. The Seminar was organized by the...
Dates: 1964 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 1996 May 25
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

Wesley Frost Papers

 Collection — 8 boxes
Identifier: RG 30-030
Abstract

The papers of Wesley Frost unevenly document his thirty-two-year career (1912-44) in the U.S. Foreign Service and Department of State. A more complete record of Frost's ambassadorial service is held among the Department of State Records at the National Archives, Record Group 59, Decimal File 834.00 through 834.99.

Dates: 1884-1944; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/1969
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Edward Stevenson Presidential Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 02-008
Abstract The William Edwards Stevenson Papers, 1928(1943-1959)-1961, document the thirteen-year administration of the eighth president of Oberlin College. The bulk of Stevenson's personal papers are contained in Record Group 30/219; however, this collection does include correspondence of a personal nature (1943-1960) which was designated by a "P" in the original filing system. Filed with this correspondence are several folders of Stevenson's writings and talks as well as diverse biographical...
Dates: 1928-1961, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1959; Other: Date acquired: 1971 January 1
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Edwards and Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-219
Scope and Contents The papers of William Edwards Stevenson (1900-85) and his wife Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson (1902-87) document the joint public service careers of the Stevensons over a period of forty-five years. Correspondence with their families (1917-25) and with each other (1924-25), as well as genealogical records such as diaries, wills, and marriage certificates, bring to light the privileged New England childhoods and family relationships which fostered their social ideals. The arrangement of the...
Dates: 1809 - 1987; Majority of material found in 1917-1925, 1942-85; Other: Date acquired: 1979 October 4
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Frederick Bohn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-001
Scope and Contents The papers of William Frederick Bohn (1878-1947) provide dual documentation on the workings of the Office of Assistant to the President and on William Frederick Bohn, the individual.  The papers of Assistant to the President William F. Bohn, which span the years 1899-ca. 1958 and cover the presidencies of Henry Churchill King and Ernest Hatch Wilkins, are arranged in six series.  The records series approximating the filing systems used by Bohn reflect the numerous functions performed by...
Dates: 1899-ca. 1958, undated; Majority of material found in 1913-1944; Other: Date acquired: 09/06/1967
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

William Goodell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 30-029
Abstract

The papers of William Goodell provide partial documentation of Goodell's early business activities (1813-21) and of his mature writings on temperance and religion (1842-74). His numerous anti-slavery publications are not present in this collection. There is also some material here relating to the Goodell and Frost families and to Rhoda Lavinia Goodell, one of William Goodell's daughters.

Dates: 1737-1933; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/2012
Found in: Oberlin College Archives

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