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Found in 303 Collections and/or Records:
Ellen N. Lawson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-193
Scope and Contents
The Ellen N. Lawson Papers consist of Project and Research Files, including the Langenheim Daguerreotypes Research Files, Oral Histories of Black Americans, and the National City Bank Research Files. The collection also contains Women’s Studies Historical Files, including an interview with Hope Hibbard (audio cassette), Oberlin Faculty Wives Survey, and Barbara Seaman Correspondence; files relating to the Women’s Studies program at Oberlin College. Published and unpublished writings of...
Dates:
1963-2011; Other: Date acquired: 1978 October
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Emil C. and Mary Ann Danenberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-393
Scope and Contents
The papers of Emil C. Danenberg (1917-1982) and Mary Ann Danenberg (1927-2008) document the lives and careers of the Danenbergs over an 82 year period. The arrangement of the Danenberg’s papers into two subgroups—the papers of Mary Ann Danenberg and the papers of Emil C. Danenberg—does not diminish the collaborative nature of the couple’s work. Although the bulk of the materials found in the collection relate to Mary Ann’s education and professional life, significant material relating to...
Dates:
1926-2008, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2006 October 2
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Emil C. Danenberg Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-011
Scope and Contents
The records of President Emil C. Danenberg document the administrative functions of the office of the President, including preparing the annual budget, making recommendations to the Board of Trustees, approving personnel actions, engaging in committee work, communicating with academic departments and administrative offices, fundraising, addressing meetings, and serving as outside representative of the college. The records here described, concentrated in the period 1973 to 1983, were...
Dates:
1954-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1983; Other: Date acquired: 1978 March 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Environmental Studies Program Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-020
Scope and Contents
The records are arranged into seven series: Administrative Files, Curriculum Files, Historical Files, Financial Records, Programs and Special Events, Subject Files, and Publications.
Dates:
1968-2000, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1993 June 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ernest Bourner Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-137
Scope and Contents
The papers of Ernest B. Allen document his studies in graduate school, his ministry service, and his travels to Jerusalem and Egypt. The collection consists of notes, 1901-1903, taken by Allen of lectures given by Professor Edward I. Bosworth of the Oberlin Theological Seminary and by other faculty members. The subjects of the lectures include Pauline Theology, New Testament Introduction, and Philosophy and Development of Religion. Also included are four parish registers, 1906-1931, that...
Dates:
1895-1931, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ernest Hatch Wilkins Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-007
Scope and Contents
Included in the 85 boxes of incoming and outgoing correspondence are letters from and about the following individuals and organizations of the day: Arthur Vandenberg, Robert M. Hutchins, Julian Huxley, Cass Gilbert, Clayton, K. Fauver, R.A. Millikan-Robert, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the American Association of University Women, and the American Social Hygiene Association. Among the topics covered are scholarships, alumni questionnaires, Chapel attendance, organizational reports, Black...
Dates:
1901-1963, undated; Majority of material found within 1926-1963; Other: Date acquired: 1967 December 27
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Erwin N. Griswold Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-101
Scope and Contents
The papers of Erwin N. Griswold cover the term of Griswold's service on the Oberlin College Board of Trustees from 1936 to 1992. Griswold served on the Board until 1980, and remained an Honorary Trustee until his death in 1994. The more extensive archive relating to Griswold's service as a professor of law and Dean of the Harvard University Law School (1946-67) is held by the Harvard University Law School Library. Records pertaining to Griswold's service (1967-73) as U. S. Solicitor...
Dates:
1917 - 1998; Other: Date acquired: 05/16/1977
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Experimental College (ExCo) Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-018
Scope and Contents
The Experimental College Records reflect the activities of a student-run academic department at Oberlin College. The ExCo Records span its creation in 1968 to the present, with a notable gap in the early 2000s as the earliest born-digital records were not retained. The collection has been arranged in four series: Series I. Course Catalogs and Lists; Series II. Course Materials; Series III. Administrative Files; and Series IV. Non-Textual Materials. Records include organization charters,...
Dates:
1968-2026, undated; Other: Dates acquired: 1988 October 5-2026 January 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Faculty Club of Oberlin College Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 22
Scope and Contents
The records consist of minutes of the directors and membership, annual reports, correspondence, financial records (Box 2), and printed and duplicated matter.
Note: Scope and content entry taken from William E. Bigglestone's unpublished "[preliminary] Guide to the Oberlin College Archives," which was prepared as individual entry sheets in a three-ring binder during the early 1980s.
Dates:
1919-1939, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Finitimi Society Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 31-006-007
Scope and Contents
The records of the Finitimi Society document the weekly meetings of the Society , as well as the social aspect of the group. The collection consist of by-laws, 1906, four volumes of minutes (1902-1923), memorial notes on deceased members and a few letters from members (i.e., thank yous from members for flowers and get well notes received from other Society members), 1910-26. The memorials and correspondence illustrate that the members of the Finitimi Society formed close friendships with one...
Dates:
1902-1926
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives