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Found in 374 Collections and/or Records:
Werner H. Bromund Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-087
Scope and Contents
The papers of Werner H. Bromund primarily document Werner Bromund’s role as historian of the Chemistry Department of Oberlin College. His collected works and materials concerning Frank Fanning Jewett and publications of the Chemistry Department illustrate some of the rich history of the department. Photographs of Charles Martin Hall and Frank Fanning Jewett are included in this collection. Bromund was also interested in the City of Oberlin water supply and he wrote and collected reports...
Dates:
1875-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1875-1948; Other: Date acquired: 05/23/1975
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 A. Westervelt Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-120
Scope and Contents
The William A. Westervelt Papers reflect his coursework at Oberlin College and Theological Seminary in the 1830s and 1840s, and his career as a minister and itinerant preacher in Ohio from the 1840s through the 1870s. Westervelt’s student notes from lectures at Oberlin are of interest for their light on the content of early courses by professors Charles Grandison Finney, Amasa Walker, James Dascomb, and others.
The bulk of the papers comprise notes for sermons and orations....
Dates:
1838-1908, undated; Majority of material found in 1842-1869; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/1979
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Arthur and Alberta T. Turner Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-291
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Arthur Turner document Turner’s career as a teacher and scholar as well as his service to the wider profession. The biographical material (Series 1) contains only brief information of his personal life, concentrating more fully on his professional activities. The collection as a whole primarily illustrates Turner’s scholarly interests and writing as well as personal narratives regarding religion and his early life.
The collection is divided into the...
Dates:
1941 - 1982; Other: Date acquired: 1997 November 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William C. Cochran Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-008
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Cochran Family primarily consist of correspondence, family records, photographs, research files, and writings. The corpus of the collection is formed around William C. Cochran (1848-1936), who organized files relating to the Cochran family and who personally collected historical research files used to support his writing. The bulk of the series material is related to William C. Cochran and his immediate family. Included is documentation on the life and time of his...
Dates:
1839-1936; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William D. Cairns Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-100
Scope and Contents
Consists of five record series: Biographical File, 1899-1955; Correspondence, 1930-38; Field Notebooks, Aug. 4, 1899-Oct. 16, 1923 (No. 1-7); Miscellaneous File, 1900-1930s, undated; and, Writings File, 1919-35, undated. Included are the seven volumes of field notebooks covering surveys of properties in Oberlin, including those in and around the College campus and those properties on Edgemere and Reamer Streets. A great many of the pages are vacant.
The 1930-38 correspondence,...
Dates:
1899 - 1955
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William E. Bigglestone Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-151
Scope and Contents
The Bigglestone personal papers reflect William E. Bigglestone's interest in Oberlin history, with a special interest in the Oberlin Black community, and Oberlin during the mid-to-late 19th century. He was preoccupied with focusing on Oberlin's early themes (such as a place of refuge for enslaved people in pursuit of freedom, Black servicemen in the Civil War, and Oberlin College as an integral part of the town) and getting the record straight. The collection highlights Bigglestone’s...
Dates:
1818-2003, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/1982
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 Gay Ballantine Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-004
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Gay Ballantine, consisting primarily of Ballantine family papers (1750-1913), provide no documentation of Ballantine's tenure as President of Oberlin College (1891-1896). Ballantine's personal papers are few but include correspondence (1865-1886), three journals (1881-1896, undated), miscellaneous papers(1836-1933), and writings (1836-1933). The collection also contains several albumen portraits of the Ballantine family (ca. 1846-1899). Materials are divided into two...
Dates:
1750-1966, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1834-1937; Other: Date acquired: 1971 February 24
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives