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Found in 374 Collections and/or Records:
William Grant Still and Verna Arvey Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-162
Scope and Contents
Material at the Oberlin College Archives (Accession 1983/41)
The material given to the Oberlin College Archives consists of clippings, programs, writings by and about William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, a book of Still’s music, press kits and publicity for the opera “A Bayou Legend,” photographs, a copy of an oral history with William Grant Still for the California Black Oral History Project at California State University, Fullerton in 1967, and...
Dates:
1921 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 1983 October 28
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Chapin Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-286
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Chapin, consisting of correspondence, writings (published and unpublished), teaching and research files, photographs and plans, primarily document his career as a teacher, researcher, and writer in the field of chemistry. Among the publications in the collection is Chapin’s textbook Second Year College Chemistry (1922, 1933), which he used to stress that the general principles of chemistry should be tested through experience. Also...
Dates:
1904-1936, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1997 September 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Fuchsman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-425
Scope and Contents
The William H. Fuchsman Papers are arranged in three series: 1. Awards; 2. Committee and Program Files; and 3. Course Materials. Certain files are restricted in Series 2 and 3. The Papers reflect Professor Fuchsman’s leadership in programs related to science and interdisciplinary education, and his courses in chemistry at Oberlin College.
Dates:
1970-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2013 August 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Seaman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-235
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Seaman document his service to Oberlin College as first Director of Admissions (1928-48) through his talks and writings in which he addressed admission policies and life at Oberlin, gave welcoming remarks and encouragement to incoming freshmen, and provided insight to college life in general. Approximately one half of the collection (0.20 l.f.) concerns his sudden death by suicide on 19 March 1948. The biographical series contains copies of his obituary, memorial...
Dates:
1930 - 1948; Other: Date acquired: 1992 June 8
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William H. Warren Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-332
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Warren are comprised of materials collected by Warren that document the efforts of the World War II Memorial Sponsoring Committee to plan, design, and fund the World War II memorial on the Oberlin College campus. Warren served as the chair and guiding force of the committee from its inception in 1995. Received in two accessions in 2001–with one later addition in 2003–the materials document the work of the committee as a group and of Warren as an individual to...
Dates:
1995-2003, undated; Majority of material found in 1995-2000; Other: Date acquired: 2001 May 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Hayden Boyers Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-056
Scope and Contents
The William Hayden Boyers papers primarily document Boyers’s work as a theatre director. A majority of the records relate to his work as director and faculty advisor of the Oberlin College Gilbert and Sullivan Players, an organization that he founded in 1949. After his retirement from Oberlin College, Boyers served on the faculty of Saint Paul’s Episcopal College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, a class syllabus, several programs, and a series of slides...
Dates:
1944-1982, undated; Majority of material found in 1950-1972; Other: Date acquired: 08/09/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William L. Mezger Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-113
Scope and Contents
William Mezger collected these papers while working on a history of the Oberlin College Alumni Association. They consist of memoranda, letters, and minutes dealing with the organization and operation of the Association and include some writings about its history. Of particular interest are letters or interviews written in 1970 by the following persons describing their experiences and knowledge of the Association: Frederick Artz, Dan Bradley, Robert D. Fisher, Virginia Fletcher, E.E....
Dates:
1938 - 1978; Majority of material found in 1965-1970; Other: Date acquired: 02/23/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William P. Norris Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-413
Scope and Contents
The William P. Norris Papers reflect his long career as a professor of sociology at Oberlin College from 1978 to 2008. Beginning with his Peace Corps work in Bahia, Brazil, Norris was deeply engaged with issues of poverty, housing, and economic structures in Brazil, Pittsburgh, and Lorain, Ohio. This is reflected in his writings, talks, professional papers, research project files, and course files. His research files on LGBT issues reflect his activism and advocacy, but his Oberlin...
Dates:
1880-2017, undated; Other: Majority of material found within 1970 - 2004; Other: Date acquired: 2000 May 23
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
William Willis Curtis Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-071
Scope and Contents
The papers of William Willis Curtis consist mainly of diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The diaries and notebooks contain a partial record of events, accounts, and miscellany of which most was kept during the period in Japan, mainly Osaka, Sendai, and Sapporo. Series VII and Series XI contain records related to missionary work in Japan. Curtis was involved in operating boys’ schools and, in the 1890s, he worked in prisons. After 1900, the family letters in Series V. Letters and...
Dates:
1826-1968, undated; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1913; Other: Date acquired: 04/19/1973
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Wolfgang and Ursula Stechow Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-238
Scope and Contents
The papers of Wolfgang Stechow and his wife Ursula Hoff Stechow primarily document facets of Wolfgang Stechow’s greatest academic interest—the history of art. His non-textual research and teaching materials, correspondence, and academic papers all serve to enlighten the scholar of Stechow's teaching methods, professional esteem by colleagues, and scholastic topics.
These research and teaching materials, which make up the bulk of the Stechow papers, include photographs, study...
Dates:
1894 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1927 - 1977; Other: Date acquired: 1986 January 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives