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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Grandison Finney Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-002
Scope and Contents
The Finney papers are organized into the following record series, arranged to facilitate access to the collection's index and calendar: I. Correspondence, Incoming (calendared); II. Correspondence, Incoming and Outgoing (uncalendared); III. Miscellaneous Manuscripts; IV. Diaries and Commonplace book; V. Lectures; VI. Sermon Outlines; VII. Business Papers of Finney; VIII. Writings of Finney (Ms.); IX. Writings of Finney (Printed); and X. Late Accretions. Series II, Correspondence...
Dates:
1814-1878, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1966 October 10
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Delavan Levant Leonard Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-223
Scope and Contents
The papers of Delavan Levant Leonard provide an outline of the life of a college and seminary trained minister working in the Midwest as a struggling young minister in the 1870s, and in the developing American West during the 1880s. Leonard's work in the West was conducted under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society, for whom he served as superintendent of Home Missions for Utah, Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming. Based in Utah, Leonard observed the Mormon community and...
Dates:
1834-1917, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1975 September 5
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Fred R. Bunker Collection (Microfilm)
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-277
Scope and Contents
The Fred R. Bunker Collection has been organized into nine series. This collection consists only of the microfilmed copies.
Dates:
1835-1975, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1994
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frederick M. Zorbaugh Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-089
Scope and Contents
For a 1931 study of juvenile delinquency and related factors for Lorain, Ohio, Frederick M. Zorbaugh created 13 maps, each c. 20” x 32”, that depict seven sociological profiles. The maps depict a variety of information and are listed in the inventory. The collection contains this single record series. In addition, the Oberlin College Archives holds a microfilmed copy of Zorbaugh’s Ph.D. dissertation for New York University, “Town and Gown: A Sociological Study of the Relations of Oberlin...
Dates:
1931, 1939; Majority of material found in 1931; Other: Date acquired: 08/27/1975
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
H. H. (Hsiang-hsi) Kung Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-448
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection of materials relating to Hsiang-Hsi (or H. H.) Kung brings together disparate materials held by the Oberlin College Archives and previously by the Oberlin College Library. The collection is organized into six series.
Dates:
1906-2010, undated; Other: Date acquired: 2015 August 13
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Henry Churchill King Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-006
Scope and Contents
The Henry Churchill King Presidential Papers abundandocument King’s service to Oberlin College as teacher, preacher, and president. His contributions to wartime Europe as a chaplain and diplomat are also well recorded. Two-thirds of the papers consist of professional correspondence (1897-1928), alphabetically arranged by correspondent; a name index and calendar (1976) to the bulk of this correspondence is available in the Archives. Correspondents include Cass Gilbert, Charles Martin Hall,...
Dates:
1873-1934, undated; Majority of material found in 1902-1927; Other: Date acquired: 1967
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Herbert Shore Collection in Honor of Eduardo C. Mondlane
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-307
Scope and Contents
The Herbert Shore Collection in Honor of Eduardo Mondlane is comprised of two subgroups. Subgroup I is Historical Files Relating to Herbert Shore’s Interests in the Arts and Culture. The bulk of this subgroup consists of files relating to the Council on The Arts, Culture, and Technology (TACT) of which Shore was the director from 1974 to 1988. Additional material in this subgroup concerns the performing arts, and includes playscripts, photographs, and audio and video...
Dates:
1933-2013, undated; Majority of material found in 1950s-1997; Other: Date acquired: 1998 October 30
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Howard B. and Gladys Wrenn Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-189
Scope and Contents
The papers of Howard and Gladys "Jenny" Robinson, divided into two subgroups, consist of letters sent and received, invoices, writings, reviews, pamphlets, travel journals, photographs, and research materials. Included in the research materials are illustrations, maps, notes, and historical documents used in Robinson's publications on the postal service. The bulk of the papers, however, are mainly manuscripts and research materials. Some of the manuscripts are incomplete and...
Dates:
1911 - 1975; Majority of material found in 1920-1963; Other: Date acquired: 1977 November 16
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
James Harris Fairchild Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 02-003
Scope and Contents
The papers (1771, 1819-1926, undated) of James Harris Fairchild do not provide users a complete record of the Fairchild presidency, 1866-1889, or of the personal life of their creator. The body of documentation is instead a mix of personal and professional papers, the bulk of which consists of incoming correspondence (1852-1903). All but two boxes of this correspondence has been described at the item level in a six-volume calendar, plus an index, prepared by Susan F. Zearing in...
Dates:
1771-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1819 - 1926; Other: Date acquired: 1968 June 21
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
John William Kurtz Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-216
Scope and Contents
The papers of John W. Kurtz consist of materials for the publication John Frederic Oberlin, including research materials (photocopies), manuscript with editorial comments (photocopy), manuscripts for the first revision, and the manuscript (photocopy) used to print the book. A copy of the book John Frederic Oberlin and Johann Fredrich Oberlin Sein Leben and Wirken, 1940-1826...
Dates:
1976-1982, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1985 April 25
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives