Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Long Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-063
Scope and Contents
This personal paper collection is divided into two series.
Dates:
1955-2006, undated; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 02/23/1972
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Edward S. Steele Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-133
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a typed manuscript by Steele titled, “The Open Secret.” On June 14, 1929, he wrote to W.F. Bohn, assistant to the president of Oberlin College, “My principal work will be entitled A Dogmatic Epistemology and will be a radical investigation of the human power of knowing.” In this letter and in subsequent correspondence he indicated that he planned to have a statement inserted in his will that his manuscripts be sent to...
Dates:
ca.1930-1954; Other: Date acquired: 06/26/1980
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Edward T. Wong Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-252
Scope and Contents
The papers of Edward T. Wong document Wong's career as a teacher, advisor, researcher, and writer. The majority of the files concern Wong's career as a professor of mathematics at Oberlin College. The Instructional and Student Files series contains materials concerning the courses taught by Wong, grades and exams, student papers and projects, and letters of reference written for students. In addition, the Miscellaneous Professional Files include documentation related to Wong's positions...
Dates:
1958 - 1990; Other: Date acquired: 1995 January 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elaine Hoff Norton Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-405
Scope and Contents
The Elaine Hoff Norton collection is a modest sized volume of academic and personal papers and photographic materials. The content of the collection focuses largely on Norton’s time at Oberlin College as an undergraduate and graduate student.
Norton’s course materials and writings make up the bulk of the collection. These materials provide an in depth look into her coursework at Oberlin College, especially her work with botany and life sciences. The writings also contain Norton’s...
Dates:
1935-2000, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1935-1943; Other: Date acquired: 2007 September 15
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elam Jewett Comings Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-052
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elam J. Comings include correspondence, writings, miscellaneous family papers, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence of Elam J. Comings to his family, written while a student at Oberlin College (1836-41) and while serving pastorates in Ohio (1842-43, 1853-60), Vermont (1845-48), and Massachusetts (1848-53). Topics covered in the Oberlin correspondence include the preaching of Asa Mahan (1799-1889) and Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875),...
Dates:
1834-94, 1904-36, undated; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1907; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1971
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Elijah Porter Barrows Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-114
Scope and Contents
The papers consist almost entirely of Barrows’ manuscript writings and notes. Among them are sermons (1832-80), incomplete Hebrew grammar, outlines of lectures on the Kingdom of God, commentary on the Book of Proverbs, introductions to the Old and New Testaments, and notes to a treatise on Proverbs. Also included is a typescript autobiography of 180 pages (1881).
Dates:
1832 - 1881; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/1978
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ellen H.E. Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-243
Scope and Contents
Ellen Johnson was a teacher, writer, artist, collector of contemporary art, and world traveler. This collection details the career of an extraordinary woman who worked and taught at Oberlin College for 38 years. In order to gain a grasp of the uniqueness and extent of Johnson's contributions to the world of contemporary art and the teaching of modern art history, one must also refer to the research files and assorted papers donated to the Archives of American Art.
The collection...
Dates:
1933-1992, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1994 June 14
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
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
Elliott F. Grabill Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-043
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elliott F. Grabill consist mainly of letters sent by Grabill (December, 1863-1865) to Anna S. Jenney, whom he would marry in March of 1865. Grabill expressed himself well on such matters as schools for contraband, relations with other officers, regard for black troops, troop dispositions including their transport by water, the siege of Petersburg, descriptions of battle, the wounding of Colonel Giles W. Shurtleff, exchange of papers with a Confederate soldier, a tour of four...
Dates:
1859 - 1910; Majority of material found in 1862-1868; Other: Date acquired: 02/18/1970
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Ellsworth C. Carlson Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-176
Abstract
The papers of Ellsworth C. Carlson document his undergraduate days at Oberlin College, his years as an Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association representative to China and Shansi board member, his professional contributions as a faculty exchange member, and his special interest in East Asian History.
Dates:
1935-2012, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1985
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives