OFFICE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT

RECORDS, 1887(1937-70)-1991

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INVENTORY

Note: An asterisk * denotes records.

Subgroup I.  Administrative Files, 1913(1937-70)-1974 

     Series 1.  Annual Reports, 1925/26-1973/74

Box 1
          Annual reports, 1925/26, 1931/32, 1940/41, 1945/46, 
               1956/57-1973/74   (14f)


     Series 2.  Budgetary Files, 1954-71

Box 1
          Accounts, 1956/57-1959/60, 1963/64-1970/71   (2f)
          Correspondence (re: budgetary matters) of Director of the Bureau of 
               Appointments, Dorothy M. Smith, 1954-61


     Series 3.  Forms and Form Letters, 1913-70

Box 1
          Office forms, 1913-56  (4f)
          Forms and letters, 1938-54/55  (14f)

Box 2
          Forms and letters, 1955/56-1969/70, 1984-91   (15f)


     Series 4.  Recruitment Program and Vocational Guidance
                    Files, 1937-73

Box 1
          Recruitment programs, 1939-73  (22f)
               Alumni Advisory Center, 1958-59
               Alumni Career Counselor Plan, 1939-56
               Alumni Club correspondence, 1949-55  (12f)
                    Ann Arbor, MI, 1951-54
                    Baltimore, MD, 1951-54
                    Boston, MA, 1950-54
                    Chicago, IL, 1950-53
                    Cleveland, OH, 1949-51
                    Columbus, OH, 1950
                    Detroit, MI, 1949-52
                    Ithaca, NY, 1950
                    New York, NY, 1950-55
                    Pittsburgh, PA, 1949-53
                    Springfield, MA, 1949-50
                    Washington, D.C., 1949-52
               Career Conferences for Men and Women, 1937-66, 1975  (7f)
                    Correspondence, 1949-61, 1964, 1966  
                    Clippings, 1939-41, 1953
                    Printed programs, 1937-66, 1975
               Job Techniques Course, 1940, 1950

Box 2
               Job notices, 1955-64   (8f)

Box 3
               Suspension of recruitment, 1966-73  (3f)

Box 4
          Reference Files, 1940-69  (3f)
               Alumni Magazine (excerpts from)
                    Class Directories, 1941-52, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1969
                    Articles by Dorothy M. Smith, Nov 1948, Nov 1952, 
                         Dec 1959  (three articles)
               "Occupational Opportunities for Women in Wartime," (printed 
                    booklet), by Marguerite Woodworth, Oberlin College 
                    Dean of Women, 1943  (2 copies)
               "Oberlin and the Professions," draft proposal for an 
                    informational leaflet, 1940-41
          Staff Presentations to Seniors, 1938-43, 1945-59  (4f)


     Series 5.  Statistical Files, 1926-89

Box 1
          Class summaries, 1948-59  (5f)

Box 2
          Class summaries, 1960-66  (5f)

Box 3
          Class summaries, 1967-70  (5f)

Box 4
          Class summaries, 1971-74  (5f)

Box 5
          Class summaries, 1975-79  (5f)

Box 6
          Class summaries, 1980-83, 1985, 1987-89  (8f)

Box 7
          Graduate school applications statistics, 1965-71  (7f)

Box 8
          Graduate school applications statistics, 1973-76  (5f)

Box 9
          Graduate school applications statistics, 1977-79, 1981  (6f)

Box 10
          Graduate school applications sttatistics, 1982-86  (6f)

Box 11
          Miscellaneous Studies, 1926-70  (12f)
               Conservatory of Music graduate studies, 1965-70
               Employer survey, 1940-41
               English majors: occupations of (Classes of 1952-61), 1961
               Fellowships won, 1938-47, 1959, 1961
               First jobs taken by men (Classes of 1942-51), 1951
               Junior Year Abroad (list of participants), 1954-58
               Law schools attended (Classes of 1939-56), 1953-57
               National Education Assoc. Study of Teaching Candidates 
                    (Classes of 1956-63), 1962-63
               "The Place of Science at Oberlin College," report by W.E. 
                    Stevenson and related studies submitted to 
                    General Motors, 1954
               Oberlin Science graduates, 1951-61
               Profile (Classes 1966-70), 1966, 1970
               Study of Medical Training of Oberlin graduates, 
                    (Classes of 1930-50), 1951
               Summer job earnings, 1953-54
               Vocational distribution studies, 1926-57
               Misc. statistical reports, 1965-68

Box 12
          Occupational statistics, 1933-61  (17f)
               Occupational intentions (card studies), 1939-40, 1961
               Occupational plans at graduation, 1933-51
               Occupational statistics by class, Classes of 1924-47, (1934-47)  (14f)
               Statistics on occupations (cumulative figures), 1936-59
               Occupational statistics, Classes of 1955-59
               Occupational distribution of Oberlin College Men, 1942-51



Subgroup II.  Oberlin College Student Placement Files, 1887-1973

          (Series 1 and 2 are housed in the Oberlin College
          Archives; Series 3 and 4 are housed at Carnegie Library.)


     Series 1.  Placement Files, Classes 1906-16, 1918-21    t

Box 1
          Allen--Young, 1906
          Ainsworth--Yost, 1907
          Allen--Woodroffe, 1908

Box 2
          Ainsworth--Young, 1909  (2f)
          Allen--Young, 1910  (3f)

Box 3
          Acker--Weida, 1911  (3f)

Box 4
          Abell--White, 1912  (5f)

Box 5
          Abel--Zundel, 1913  (4f)

Box 6
          Aber--Zee, 1914  (4f)
          Bartz--Wing (Conservatory graduates; photos only)

Box 7
          Acker--Tillotson, 1915  (3f)
          Bailey--Nichols (Conservatory graduates; photos only)

Box 8
          Anthony--Wolfe, 1916  (2f)
          Bugbey--Wagner (Conservatory graduates; photos only)

Box 9
          Allen--Ziegler, 1918  (3f)

Box 10
          Alvord--Taylor, 1919  (2f) 
          Class rankings and honors, 1919
          Addams--Yen, 1920  (2f)

Box 11
          Adams--Swartz, 1921  (2f)

          t    (Records are very brittle; handle with care)


     Series 2.  Placement Files, Classes 1896-1973

          Subseries 1.  Placement Files, Abbott--Zellers

Box 1-6
          Abbott--Bethea  (117f)

Box 7
          Biddulph--Ewen  (116f)

Box 8
          Farbstein--Kerr  (130f)

Box 9
          Kinkead--Miller  (118f)

Box 10
          Milligan--Rodenbaeck  (124f)

Box 11
          Rogers--Sykes  (103f)

Box 12 
          Tarr--Zellers  (124f) 

Box 13-14
          Files for Oberlin Kindergarten Primary Training
          School graduates are housed in Record Group 33.

          Subseries 2.  Sampled Placement Records (Classes of 1947 
               through 1957)  Acc. 1992/109

Box 1
          Sampled placement records, 1946-81  (Acc. 1992/109)
               Andrews, George Harold, 1953-54
               Blodgett, Geoffrey Thomas, 1953-54
               Craig, Norman Castleman, 1953-54
               Cressey, Richard Chatfield, 1952-54
               Cronon, Edmund David, 1947-54, 1968
               Griswold, William Erwin, 1956-62
               Groesbeck, Milton V., 1946-49, 1970-71
               Gutfreund, John Halle, 1951-53
               Rowan, Carl Thomas, 1947-64
               Russak, Norman Jean Mentzer, 1954-62
               Sherman, Thomas F., 1956-60
               Shults, Fred Davis, 1954-64
               Shults, Robert Ellis, 1951-58
               Siddall, A. Clair, Jr., 1942-52
               Teeters, Robert D., 1949-56
               Teeters, Nancy Hays, 1952, 1955
               Tobias, Edward Stephen, 1952, 1962, 1972
               Tobias, Geraldine Youngblood, 1952-81
               Wight, Ann, 1948-76


     Series 3.  Placement Files, Classes 1887-1935

Box 15
          A--Bahr

Box 16
          Bailey--Bent

Box 17
          Bentley--Boys

Box 18
          Brace--Brush

Box 19
          Bryan--Carpenter

Box 20
          Carr--Clisby

Box 21
          Close--Crossen

Box 22
          Crouthamel--Dexter

Box 23
          Dial--Eaton

Box 24
          Ebenhart--Fanning

Box 25
          Favioletti--Fox

Box 26
          Frock--Givler

Box 27
          Gladieux--Guthrie

Box 28
          Haap--Hartzell

Box 29
          Harvey--Heydenburk

Box 30
          Hickerson--Hoover

Box 31
          Hope--Hyslop

Box 32
          Iden--Jones, Lucille

Box 33
          Jones, Margaret--Kent

Box 34
          Kenworthy--Kreimes

Box 35
          Kriebel--Lester

Box 36
          Lethbridge--Lytle

Box 37
          McAllister--Manong

Box 38
          Mantle--Millett

Box 39
          Milligna--Negro

Box 40
          Nelson--Ozmun

Box 41
          Paasch--Phillips

Box 42
          Phipps--Rawlinson

Box 43
          Raymond--Robinson

Box 44
          Robison--Schauffler

Box 45
          Scheid--Shaw

Box 46
          Sheard--Spore

Box 47
          Spreng--Symons

Box 48
          Taber--Tuttle

Box 49
          Twitchell--Wasson

Box 50
          Waterman--Whitmer

Box 51
          Whitney--Wood, Harold

Box 52
          Wood, Harry--Zwick 


     Series 4.  Placement Files, Classes 1936-69

Box 53
          Abbey--Arian

Box 54
          Armitage--Barlow

Box 55
          Barnard--Bennett

Box 56
          Benson--Blum

Box 57
          Blumenthal--Brady

Box 58
          Brainerd--Burkholder

Box 59
          Burmeister--Carter

Box 60
          Cartledge--Clark

Box 61
          Clarke--Cottrell

Box 62
          Coughlin--Dalton

Box 63
          Dana--DeMott

Box 64
          Dempsey--Drake

Box 65
          Dreby--Eitingon

Box 66
          Ekey--Farmer

Box 67
          Farndell--Fleiss

Box 68
          Fleming--Fromm

Box 69
          Frost--Giese

Box 70
          Giffin-Green

Box 71
          Greenberg--Hatlock

Box 72
          Halperin--Hatfield

Box 73
          Haugen--Hezlep

Box 74
          Hiatt--Holmes

Box 75
          Holmstrom--Hyman

Box 76
          Ibisch--Jolles

Box 77
          Jonas--Kenyon

Box 78
          Keller--Knaus

Box 79
          Kneisley--Larson

Box 80
          Lathan--Lewis

Box 81
          Libby--Lupton

Box 82
          Lyman--MacGregor

Box 83
          McGrew--Marsh

Box 84
          Marshall--Mennini

Box 85
          Meredith--Mistretta

Box 86
          Mitchell--Most

Box 87
          Mott--Nicholson

Box 88
          Nickens--Pagenkopf

Box 89
          Paine--Peterson

Box 90
          Petrie--Porter

Box 91
          Portman--Redinger

Box 92
          Redman--Riley

Box 93
          Rimelspach--Rushmore

Box 94
          Russ--Schwimmer

Box 95
          Scoff--Shinn

Box 96
          Shipherd--Smith, Roger

Box 97
          Smith, Roland--Stauffer

Box 98
          Stearns--Stryjak

Box 99
          Stuart--Terwilliger

Box 100
          Tessmer--Tuttle

Box 101
          Tweed--Waggoner

Box 102
          Wagner--Weber

Box 103
          Webster--Whitworth

Box 104
          Wickenden--Wood

Box 105
          Woodbury--Zuris

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