Oberlin College Archives

OBERLIN COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Records, 1834-1975


INVENTORY

Series I.  Charters and By-Laws of Oberlin College, 1903-72  .4 l.f.

Box 1
     Charters and By-Laws of Oberlin College, 1903-72


Series II.  Minutes of the Meetings of the Board, 1834-1974  2 l.f.

     Subseries 1.  Indices to the Minutes, 1834-1904  2 vols.

          Index, Vol. I. 1834-78 (fragile; use microfilm)
          Index, Vol II. 1878-1904    
          Card Index (alphabetical) to Vol. I of the
               Minutes for 1834-77 (See Subseries 2 below for
               the minutes here indexed) 

Box 1
               Adams--Street and Hughes

     Subseries 2.  Official Minutes, 1834-1974  5 vols.

Box 1 (cont.)
          Minutes (ms.), 1834 Mar 10-1877 Jul 28  1 vol.
          Minutes (carbon copy), 1834 Mar 10-1866 Aug 22  1 vol.
          Minutes (first copy), 1951 Nov 10-1959 Nov 13  1 vol.
          Minutes (first copy), 1960 Mar 26-1965 Nov 12  1 vol.
          Minutes (first copy), 1967 Nov 10-1974 Nov 15  1 vol.

     Subseries 3. Microfilm Copies of Minutes, 1834-1964

Box 1 (cont.)
          Minutes, 1834 Mar 10-1917 Nov 16, Roll 1 
               (positive print and master negative) 
          Minutes, 1918 Jun 17-1964 Jun 5, Roll 2 
               (positive print and master negative)


Series III.  Document Files Supporting Minutes of the Board, 1833-1968  
     22.8 l.f.

Box 1
     1833-47                                    (12f)

Box 2
     1848-85                                    (13f)

Box 3
     1886-1896 Mar                              (15f)

Box 4
     1896 Mar (cont.)-1897 Jun                  (13f)

Box 5
     1897 Sep-1898 Nov                          (11f)

Box 6
     1899 Mar-1900 Mar                          (12f)

Box 7
     1900 Apr-1901 Jun           DF 197-203     (11f)

Box 8
     1901 Nov-1902 Oct           DF 204-210     (11f)

Box 9
     1902 Nov 19-1903 Nov 18     DF 212-217     (12f)

Box 10
     1903 Nov 18-1904 Jun 20     DF 218-222     (12f)

Box 11
     1904 Jun 20-1905 Jun 26     DF 223-228     (17f)

Box 12
     1905 Nov 22-1906 Jun 26     DF 229-238     (17f)

Box 13
     1906 Dec 5-1907 Nov 15      DF 239-245     (19f)

Box 14
     1907 Nov 15-1909 Jun 21     DF 246-253     (20f)

Box 15
     1909 Jun 21-1910 Jun 20     DF 254-260     (17f)

Box 16
     1910 Nov 11-1912 Jun 17     DF 262-270     (19f)

Box 17
     1912 Jun 17-1913 Jun 23     DF 270-278     (21f)

Box 18
     1913 Jun 23-1914 Nov 13     DF 279-287     (17f)

Box 19
     1914 Nov 13-1916 Jun 12     DF 288-296     (21f)

Box 20
     1916 Nov 17-1917 Nov 16     DF 297-302     (18f)

Box 21
     1918 Jun 17-1919 Jun 16     DF 303-308     (20f)

Box 22
     1919 Nov 14-1921 Jun 20     DF 309-317     (20f)

Box 23
     1921 Nov 11-1924 Jan 18     DF 318-328     (23f)

Box 24
     1924 Jan 1-1925 Jun 6       DF 329-334     (15f)

Box 25
     1925 Jun 12-1926 Nov 19     DF 335-340     (16f)

Box 26
     1926 Nov 19 (cont.)
     1927 Dec 7                  DF 341-347     (16f)

Box 27
     1927 Dec 7 (cont.)
     1928 Jun 18                 DF 348-354     (16f)

Box 28
     1928 Nov 16-1929 Jun 17     DF 355-362     (13f)

Box 29
     1929 Jun 17-1929 Sep 28     DF 363-370     (13f)

Box 30
     1929 Nov 14-1930 May 10     DF 371-380     (15f)

Box 31
     1930 Jun 16-1931 Apr 24     DF 381-390     (14f)

Box 32
     1931 Jun 6-1932 Feb 20      DF 391-400     (14f)

Box 33
     1932 Feb 20-1933 May 20     DF 401-413     (20f)

Box 34
     1933 Jun 16-1934 Sep 1      DF 414-422     (14f)

Box 35
     1934 Nov 16-1936 May 23     DF 423-436     (22f)

Box 36
     1936 Jun 8-1937 Sep 21      DF 437-448     (20f)

Box 37
     1937 Nov 13-1938 Nov 12     DF 449-461     (17f)

Box 38
     1939 Mar 25-1940 Jan 3      DF 462-478     (17f)

Box 39
     1940 Jan 27-1941 May 16     DF 479-494     (17f)

Box 40
     1941 Jun 9-1942 May 25      DF 495-510     (17f)

Box 41
     1942 May 25-1943 Oct 5      DF 511-528     (18f)

Box 42
     1943 Nov 20-1944 Oct 13     DF 529-544     (17f)

Box 43
     1944 Nov 18-1945 Dec 7      DF 545-555     (18f)

Box 44
     1945 Dec 21-1946 Nov 16     DF 556-571     (22f)

Box 45
     1946 Dec 4-1948 Apr 21      DF 572-588     (19f)

Box 46
     1948 Jun 12-1949 Nov 12     DF 588-603     (20f)

Box 47
     1950 Jan 4-1951 Jun 8       DF 604-620     (22f)

Box 48
     1951 Jul 17-1953 Jun 1      DF 621-641     (18f)

Box 49
     1953 Jun 6-1955 Mar 26      DF 642-658     (19f)

Box 50
     1955 Apr 8-1957 Mar 18      DF 659-676     (18f)

Box 51
     1957 Mar 30-1958 Jun 6      DF 677-691     (15f)

Box 52
     1958 Jun 10-1959 Nov 13     DF 692-706     (16f)

Box 53
     1959 Dec 14-1961 Jun 9      DF 707-722     (17f)

Box 54
     1961 Jul 24-1963 Mar 29     DF 723-741     (11f)

Box 55
     1963 May 6-1965 Mar 26 #1   DF 742-759     (9f)

Box 56
     1965 Mar 26 #2-1966 Jun 10  DF 759-772     (7f)

Box 57
     1966 Dec 14-1968 Jun 7      DF 773-790     (8f)


Series IV.  Prudential Committee Minutes, 1835-1962  10.3 l.f.

     Subseries 1.  Indices to Prudential and Executive Committee 
          Minutes, 1924-43

Box 1
          Index, 1908-14  1 vol.
          Indices, 1924-37  6 vols.

Box 2
          Card Index, 1937-40

Box 3
          Card Index, 1940-43

Box 4
          Card Index, 1943 (cont.)

     Subseries 2.  Official Minutes, Prudential Committee, 
          1835-1962  19 vols.

Box 1
          Minutes, 1835-77  5 vols.

Box 2
          Minutes, 1878 Jan 1-1900 Dec 11  2 vols.

Box 3
          Minutes, 1901 Jan 8-1922 Mar 16  3 vols.

Box 4
          Minutes, 1922 Mar 31-1932 Mar 23  2 vols.

Box 5
          Minutes, 1932 Mar 30-1946 Oct 30  3 vols.

Box 6
          Minutes, 1946 Nov 6-1959 Nov 4  3 vols.

Box 7
          Minutes, 1959 Nov 11-1962 Jun 27  1 vol.  

     Subseries 3.  Official Minutes, Prudential Committee, Duplicates 
          (Loose), 1903-39, 1951-58

Box 1
          Minutes, 1903-17  (15f)

Box 2
          Minutes, 1917-26  (25f)

Box 3
          Minutes, 1926-39  (13f)

Box 4
          Minutes, 1951-58  (3f)

     Subseries 4.  Draft Minutes, Prudential Committee, 1907-62

Box 1
          Minutes, 1907 Jul 28-1913 Oct 30  (3f)

Box 2
          Minutes, 1913 Nov 29-1918 Jun 1  (self-indexed)  (3f)

Box 3
          Minutes, 1918 Jun 10-1922 Jun 13  (self-indexed)  (2f)

Box 4
          Minutes, 1922 Jan 24-1925 May 25  (self-indexed)  (2f)

Box 5
          Minutes, 1925 Jun 3-1929 Jan 12  (self-indexed)  2 vols.

Box 6
          Minutes, 1929 Jul 2-1934 28 Mar  (self-indexed)  2 vols.

Box 7
          Minutes, 1934 Apr 11-1944 Jun 23  (self-indexed)  3 vols.

Box 8
          Minutes, 1940 Sep 11-1944 Jun 23  (self-indexed)  2 vols.  

Box 9
          Minutes, 1944 Jul 5-1949 Jun 30  (self-indexed, vol. 1)  2 vols.

Box 10
          Minutes, 1948 Jul 6-1953 Jun 26  2 vols.

Box 11
          Minutes, 1953 Jul 1-1957 Jun 12  2 vols.

Box 12
          Minutes, 1957 Jul 10-1960 Jun 29  2 vols.

Box 13
          Minutes, 1960 Jul 6-1962 Jun 27  3 vols.

     Subseries 5.  Microfilm copy of the minutes
     
          Minutes, 1835-1900 (positive print)  1 roll


Series V.  Executive Committee Minutes, 1928-67  1 l.f.

     Subseries 1.  Indices to the Minutes

          See above, Series 4, Subseries 1

     Subseries 2.  Minutes, 1928-67  5 vols.

          (Housed in vault, Cox Administration Bldg.)

     Subseries 3.  Minutes, 1928-68  8 vols.

          Minutes, 1928-45  1 vol.
          Minutes, 1962-68  7 vols.


Series VI.  Budget Committee Records, 1892-1959  1.6 l.f.

Box 1
     Budgets, 1892-1917/18  (7f)

Box 2
     Budgets, 1918/19-1937/38  (11f)

Box 3
     Budgets, 1938/39-1951/52  (14f)

Box 4
     Budgets, 1952/53-1958/59  (7f)


Series VII.  Development Committee Records, 1952, 1958-60  .2 l.f.

     "Oberlin College Development Committee," 1952
     Beatty B. Williams Fund, 1958-59
     Plans for Conservatory, King, and Science bldgs., 1958
     Development program, general, 1959-60


Series VIII.  Investment Committee Records, 1892-1973  3.2 l.f.

Box 1
     Minutes, 1892-96  1 vol.

Box 2
     Minutes and memoranda, 1906-30  (6f)

Box 3
     Minutes and memoranda, 1931-53  (4f)

Box 4
     Minutes, 1957/58-1972 June  (3f)

Box 5
     Annual Reports of the Investment Committee, 1933/34-1951/52  (19f)

Box 6
     Annual Reports of the Investment Committee, 1952-53-1969/70  (11f)

Box 7
     Letters to the Investment Committee, 1952-72  (6f)

Box 8
     Trustee correspondence, 1936-71  (15f)
          Barnard, Harry E., 1943-71
          Bryan, Robert F., 1958-70
          Danforth, Robert S., 1964-71
          Ebbott, Percy J., 1952-71
          Fauver & Fauver (legal counsel), 1942-70
          Fisher, Frank C., 1951-67
          Griswold, Erwin N., 1936-53
          Heller, Dr. Walter, 1969-71
          Johnson, C. C., 1947-60
          Mitchell, William A., 1950-58
          Morgan, Gerald D., 1964-69
          Pierce, Louis S., 1955-69
          Tower, L. R., 1970-71
          Van Cleef, Frank C., 1949-71
          Miscellaneous trustee correspondence, 1957-70

Box 9
      Miscellaneous correspondence  (10f)
          Aluminum company of America, 1942-64
          Aluminum, Ltd., 1938-56
          Annuity contracts, 1961-65
          Cleveland Trust Co., 1915-61
          Endowment Advisory Service, 1969
          F.H.A. and V.A. Loans, 1959-64
          Funds
               Bibbins Estate Fund, 1964-66
               Living Trust Investment Fund II, 1966
               Schauffler Fund, 1959-67
               Schmidt Retained Income Fund, 1961-65

Box 10
     Oberlin College Real Estate (Local properties), 1932-64  (33f)

Box 11
     Oberlin College Real Estate (Out-of-town properties), 1921-73  (12f)


Series IX.  Presidential Search Committee Records, 1945-82  2.05 l.f.

Box 1
     Letters and papers (Stevenson search), 1945-46

Box 2
     Correspondence (Carr search), 1960  (8f)

Box 3
     Correspondence and related documents (Danenberg search), 1973-75  
          (1.25 l.f.)

Box 4
     Letters and Papers (Starr Search), 1982  (3f)

     (See 33/2, Box 1, Committees, for related materials.)


Series X.  Reports of Various Committees, 1903-07, 1934, 1959, 
     1965  .2 l.f.

Box 1
     Advisory committees, 1903-07
     Committee on legal questions and By-Laws, 1959  (2f)
     Graduate School of Theology committee, 1965
     Insurance committee, 1934

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