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RG 1 - Oberlin College Board of Trustees
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.
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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