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RG 19/5 - Student Papers
Inventory
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Box 1

Acker, Gregory J., "The Early Oberlin Colony and College: An Evaluation of Group Commitment Using Rosabeth Kanter's Research," 1981.

Adelman, Rebecca, "Notes on Improbable Bodies: Considering sexual legibility, identity claims, and transgressive possibility in a gender queer erotica," 2001.

Adkins, Lisa, "A Selected Summary of National Labor History with an Emphasis on Cleveland Labor Conditions," 1989.

Arnove, Anthony K., "Miss [Grace] Schauffler Receives a Telegram from Dr. Einstein," 1990.

Aszling, Richard, several papers 1933-36 [foldered together]

"Germany and the Third Reich," 1933
"Fascism in Italy," n.d.
"Seminar Report on Neutrality," n.d.

"A Comparison of Fascism and: National Socialism," 1936.

Atkinson, Adrienne, "Parody and Vision in the Designs of Blake's Jerusalem," 1975.

Audette, Jessie, "Caroline V. Anderson: A Pioneer," 1989.

Bailey, Allen M., "Mock Conventions in Oberlin, 1860-1932," 1936.

Baldwin, Rosanna, misc. essays, ca. 1854-57 - see RG 21

Beaton, George, Anne Lyman, Eduardo Mondlane, Donna Smith and Cynthia Worrell, "Investigation of the Reliability of the Ohio State University Psychological Test for Oberlin Students," 1952.

Beilis, Fay Anne, "The Pre-Preservation History of Oberlin College: A glimpse at why there are so few 19th century buildings on campus," 1995.

Belknap, Martha: See Newman, Mildred and Martha Belknap

Bennett, Rachel, "Self-Understand of Mission Work and Imperialist Ideology in Natal, South Africa, " 2006.

Berlin, Mrs. Herbert - See Cowling, Grace F.

Best, Gregory, "Florence M. Fitch: Female Student at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century," 1973.

Bradfield, Anthony, "The Development of an American Physical Consciousness: Fred Eugene Leonard and the Oberlin Department of Physical Education, 1890-1920," 1990.

Braley, Michele, "Black Women Students at Oberlin College, 1890-1900," 1989.

Brandt, Leland, "The Evolution of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics at Oberlin College," 1992.

Box 2

Breakstone, Elizabeth, "Playing in a Fixed Game: Obstacles to Change in Women's Athletics at Oberlin College," 1999. (2f) Includes research materials.

Bressler, Steven Y., "Social Skill, Political Will: The Influence of James F. "Bill" Long in Oberlin," 1994.

Broudo, Michel, "The Development of a Pro-Slavery Ideology, 1832-1857," 1990.

Buckmaster, Anita

"The Jewett House," 1994
"A Lack of Communication: A Study of the Rise and Fall of the Communication Studies Department at Oberlin College," 1995.

Box 2A

Bull, Catherine, "The History of Oberlin Fencing, 1929-1999," 2000 (7f) Includes correspondence, research materials and photographs.

Box 2B

Burlingham, Gillian, "Triply Disadvantaged: The Effects of Race on the Life and Work of Mary Edmonia Lewis," 1988.

Cane, Deborah I., "The Birth of a 'Gay Mecca': A Queer History of Oberlin College, 1954-83", May 1996.

Carnahan, Susan B., "Mary Fletcher Kellogg Fairchild," 1987.

Cassidy, Michael, "Peters Hall: A Story," 1989.

Castro, Shelly, "Magnetic Survey of Tappan Square, Spring 1990: Project Report," 1990.

Chapman, Cindy (Assistant Professor) "The Bible in the Christian Communities of Asia, Africa, and Latin America," Spring 2006, research papers on a CD-ROM

Clark, Jon C., "King of Cheese: Growth and Modernization in Wellington, Ohio, 1850-1880," 1992.

Clay, Sabrina R., "The Life and Contributions of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins," 1989.

Clayton, John Edward, "An Anti-Slavery Mission: Oberlin College Evangelicals in 'Bleeding Kansas'," 1990.

Costello, Adrianne, "Symptoms of a Curious Imagination," 2001.

Corsover, Sandra, "Elizabeth Stewart Magee and the Consumer's League of Ohio," 1987.

Cowling, Grace F., "A Report of the 1922 Ecology Trip," 1922 See also Cowling's photograph album in RG 32/7.

Box 3

D'Addario, Alicia, "In Search of Community, The Oberlin Student Movement, 1961-68" (see RG 30/347)

Davies, John, "A Phenomenological Investigation into experiences of American Boys with Pop Warner Football and Little League Baseball," 1978.

Dawson, Carolyn W., "Ida Alexander Gibbs Hunt: Race, Gender, and Class in the National and International Arena," 1988.

Day, Stephen, "Community Mediation Around the World," 1987

Demarest, Jamie, "The Ghost of Second Ladies' Boarding Hall (revisited)," 1982.

Dick, Hadyn W., "American Dreams, American Dilemmas: The Life and Times of Carl T. Rowan," 1996.

Diepenbrock, David, "Oberlin College and Black Women: 1900-1935," 1987.

Durling, Mary, "Domestic Architecture in Oberlin, Ohio, 1833-1885: A Study of the Influences on Exterior Decoration and Ornament," 1989.

Dwyer, Kelly, "The Social History of Oberlin's Carnegie Library," 1987.

Endo, Todd, "Oberlin College and World War I," 1963.

Esainko, Kymry, "'And Some There Are Which Have No Memorial...': Eighty Years of Music in Oberlin's Warner Hall," 1995.

Farley, Martha Struthers — See Struthers, Martha

Filner, Matthew F., "The Oberlin Peace Society and the Rise of European Fascism," 1991.

Freeman, Elizabeth S., "Re-Making Sense: Meaning and Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons," 1989.

Frost, Lizz,

"Fannie Jackson Coppin: Teaching in the Preparatory Department at Oberlin College," 1987.
"Ahead of Their Time: The Oberlin College Office and Professional Employees Union," 1988.

Fulkerson, Heidi, "A Master Plan for Oberlin College," 1973.

Box 4

Geist, Beverly D., "Betsy Mix Cowles: Abolitionist and Unsung Heroine," 1991.

Getis, Victoria L., "The Chinese Temple of Oberlin," 1984.

Gilman, Stephanie, "Camille Lucie Nickerson: 'The Louisiana Lady'," 1987.

Gliserman, Nicholas, "Grand Army of the Republic: Henry Lincoln Post #364," 2006.

Goodell, John, "Economics of the Arts: The Earnings of Solo Musicians," 1997.

Gordan, Joseph, "Crumbling Foundations: Honors Thesis on the King/Crane Commission," 1997.

Gorney, Rachel, "The Oberlin Cooperatives: A Political History," 1992

Green, David, "The Politics of Reform: Oberlin College in the Fuller Years," 1977.

Hallman, Ludlow, "Some Oberlin Organs," 23 May 1960. [2001/94]

Haskell, Susan,

"Eleanor 'Bumpy' Stevenson: Oberlin's "First Lady" and More, 1946-1959," 1994.
"Scientism Versus Moralism: The Emergence of the Social Sciences at Oberlin College, 1880-1920," 1995.

Heimbach, Margaret L., "Evolution of the Curriculum of Oberlin College by Departments," Sociology Seminar Project, 1928-29. [2001/94]

Hoffman, Bethany, "The Oberlin College "Home Front" of World War II: The Expansion of Roles for Women Students," 1995.

Box 5

Hopkins, Geraldine, "Garrisonian Abolition vs. Oberlin Anti-Slavery" c. 1929. [2001/94]

Hopkins, Selena, and Luke Shaefer "Welfare-to-Work: National Policy and Local Effect in a Changing Job Market." 7 May 1999.

Hosig, Amy, "The Oberlin College Summer School for Office Workers: A Case Study in Women's Labor Education in America," 1991.

Hubbard, Alfred, "Runner: Trained and Untrained," ca. 1928-29.

Imhoff, Julia, "The Julia Hall Mystery," 2003.

Isaacson, Anna, "Oberlin's Manual Labor System," December 16, 2005. Research paper for Ellen Stroud's course: History 252, American Environmental History.

Jackson, James C., "The Life of Charles G. Finney," 1960.

Jacobs, Anita, "How Post-War Oberlin College Shaped the Nation of the Twenties," 1989.

Jaffee, Dan, "Gender and Race Analysis of the Oberlin College Workforce 1985-1986," 1987.

Jones, Mary Elizabeth: See Stenger, Margaret, and Mary Elizabeth Jones

Kaplan, Abram W., "Threats, Insults, and Aristocracy: The History of the Barrows House," 1984.

Kimmage, Michael, "Oberlin and the Educational Philosophy of Robert Fuller," 1994.

Klevans, Jenny, "Origins and Cycles" (musical settings for modern poetry), 1988.

Knierim, Tom, "The Recycling of Oberlin College Architecture," 1985.

Kratky, Martin, "A Twisted Ribbon: The Story of the Oberlin String Quartet and Other Resident Ensembles," 2002.

Kresh, Jennifer, "Oberlin Searches: 1959 to 1983," 1983.

Kubicek, Marina, "African-American Midwives in the Southern United States: from Slavery to the 1920's," 1989.

Lamm, Paul, Nora Sweeney and Emile Bokaer, "Otriptyph," 2005 (movie on DVD).

Lamphere, George, "The Organs in Oberlin College Chapels," 1969.

Lapeyre, Debbie A., "The Ecology of Tappan Square Prior to the Founding of Oberlin," 1970.

Lee, Christine M., " Mary Elizabeth Johnston: A Profile on Endurance," 1988.

Legg, Douglas, "Hearts, Minds and Tongues: A History of Speech and Debate at Oberlin College," 1982, rev. 1990 (includes several dozens of questionnaires to Oberlin alumni/ae)

Leighninger, Jim, "It Is Only Fair: A Look at Peters Hall," 1969.

Lichtenwalner, Jill C, "The Rise and Fall of the Oberlin College Artist Recital Series," 2002.

Logan, Bruce, "Oberlin College: The Functioning of a Political System," 1969.

Lyman, Anne: See Beaton, George et al.

Box 6

McBride, Catherine, "Women and Utopia in Nineteenth Century America," [1989?]

McClellan, Kate, "Refracted Images: Decoding African Missionary Collections." Senior Honors Thesis, May 2001.

McClure-Griffiths, Naomi, "The Emergence of Birth Control at Oberlin," 1994.

McGinley, Alexandra, "The Impact of the 1960's at Oberlin College," 1995.

McKibbin, Cara, "Beautiful Oberlin: A Movement of the Early 20th Century," 2003.

McNair, Cori - See Richardson, Sarresa, and Cori McNair

McQuillin, Steve, "An Architectural Analysis of Peters Hall and Proposals for Future Use," 1974.

Madden, Kerry A., "John A. Copeland," 1972.

Manley, Philip, "The Evolution of Landscape Architecture and Campus Design at Oberlin," 1995.

Maroney, Terry A., "Psicologia de la Oprimida: Un Estudio Psicologial de dos Refugiadas Salvadoreñas en Costa Rica," 1988.

Mattison, Mike, "The Women of the Fisk Jubilee Singers," 1989.

Maxwell, Stephanie, "The Role of Higher Education in the Construction of the 'Feminine Mystique' in Post-War America," 1987.

Messinger, Donna A., "Establishing a Feminist Living Environment on the Oberlin College Campus: The Oberlin College Women's Collective, 1972-1976," 1987.

Meyer, Andrea, "History of Jews at Oberlin College: A Mirror of Change—A Reflection of Society," 1989. See RG 30/32, Andrea R. Meyer Papers

Mintz, Steven, "Oberlin: The Utopian Community," 1971.

Mondlane, Eduardo: See Beaton, George et al.

Moore, Mordecai, "The Jack Scott Era," 1992.

Morrow, James Sterritt, "Russia as an Asiatic Power," 1908.

Munkittrick, David, "Life Through Music: The Thought and Philosophy of Karl W. Gehrkens," 2007.

Myers, Camille, "Behind the Legend of Swift's Hollow," 1991.

Box 7

Newman, Mildred, and Martha Belknap, "The Relation of Sociology to Social Service Among Oberlin Graduates," Sociology Seminar project, 1927-28. [2001/94]

Orleans, Ellen, "Survey of Commencement-Reunion Weekend Participants," 1982.

Parker, Frances, "Working Conditions of the Girls of Oberlin College," Senior Sociology Seminar Project, 1927-28. [2001/94]

Parson, Kathleen, " Winter Term is What You Make It," 1987.

Pickle, Kathryn, "Wimminfolk: Women and the Kinship Structure of 19th Century Appalachia," 1987.

Piez, Eleanor, "The Oberlin Student Cooperatives," 1982.

Poindexter, Carla, "Community and Coalition Building at Oberlin College: A History and Assessment of Zami," 1988.

Ponzetti, Jeanne M., and Pence, Jeffrey, "A Social History: College and Community Use of the Oberlin Arboretum," 1987.

Prichard, Andrea, "Sexism in Homophobia: Deviance, Discord, and Dismay," 2000.

Reese, David, "Oberlin Students' Sprituality," Senior Honors Project, 2005-06 [2006/036].

Richards, Jane, "The Type of Girl in the Class of 1931. Part I," 1928. See West, Elizabeth P., for Part II [2001/94]

Richardson, Sarresa, and Cori McNair, "The Artists Recitals, 1985-96," 1997.

Robertson, John, "The Making and Breaking of EdCom, 1970-72," 1992.

Robinson, Jesse, Interviews of Josh Raisler Cohn, Jody Weinstein, and Laura Iverson, 1997.

Rugh, Roberts, "America in China," 1926. [2001/94].

Salabarria, Javier, "We May Be Old, But We Shouldn't Be Ignored: An Ethnography of Oberlin Seniors, Inc." Senior Honors Thesis. 1992.

Box 8

Sampsen, Gretchen, "The Decade the Rules Changed: Social Rules at Oberlin College, 1960-1970," 1995.

Sass, Rachel, "Images of the Past: A Critical Examination of the Sela G. Wright Ojibwa Collection, " 2002.

Seidman, Rachel F.,

"The Ladies' Literary Society of Oberlin College: A Study in Early Feminism," 1985
"A Generation's Experiment: Oberlin Womanhood, Coeducation, and the Ladies' Board of Managers, 1835-1879," 1987.

Sevos, Carolyn A., "The Tradition of the Graduate School of Theology: A Two Century Legacy," 1992.

Shaefer, Luke: See Hopkins, Selena and Luke Shaefer

Shattuck, Barbara, "A Sociological Research of the Employment Services for Girls of Oberlin College," Sociology Seminar Project, 1927-28. [2001/94]

Shilton, Katherine, "This Scholarly and Colored Alumna: Oberlin College's Troubled Relationship with Anna Julia Cooper," 2002 (2 versions).

Sibley, Mildred, "Scholarship, Athletic Ability, and Smoking: Their Association Among Girls in Three College Classes in Oberlin College," 1929. [2001/94]

Siegel, Kelsey B., "Warner Gymnasium: A Brief History," 1993.

Silberstein, Paula, and Ward Tom, "Here is Oberlin: An Introduction to the Town," 1969.

Silverman, Rachel, and Welsh, Sandy, "Student Sexuality and Rape on the Oberlin Campus: A Community's Definition of Rape," 1987.

Smith, Donna: See Beaton, George et al.

Smith, Timothy K., "Emil Charles Danenberg: Persuasive Leadership at Oberlin," 1993.

Sowerwine, Chips, "Oberlin Responds to the Depression: A Survey of Campus Activism," 1965.

Spielberg, Anne, "Sowing the Seed: Oberlin Female Missionary Teachers of Southern Blacks, 1863-1875," 1981.

Stenger, Margaret, and Mary Elizabeth Jones, "Oberlin College Women and Smoking," c. 1929 [2001/94]

Stradling, Richard, "The Development of a Small-Town Landscape," 1987.

Struthers, Martha, "My Philosophy of Life," 1949.

Sutphen, Gretchen, "Distancing" (collection of poems), 1989.

Sutton, Enid B. - See Swan, Enid Sutton.

Box 9

Swan, Enid Sutton, "Report for Pacific Coast Ecology Trip during the Summer of 1915" (includes photograph scrapbook and a 1983 "remembrance" of Enid Sutton Swan)
[See also 32/7 for another 1915 Ecology Trip photograph album]

Box 10

Ting, Jan, "Oberlin College during World War II," 1970.

Thurn, Jonathan, "Photographic Building Guide of Oberlin College Buildings," Web application on OCA web site, May 2000.

Towbin, Jessica, "Ernest Hatch Wilkins and Academic Excellence at Oberlin College," 1992.

Walton, Jessica, "The Spalding-Allen Missionary Collection: the Metamorphic Power of Context," (Senior Project), 12 May 1998. [1998/075]

Weis, Robert K., "A Social History of the United States Post Office, Oberlin, Ohio," 1977.

West, Elizabeth P., "The Type of Girl in the Class of 1931. Part II: The Home Environment," 1928 [2001/94] For Part I - see Richards, Jane

Williams, Arthur L., "A History of the Oberlin College Band," - See RG 30/60

Wilson, Ian, "Pushing Back: The Gay Activists Alliance, 1970-72," 2001.

Worrell, Cynthia: See Beaton, George et al.

Yocom, Theodore, "Ecology Trip, 1928."

Zitzewitz, Karin, "The Student Strike of 1931: The Turning Point for Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools," 1995.

 
 
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