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RG 2/3 - James Harris Fairchild (1817-1902)
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Series 1. Correspondence, 1852-1903, n.d. (Calendared)

(See six-volume calendar and index)

Box 1-18

Correspondence (Incoming), 1852-1903

Box 19

Correspondence (Incoming), A-Z, n.d.

Series 2. Correspondence, 1819-1900, n.d. (Uncalendared)

Box 20

Incomplete letters, 1883-99
Incomplete and unidentified letters and essays, ca. 1869-99 (3f)
Loose papers received since microfilming, 1819-94

Box 21

[Letters in poor condition; Do Not Use]

Mary Kellogg to James Fairchild, 1838-41 (4f) [consult bound volumes in Series 8; microfilm in Archives]
James Fairchild to Mary Kellogg, 1838-41 (4f) [consult bound volumes in Series 8; microfilm in Archives]
James Fairchild to his family from Europe and the Holy Land, 1870-71 [microfilm in Archives]
James Fairchild to C.G. Finney, [c. 1850-60]
James Fairchild to Capt. Alva Bradley, [1837?]
Letters to James Fairchild, 1838-64 [microfilm in Archives]
Letters of introduction on behalf of James Fairchild, 1870
Third party correspondence, ca. 1830-80, n.d.
Various letters and personal papers, 1835-1900, n.d.
James Fairchild to his parents, 24 January 1872

Series 3. Travel Diaries, 1870-71, 1884

Box 22

European trip diaries (3 vols.), 1870-71
California and Hawaii travel diary, 1884

Series 4. Photographs, 1863, n.d.

Box 22 (cont.)

Portrait album, (albumen prints), 1863
Photograph (second generation) of Fairchild's daughters, n.d.

Series 5. Institutional Records, ca. 1833-40, 1854, 1862-82, n.d.

Box 23

Annual Reports of President Fairchild, 1867-80 (6f)

Box 24

Lecture Notebooks, 1862-82, n.d. (12 vols.)

Box 25

Lecture Notebooks, 1881-82 (2 vols.)
Miscellaneous Date Books and Account Books, 1854-74 (4 vols.)
Petitions and official records of early Oberlin faculty, ca. 1833-40

Series 6. Miscellaneous Records Kept by J.H. Fairchild, 1771-1909, 1926, n.d.

Box 26

Meteorological Observations of James Fairchild made in Oberlin, Ohio, 1849-58 (10f)

Box 27

Miscellaneous papers, 1847-1926

Folder 1

Announcement of meeting, American Board of the Congregational Church, 1887
Board of National Popular Education circular, 1847-48
Poem, "Oberlin," 1849
Proposed Articles of Faith, Congregational Church, n.d.
Regulations prohibiting pilfering by students, n.d

Folder 2

Bill to incorporate the Trustees of the First
Congregational Society, Strongsville, Ohio, n.d.
Bulletin of the Woman's Board of Missions, 1926
Clippings:

"The Saratoga Anniversary," n.d.
"The Ignorance that is Bliss," n.d.

Deed, 1851
Document in Arabic, n.d. [Edward Bosworth's name in pencil on verso]
History of unknown church, Trumbull County, Ohio, n.d.
Map, in Arabic, n.d.
Marriage certificate, 1849
Turkish Passport of Mary Cowles, 1909
Western Reserve Society leaflet, 1892

Oberlin Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 1839-49, n.d. (3f)
Oberlin Evangelist Association, 1845-58, 1849-62 (2f)
Pamphlets, [1856], 1876, 1882-84
Rev. Joseph Badger: galleys of 1851 autobiography; ms. letter of Badger to Thomas Day, 1840, and transcription.
Sermons (mss.) collected by Fairchild, 1771-1865
Student examination papers, n.d.
Temperance Movement: letters to the people of Oberlin from Harmon Beecher and T. H. Rowland, 1881

Series 7. Writings By and About James H. Fairchild, 1852-1910, 1966, n.d.

(Note: Boxes 28-32 include misc. writings by James H. Fairchild, typescript and
autograph, n.d. Numbers listed refer to specific folder numbers within boxes)

Box 28

  1. Natural Theology
  2. Natural Theology
  3. The Building of Character and of Life
  4. The Story of Congregationalism on the Western Reserve
  5. Funeral Remarks for the two Dascombs, Dr. Jennings, and the second Mrs. Cowles

Box 29

  1. Untitled
  2. College Government Address before the College Association of Ohio
  3. Speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Oberlin
  4. The Golden Rule and the Labor Question
    The Divine Personality
    The Conditions of a Successful Life
    Untitled
  5. Commencement Speech
    An Oberlin Student's Journey in the Early Times to the Southwest
    Providential Aspects of the Oberlin Enterprise
    Untitled
    The Ministry of Pain
  6. Suggestions to Theological Students as to the Relations of the Pastor to the
    Women of his Church and Congregation
    The Rights of God
    Theories of the Atonement
    Present Demand of the Missionary Work
  7. Gambling—A Talk to Students, June 1, 1893
    The True Character of Slavery as it Existed in this Country
    The Responsibility of the Public Schools for the Development of Character
    The Personal Nature and Character of God
  8. The Taxation of Vices
    Personal Power and its Opportunities
    School Life in Northern Ohio—Half a Century Ago
  9. The Yellowstone National Park
    Religion and the State
  10. Mormonism and the Spaulding Manuscript
  11. Oberlin and Michigan
    Ministers and Money
  12. History of the Congregational Church of Brownhelm (begins p. 14)
  13. Truthfulness and Its Relation to Character
  14. The Religious Life
    Progress of the College Since the Jubilee Year—1883
  15. Pioneer Life in Northern Ohio
  16. Probation—Its Conditions and Limitations
  17. A Talk on Travel, September 19, 187-

Box 30

  1. Labor and Capital
  2. Oberlin Literature
    Annual Report to the Trustees of Oberlin College by the President, 1884
    Editor of the Independent
  3. Joseph Cook on Conscience
    Oberlin Theology
    Untitled
  4. Oberlin—the Colony and the College, 1833-1883 (3f)
  5. The Political Situation
  6. Untitled

Box 31

  1. Untitled (3f)
  2. The Pilgrim Fathers
    Untitled (6)
    Thanksgiving 1861
    Untitled
    Needed Phases of Christianity
    Secret Organizations
    My Visit to the Islands
    Constantinople
    The Holy Land
    The Teacher's Power as resulting from Completeness of Character
    English Verse
    Art Collections of Europe
    Responsibilities of Students
    Untitled (5)
    Relations of Labor and Capital
    Palestine
    Christian Communism
    Dr. Hadge's Anthropology
    Use of Creeds
    Untitled
    Egypt
    Untitled (3)
    Work and Its Reward
    Painting
    Untitled

Box 32

  1. Grandfather's Story
  2. Untitled (15)
  3. Distinctive Characteristics of the Christians
    Tools and Machinery (reprint)
    Immortality
    Address delivered before the Agricultural Society of Oberlin
    Course of Study
    Money and Its Uses
    Untitled
    Brooklyn Council
    Sanctification
    Perseverance of the Saints
    Subjects of Baptism
    Untitled
    Justification, Religion and the State
    Atonement
    Prayer
    Untitled (2)
    God's Existence and Attributes as presented in the Bible
    Fellowship of the Church
    Spiritualism
    Worship
    Baptism
    Untitled (2)
    Untitled (14)
  4. The Mohammedans
    Authenticity or Credibility of the Scriptures
    Temperance, February 26, 1874
    Untitled
    To Teachers—Social Duties and Relations
    The Students' Probation
    The Teachers' Relation to Money
    Untitled (4)
    Modern Materialistic Skepticism
    Individual Responsibility
    Our College Social Life
    Tobacco
    Our Civilization
  5. Class Influence
    Untitled
    The English University
    Marking Honor Prizes
    General Duties of Students
    School Government
    Untitled
    Mohammedanism as it Appears to a Stranger
    Untitled (2)
    Providence
    The Trinity
    The Holy Spirit
    Doctrine of Sin
    Untitled (3)
    Anthropology
    Theology
    Untitled (2)
    Doctrine of Immortality
    Church Government
    The Resurrection
    Elections
    Untitled (20)
    Regeneration
    Faith and Unbelief
    Mark of Baptism
    Baptism
    The Church
    Untitled
    Creed and Confessions of Faith
    The Review
    Untitled (7)
  6. A Sketch of the Anti-Slavery History of Oberlin
    Untitled (2)
    Operation of Secret Organizations
    Untitled (13)
    Thursday Lecture
    College Discipline
    Untitled
    The Work of the Physician and its Requirements
    Monthly Lectures
    Talk to Teachers 1864
    Church Taxation
    The Mohammedans at Home
    Untitled (4)
  7. Untitled (5)
    Indian Missions
    Untitled (4)
    The Creation
    To the Children
    Untitled (4)
    Lecture before the Young Men's Missionary Society
    Untitled (6)
    Miracles
    Ruins IV—Europe and the East
    Untitled (2)
    Untitled (5)

Box 33

Printed writings by James H. Fairchild

Commencement addresses (newspapers), 1878-88
Pamphlets of various addresses, 1852-97
Newspaper articles by Fairchild (photocopies), 1886-88

Writings about James H. Fairchild

Essay by J.G.W. Cowles (typescript), n.d.
Tribute by Judson Smith (typescript), n.d.
Tribute by Rev. C.J. Ryder (typescript), 1902
Various printed writings about James H. Fairchild, 1883-1910, 1966

Series 8. Miscellaneous Family Paper [acc. 2001/94]

Box 34

"Where Liberty Dwells: the letters of James Harris Fairchild and Mary Fletcher Kellogg from the Western Reserve [1838-41]," 1939 (3 vol.)
Mary Kellogg Fairchild Autograph Album, 1835-38

Box 35

Photograph Album presented to Nancy Harris Fairchild on her golden wedding anniversary, 1863.

 
 
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