Series I. Files Relating to They Stopped in Oberlin, c.1840-c.1986

Subseries 1. Civil War Military Records, c.1860-c.1900

Box 1

untitled (misc. information, n.d.)
Archer, Andrew
Asberry, Joseph
Austin, John
Barker, John L.
Bennett, Thomas
Black, William
Bows, Samuel
Broadwell, William
Brooks, John W.
Brown, Fielding C.
Brown, Isaac
Brown, James E.
Brown, John H.
Brown, Plummer D.
Butler, James S.
Carter, Perry
Chambers, Richard
Chambers, Warren D.
Cheatham, Daniel
Cordin, Alexander
Cordin, Francis
Dudgeon, George W.
Evans, Richard
Evans, Wilson B.
Fox, Jerry
Gaskins, Elisha
Gordon, William
Grayson, William

Box 2

Green, Benjamin G.
Griffin, Frank
Hale, George
Hartwell, Thomas A.
Herdon, James
Howard, Leander
Hudnell, Phillip
Janey, Thomas
Jarvis, George W.
Johnson, Frank
Johnson, William
Lawson, Cornelius
Long, Charles W.
McPherson, William
Marshall, Charles
Mason, Patrick H.
Matthews, James
Mitchell, William
Morris, Newyear B.
Mumford, Thomas H.
Nelson, Robert
Nichols, Harrison
Nichols, Nathan
Patterson, Henry I.
Peal, Henry T.
Quinn, Solomon

Box 3

Ridgway, Oliver B.
Robinson, Robert
Rutledge, William
Sawyer, Nelson
Scott, John H.
Shanks, William H.
Simms, Anderson
Simms, Edward
Slimp, Elias
Smith, Isaac
Smith, Samuel
Spencer, Jacob F.
Stone, James A.
Taborn, Henderson
Tilghman, John
Torrence, Scipio
Turner, Reuben
Vaughn, William
Wall, Albert G.
Wall, John
Wall. Orindatus S.B.
Ward, Augustus
Waring, James A
Watson, James A.
Wheeler, Zachariah
Wiley, Israel
Williams, Edward
Wilson, Isiah F.
Wright, John W.
Younger, Simpson C.

Subseries 2. Genealogical Research Files, c.1840-c.1986

Box 4

Bell, Henry (Family)
Clark, Lewis
Godette Family
Haiti
Langston Brothers
Lee, Henry
Martin, Jane Robinson
McKinney, Ernest
Owen, William and Betsy Ann
Wall Family
Warren, Malachi
Not Used
Census 1900, A-K
Census 1900, L-W
They Stopped in Oberlin
"Haynes" Diary, Intro., 1963-70, 1975 (8f)

Subseries 3. Local Census Records, 1840-1900

Box 5

1840: also 1844 land developments
1850
1860
1870
1880
1900
Census General (clippings, notes)

See also Box 8 at front, for census records 1850-1880, individuals A-Z.

Subseries 4. Miscellany, 1977-1982

They Stopped in Oberlin (photos, black students, correspondence, Appendices, Introduction), 1977-1982 (7f)

Series II. Files Relating to the Ojibway Mission, n.d.

Box 5 (cont.)

American Board of Publications
American Missionary
Ayer, Frederick (2f)
Current Use (unfiled correspondence, research notes, etc.)
Maps and Miscellaneous
Mission Institute

Box 6

Mission to the Ojibways (2f)
Oberlin Evangelist

Box 7

Robert Stuart (3f)

Series III. Research Files Relating to Other Writings, c.1840-1983

Subseries 1. Oberlin Blacks, pre-1900 - 1945

Box 7 (cont.)

Blacks, Individuals
Colored
Colored - Current Use
Distinguished Blacks
Horton Article (for review) -incomplete
"Irrespective of Color" OAM, (Spring 1981): 35-36
Negroes, First at Oberlin
Negro Grads, pre-1900
Phi Beta Kappa (1986)
Second M.E. Church Affair, Oberlin, 1878
Wellington Rescue, 1858-59

Box 8

Chambers, Maxwell
Clippings
Colored: 1940- no end date
Miscellany 1 & 2 (2f)
Negro (collected since paper) #1
Negro (collected since paper) #2
Oberlin 1940-45 (end of Wilkins)
Theodore Phillips

Box 9

Untitled
George N. Allen, 1972-76 (2f)
Jamaica, 1976-76
Junior Ex., 1974

Box 10

Oberlin College & Negro Students
Presidential Selection 1891, 1899, 1902
Junior Ex, c. 1974
Ojibway Mission
George Nelson Allen, 1972-77, n.d.
Jamaica, 1974-76, n.d.

Box 11

Individuals (A)
B, C
Chambers
Cox, Sabram
D - J
Jones, Allen
L
Lee, Henry
M - S
Scott, John H.
T - W
Wall Family
Warren, Malachi
X - Z
Soldiers
Black

Subseries 2. Oberlin History c.1860 - 1983

Box 12

Dissent
Lectures 1866-79
Miscellany
Monument re: Green, etc.
"The Oberlin Gas Works and the History of Gas in Oberlin" (class paper by Charlotte L. Briggs, 1984)
Organ - First in Oberlin and others
Prohibition Party & Before 1884
Soldiers Monument Incident & Other info. (1898-1983)

Box 13

Bibliography
Bands & Bandstand
Beautification (yards, fences, mowing)
Buildings
Businesses
Cemetery
Churches
College Matters
Conservatory
Entertainments
Excursions & Outings
Holidays
Lecturers
Library & Reading Room (Oberlin & College)
Medical & Health
Newspapers
Oberlin in General
Politics: local & national
Pranks & Vandalism
Public Schools
Railroads
Real Estate (housing, etc.)
Revivals
Schools, misc.
Seasons
Secret Societies
Sewers
Sports, games, etc.
Streets & Sidewalks
Societies
Suffrage & Other Causes
Taxes
Telephone

Box 14

Misc. 1884 -; 1866-83; to 1865 (3f)
Individuals
Charles G. Finney
F, H, J, M, R, W Individuals
Chauncey Wack
Chronological (1872-1885)
Chronological (1909 - 1936)
Crime
Domestic Help
Elections Evolution
Fire Department
Gas Lighting
Horses
1883 Jubilee
Temperance
Street Names
Post Office
Veterans
Hall v.I
Hall v.II

Box 15

Oberlin: From War to Jubilee [2000/013]

1870's
1880's (2f)
After the Civil War
Correspondence, 1976-83
Photographs
Errata, Miscellany (2f)

Subseries 3. Russell T. Hall

Russell, 1865, 1983-85
Correspondence
Map, 1857, 1874, 1896
Military File, Nars, etc.
Pension File
Photograph
Winter School

Series IV. Writings, 1889-99, 1962-2003 : (See also Sries III for notes, manuscript drafts, and related materials)

Subseries 1. Oberlin-related Writings, 1889-1904, 1970-85

Box 16

Writings, 1971-82 (Contents of one folder)

"Oberlin College and the Negro Student, 1865-1940," 1971
"Straightening a Fold in the Record," 1972
"The Life and Death of 'Junior Ex' ", 1974
"George Nelson Allen; Teacher in Spite of Himself," 1975-76

(see also Jamaica - Current, Series IV)

"A Wedding Gift of 1862," 1977
"Irrespective of Color," 1981
"The Memoirs of Charles Grandison Finney," 1981
"Musical Union Founder also Shaped Oberlin's Science," 1982

“George N. Allen’s Journal of a Visit to Jamaica in 1863-64,” [edited by Bigglestone] 1975-76
"Memoirs of Charles G. Finney", 1981
"Oral History", News Tribune, 1985
Presidential Selection - "Oberlin College selects some presidents, 1889-1902," [published article and research files] 1889-1904, 1970-74 (3f)
" Red Lake Mission", 1976

Subseries 2. Non-Oberlin-related Writings, 1962-2003

Box 17

Writings, 1962-2003 [acc.'s 2000/13 and 2005/018]

“Comments after an Annual Meeting of the Society of American
Archivists”, 1970 [re: the role of the archivist]
“Noblesville”, Indiana, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 1962
“Tucsonans Who Died in Military During World War II,“ 1997 (2 copies of revised edition)
“Tucson’s Catalina Vista” (by Bill and Kay Bigglestone), 2003
“Tucson’s Korean War Dead,” 1997 (rev. 2000)

Series V. John J. Shipherd Correspondence (transcripts), 1818-44

Box 17

Shipherd: Annotations needed
Shipherd in Chronology
Esther Shipherd Letters
John Shipherd
Chronological thru 1829
Chronological 1830-1833
Chronological 1834-1837
Chronological 1838-1844
Mrs. Shipherd
Shipherd Letters
Shipherd Letters - Fletcher Papers
Ann
Shipherd: Education
Shipherd Letters: Hodermarsky
Shipherd Letters 7/1/5
Shipherd Letters 30/83
Shipherd Letters 7/1/3
Shipherd Letters on disc. "Shipherd Extra"
Shipherd: Miscellany
Shipherd Letters: not used
Xerox copies rec'd from Rochester & correspondence
Subscripts Needed

Series VI. Files Relating to Professional Activities, 1960-1988

Subseries 1. Society of American Archivists, 1960-1988

Box 18

Correspondence re:SAA Directory, 1975-76
SAA: Committee on College & University Archives, 1975, 1977-79-84
SAA: Committee on College & University Archives, 1960-1988

Subseries 2. Miscellany (The American Archivist; Schellenberg NARS Course; Loewenheim - FDR Library Affair 1969-73), 1969-1986, n.d.

Box 18 (cont.)

Case-Western Reserve University: Workshop - College and University Archives, 1969-1980
The American Archivist microfilm correspondence, 1982-86
Schellenberg's NARS Course, n.d.
Loewenheim - FDR Library Affair, 1970
Loewenheim - FDR Library Affair, 1969-1973
Loewenheim - FDR Library Affair, 1970-1973

Series VII. Personal Correspondence

Box 19

Mary's Death, Letters Received, 1983
Mary's Death, Cards Received, 1983
Letters and Cards Kept by Lorna G. Re: Mary, 1982-1984

Series VIII. Miscellany, 1977-1979, n.d.

Box 19 (cont.)

American History Illustrated, August 1977
"Names About Town," notes and notices, (talk by Bigglestone), n.d.
Oberlin College Commencement Program, 1978, 1979

Note: Titles of file folders in this collection reflect the headings as given by the creator or the records.