Series I. Letters

Subseries 1. Primary (correspondence by or to John Frederic Oberlin or members of his family or friends)

Box 1

1. John Frederic Oberlin to Secretary General Lecourbe. French.

2. John Frederic Oberlin to Charles Cuvier, March 31, 1823. This is an inscription on reverse of two Bible verses printed by Oberlin on his own press. French. Translation included.

3. Jeremie-Jacques Oberlin, Strasbourg, to M. Cuvier, May 20, 1806. French. Requests information on object. Translation included.

4a. Rauscher Oberlin, Waldebach, to Mr. Heisch, June 1, 1837. Postscript by Louisa Scheppler. French. Letter concerns her father's papers. Translation.

b. Note by Pastor Stouber on Louisa Scheppler

5. Pastor Stouber, Waldebach, to M. Hermann, Strasbourg, May 7, 1766. On flowers of area.

Subseries 2. Secondary (correspondence about John Frederic Oberlin and his family)

Box 1 (cont.)

6. F. Andreae, Arlsheim, to F. O. Grover, Antwerp, August 8, 1910. On the existence of Oberlin family seal and gift of scripture verses.

7. E. E. Ewers, Nyack, N. Y., to George Jones, Oberlin, January 11, 1917. Gift of scriptural verses and myrtle from Oberlin's grave.

8a. Henry Grubbs to Ella Parmenter and Parmenter to Julian Fowler.

b. Above notes attached to information on Oberliniana at Bibliotheques Nationale, Paris.

9. Dr. Halm, Director, National Museum, Munich, to Frederick Grover, Rome, March 3, 1910. German. Indicates Museum has no material on Prof. Oberlin or his family.

10a. Franklin Hess, Chicago, to President King, Oberlin, April 19, 1918. Photocopy. On John Frederic Oberlin's nationality.

b. Photocopy of endpaper of prayer book inscribed by Oberlin. Translation.

c. Illustration of Oberlin commemorative medal.

11. D. Kaiser, Strasburg, to Prof. F. O. Grover, Basel, February 19, 1910. German.

12. Jules Siegfried, 6 Avenue de la Bourdonnois, ?, to Ernest Wilkins, November 13, 1933. French. On Mlle. Clevenot's visit and gift of three exercise cards by Oberlin's pupils (see #32). Translation.

13a. Helmut Fischer, Germany, to William Stevenson, Oberlin, February 21, 1955. Copy.

b. William Stevenson, Oberlin, to Helmut Fischer, Germany, March 11, 1955. Copy.

c. William Stevenson, Oberlin, to Mrs. Kenneth Rich, Chicago, March 9, 1955. Copy. (a, b and c refer to gifts of stamps honoring J. F. Oberlin.)

d. Photocopy of stamps. Originals filed in Gretchen Lemke Papers.

e. Clipping from stamp magazine Scott's Chronicle January-February 1955.

14a. E. Wilkins, Oberlin, to Mrs. S. Cornell Walbridge, Perrysburg, Ohio, December 2, 1938. Photocopy. On gift of silhouette of J. F. Oberlin (see #28b).

b. Keyes Metcalf, Cambridge, Mass., E. Wilkins, Oberlin, December 23, 1938. Photocopy. On date of newspaper backing on frame of silhouette.

c. E. Wilkins, Oberlin, to Mrs. Cornell Walbridge, Perrysburg, December 29, 1938. Photocopy. On date of newspaper backing on frame of silhouette.

15. Note from Marguerite Yourcenar on calling card. Accompanied gift of book on J. F. Oberlin. (Photocopy on photocopy of #20.)

Series II. Manuscripts, Notes

Box 1 (cont.)

16. Notes on John 1:13. German. Translation included.

17. "Visit to Ban de la Roche by M. Empeytaz." Note on page: "proposed Chapter 9 sent from M. Legrand to M. P. . .1842."

18. Extract from speech of Rev. D. Marsh.

19. "Addition to p. 291. M. Rauscher died toward the end of 1862." Second page: "Proposed additions."

20. Notes in French on very tiny sheet. "1874 Jour d'Ascension."

21. Description in French of some J. F. Oberlin papers.

22. Translation of Bible verses and note from Oberlin, Waldbach, to Heisch, July 2, 1796.

23a. Ms. in French. Inscription on cover: copybook of sermons written by Marguerite Philomele Marchal de Fouday. 1803.

b. Sermon in French. 1788.

Series III. Miscellany: Scripture verses, silhouettes, music, maps, prayer book

Box 1 (cont.)

24. Double silhouette of Oberlin and his wife, c. 1768. Playing card on reverse. Once owned by Oberlin's daughter.

25. Wood frame for #24. Inscription on reverse by Ch. Cuvier. (Frame filed separately.)

26a. Silhouette of Louisa Scheppler.

b. Silhouette of Pastor Stouber

27a. Engraved profile portrait of ? born January 1787.

b. Engraved profile portrait of ? born January 1745.

Both a and b inscribed to M. Philip Heisch.

28a. Engraving from old book of J. F. Oberlin silhouette sent by Rev. Charles D. Brower (Class of 1883), June 2, 1944.

b. Engraving from old book of J. F. Oberlin silhouette sent by Mrs. S. Cornell Walbridge, December 2, 1938. (See #14a. Removed from frame.)

c. Engraving of J. F. Oberlin silhouette, most likely clipped from the frontispiece of "Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin, pastor of Waldbach in the Ban de la Roche." Gift of Judge Walter R. Beals, October 11, 1935. [acc. 2001/94]

29. Pencil sketch of J. F. Oberlin's grave at Fouday. No signature, no date.

30a. Handmade, watercolored case made by Oberlin for items about America, titled "Amerique, Ameriques." Bible verses in French on cover. Inscription in German to Oberlin University (sic) by Paul Werner Prebipsanetsk. Contains:

b. Folded sheet with watercolor with inscription "L'Abaisement mene a l'Elevation. La Tribulation la Gloire." Two psalms in French.

c. Folded sheet with watercolor inscribed "Representation des Sept Mondes, reveles au Dr. Pordage..." Description on opposite page in French. (See also item #38, below )

31. Four-page catechism in French with inscription: received from M. Oberlin, pastor at Waldbach in the Ban de la Roche.

32. Three exercise cards of Oberlin pupils, each with watercolor on reverse. Pupils: a) Louise Neuvil (1823), b) Sara Amelie Neuvillers, c) Frederic Je'remie Bernard.

33a. Hand-colored map of Ban de la Roche. Woodcut by Oberlin, printed by Oberlin.

b. Second copy of the handcolored map of Ban de la Roche. This copy was presented to Oberlin College President James H. Fairchild in 1871 by Oberlin's grandson Dr. Witz. [acc. 2001/94]

34. Handwritten music, double page: Hymn of Simeon and Angels of Almighty God.

35a. French postcard with Oberlin profile.

b. Postcard with Oberlin seal and poem "The Oberlin Spirit."

36. Prayer book inscribed "Jean George Bernard recus ... le ministre Oberlin." Notes by Julian Fowler and unknown.

37a. Three pages of scripture verses in German printed by Oberlin.

b. Fifty Bible verses printed by Oberlin. One is in German, the remainder in French. Given to Oberlin College by the Conservator of Oberlin Room in Musee Alsacien de Strasbourg.

c. Four Bible verses in French in two sheets, printed by Oberlin. (Photocopy on photocopy of 26a.)

d. Twelve Bible verses in French, printed by Oberlin. [acc. 2001/94]

Box 2 (oversize, shelved above RNG 20)

38. Watercolor depiction of Oberlin's concept of life after death, based on Swedenborg's Heaven and Hell. Copy (c. 1930) from the original in the Musee Alsacien in Strasbourg, France. [acc. 2001/94]

Box 3 (oversize, RNG 20)

39. a. Commemorative medal from Daniel Joran, July 1939 [acc. 2002/4]

b. Commemorative medal (identical to 39a) [acc. 2002/4]

For items commemorating the Bicentennial of J. F. Oberlin's arrival in Waldersbach, see Series V, ss. 2 Miscellaneous Printed Material.

Series IV. Addresses about John Frederick Oberlin

Box 4

Brady, Rev. DeWitt Joseph. "John Frederic Oberlin," preached to the Oberlin College Club in the Atherton Memorial Chapel, April 8, 1951

Ernwein, F. "Centenaire de la Mort d'Oberlin" (in French), 1926.

Fletcher, Robert S. "Oberlin: Alsace and Ohio," Assembly Talk, March 24, 1955

Horton, Walter M. "Oberlin in Alsace," Chapel Talk, September 23, 1952

Kessler, Maurice. "John Frederick Oberlin, 1740-1826," Chapel Talk, November 24, 1953

Kurtz, John W. "In Memoriam - John Frederic Oberlin, 1826-1976," address given at the First (Congregational) Church in Oberlin, Ohio, October 17, 1976

Kurtz, John W. "What's in a Name: Why Oberlin?" Assemby Address, September 14, 1972 [printed in the Oberlin Alumni Magazine Nov./Dec. 1972]

Wilkins, Ernest H. "John Frederick Oberlin," 1940

Wilkins, Ernest H. "John Frederick Oberlin's Cooperative Societies," n.d.

Series V. Printed Material

Subseries 1. Writings about John Frederick Oberlin

[housed in Box 3, oversize on RNG 20]

Clippings and pamphlets concerning the Centennial of Oberlin's death, 1926. (one oversize volume)

Box 4 (cont.)

Blessig, Jean Laurent. Rede bei der Einweihung des Oberlin'schen Monuments in der Kirche zu St. Thoma. Strasbourg: J. H. Heitz, 1811.

"Centenaire d'Oberlin." Paris: Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français, 1926.

Commission Consistoriale de Rothau. Le Pasteur Oberlin: Anniversaire Séculaire de Son Arrivée au Ban-de-la-Roche. Paris: Imprimerie de Ch. Maréchal, 1867. (newspaper clipping pasted in back, "Les Beaux Lendemains: Une fête patriotique," May 11, 1919)

Cowell, Henry J. "Oberliniana" (notebook containing clippings of Cowell's articles on J. F. Oberlin, c. 1926.

Cowell, Henry J. Two French Protestant Pastors and Mystics: Jean Frédéric Oberlin and Paul Sabatier. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London vol. XVII, no. 3. London, Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., 1944.

DeMoulin, Mme Gustave. Oberlin. Bibliothèque des Écoles et des Familles. Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1884. In French.

Galpin, C.J., compiler. "The Life Story of a Great Country Pastor- John Frederick Oberlin," compiled from A. F. Beard's The Story of John Frederick Oberlin. New York: Home Missions Council of North America, 1941.

The Good Pastor of Ban de la Roche, in Letters to Children. London: B. Wertheim, Aldine Chambers, 1846 (English translation of Lettres aux Enfants. . ., below)

Hertzog, E. Jean-Frédéric Oberlin. Series title Fleurs des Vosges. Strasbourg: Librairie Évangélique, 1926. In French.

Hertzog, E. Jean-Frédéric Oberlin. Strasbourg: Editions Oberlin, n.d. In French.

John F. Oberlin, Pastor of the Ban de la Roche. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, n.d.

Lettres aux Enfants sur Oberlin et le Ban-de-la-Roche. Strasbourg: Veuve Levrault, 1841. (See The Good Pastor of Ban de la Roche. . ., above, for English translation.)

Lienhard, A. "Predigt zum gedächtnis des am 1. Juni 1826 entschlafenen J. F. Oberlin gehalten am Trinitatissonntag." Strasbourg: C. Hiller, 1928.

Malgras, M. "Le Bienheureux Père Fourier et le Pasteur Oberlin, Notice sur les école in 1620 et les Salles d'Asile en 1770." n.d.

"Memoir of John-Frederic Oberlin." Extract from The Religious Magazine; or, Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews, vol. 1, Jan.-June 1828.

The Mountain Pastors; or, Oberlin and Neff. London: Christian Tract Society, 1838.

"Oberlin." Extract from The Penny Magazine, June 9, 1838.

Oberlin, Eugenie. "Oberlin, Johann Friedrich" from Encyklopädischem Handbuch der Pädagogik, 2 Auflage. n.d.

Pannier, Jacques. Jean-Frédéric Oberlin, Pasteur au Ban-de-la-Roche (1740-1826). Neuilly (Seine): Éditions de "La Cause", c. 1926

Réforme, July 12, 1952. This issue of the newspaper contains articles about J. F. Oberlin

Roehrich, Laure (Durot), Ulrich Rauscher, and Hans Haug. Jean-Frédéric Oberlin. Extract from La Revue Alsacienne Illustrée, vol. XII, no. 10 (1910). [oversize, housed in box 5]

Strohl, Henri A. "Un fils d'Oberlin au pays de Lavater." Extract from Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie religieuses, c. 1940.

Todt, P. Johann Friedrich Oberlin, der Pfarrer des Steinthals. . . Berlin, n.d.

Wickersheimer, Ernest, ed. "Notes d'Oberlin sur la Faune du Ban-de-la-Roche." Extract from Annuaire de la Société historique, littéraire et scientifique du Club Vosgien. New Series vol. II, 1934.

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous Printed Material

Box 5

Files transferred from RG 21 "Oberlin File," ca. 1950-1991 (4f)

(a) Items commemorating the bicentennial of J. F. Oberlin's arrival at Waldersbach; left by Mrs. Richardot, wife of Walderbach's pastor, when she visited Oberlin in May 1967.

(b, c) Various printed materials, some in French or German, relating to Oberlin and his parish in Waldersbach, Alsace.

(d) Printed materials relating to celebrations honoring the 250th anniversary of the birth of J. F. Oberlin, including the catalog for the rare book exhibit, "J. F. Oberlin (1740-1826): An Example and Inspiration for Generations," held at the Oberlin College Library, September-October 1990

Series VI. Drawings and Photographs

[housed in Box 3, oversize on RNG 20]

Waldbach and nearby country ("Vues du Ban de la Roche et des Environs") lithographs (6) by Th. Muller, printed by E. Simon & Fils, Strasbourg.

Entrée de Rothau
Fouday (original lithograph and copy)
Maison de Chasse de M. le B. Hallez
Urbeis
Waldbach: Maison d'Oberlin (original lithograph and copy)

Box 5 (cont.)

Beltrando, I.M., compiler. Photograph album on John Frederick Oberlin and the Ban-de-la-Roche, n.d. (2 copies)

Cunningham, Mrs. Francis. Drawings (2) of Oberlin's Residence at Waldbach and of Foudai Church (Oberlin's burial place), n.d. (original drawings and photographs)