The Samuel J.M. and Louisa Kaiser Marshall papers consist of two small series. Series I includes a Civil War diary of Samuel J.M. Marshall that documents Marshall’s service with the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band, 1861-62. The typescript version of the diary contains an introduction by Henry Cowles Marshall, and correspondence from him to Julian Fowler, Oberlin College Librarian, concerning family history and Oberlin connections. The series contains the original handwritten diary, the typescript version produced in 1933 by Henry Cowles Marshall, and a photocopy of the typescript version.

Series II consists of an autograph album presented to “Miss Louisa M. Kaiser from the members of the algebra class taught by her during the spring term of Oberlin College, 1867.” Students and friends signed the autograph album.

There are no separate series descriptions for this collection.

These papers were transferred to the Oberlin College Archives from the Oberlin College Library, Special Collections, in 2001.

Oberlin File (RG 21), Series X. Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Albums, B: Diaries.

Oberlin File (RG 21), Series II Letters, B: Letters of Oberlin staff and spouses.