- Series 1. Biographical
- Box 1
- Biographical
"Azariah Smith Root: An account prepared for his grandson by Marion Metcalf Root," c.1955 (1927-30, 1961)
Information about Azariah Root, 1924-53, 1976-86 (2f)
- Series 2. Correspondence
- Subseries 1. Incoming Correspondence
- Box 2
- Correspondence
Incoming Correspondence (Alphabetical), A-V, 1881-1934 (5f)
(Note: Listing in box for these 5 folders missing as of 2001)
Incoming Correspondence (Chronological), 1885-1922 (13f)
- Box 3
Incoming Correspondence (Chronological), 1923-27, n.d. (7f)
- Subseries 2. Outgoing Correspondence
- Box 3 (cont.)
- Correspondence
Outgoing Correspondence, 1900-28 (15f)
- Subseries 3. Courtship Letters and Family Correspondence
- Box 4
- Correspondence
Courtship Letters (Azariah S. Root and Anna Metcalf), 1881-87 (2 bound volumes of original letters)
- Box 5
Family Correspondence
(Mainly between Mr. & Mrs. Root), 1884-1927 (3f)
Letters from Azariah Root while in England, 1895
Letters (Mr. & Mrs. Root) while in Germany, 1899
Letters to Mrs. Root regarding the Theater, 1914
Letters from Azariah Root while in Europe, 1925-26
Letters received from Azariah Root's Family, 1882-1917 (6f)
- Series 3. Diaries and Notes (primarily Anna Metcalf Root)
- Box 6
- Diaries, 1883-84, 1897-1901 (7 vols.) [use microfilm copy]
- Box 7
- Diaries, 1902-09 (8 vols.) [use microfilm copy]
- Box 7A
- Diaries, 1912, 1914-29 (5 vols.) [use microfilm copy]
- Box 8
- Notes
Lecture Notes of Prof. John M. Ellis' "Evidences of Christianity," 1882
Monthly Rhetoricals, 1881-84 (photostats)
Monthly Rhetoricals, 1881-84 (bound originals)
(Note: includes rhetoricals by Azariah S. Root)
Notes regarding a trip to Europe, 1912
- Box 8A
- Notes on Contract Law, Prof. Ernest Hatch Bennett, Boston University Law School (A. S. Root notes), 1884-85 [acc. 2001/94]
- Series 4. Files Relating to Faculty and Community Service
- Subseries 1. Faculty Service Files
- Box 9
- Files Relating to Faculty Service
Carnegie Library, (George Feick), 1907-08
Carnegie Library, (Richard D. Kimball Co.), 1906-08
Carnegie Library, (Patton and Miller), 1905-09 (4f)
Carnegie Library Specifications, 1906-07 (3f)
(Note: Blueprint filed in RG 53)
- Box 10
Academy, c.1915
Alumni Records (Necrologies), 1888-1900
Callender Book Collection (R.T. Miller), 1916-17
Committees
Alumni Magazine, 1905
Heating Plant, 1910
Honorary Degrees, 1909-10 (C.M. Hall & Wright Bros.)
Investment Committee (Homer H. Johnson), 1915-16
Purchasing Department, 1913
75th Anniversary, 1908
Miscellaneous Committees, 1898-1922
Keep Cottage, 1911 (2f) (incls. Patton and Miller)
King, Henry Churchill, Correspondence, 1909-10
Oberlin Kindergarten and Training School, 1920
Talcott Hall, 1913-16
Rockefeller Gift to Half Million Fund, 1901-02
Shurtleff Library (Theodore E. Burton Correspondence), 1917
- Subseries 2. Community Service Files
- Box 10 (cont.)
- Files Relating to Community Service
Board of Education, 1913-24
Board of Health, 1901-07
First Church, 1900-08
Charles M. Hall Gift (First Church Organ), 1907-10
First and Second Churches, 1910-21
Oberlin Telephone Company, 1897-1906
- Series 5. Files Relating to Professional Librarianship
- Subseries 1. American Library Association
- Box 11
- Files Relating to American Library Association
Correspondence (incoming), 1901-22 (11f)
Correspondence (outgoing), 1901-22 (8f)
- Box 12
Presidential Records, 1921-22 (January) (8f)
- Box 13
Presidential Records (cont.), 1922 (Feb.-Nov.) (8f)
- Box 14
Boards and Committees
Executive Board, 1920-21 (3f)
Financial Records, 1920-21
Library Training Committee, 1912-17 (4f)
Sabin's Dictionary Committee, 1924
- Box 15
War Service Committee (Library War Fund), 1918 (3f)
Miscellaneous, c.1911-24
- Subseries 2. Bibliographical Society of America
- Box 16
- Files Relating to Bibliographical Society of America
Correspondence (incoming), 1921-26 (6f)
Correspondence (outgoing), 1921-26 (4f)
- Subseries 3. Ohio Library Association
- Box 17
- Files Relating to Ohio Library Association
Correspondence (incoming), 1895-1921 (6f)
Correspondence (outgoing), 1899-1922 (5f)
Miscellaneous, 1909-21, n.d.
- Subseries 4. Rutherford B. Hayes Library
- Box 18
- Files Relating to Rutherford B. Hayes Library
Correspondence (incoming), 1924-27 (6f)
Correspondence (outgoing), 1924-28 (4f)
Book Lists, c.1927
Minutes and Legal Papers, 1924-26
Miscellaneous, c.1924-27
- Subseries 5. American Correspondence School of Librarianship
- Box 18 (cont.)
- Files Relating to American Correspondence School of Librarianship
Copies from University of Illinois, 1924-25
- Series 6. Talks and Writings
- Box 19
- Talks and Writings
Libraries and Books, c.1900-27 (2f)
Library Schools, c.1910-23
Oberlin, c.1898, 1905-27 (2f)
Sermons, c.1900-20
Miscellaneous, c.1904-20 (2f)
- Series 7. Miscellany
- Box 20
- Miscellany
Course Material, 1928-30, n.d.
"Germany," 1898-99
"Papers re: Root Home, 150 N. Professor," 1887-89, n.d. (2f)
Miscellaneous, 1881-1927 (3f)
- Series 8. Photographs
- Box 21
- Photographs, c.1884-1927 (25 items)
Photographs and typescript, c. 1910 (20 photographs & 3-page typescript)
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