The papers of Russell Parsons Jameson provide documentation concerning his professional career as a professor and scholar, and his personal life as a resident of Oberlin, Ohio, from 1904 to 1954. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence, both professional and personal. The correspondence series is arranged into two subseries to reflect the accessions received by the Oberlin College Archives: Subseries 1. Correspondence received as accession 75; Subseries 2. Correspondence received as accession 2003/008. Subseries 2 is divided into Professional and Personal/Family.

The correspondence concerns interactions with publishers, requests for copies of his book Le Cercle Francais, and his various trips abroad. The personal correspondence covers general family and personal matters, including the financial troubles of his brother, George, during the Depression. A separate file contains correspondence of Mrs. Florence Jameson, 1954-64.

There is a scant amount of material relating to his teaching tenure at Oberlin College. More information can be found in his faculty file, (RG 28). The bulk of that correspondence relates to salary information.

A series of notebooks concern his student work at the University of Paris in 1911. There are lecture notes, corrected French exercises, and French proverbs.

Series 3. Financial consists of a sample of personal finances and property records. These materials provide an example of financial and related household matters of an Oberlin family for the time period 1920-50.

The remaining material includes miscellaneous printed matters and non-textual materials (prints, negatives and glass slides).

The collection is divided into seven series: 1. Biographical, 2. Correspondence, 3. Financial Records (Sample), 4. Estate and Property Records, 5. Printed Matter, 6. Notes and Notebooks, and 7. Non-Textual Materials.

Series 1. Biographical, 1921-33, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1945, n.d. (.15 l.f.)

The biographical series includes a file concerning Russell P. Jameson’s memberships in organizations, his passport, and identification cards (arranged by year).

Series 2. Correspondence, 1918-58, n.d. (1.2 l.f.)

The correspondence series is arranged into two subseries to reflect the accessions received by the Oberlin College Archives: Subseries 1. Correspondence received as accession 75 (both professional and personal correspondence); Subseries 2. Correspondence received as accession 2003/008. Subseries 2 is divided into Professional and Personal/Family. The series is arranged alphabetically, and in some cases, a separate folder was created for a specific subject or individual.

Series 3. Financial Records (sample), 1920-58, n.d. (.4 l.f.)

This series consists of a sampling of Professor Jameson’s financial records. Included are tax returns, within a separate correspondence file, various receipts for household items and expenses, (i.e. utilities, insurance).

Series 4. Estate and Property Records, 1927-43, 1953-57 (.2 l.f.)

Includes files related to property owned by Florence and Russell Jameson in Canada, and materials relating to the estate of Russell P. Jameson.

Series 5. Printed Matter, 1918, 1920-21, 1930-33, n.d. (.05 l.f.)

Includes newspapers clippings of special interests to Jameson, and miscellaneous printed matter related to Oberlin College events.

Series 6. Notes and Notebooks, 1911, 1914-44, n.d. (.35 l.f.)

This series contains material from accession 75 and 2003/08. Included are Russell Jameson’s French notes from his student days at the University in Paris, 1911. Also included are lists of Romance Language faculty at various colleges and universities, a French class notebook and notes at Oberlin College, Decoration Committee notes, and miscellaneous notes.

Series 7. Non-Textual Materials, c. 1917-19, 1925-26, c. 1930s, n.d. (.4 l.f.)

The non-textual materials consist of photographic prints, negatives, and glass slides. The bulk of the photographic materials are undated, and depict family vacations, family outings and other events. Lantern slides that depict mages of WWI in Europe, c. 1917-19 and a small item labeled "Flowers from Bethlehem" (mounted), n.d. is included in this series.

The Russell P. Jameson Papers were received in two accessions; from the Oberlin College Library on April 17, 1969 (accession 75), and from Robert Haslun, Secretary of Oberlin College, on February 5, 2003 (accession 2003/08).