Central to the records are nine journals, 1887-1944, which contain minutes of meetings and annual reports. The journal covering the first two years is missing, and thus documentation explaining the precise purpose and scope of the group is lacking. Most of the other records are financial, including ledgers, 1885-1924 (3 vols.), and cashbooks, 1892-1928 (4 vols.), detailing how moneys were received and expended. Included in these files are the names of the many members and persons served. A printed, spiral-bound booklet titled "The American Guidebook," which was sold to raise funds during World War II, contains a "Roll of Honors section that lists the names of over 700 Oberlinians in military service as of November 9,1944.

Series I.  Financial Records, 1885-1928 (7 volumes)

This series contains ledgers and cashbooks that document the fiscal activity of the Woman's Relief Corps. 

Series II.  Minutes of Meetings and Membership, 1887-1944 (9 volumes and 1 folder)

The records of the Woman's Relief Corps were received from Mary Cowles in two installments in 1980 and 1981. They were assigned accession numbers 1980/35 and 1981/8, respectively. Apparently, the original body of the records came to the Oberlin College Library in 1911-12, as part of the appeal made by librarian Azariah Smith Root to acquire the records of “every organization of whatever sort found within the limits of the village.” (Annual Report of the Librarian, in Annual Report of the President, 1911-1912, pp. 266-67.)

For related information see Grand Army of the Republic, Henry Lincoln Post #364 (30/140).