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RG 39 - Office of Career Development and Placement
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Subgroup I. Administrative Files, 1913(1937-70)-1974

Series 1. Annual Reports, 1925/26-1973/74

Box 1
Annual reports, 1925/26, 1931/32, 1940/41, 1945/46, 1956/57-1973/74 (14f)

Series 2. Budgetary Files, 1954-71

Box 1
Accounts, 1956/57-1959/60, 1963/64-1970/71 (2f)
Correspondence (re: budgetary matters) of Director of the Bureau of Appointments, Dorothy M. Smith, 1954-61

Series 3. Forms and Form Letters, 1913-70

Box 1
Office forms, 1913-56 (4f)
Forms and letters, 1938-54/55 (14f)
Box 2
Forms and letters, 1955/56-1969/70, 1984-91 (15f)

Series 4. Recruitment Program and Vocational Guidance Files, 1937-73

Box 1
Recruitment programs, 1939-73 (22f)
Alumni Advisory Center, 1958-59
Alumni Career Counselor Plan, 1939-56
Alumni Club correspondence, 1949-55 (12f)
    Ann Arbor, MI, 1951-54
    Baltimore, MD, 1951-54
    Boston, MA, 1950-54
    Chicago, IL, 1950-53
    Cleveland, OH, 1949-51
    Columbus, OH, 1950
    Detroit, MI, 1949-52
    Ithaca, NY, 1950
    New York, NY, 1950-55
    Pittsburgh, PA, 1949-53
    Springfield, MA, 1949-50
    Washington, D.C., 1949-52
Career Conferences for Men and Women, 1937-66, 1975 (7f)
    Correspondence, 1949-61, 1964, 1966
    Clippings, 1939-41, 1953
    Printed programs, 1937-66, 1975
Job Techniques Course, 1940, 1950
Box 2
Job notices, 1955-64 (8f)
Box 3
Suspension of recruitment, 1966-73 (3f)
Box 4
Reference Files, 1940-69 (3f)
    Alumni Magazine (excerpts from)
    Class Directories, 1941-52, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1969
    Articles by Dorothy M. Smith, Nov 1948, Nov 1952, Dec 1959 (three articles)
    "Occupational Opportunities for Women in Wartime," (printed booklet), by Marguerite Woodworth, Oberlin College
    Dean of Women, 1943 (2 copies)
    "Oberlin and the Professions," draft proposal for an informational leaflet, 1940-41
Staff Presentations to Seniors, 1938-43, 1945-59 (4f)

Series 5. Statistical Files, 1926-89

Box 1
Class summaries, 1948-59 (5f)
Box 2
Class summaries, 1960-66 (5f)
Box 3
Class summaries, 1967-70 (5f)
Box 4
Class summaries, 1971-74 (5f)
Box 5
Class summaries, 1975-79 (5f)
Box 6
Class summaries, 1980-83, 1985, 1987-89 (8f)
Box 7
Graduate school applications statistics, 1965-71 (7f)
Box 8
Graduate school applications statistics, 1973-76 (5f)
Box 9
Graduate school applications statistics, 1977-79, 1981 (6f)
Box 10
Graduate school applications sttatistics, 1982-86 (6f)
Box 11
Miscellaneous Studies, 1926-70 (12f)
    Conservatory of Music graduate studies, 1965-70
    Employer survey, 1940-41
    English majors: occupations of (Classes of 1952-61), 1961
    Fellowships won, 1938-47, 1959, 1961
    First jobs taken by men (Classes of 1942-51), 1951
    Junior Year Abroad (list of participants), 1954-58
    Law schools attended (Classes of 1939-56), 1953-57
    National Education Assoc. Study of Teaching Candidates (Classes of 1956-63), 1962-63
    "The Place of Science at Oberlin College," report by W.E. Stevenson and related studies submitted to General Motors, 1954
    Oberlin Science graduates, 1951-61
    Profile (Classes 1966-70), 1966, 1970
    Study of Medical Training of Oberlin graduates, (Classes of 1930-50), 1951
    Summer job earnings, 1953-54
    Vocational distribution studies, 1926-57
    Misc. statistical reports, 1965-68
Box 12
Occupational statistics, 1933-61 (17f)
Occupational intentions (card studies), 1939-40, 1961
Occupational plans at graduation, 1933-51
Occupational statistics by class, Classes of 1924-47, (1934-47) (14f)
Statistics on occupations (cumulative figures), 1936-59
Occupational statistics, Classes of 1955-59
Occupational distribution of Oberlin College Men, 1942-51

Subgroup II. Oberlin College Student Placement Files, 1887-1973

(Series 1 and 2 are housed in the Oberlin College Archives; Series 3 and 4 are housed at Carnegie Library.)

Series 1. Placement Files, Classes 1906-16, 1918-21

Box 1
Allen--Young, 1906
Ainsworth--Yost, 1907
Allen--Woodroffe, 1908
Box 2
Ainsworth--Young, 1909 (2f)
Allen--Young, 1910 (3f)
Box 3
Acker--Weida, 1911 (3f)
Box 4
Abell--White, 1912 (5f)
Box 5
Abel--Zundel, 1913 (4f)
Box 6
Aber--Zee, 1914 (4f)
Bartz--Wing (Conservatory graduates; photos only)
Box 7
Acker--Tillotson, 1915 (3f)
Bailey--Nichols (Conservatory graduates; photos only)
Box 8
Anthony--Wolfe, 1916 (2f)
Bugbey--Wagner (Conservatory graduates; photos only)
Box 9
Allen--Ziegler, 1918 (3f)
Box 10
Alvord--Taylor, 1919 (2f)
Class rankings and honors, 1919
Addams--Yen, 1920 (2f)
Box 11
Adams--Swartz, 1921 (2f)

(Records are very brittle; handle with care)

Series 2. Placement Files, Classes 1896-1973

Subseries 1. Placement Files, Abbott--Zellers

Box 1-6
Abbott--Bethea (117f)
Box 7
Biddulph--Ewen (116f)
Box 8
Farbstein--Kerr (130f)
Box 9
Kinkead--Miller (118f)
Box 10
Milligan--Rodenbaeck (124f)
Box 11
Rogers--Sykes (103f)
Box 12
Tarr--Zellers (124f)
Box 13-14
Files for Oberlin Kindergarten Primary Training
School graduates are housed in Record Group 33.

Subseries 2. Sampled Placement Records (Classes of 1947 through 1957) Acc. 1992/109

Box 1
Sampled placement records, 1946-81 (Acc. 1992/109)
    Andrews, George Harold, 1953-54
    Blodgett, Geoffrey Thomas, 1953-54
    Craig, Norman Castleman, 1953-54
    Cressey, Richard Chatfield, 1952-54
    Cronon, Edmund David, 1947-54, 1968
    Griswold, William Erwin, 1956-62
    Groesbeck, Milton V., 1946-49, 1970-71
    Gutfreund, John Halle, 1951-53
    Rowan, Carl Thomas, 1947-64
    Russak, Norman Jean Mentzer, 1954-62
    Sherman, Thomas F., 1956-60
    Shults, Fred Davis, 1954-64
    Shults, Robert Ellis, 1951-58
    Siddall, A. Clair, Jr., 1942-52
    Teeters, Robert D., 1949-56
    Teeters, Nancy Hays, 1952, 1955
    Tobias, Edward Stephen, 1952, 1962, 1972
    Tobias, Geraldine Youngblood, 1952-81
    Wight, Ann, 1948-76

Series 3. Placement Files, Classes 1887-1935

Box 15
A--Bahr
Box 16
Bailey--Bent
Box 17
Bentley--Boys
Box 18
Brace--Brush
Box 19
Bryan--Carpenter
Box 20
Carr--Clisby
Box 21
Close--Crossen
Box 22
Crouthamel--Dexter
Box 23
Dial--Eaton
Box 24
Ebenhart--Fanning
Box 25
Favioletti--Fox
Box 26
Frock--Givler
Box 27
Gladieux--Guthrie
Box 28
Haap--Hartzell
Box 29
Harvey--Heydenburk
Box 30
Hickerson--Hoover
Box 31
Hope--Hyslop
Box 32
Iden--Jones, Lucille
Box 33
Jones, Margaret--Kent
Box 34
Kenworthy--Kreimes
Box 35
Kriebel--Lester
Box 36
Lethbridge--Lytle
Box 37
McAllister--Manong
Box 38
Mantle--Millett
Box 39
Milligna--Negro
Box 40
Nelson--Ozmun
Box 41
Paasch--Phillips
Box 42
Phipps--Rawlinson
Box 43
Raymond--Robinson
Box 44
Robison--Schauffler
Box 45
Scheid--Shaw
Box 46
Sheard--Spore
Box 47
Spreng--Symons
Box 48
Taber--Tuttle
Box 49
Twitchell--Wasson
Box 50
Waterman--Whitmer
Box 51
Whitney--Wood, Harold
Box 52
Wood, Harry--Zwick

Series 4. Placement Files, Classes 1936-69

Box 53
Abbey--Arian
Box 54
Armitage--Barlow<
Box 55
Barnard--Bennett
Box 56
Benson--Blum
Box 57
Blumenthal--Brady
Box 58
Brainerd--Burkholder
Box 59
Burmeister--Carter
Box 60
Cartledge--Clark
Box 61
Clarke--Cottrell
Box 62
Coughlin--Dalton
Box 63
Dana--DeMott
Box 64
Dempsey--Drake
Box 65
Dreby--Eitingon
Box 66
Ekey--Farmer
Box 67
Farndell--Fleiss
Box 68
Fleming--Fromm
Box 69
Frost--Giese
Box 70
Giffin-Green
Box 71
Greenberg--Hatlock
Box 72
Halperin--Hatfield
Box 73
Haugen--Hezlep
Box 74
Hiatt--Holmes
Box 75
Holmstrom--Hyman
Box 76
Ibisch--Jolles
Box 77
Jonas--Kenyon
Box 78
Keller--Knaus
Box 79
Kneisley--Larson
Box 80
Lathan--Lewis
Box 81
Libby--Lupton
Box 82
Lyman--MacGregor
Box 83
McGrew--Marsh
Box 84
Marshall--Mennini
Box 85
Meredith--Mistretta
Box 86
Mitchell--Most
Box 87
Mott--Nicholson
Box 88
Nickens--Pagenkopf
Box 89
Paine--Peterson
Box 90
Petrie--Porter
Box 91
Portman--Redinger
Box 92
Redman--Riley
Box 93
Rimelspach--Rushmore
Box 94
Russ--Schwimmer
Box 95
Scoff--Shinn
Box 96
Shipherd--Smith, Roger
Box 97
Smith, Roland--Stauffer
Box 98
Stearns--Stryjak
Box 99
Stuart--Terwilliger
Box 100
Tessmer--Tuttle
Box 101
Tweed--Waggoner
Box 102
Wagner--Weber
Box 103
Webster--Whitworth
Box 104
Wickenden--Wood
Box 105
Woodbury--Zuris
 
 
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