Oberlin College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John L. De Forest papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 885
Abstract:
The John L. De Forest Papers contain forty volumes of typescript diaries, 1935-2000, many with newspaper clippings and other related materials laid in. Diaries include entries relating to jazz musician and family friend Benny Goodman; Yiddish author Sholem Asch, for whom De Forest worked as a secretary in the 1940s; political associate John Davis Lodge, governor of Connecticut, 1951-1955; and Dutch historian and journalist Hendrik Willem Van Loon. The collection also includes typescript...
Dates:
1875-2000, bulk 1934-2000
Sinclair Lewis papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 268
Abstract:
The Sinclair Lewis Papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and work of novelist and author Sinclair Lewis.
Dates:
1866-1964, bulk 1910-1950
Paul Bigelow Sears papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 663
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence; writings; topical research files; minutes, agendas, and other organizational papers; and teaching files, which document Paul Bigelow Sear's career as an educator, conservationist, author, and spokesman for the environment. The papers focus on Sears's activities on behalf of professional scientific organizations and civic groups interested in conservation, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Ecological Society of America,...
Dates:
1910-1969
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Paul Bigelow Sears papers