Records, 1888, 1902-88.

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Records, 1888, 1902-88.

Annual reports, minutes, correspondence, student applications, statistical tables, consultants' reports, and printed materials document the administrative, recruitment, research, and marketing activities of the Admissions Office over six decades.

123.05 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7139690

Oberlin College Library

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Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

Gardner, Douglass S.

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Bewig, Carl W., 1940-

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Jackson, Robert L. d. 1989.

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Oberlin College. Admissions Office.

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The admission of new students to Oberlin College was one of the functions of the Secretary of the College prior to 1928. In that year, William H. Seaman (d. 1948) was appointed Director of Admissions. In 1949, Robert L. Jackson (d. 1989) replaced Seaman, presiding over a steady increase in the number of freshman applications which culminated in 1972. During the tenure of Carl W. Bewig (1973-86), innovative recruitment techniques were instituted in order to counteract the decline in applications....

Seaman, William Harlow, 1902-1948.

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