Papers, 1900-1952.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...
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...
Wilkins, Ernest Hatch, 1880-1966
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Ernest Hatch Wilkins was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts on September 14, 1880. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1900 and began his teaching career there, receiving the M.A. from Amherst in 1903. He taught at Harvard University from 1906 to 1912 while working towards the Ph. D. in Romance Languages, which he received in 1910. In 1912, he was appointed Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Chicago and in 1923 became Dean of the university's College ...
Bohn, William Frederick, 1878-1947
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William Frederick Bohn (1878-1947), Assistant to the President at Oberlin College, 1913-1944. Educated at Oberlin College (A.B. 1900, B.D. 1905, A.M. 1908). Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1902. In 1905 he became Secretary to the President and Secretary for the Bureau of Appointments. In 1913, he was appointed Assistant to the President under Henry Churchill King (1858-1934) and later served under Ernest Hatch Wilkins (1880-1966). Bohn played a key role in Obe...
King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934
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Henry Churchill King was born at Hillsdale, Michigan on September 18, 1858. He received the A.B. from Oberlin College in 1879 and the B.D. from the Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1882. In 1884, after a year spent at Harvard University, he returned to Oberlin as Associate Professor of Mathematics. In 1890, he became Associate Professor and in 1891 Professor of Philosophy. He spent the year 1893-94 at the University of Berlin. In 1897, he succeeded President James H. Fairchild as Professor of The...
Williams, Whiting, 1878-1975
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Charles Whiting Williams was born in Shelby, Ohio in 1878. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1899, undertaking graduate study in theology at the University of Berlin and Chicago Theological Seminary. In 1904, President Henry Churchill King named Williams Presidential Assistant. In 1912, Williams helped to form the Cleveland Federation of Charity and Philanthropy, serving as its executive secretary until 1918. Subsequently, he became a consultant and author in the field of labor- management re...
Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association
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The Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association (OSMA) is a private foundation housed on the campus of Oberlin College. It was established in 1908 to memorialize Oberlin-educated missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions who died in the Boxer Rebellion in China during the summer of 1900. The first of the missionaries, known as the Oberlin China Band, had gone to China in 1881. They evangelized, established schools, carried on medical work and famine relief, and operated op...
