Papers, 1807-1959.

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Papers, 1807-1959.

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The papers of Florence Fitch document Fitch's undergraduate years at Oberlin (1892-97), her graduate study at the universities of Berlin and Munich (1900-03), and her subsequent career at Oberlin College as a biblical scholar and writer of children's books. Florence Fitch's weekly correspondence to her family between 1900 and 1903 is an especially rich source for examining the experience of one of the first women to study philosophical theology in German universities. The collection also contains hundreds of photographs (1915, 1926-27, 1936-37) taken by Fitch during research trips to China, Japan, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Hawaii to study the world's living religions. Also present in the papers are ms. drafts of Fitch's books, articles, talks and addresses, course outlines, pamphlets, radio broadcast scripts, and research notes.

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