Records of Mock Conventions at Oberlin College, 1860-1968 1924-1968.

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Records of Mock Conventions at Oberlin College, 1860-1968 1924-1968.

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Records document mock conventions held at Oberlin College from 1936 to 1968, with the bulk of the records falling in the period 1948-68. Included are the records of convention committees, subcommittees, and state delegations; platform planks, correspondence with political figures; fund- raising records; and photographs. For additional records of mock conventions, consult the records of Oberlin College Presidents Ernest Hatch Wilkins (2/7), William E. Stevenson (2/8), and Robert Kenneth Carr (2/9).

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