Papers, 1925-1935.

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Papers, 1925-1935.

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Consists mainly of correspondence and research materials for Hosford's articles in the Alumni Magazine on Oberlin history and for her book, Father Shipherd's Magna Carta (1937). Correspondents include James T. Fairchild, William Goodell Frost, Emma Monroe Fitch, W.B. Gerrish, Helen Keep, Julia Finney Monroe, Margaret Maltby, Edward S. Steele, Eloise Steele, and Florence M. Snell. Subjects and individuals covered include Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Betsey Mix Cowles, the Amistad slave-ship case, antislavery, the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, early Oberlin women, and Elmira and Wesleyan colleges.

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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...

Hosford, Frances Juliette, 1853-1937.

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Frances Juliette Hosford, professor, administrator, and local historian, began her career as a teacher at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, and at high schools in Elyria and Cleveland. She then earned the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Oberlin in 1891 and 1896, respectively. She became tutor, instructor, and finally associate professor of Latin, first in the Oberlin Academy and then in the College. She simultaneously served as a member of the Women's Board of Managers (1892-1912) and as Dean o...