Papers, 1871-1918.

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...

Frost, William G. (William Goodell), 1854-1938

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Edwin Collins Frost (1867-1956) received an A.B. in 1890 and an A.M. in 1897 from Brown University. He was an assistant in rhetoric at Brown from 1895 to 1896 and later an instructor of rhetoric from 1896 to 1898. Frost was the cataloguer of Marsden J. Perry's Shakespeare Collection from 1901 to 1907, and was known as a traveler and an author. William Henry Frost (1863-1902), brother of Edwin Collins Frost, received an A.B. from Brown in 1886. He joined the New York Trib...

Hall, Russell T. (Russell Thaddeus), 1844-

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Hall, Lyman B. (Lyman Bronson), 1852-1918

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Lyman Bronson Hall was born in Richmond, Vermont in 1852. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1872 and received the B.D. degree from Harvard University in 1877 and a second B.D. with the A.M. degree from Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1878. He also studied at Union Theological Seminary in the 1870s and at the University of Berlin, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University. He taught in Oberlin College's Preparatory Department (1872-1873); was Tutor in Latin an...

Bosworth, Edward I. (Edward Increase), 1861-1927

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Edward I. Bosworth taught New Testament language and literature at Oberlin Graduate School of Theology from 1887 to 1927, serving as the seminary's first dean (1903-23) and as acting President of Oberlin College from 1918-19. He was a popular writer on christology, and many of his writings became standard texts of the Y.M./Y.W.C.A. From the description of Papers, 1877-1934. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 25029712 ...

Ballantine, W. G. (William Gay), 1848-1937

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William Gay Ballantine was born in 1848 and received his B.A. from Marietta College in 1868. In 1872, he graduated from Union Theological Seminary and entered upon post-graduate studies at the University of Leipzig. He served with the American Palestine Expedition in 1873. Before joining the Oberlin theological faculty in 1878, he taught at Ripon College and the University of Indiana. He was unanimously elected fourth President of Oberlin College in 1891 but resigned after five years and accepte...

Root, Azariah Smith, 1862-1927

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Librarian of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. From the description of Ms., June 26, 1927. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17949160 Azariah Smith Root was born in Middlefield, Massachusetts. He was educated at Oberlin College, Harvard Law School and the University of Gottingen. He was appointed a Cataloger at Oberlin College in 1885 and in 1887 became Director of the College Library, and Professor of Bibliography in 1890. He was a...