Papers, 1835-1991.

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Papers, 1835-1991.

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The papers of the Jones Family document the lives and teaching careers of Lynds Jones and his son George T. Jones of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. The bulk of the papers consists of biographical, autobiographical, and family history writings on the Jones Family. Also included are the diaries, correspondence, and writings of Lynds Jones and George T. Jones. Material on the Burton and Shurtleff families is also included, with missionary letters from India (written by Mary Grant Burgess) kept and preserved by Mary Burton Shurtleff.

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Lynds Jones (1865-1951), the son of Publius Jones of Jefferson, Ohio, transferred from Grinnell College in Iowa to Oberlin College in 1890. He received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Oberlin College and in 1905, received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. In 1899, he began to teach ornithology in the college's Department of Zoology. Noted for his expertise on birds and bird migration, Lynds Jones taught at Oberlin College until his retirement in 1930. George T. Jones (b. 1...