Related Resources and Collections
Electronic Resources
EOG (Electronic Oberlin Group)
Oberlin Heritage Center Blog (see posts on Oberlin and the Civil War by Karyn Norwood)
The Oberlin Evangelist, 1838-1862 (Oberlin College Library)
Bust of John Brown, in Art in the Archives of Oberlin College
Manuscript Collections at the Oberlin College Archives
The Oberlin College Archives holds significant manuscript collections pertinent to the Civil War. To see the finding guides to the papers of Civil War officers Giles Waldo Shurtleff (above) and Elliott F. Grabill, and other collections with coverage of the Civil War period, use the links below. College records are also important sources, particularly the papers of Oberlin’s second president, Charles Grandison Finney (RG 2/2). Student, faculty and staff files can be found in the Alumni & Development Records (RG 28).Certain Oberlin community records, particularly church records, are available in Oberlin Community Records (RG 31).
William E. Bigglestone Papers (RG 30/151)
William C. Cochran Family Papers (RG 30/8)
Henry Cowles Papers (RG 30/27)
Jacob Dolson Cox Papers (RG 30/3)
Florence Mary Fitch Papers (RG 30/37)
Robert S. Fletcher Papers (RG 30/24)
Elliott F. Grabill Papers (RG 30/43)
Rufus Cleveland Hovey Papers (RG 30/302)
James Monroe Papers (RG 30/22)