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Oberlin College.

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Albert Blanchard Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-02-002
Scope and Contents The papers of Charles Albert Blanchard  minister, reformer, and second President of Wheaton College  consist of both personal papers and administrative archive material.  Collected from several sources since 1950, much of the material was given to the College Archives by Dr. Clyde S. Kilby.  It was among the Blanchard Family materials given to him by Miss Julia Blanchard (daughter of Charles Blanchard) when Kilby was researching his biography of Jonathan Blanchard.  Other material was...
Dates: Created: Majority of material found within 1858-1937; 1858-2012

Collection 143 Papers of Charles Finney

 Collection
Identifier: CN 143
Scope and Contents Microfilm edition of originals in the Oberlin College Library. Includes incoming correspondence, sermon outlines from 1853-75, lecture outlines, and articles. Calendar and index are on reel 1. Also includes two letters relating to Finney, one dated January 6, 1845, written by Lydia to William Westervelt, describing a sermon of Finney's to which many responded. A second letter from Finney, dated January 15, 1873, was written to Brother Pierson discussing the location of Pierson's parents'...
Dates: Created: 1817-1875

Collection 173 Papers of Judson Smith

 Collection
Identifier: CN 173
Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings relating to the ministry of Judson Smith. Letters between Smith and his family describe his trips abroad, among them to Great Britain and Paris in 1882 (which included visits to hear Charles Spurgeon), Turkey and the World Missionary Conference (1888), and Japan and China (1898); reports to ABCFM board members also describe Smith's observations of missionary work; included among Smith's descriptions of China are those of other missions including...
Dates: Created: 1878-1913

Jonathan Blanchard Papers

 Collection — Box: microfilm
Identifier: RG-02-001
Abstract The Jonathan Blanchard Collection is a diverse gathering of items covering the family of Wheaton College's first president. Ranging from the scribblings of grandchildren to a petition for the abolition of slavery, they illuminate Blanchard in many roles: Minister, College President, Abolitionist, Anti Secretist, Reformer, lecturer, and head of a large family. Jonathan Blanchard's life in both the public and private realm is detailed. In addition to the biographical interest of the materials,...
Dates: Created: 1808-2018; Majority of material found within 1808 - 1893

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Evangelistic work. 3
Freemasonry 3
Sermons, American. 3
Catholic Church. 2
Congregationalism. 2
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Correspondence 2
Diaries 2
Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 2
Methodism 2
Presbyterianism 2
Revivals. 2
Sabbath -- Biblical teaching. 2
Sermons 2
Sermons, American -- Manuscripts. 2
Temperance 2
Abolitionists -- Illinois. 1
Abolitionists -- Ohio. 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography. 1
Abolitionists. 1
African Americans. 1
Amusements -- Religious aspects. 1
Amusements. 1
Baptists. 1
Christian biography -- United States. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Congregationalists. 1
Evangelistic sermons. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Evangelists 1
Evangelists -- United States. 1
Freedmen 1
Freemasonry -- Christianity. 1
Freemasons -- United States. 1
Freemasons. 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Literature -- Societies, etc. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- Turkey. 1
Missions -- 19th century. 1
Missions -- China. 1
Missions -- Japan. 1
Missions -- Turkey. 1
Missions, Medical. 1
Mormon Church 1
Mormonism. 1
Mormons -- United States. 1
Mormons. 1
Oberlin College -- History. 1
Prohibition 1
Revivals -- United States. 1
Sabbatarians 1
Secret societies 1
Secret societies -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Secret societies -- United States. 1
Slavery. 1
Spiritualism. 1
Temperance. 1
Theologians -- United States 1
Theologians -- United States -- Church history 1
Theologians -- United States -- Church history -- 19th century. 1
Underground Railroad 1
Unitarianism 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Universalism 1
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty -- Correspondence. 1
Women -- Suffrage. 1
World War, 1914-1918. 1
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