Donald M. Love Papers, 1868-1974
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Administrative/Biographical History
Donald Melbourne Love was born in Bloomingville, Ohio, near Sandusky, on September 15, 1894. He was the only child of Melbourne Thomas Love (1860-1937), the village storekeeper and postmaster, and Grace De Lamatre Love (1866-1935), a graduate of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses. Love received his early education in a one-room district schoolhouse. After graduating from Sandusky High School in 1912, he entered Oberlin College where he began lifelong friendships with classmates Frederick B. Artz (1894-1983), Edgar W. King (1893-1969), Allan Fisk Rood (1894-1971), Edward Franklin Bosworth (1894-1957), Grace Schauffler (1894-1982), and Mary S. Yocom (1894-1968). Love majored in economics, winning election to Phi Beta Kappa during his senior year. In December 1915, President Henry Churchill King (1858-1934) chose Love as Oberlin's delegate on the Peace Ship to Scandinavia hastily chartered by automaker Henry Ford (1863-1947) to end hostilities in Europe.
Following his graduation from Oberlin in 1916, Love taught mathematics, history, economics, and English in high schools in St. Charles, Illinois (1916-17), Alliance, Ohio (1917-18), and Youngstown, Ohio (1918-26). In September 1926, he was appointed Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin and invited to teach the English Department's annual "Introduction to Literature" course. Thus began thirty-six years of service to Oberlin College, during which time Love held six administrative positions, more than anyone else has held in the college's history. From 1929 to 1935, while Assistant Dean, he served concurrently as Registrar; in 1935, he was appointed Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He remained Acting Dean until 1937, when he again occupied the post of Registrar. In 1938, he was named Secretary of Oberlin College, succeeding George M. Jones (1870-1948), who had been the first to hold that office (1899-1938). During the absence of President William E. Stevenson (1900-85) from May to September 1959, Love was named Acting President of Oberlin College; he was then serving as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1959-60).
Donald Love is best remembered for his twenty-four year tenure as Secretary of Oberlin College. Under Love, the influence of the Secretary within the College's administrative and academic branches reached its peak. From 1938 until his retirement in 1962, he applied to his official tasks his broad learning, keen judgment, and humanistic ideals. Love saw in President Henry Churchill King the embodiment of those ideals. Love's duties included serving as Secretary for the Board of Trustees (of which he was not a member) and the Prudential Committee (of which he was a member from 1935). His minutes were widely considered works of art as well as official accounts of the meetings. For the trustees, he prepared reports showing the proceedings of all of the groups whose records he maintained. In his capacity as records creator and records keeper, Love was Oberlin's first unofficial archivist. His genuine interest in preserving Oberlin's history made him an early champion of an archives at Oberlin. For his long dedication to Oberlin, Love was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1960, and in 1963, the Alumni Association awarded him its highest honor, the Alumni Medal.
Donald Love always considered himself an educator rather than an administrator. Although his formal teaching at Oberlin was limited to the annual "Introduction to English Literature," he taught the course from 1926 until 1965, bringing to life for generations of Oberlin students the splendors of the English literary tradition. His relentless intellectual curiosity contributed to his skills as a teacher. He remained a student of English letters, attending summer sessions at Middlebury (1921) and at Oberlin College (1922, 1924, 1925), and a winter session at Harvard University in 1937-38. Love combined his interests in education, literature, and travel by conducting the summer tour to the British Isles, "Backgrounds of English History and Literature," for the Massachusetts-based Bureau of University Travel in 1950 and 1955.
Known for his fluidity of speech and grace in writing, Love was in demand as a speaker at town gatherings, at College events, and at events outside Oberlin. In academic year 1954-55, President Stevenson granted Love a leave of absence in which to write the biography of President Henry Churchill King. Published in 1956 by Yale University Press, Henry Churchill King of Oberlin was warmly praised by its reviewers. Success in this scholarly endeavor led in 1962 to a request by the Board of Trustees that he complete Robert S. Fletcher's History of Oberlin College by extending its narrative from the Civil War to 1925. The project was never initiated, as Love lacked not the ability but the temperament to carry out the considerable archival research required; Love even confessed in a 1969 letter to Ralph Singleton his lack of interest in "grubbing around" in the College's records, many of which he had written himself.
In addition to his administrative and teaching duties for the College, Love was dedicated to the welfare of the town; to Oberlin citizens, he was known as "Mr. Oberlin." Love served the First Church in Oberlin in numerous capacities during the period from 1940 to his death in 1974, including those of trustee, moderator, deacon, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Council, chairman of the Cabinet Committee, and Pastoral Committee member. He served as a board member or officer of such civic organizations as the Oberlin Auto Club, Oberlin City Club, Oberlin United Appeal, Oberlin Chamber of Commerce, Peoples Bank (now defunct), and the Oberlin Community Chest. Love was the first secretary of the Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization (1964-74) and president of its predecessor body, the Oberlin Historical Society (1960-64). He was instrumental in the establishment of the Lorain County Community College, sitting on the College's Board of Trustees from 1963 to 1970 and serving as Board Chairman from 1967 to 1969.
Donald Love remained active up until his death in Oberlin on November 13, 1974, at the age of eighty.
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Administrative Information
The personal papers of Donald M. Love are divided into thirteen series: I. Address Books; II. Appointment Books; III. Committee Files; IV. Correspondence; V. Teaching Files; VI. Writings and Talks; VII. Community Service Files; VIII. Tour Guide Files; IX. Student Files; X. Photographs; XI. Miscellaneous Historical Files; Miscellaneous Printed Matter (Late Accretion); and, XIII. Awards and Honors.
Love's papers document his activities as a college administrator, writer, and teacher, as well as a civic leader and traveler. The most significant records are his talks and writings. The series of largely incoming correspondence, while equal in volume to Love's writings, provides minimal details about Love's personal or professional activities. Files include exchanges with President Carr over the controversial Barrows House (1963); with Librarian Eileen Thornton (1960, 1962) relating to a proposed archives at Oberlin; and with friends and acquaintances such as the Rev. William H. Hudnut (d. 1963) of Rochester, New York (1922-31). Numerous illegible letters (1965) from Katherine Hayden Salter (1896-1988) request special professional favors of Secretary Love. Gaps exist in Love's correspondence because select, private correspondence was probably not retained for future research use.
In spite of gaps in the record, Love's papers span his lifetime. Early records date from Love's school days at Sandusky High School (1909-12) and at Oberlin College (1912-16). Family correspondence (1894-1916) reveals a tight bond between Love and his parents, although family personalities remain veiled. Several letters (1915-16) from Love to his "dear ones" describe his adventures as Oberlin delegate on Henry Ford's Peace Ship to Scandinavia. These are housed in Series IX., Student Files, Subseries 2. Except for some miscellaneous correspondence (1936-73) and committee files (1936, 1948-52, 1957-62), which include the only extant manuscript notes of General Faculty meetings (1960-62) and Trustees Executive Committee meetings (1962), very little record exists in this collection of Love's administrative career. For Love's professional records, consult the Records of the Office of the Secretary (5), the Records of the Office of the Registrar (27), and the Records of the College of Arts and Sciences (9).
Although Love will be best remembered as an administrator, his papers fully document his activities as a writer and public speaker from 1913 to 1974. Love's writings include the typescript draft of his publication, Henry Churchill King of Oberlin (Yale University Press, 1956), together with research materials and correspondence created during the writing of the book (1952-56). Among the research materials are several letters received from President King (1913, 1915). The bulk of Love's writings consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of talks and notes for talks, as well as published articles. Subjects of these talks, which were delivered mainly to local groups, range from Sienese art to the poetry of British writer Matthew Arnold. The talks and articles, together with Love's teaching materials for his English literature classes at Oberlin (1926-65), and the records (1949-66) of the tours he conducted in the British Isles in 1950 and 1955 reveal Love's deeply rooted interest in the literary history of England.
Love's efforts to promote higher education in Lorain County and his activities on behalf of the town of Oberlin are also well documented, in spite of some gaps. Files relating to his tenure as a member of the Board of Trustees of Lorain County Community College (1959-71) are incomplete; they include correspondence (1962-63, 1967-69), printed financial reports (1967/68-1969/70), memoranda (1962, 1968), and minutes (1968, 1970, 1971). Records document Love's service in numerous capacities to the First Congregational Church of Oberlin (1940-41, 1961-74) and include memoranda, official correspondence, and budgetary records. Gaps exist in these files for the twenty years between 1941 and 1961. Love's involvement in other civic affairs, including the founding of the Oberlin Historical Society, are documented in correspondence, fundraising records, and printed materials (1940-74). Historical files include his collections of records relating to Ohio history.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series I. Address Books, [1926-55], 1962-73 6 vols. (0.2 l.f.)
Includes three address books used in Oberlin, and three Christmas card record books, 1962-73, containing names without addresses. Volumes are chronologically arranged.
Series II. Appointment Books, 1910-73 27 vols. (0.4 l.f.)
The earliest volume is a date book (1910) with brief entries noting school assignments, weather, and family activities. The bulk of the volumes (1928-73) date from Love's residence in Oberlin and contain reminders of professional, social, and family engagements. Appointment books are chronologically arranged.
Series III. Committee Files, 1936, 1948-52, 1957-62 (0.2 l.f.)
Includes records of Love's service to the Commission on Scholarships (formed 1936) and the Faculty Committee on Honorary Degrees (1948-52, 1957-62). Of special interest are the only extant manuscript notes recorded by Love at meetings of the General Faculty (1960-62) and the Trustees Executive Committee (1962), which were received in 1975.
Series IV. Correspondence, 1894-1974 (1.2 l.f.)
The incoming and outgoing correspondence of Donald Love is divided into four subseries. Subseries 1, 2, and 3 are maintained as they were received, in the folder order established in 1975 and 1979. Subseries 1 constitutes the earliest accession, and Subseries 2 and 3 constitute a single, later accession. Subseries 4 is composed of files drawn from the early accession, brought together because of the miscellaneous character of their content, and arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subseries 1. Correspondence, A-Z (1912-74)
The bulk of Love's correspondence (largely incoming) covers both administrative and personal matters. Correspondents include honorary trustee Harry Eliot Barnard (1892-1973), President Robert Kenneth Carr (1908-79), Professor Louis E. Lord (1875-1957), Professor Raymond H. Stetson (1872-1950), and Katherine Hayden Salter (A.B. 1918). An index of correspondents is housed in the case file. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically thereunder.
Subseries 2. Correspondence of Rev. W.H. Hudnut and D.C. Churchill (Incoming), 1922-31, 1962-69
The incoming correspondence of the Rev. William Herbert Hudnut (d. 1963), a Presbyterian minister and longtime friend of Donald Love, includes letters from Princeton Theological Seminary (1922-27), from Union Theological Seminary (1927-28), and from Youngstown, Ohio (1928-31). Later Hudnut correspondence is housed in Subseries 3. The file of David Carroll Churchill (1873-1969) includes a letter from his widow, Eleanor Churchill (1969), a eulogy (1969) by Donald Love delivered at Churchill's funeral, and printed materials relating to the Churchill Weavers of Berea, Kentucky. Additional Churchill correspondence is housed in Subseries 3. Correspondence is chronologically arranged.
Subseries 3. Correspondence, 1894-1974, n.d.
Personal and professional correspondence (largely incoming) includes letters from the Rev. William H. Hudnut, Oscar Jaszi (1875-1957), Secretary George M. Jones (1870-1948), and Grace Love (1866-1935). Several letters from Love describe his departure from New York in 1915 with the Henry Ford Peace Ship. For additional correspondence relating to the expedition, see Series IX, Subseries 2. Correspondence is chronologically arranged.
Subseries 4. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1936-73
Includes professional correspondence mainly related to Oberlin College but which also documents Love's outside activities, such as his work for the Lorain County Historical Society (1965) and the Oberlin Historical Society (1960, 1962). Two memos (1960, 1962) from Librarian Eileen Thornton (b. 1909) discuss plans for establishing an archives at Oberlin College. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series V. Teaching Files, [1921]-65 (0.4 l.f.)
Includes lecture notes, syllabi, bibliographies, and grade books used in Love's high school teaching ([1921]-1926) and in his teaching at Oberlin College (1926-65). Files are arranged chronologically.
Series VI. Writings and Talks, 1913-74, n.d. (1.2 l.f.)
Writings and Talks are divided into four subseries: 1. Henry Churchill King of Oberlin; 2. Talks and Articles (Published and Unpublished); 3. Notes for Talks; and 4. Tributes and Memorials.
Subseries 1. Henry Churchill King of Oberlin 1913, 1952-62
Records relating to the research, writing, and publication of Henry Churchill King of Oberlin (Yale University Press, 1956) include research materials (1913, 1915); correspondence between Trustee Arnaud C. Marts (1888-1970) and Oberlin resident Margaret McGee (1889-1975), in which they discuss who will write the book (1952-53); correspondence of a general nature relating to the progress of writing and publication (1954-59); correspondence with the publisher (1955-62); book reviews (1956-59); and the manuscript draft of the book (ca. 1956) with a subject index to letters in the King Papers.
Subseries 2. Talks and Articles (Published and Unpublished), 1916-74, n.d.
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts for talks as well as printed articles written by Donald Love throughout his career. For notes for a speech given at City Club in 1962 on "The Ford Peace Expedition," see Series IX, Student Files, Subseries 2. Files are chronologically arranged.
Subseries 3. Notes for Talks, ca. 1940-73 (notecards)
Comprised of note cards containing typed or hand-written notes. Cards are chronologically arranged.
Subseries 4. Tributes and Memorials, 1934-73, n.d.
Contains original drafts and carbon copies of eulogies and parting tributes written by Donald Love for his friends and colleagues, who included Edward Franklin Bosworth (1894-1957), Oscar Jaszi (1875-1957), President Ernest Hatch Wilkins (1880-1966), Lloyd W. Taylor (1893-1948), Kemper Fullerton (1865-1941), and President Henry Churchill King (1868-1934).
Series VII. Community Service Files, 1940-74 (1.2 l.f.)
Records are divided into three subseries representing areas of Love's activity outside of Oberlin College: 1. Lorain County Community College; 2. First Congregational Church in Oberlin; and 3. Oberlin Civic Activities. Within subseries, records are arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Subseries 1. Lorain County Community College, 1959-71
Records include correspondence, published financial reports, memoranda, minutes of trustee meetings, newspaper accounts, and printed materials documenting the establishment of the College (1959-62) and Love's tenure as a member of the Board of Trustees (1963-69) and as Chairman of the Board (1967-69). Much of the correspondence relates to a controversy surrounding the community college's refusal to reappoint two faculty members (1968-69).
Subseries 2. First Congregational Church In Oberlin, 1940-41, 1961-74, n.d.
Includes official correspondence from various church committees on which Love served, such as the Pastoral and Cabinet Committees; budgetary reports; fundraising records; minutes of Executive Council meetings at which Love served as moderator; and service bulletins. Records are chronologically arranged.
Subseries 3. Oberlin Civic Activities, 1940-74, n.d.
Records document Love's service to the town of Oberlin and include correspondence and printed materials. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series VIII. Tour Guide Files, 1932, 1949-66 (0.8 l.f.)
Records document Love's work as a tour guide in England for the Bureau of University Travel and are divided into two subseries: 1. Bureau of University Travel; and 2. "Backgrounds of English History and Literature": Records of the Tours.
Subseries 1. Bureau of University Travel, 1949-59
Includes correspondence between Donald Love, tour leader, and his employer, the Bureau of University Travel, relating to the organization of the tours, recruitment of participants, scheduling, itinerary, and accommodations. Also filed here are publicity brochures published by the Bureau.
Subseries 2. "Backgrounds of English History and Literature": Records of the Tours, 1932, 1950-66
Comprised of the records gathered and created by Love as tour guide for the Bureau of University Travel's summer tours of England. Records include the tour guide's weekly reports, lecture notes, itineraries, passports, and travel guides. Travel memorabilia consists of lists of postcard recipients, museum entrance tickets, meal receipts, hotel bills, luggage tickets, and business cards. Materials are alphabetically arranged by type.
Series IX. Student Files, 1908-16, 1924, 1937-38 (0.8 l.f.)
Student Files are divided into three subseries: 1. High School and College Files; 2. Henry Ford Peace Expedition; and 3. Post-Graduate Studies. Within subseries, files are alphabetically arranged by type of material.
Subseries 1. High School and College Files, 1908-16
Records include Love's high school grade cards, class notes, essays, and laboratory reports from Sandusky High School in Sandusky, Ohio. For additional notes on the Classical Epic, see Series V, Teaching Files.
Subseries 2. Henry Ford Peace Expedition, 1915-16, 1962
Comprised of records relating to Love's journey to Scandinavia aboard the second of Henry Ford's peace ships in 1915-16. Materials include Love's account of the experience (1916), a scrapbook (1915), journals (1915, 1916), correspondence to his family (1915-16), and publications of the Scandinavia-America line (1915). Slides are 1962 reprints of original photographs taken by Love.
Subseries 3. Post-Graduate Studies, 1924, 1937-38
Includes Love's class notes taken in English literature and history courses offered by Oberlin College (summer session 1924) and Harvard University (winter session 1937-38). Files are chronologically arranged.
Series X. Photographs, 1868, 1925, n.d. (0.2 l.f.)
Includes one large rolled photograph of a tour group in Washington, D.C. (1925) and twenty miscellaneous photographs of Love family members and Oberlin individuals. Most photographs are undated.
Series XI. Miscellaneous Historical Files, 1912-73 (0.4 l.f.)
Consists of materials gathered by Love relating to his family history and to Ohio history. The files of Love's friend Susan F. Zearing (l874-1963; A.B. 1896; M.A. 1932), a teacher at the Oberlin Kindergarten Primary Training School (1924-33) and librarian at the College Library, were part of the personal papers Love deeded to the College.
Subseries 1. Genealogical and Family History, 1891-1973
Includes family tree charts prepared by Love, photocopies of clippings relating to Love and his family, diplomas of his mother, Grace Love, from the Connecticut Training School for Nurses (1892), and other miscellaneous items relating to Love's family. Records are arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Subseries 2. Local History Collections, 1882, 1912-70
Records include unpublished articles, postcards, and brochures collected by Love relating to the history of Sandusky, Youngstown, and Coshocton, Ohio. Materials are arranged alphabetically by type.
Subseries 3. Files of Susan F. Zearing, 1895-1959
The files of Susan F. Zearing include typescript drafts of several unpublished articles, her Oberlin M.A. thesis (1932) in history, and miscellaneous personal records including her S.A. and M.A. diplomas, official correspondence from Registrar Donald Love (1932); official correspondence from the Board of Trustees, Oberlin Kindergarten Primary Training School (1929); a passport (1929); and travel diary (1927).
Series XII. Miscellaneous Printed Matter [late accretion], 1915 (one volume)
Consists of a copy of “Robert’s Rules of Order: Revised” (1915). The book is inscribed “Donald M. Love.”
Series XIII. Awards and Honors, 1960, 1965-66, 1969, n.d. (0.4 l.f.)
This series holds Donald Love’s honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, which he received from Oberlin College in 1960. Also found here are several honors given to Mr. Love for his involvement in the Lorain County Community College (LCCC). These honors include a plaque thanking Mr. Love for his contributions to the development of LCCC (n.d.), a shovel celebrating the groundbreaking for LCCC (1965), and a certificate of recognition appointing Mr. Love to the LCCC Board of Trustees (1969). Another plaque contained in this series is one granting Donald Love the title, “Mr. Oberlin,” in 1966.
INVENTORY
Series I. Address Books, [1926-55] (6 vols.)
Box 1
Address Books, [1935-55]
Series II. Appointment Books, 1910-73 (27 vols.)
Box 1 (cont.)
Appointment Books, 1910-1964/65
Box 2
Appointment Books, 1965/66-1973/74
Series III. Committee Files, 1936, 1948-52, 1957-62
Box 3
Commission on Scholarships, 1936
Faculty Committee on Honorary Degrees, 1948-52,
1957-62 (2f)
General Faculty Meeting: Minutes (manuscript
notes), 1960-62
Trustees Executive Committee: Minutes (manuscript
notes), 1962
Series IV. Correspondence, 1894-1974
Subseries 1. Correspondence, A-Z (1912-74; indexed)
Box 4
Adams-Hogue
Box 5
Holdeman-Swartzmiller
Box 6
Salter-Unidentified
Subseries 2. Correspondence of William Hudnut, David C. Churchill (Incoming), 1922-31, 1962-69, n.d.
Box 7
Correspondence of William Hudnut, David C. Churchill
(Incoming), 1922-31, 1962-69, n.d.
Subseries 3. Correspondence, 1894-1974, n.d.
Box 7 (cont.)
Correspondence, 1894-1974, n.d.
Subseries 4. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1936-73
Box 8
Alumni Association, 196l
Alumni Association History, 1968
Archives at Oberlin, planning for, 1960,
1962, 1969
Barrows House controversy, 1963
Benefactors of Oberlin College (data
gathered), 1945
Consulting work, Penna. Dept. Public
Instruction, 1962
Dean of Women: personnel search, 1936-37
Dorothy Daub Fund, 1965
Development Program, 1955, 1970, 1973
Estes Park Conference, 1958
Lorain County Historical Society, 1965
Oberlin Historical Society, 1960, 1962
Trustees of the American Farm School,
Thessalonika, 1947
Trustees of Athens College, Athens, 1948
Series V. Teaching Files, [1921]-65
Box 9
"A High School Anthology," [1921-25]
Lecture notes, Municipal Government, 1923-24
Lecture notes, American Foreign Policy, 1925-26
Lecture notes, The Classical Epic, 1950
Lecture notes, Shakespeare and the Drama,
ca. 1954
Syllabi and bibliographies, English Lit. courses,
1941-65
Test questions, English Lit. courses, 1941-64
Record Books, 1950-65 (3 vols.)
Series VI. Writings and Talks, 1913-74, n.d.
Subseries 1. Henry Churchill King of Oberlin, 1913, 1952-62
Box 10
Research materials, 1913-54 5f
Correspondence, general, 1954-59 4f
Box 11
Correspondence, Arnaud C. Marts/Margaret
McBee, 1952-53
Correspondence, Yale University Press, 1955-62
Book reviews, 1956-58
Typescript draft of Henry Churchill King of
Oberlin, n.d. (4f)
Subject index to letters in the King Papers (5x7 cards)
Subseries 2. Talks and Articles (Published and Unpublished), 1916-74, n.d.
Box 12
Talks and Articles, 1916-74 (10f)
Box 13
Talks and Articles, n.d. (5f)
Subseries 3. Notes for Talks, ca. 1940-73
Box 14
Notes for Talks, ca. 1940-73 (notecards) (2f)
Subseries 4. Tributes and Memorials, 1934-73, n.d.
Box 14 (cont.)
Tributes and Memorials, 1934-73, n.d.
Series VII. Community Service Files, 1940-74
Subseries 1. Lorain County Community College, 1959-71
Box 15
Correspondence, 1962-63, 1967-69 (4f)
Financial Reports, 1967/68-1969/70 (3 items)
Memoranda to Board of Trustees, 1962, 1968
Minutes, Board of Trustees, 1968, 1970, 1971
Newspaper accounts, 1962-71
Personnel files, 1962-70 2f
Promotional materials, 1968-70
Box 16
Proposals for establishing LCCC, 1961-62
Reports on higher education in Ohio,
1959, 1962 (2f)
Subseries 2. First Congregational Church of Oberlin, 1940-41, 1961-74, n.d.
Box 17
Miscellaneous files, 1940-41, 1961-74 (7f)
Subseries 3. Oberlin Civic Activities, 1940-74
Box 18
Community and War Chest, 1944-45
Defense Committee, 1940-44
House Tour, 1972
Oberlin Automobile Club, 1970-74
United Appeal, 1960-64
Welfare Council-Health Commission, 1959-63
Series VIII. Tour Guide Files, 1932, 1949-66
Subseries 1. Bureau of University Travel, 1949-59
Box 19
Administrative correspondence, 1949-59 (3f)
Tour announcements, 1950-56 (2f)
Subseries 2. "Backgrounds of English History and Literature": Records of the Tour, 1932, 1950-66
Box 20
Conductor's weekly reports, 1950, 1955
(20 booklets)
Lecture notes and itineraries, 1950, 1955
Passports and customs documents, 1932,
1954, 1959-60, 1966
Travel guides, 1950, 1955
Travel memorabilia, 1950, 1955
Series IX. Student Files, 1908-16, 1924, 1937-38
Subseries 1. High School and College Files, 1908-16
Box 21
High School grade reports, 1908-12
Class notes (Classical Epic), 1916
Essays, 1915
Financial account book, 1912-16 (I vol.)
Physics laboratory reports, ca. 1916
Subseries 2. Henry Ford Peace Expedition, 1915-16, 1962
Box 22
"An Account of My Experiences…", 1916
(typescript draft and carbon copy)
Correspondence, 1915-16
Journals, 1915, 1916 (2 vols.)
Newspaper clippings, 1915, 1919
Peace Expedition publications, 1915 (4 vols.)
Scandinavia-America Line publications, 1915
Scrapbook, 1915
Slides (26; reprints from photographs), 1962
Speech given at City Club, 1962 (notecards)
Subseries 3. Post-Graduate Studies, 1924, 1937-38
Box 23
Notebook, Oberlin College [Summer
Session], 1924
Notes, Harvard University, 1937-38
Series X. Photographs, 1868, 1925, n.d.
Box 24
Photographs, 1868, 1925, n.d. (20 items)
Rolled photograph, Washington, D.C.
tour group, 1925
Series XI. Miscellaneous Historical Files, 1912-73
Subseries 1. Genealogical and Family History, 1891-1973
Box 24 (cont.)
Genealogical and Family History, 1891-1973 (6f)
Subseries 2. Local History Collections, 1882, 1912-70
Box 25
"Items of Congregational and Sandusky History," by
J.C. Judson, 1964 (unpublished article)
Materials re. to Youngstown, Coshocton, and
Sandusky, Ohio, 1912-70
Printed materials, 1882
Writings by wildlife expert Edwin Moseley,
1931, 1937, 1946
Subseries 3. Files of Susan F. Zearing, 1895-1959
Box 26
Writings, 1931-59 (4f)
Miscellaneous personal documents, 1895-1932
Series XII. Miscellaneous Printed Matter [late accretion]
Box 26 (cont.)
Robert’s Rules of Order: Revised, 1915
Series XIII. Awards and Honors
Box 27 (oversize)
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, Oberlin
College (original degree, photostat,
5 copies, and 3 notes), 1960
Shovel, Lorain County Community College,
Ground-Breaking Ceremony, “Ohio’s First
Community College Campus,” June 29, 1965
Plaque, “Mr. Oberlin – 1966, A Title Affectionately
Bestowed Upon Donald Love, For The Bit
Of Humanity He Has Inspired In Each One
Of Our Lives, Phoenix Alumni Club,”
March 17, 1966
Certificate of Recognition, Appointment to Lorain
County Community College Board of
Trustees, 1969
Plaque, Lorain County Community College, “As a
Member of the ‘400 Club for [his] Investment
in the Development of Lorain County
Community College,” n.d.