By Prue Richards
Collection Overview
Title: James W. Holton Papers, 1860s-1913, undated
ID: RG 30/041
Creator: Holton, James W. (1854-1920)
Extent: 2.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 03/27/1969
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The papers of James Wilber Holton consist primarily of letters between Holton and his mother, and letters written by Holton to his wife Alice H. (Renik) Holton. The contents of the letters include Oberlin events, financial concerns, temperance activities, music, and Holton's travels in the midwest. A small amount of letters between Mrs. M.L. Shumway and Mrs. R. B. Holton are also included. Series 2 contains a journal of Mrs. R. B. Holton (minutes of the Oberlin Beneficial Society, 1890-91; and her personal entries, 1900-1902), newspaper clippings, certificates of James Wilbur Holton, financial records, and event brochures (1860s-1890s).
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Accession: 73.
Access Restrictions:
Unrestricted.
Acquisition Source:
Oberlin College Library
Acquisition Method:
Transfer.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Processed by Prue Richards, 1998.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series I: Correspondence, 1869-1913, undated
- Box 1
- Folder 1: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 2: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 3: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 4: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 5: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 6: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 7: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 8: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 9: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1869-1887
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Box 2
- Folder 1: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 2: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 3: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 4: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 5: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 6: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 7: J.W. Holton to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1888-1901
- Holton's letters to his mother.
- Folder 8: J.W. Holton to Alice H. Renik Holton, 1898-1900
- Holton's letters to his wife.
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 2: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 3: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 4: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 5: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 6: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 7: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 8: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 9: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Folder 10: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1873-1885
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 2: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 3: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 4: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 5: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 6: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 7: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Folder 8: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1886-1897
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1898-1901
- Folder 2: Rebecca Bebout Holton to J.W. Holton, 1898-1901
- Folder 3: Mrs. M.L. Shumway to Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1878-1888
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous Letters, 1875-1913, undated
- Folder 5: Fragments and Undated Letters, undated
- Series II: Miscellaneous, ca. 1860s-1902, undated
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous Writings and Sheet Music, undated
- Folder 2: Printed Materials, 1860s-1890s
- Folder 3: Journal, Rebecca Bebout Holton, 1900-1902