Records for additional clubs and associations are organized under the broad category of RG 31, Oberlin Community. These include the following subcategories: Academic/Educational, Arts and Historical Organizations, Business, Church/Religious-Based, Health/Medical, Recreation, Service, Social Reform or Action Groups, and Women’s Professional Clubs or Organizations.
See also Kristin Peterson, “Neighborhood House History,” n.d. in the Oberlin File, RG 21, SG VIII. Writings About Oberlin, B. Unpublished Writings, Series 1. Articles and Essays, Box 3.
INVENTORY
Series 1. Miscellaneous Clubs
GR 4, Drawer 9
Daughters of the American Republic, Charter of
Oberlin Chapter, 1912
Box 1
American Legion Auxiliary, 1954-67
Environmental Information Center, ca. 1972
Halcyon Club, 1921
Lorain County Progressives, 1913
Oberlin Athletic Club, 1902-03 [2001/94]
Oberlin Automobile Club, 1951 [1987/57]
Oberlin Clubs, (misc.) – contents of folder:
Oberlin Autumn Club, 1911
Oberlin Lodge, No. 662, 1895
Oberlin Magazine Club n.d.
Oberlin Rod and Gun Club, 1916
Oberlin Exchange Club, 1921, 1926, 2002
Oberlin Prohibition Alliance, ca. 1900-02
Box 2
Phillis Wheatley Center, 1940-48, 2000, n.d. (3f)
The Plumbers, c. 1950s, 1986-87, n.d.
Poultry and Pet Stock Association, 1886-87, 1889, 1906, 1914
Southside Neighborhood Association (Oberlin), 2006
Young Men’s Club, 1934-65
Series 2. Neighborhood House Association – Lorain County
Box 2 (cont.)
Correspondence, 2006-08
Neighborhood House Association - Lorain County, 1962
Research paper, Lorain, Ohio’s Neighborhood House: A ‘Small
Town’ Example of How Female Empowerment Changed
Patriarchal America’s Settlement Movement and City’s
Spaces, by Dawn Marie Hirth, Senior Independent Study,
Department of History, The College of Wooster, 2001-2002.
[Reference use only]
Newspaper articles, 1911-2001
“NHA Neighborhood News,” 2005– (Newsletter)
Oberlin Seniors, 1998-99
Oral History (3 f)
(sample), Frank Jacinto, 2001
Interviews: select transcriptions by Nancy Schwarzwalder 2001
Release agreement forms, questions/responses, 2001
Audio cassette recordings of interviews (see Box 2)
Seventy-fifth Anniversary history and oral history list, 2001
Photographs, 1950s
Box 3
Eleven (11) cassette tapes containing interviews concerning the
history of the Neighborhood House Association of Lorain County.
Interviews conducted by Dawn Hirth, Bessie Eva Nelson, and
Debra Fisher.
Tape list:
1: Margaret Cook, 7/11/01; Darlene Brown, 7/16/01
2: Darlene Brown cont...
3: Patty Alicea, 9/14/01; Kristin Peterson, 9/13/01
4: James White, 7/10/01; James Thomas, 7/9/01
5. Mrs. Dottie Anderson, 7/5/01 (both sides)
6: Curtis Nelson, 6/28/01 ; Mrs. Major Tyree, 6/27/01
7: Bessie Nelson, 9/26/01; David Flores, 9/27/01
8: James Bohannon, 7/3/01; Jane Norton, 11/26/01
9: Mrs. Estella Lacey and Jeanette Thomas, 6/25/01; Frank
Jacinto, 6/26/01
10: Herbert Willis, 7/17/01; Paul Buccino, 7/25/01
11. Paul Buccino, 7/25/01; Fred Lozano, 9/24/01