Nineteenth Century

M. P. Dascomb's Recommendation for Louisa Alexander

Dascomb's recommendation as President of Oberlin's Female Department for Louisa Alexander's acceptance as a teacher alongside Amanda Thomas Wall in…

Louisa Alexander's Letter to Rev. George Whipple

In this letter Alexander reaches out to Rev. Whipple to resolve a lack of communication between her in Ohio and her soon to be employer through the…

Rev. Francis L. Cardozo's Letter to Samuel Hunt, Superintendent of Education of the AMA

In this letter Cardozo asks Hunt to respond and assure both Wall and Alexander that he had not in fact requested white teachers from the AMA as Hunt…

Portrait of Edmonia Lewis

This image is a photograph of Edmonia Lewis.

From the Anglo-African to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers

Poem written and read by Fanny Jackson Coppin for the 54th, published in the Lorain County News.

The Grandeur of Our Triumph

Poem written and read by Fanny Jackson Coppin for her 1865 graduating class commencement ceremony, reproduced in a 1964 Oberlin Observer.

Death of Miss Patterson

Clipping of the obituary of Mary Jane Patterson from the Washington D.C. Evening Star newspaper.

Photograph of Mary Jane Patterson

Photograph of Mary Jane Patterson from the possession of Mrs. Florence P. Clark now in the Oberlin College archives.