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Born into slavery in 1837, Fanny Jackson Coppin would graduate from Oberlin College in 1865, the third black woman to do so, and would serve as an African American Advocate and Educator. This serves as an analysis of both the poetry Coppin wrote…

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Oberlin College Archives partnered with the Oberlin Heritage Center in 2011-2012 to build "Oberlin and the Civil War," a digital collection of Civil War era materials in the Oberlin…

Lucy Stanton Day, a free-born African American woman, graduated from the Oberlin College Ladies’ Department in 1850, giving the commencement address “A Plea to the Oppressed.” This student project focuses on her struggle to convince the American…

A student projectthat includes and explores the correspondence between Mary Burton, teacher and member of temperance and reform societies, and Giles Waldo Shurtleff, Union captain for Ohio companies. The letters follow their courtship and marriage…

A student-curated project about Emilie Palmer's detailed diaries, which allow a glimpse into life in Oberlin during the Civil War and her own Christian faith. Palmer attended Oberlin from 1859-1861.

This tour includes an introduction to Oberlin’s historic cemetery, local reactions to the nation’s involvement in various wars and conflicts dating back to the Civil War, and stories of Oberlinians who served in the military and war relief efforts.

This memorial, originally placed in Westwood Cemetery sometime around 1865, honors the two Black Oberlin residents who were died as a result of John Brown's 1859 raid on a US arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Brown and his followers were…

Erected in 1943 in the midst of World War II, the Oberlin War Memorial incorporated the marble tablets removed from an early war memorial that had been dismantled in 1934 in response to strong pacifist sentiment. Tablets on the monument's brick wall…

The Soldiers Monument was erected in 1870 to honor the 96 Oberlin men who died in the Civil War. Of the fallen, 55 were students who had been enrolled in the college, and 41 were Oberlin residents. Once located at the corner of College and Professor…