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Part 4 of the Oberlin Medical History series outlines the events from 1916 to 1934 including the doctors who practiced in town, the building of the new Allen Memorial hospital in 1925 and the contributions of Dr. Dudley Peter Allen and Elizabeth…

Part 3 of the Oberlin Medical History series outlines the events from 1893 to 1915 including doctors who practice in the small town, the beginning of the first hospital in 1907 in a rental house and newspaper articles and pictures of events and…

Part 2 of the Oberlin Medical History series outlines the events from 1865 to 1892 including the doctors who practiced in Oberlin and other local and world events in medicine. The arrival of Dr. Dudley Allen in town, his home and the young Dudley…

Part I of the Oberlin Medical History series outlines events from 1834-1864 including the beginning doctors in town and their relationship to the newly founded Oberlin College. Featured is Dr. James Dascomb and other early events in Oberlin as they…

This 48-minute documentary tells the story of the impending closure, but survival of the now successful Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin and the demise of the once successful multi-speciality group, the Oberlin Clinic. Excerpts from interviews of…

This 29-minute documentary celebrates the success of the Oberlin Clinic in 1992, thirty years after it was founded by seven physicians and a dentist to become the first and only multi-specialty group practice in Lorain County in the 20th century.

Radio interviews conducted at WOBC 91.5FM at Oberlin College

Links to finding guides for record groups in the College Archives that include an oral history.

A collection of more than 50 interviews with Oberlin residents.

A dozen Oberlin College students spent the month of January, 2020 talking about podcasts, news, and their relationship to the small Ohio town they live in.

A vibrant life plan community, located in northeast Ohio, just one mile from Oberlin College and less than 30 miles from the Cleveland international airport. Kendal at Oberlin is a community where older adults can thrive and grow.

Hear stories of Oberlin from the townspeople themselves: graduates, shopkeepers, residents, community leaders, and more. Over 150 interviews have been completed and represent town and gown, black and white, city and country, male and female…

A collaboration between students in Oberlin College Comparative American Studies (CAST) 335: Latinx Oral Histories and members of the community in Lorain, OH.

In the spring of 2019, students in Oberlin College History 214 inaugurated an ongoing research project focused on the life and milieu of Betty Glenn Thomas. Elizabeth (Betty) Glenn Thomas was born at 195 North Professor Street on July 2, 1913, and…