Chronological Index to the Thomas Correspondence held by the Archives of Oberlin College with Notes on Content
Date
Subject (location of origin) location of document
4 August 1893To J. M Barker, professor at Ohio Wesleyan. Re: expenditures made during an exhibition. Written on Oberlin College Treasurer’s Office letterhead. (Written from Oberlin) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
9 November 1893 To Mr. Wood, Assistant Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Query about payment for part of cost of expenditures made during an exhibition. (Written from Chicago). See letter of 4 August 1893, above. Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
20 November 1893 To General G. W. Shurtleff, Secretary and Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Packing of exhibit materials and their return to Oberlin from Chicago. Also includes request for an advance on his salary. (Written from Chicago). (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
27 October 1894 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: request for increase in monthly draft because of a loss of overcoat and wallet while at Oberlin College during the preceding week. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
12 January 1895 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: ribbons (for typewriter?) available in Chicago. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
29 March 1895 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: inquiries made about phonograph equipment. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
7 June 1895 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: termination papers from Oberlin and recovery of Harriet Thomas from post-partum septicemia. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
25 January 1896 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: arrangements for Mrs. Cressy’s visit to Chicago. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
26 February 1896 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: Thomas’s “problems” at Oberlin circa 1892; temporary reappointment; strategies for Cressy’s job search; Thomas’s “hypocrisy” at Oberlin; potential of position for Cressy at Chicago, with strategies; value of study in Europe; relationship between Ballantine and Harper; financing study abroad through borrowing money; Thomas’s concern about own debt from European study; attendance at theater in Chicago. Postscript: “Burn this letter !” (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
17 March 1896 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: typewriter ribbons; six month European expedition; defense of dissertation [on 1 March 1896]; grade of summa cum laude; President Harper’s congratulatory comments. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
27 March 1896 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: letter of recommendation to Harvard for Cressy; Harriet Thomas’s return to hospital; possibility of Cressy joining Thomas in Europe.(Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
3 April 1896 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College. Re: outstanding grades for Oberlin student. (Written from Chicago). Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
8 April 1896 To Wilfred Cressy, English instructor, Oberlin College: Re: visit from President Ballantine of Oberlin College; opposition of Prof. King of Oberlin to Cressy’s advancement based on “religious grounds,” viz., church attendance ; speculation on future of Oberlin College; recommendation that Cressy resort to “hypocrisy”; sailing for Europe from Baltimore on April 22 [1896]. (Written from Chicago). [See letter of 15 April 1896 in Related Correspondence. ] Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
5 October 1896 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: remittance of interest on a note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago). Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
3 December 1900 To Professor Rice, Oberlin College. Re: remittance of interest on a note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago). Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
2 June 1902 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: remittance of interest on a note held by Oberlin College. Discussion of remittance on a second note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
1 October 1902 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: remittance due on two notes held by Oberlin College, totaling $ 2,200. Discussion of illness of one of his children and on-going medical expenses. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
7 January 1904 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: remittance of interest on a note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
1 March 1904 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Payment of $200 on a note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
25 October 1904 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Inquiry about life insurance policy with New England Mutual held by Oberlin College to cover a note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
7 January 1905 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: repayment of a note and expectation of assistance from a friend. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
27 January 1905 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: renegotiation of repayment plan for notes held by Oberlin College. Mention of reference book “ready for press,” from which Thomas expected a substantial income — possibly first reference to A Source Book for Social Origins. Publisher unnamed. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
2 May 1905 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Remittance on a $100 note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
7 June 1905 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Remittance of interest on notes held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
1 March 1906 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Request for extension on repayment schedule. Mention of expectation of a raise of $1,200 commencing May 1, 1906. (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
15 September 1906 To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Delay in payment on notes held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago). Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
20 June 1907To James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College. Re: Delay in payment on notes held by Oberlin College. (Written from Chicago) See letter of 24 June 1907 in Related Correspondence. Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
Related Correspondence included in Oberlin Archives
15 April 1896 From Harriet Thomas to Mrs. Cressy. Re: Harriet’s health; gratitude for gift of traveling case; comments on unnamed shared acquaintance at Oberlin; discussion of Thomas’s preparations for departure for Europe; giving up Chicago residence during Thomas’s absence; Harriet’s plans for summer (mention of stay at Lake Chautauqua, [New York?] near “the Vincents”). (Written from Chicago) Archives of Oberlin College, Group 21- Oberlin File; Series II: Letters, B: By Oberlin Staff, Spouses, Folder: Thomas, W. I., Box 1.
24 June 1907From James Severance, Treasurer, Oberlin College to W. I. Thomas, Chicago. Re: missing check in correspondence of June 20, 1907. Summary of principal and money outstanding on a note held by Oberlin College. (Written from Oberlin) Archives of Oberlin College: Group: 7/1/5-Treasurer’s Office, Series: Correspondence: Folder: Talbot - Thome: Box 30.
