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1Title:  Elizur Wright Letters     
 Creator:  Wright, Elizur 
 Dates:  1822-1843 
 Abstract:  Elizur Wright, Jr. (1804-1885) was an abolitionist, and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio). Wright took part in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War. His father came from Canaan, Connecticut, to Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1810, where he founded the Tallmadge Academy. The collection consists of letters to Wright, chiefly from his father, Elizur Wright, of Tallmadge, Ohio, together with some from his mother, Rhoda (Hanmer), and from his brother and sister, James and Clarissa, relating to life in Tallmadge, Western Reserve College, and the anti-slavery movement. 
 Call #:  MS 1994 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. | Wright family. | Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio) | Antislavery movements -- United States.
 
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2Title:  Elisha S. Loomis Papers     
 Creator:  Loomis, Elisha S. 
 Dates:  1890-1939 
 Abstract:  Elisha S. Loomis (1852-1940) was a professor of mathematics at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, and head of the mathematics department at Cleveland's West High School. The collection consists of correspondence, autobiography, recollections, speeches, genealogical material, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating to education, geometry, mathematics, Sunday schools in Ohio, and Ohio pioneers. Includes biographical account of Dr. Aaron Schuyler, president of Baldwin University, obituary and cemetery records (1904) of Berea, Ohio, and genealogical material on Clara Byrde Loomis and Michael Shire, and the Beall, Benedict, Lawrence, Leete, Le Fevre, Loomis (Lumas), Oberholtzer, Rhoades, Taylor, Trowbridge, and Wright families. 
 Call #:  MS 2500 
 Extent:  2.80 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  Loomis, Elisha S. (Elisha Scott), 1852-1940. | Schuyler, Aaron, 1828-1913. | Loomis, Clara Byrde. | Shire, Michael. | Beal family. | Benedict family. | Lawrence family. | Leet family. | Le Fevre family. | Loomis family. | Oberholtzer family. | Rhodes family. | Taylor family. | Trowbridge family. | Wright family. | Sunday schools -- Ohio. | Pioneers -- Ohio. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Berea. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Berea. | Berea (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Berea (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
 
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