Finding aid for the Elisha S. Loomis Papers
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Loomis, Elisha S.
Title: Elisha S. Loomis Papers
Dates: 1890-1939
Extent: 2.80 linear feet (7 containers)
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.
MS Number MS 2500
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Elisha S. Loomis Papers, 1890-1939 and undated, consist 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.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 3541 Elisha S. Loomis Papers, Series II.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Beal family.
Benedict family.
Berea (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
Berea (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Berea.
Lawrence family.
Le Fevre family.
Leet family.
Loomis family.
Loomis, Clara Byrde.
Loomis, Elisha S. (Elisha Scott), 1852-1940.
Oberholtzer family.
Pioneers -- Ohio.
Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Berea.
Rhodes family.
Schuyler, Aaron, 1828-1913.
Shire, Michael.
Sunday schools -- Ohio.
Taylor family.
Trowbridge family.
Wright family.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2500 Elisha S. Loomis Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gifts of Elisha Scott Loomis.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Elisha S. Loomis Papers 1890-1939 undated

Box
1 Oberholtzer genealogy undated
Box Volume
2 1 English postcards 1908
2 2 Postards and ephemera from journey across the United States 1930
2 1 Speeches, articles, and classes 1920-1931
Box
3 Mathematics reports and class notes (including Cleveland's West High School) 1912-1936
Box Volume
4 1 Recollections and Reflections 1929
4 1-4 Writings, lectures, school papers, Sunday school writings, and miscellaneous papers dates vary
Box Folder
5 1-7 Michael Shire genealogy; Shire and Andrews genealogy; "66 Rhodes families"; Ancestral charts; miscellaneous lineages; Lumas descendants; and list of deaths (Berea, Ohio) dates vary
Box Volume
6 1 Schuyler genealogy undated
6 2 Schuyler manuscript 1934
6 3 Pedigree of Clara Byrde Loomis 1927
6 1 Miscellaneous genealogy data undated
Box
7 Writings and speeches 1890-1937