"Jeff" Blodgett (1931-2001; OC 1953) was an esteemed and beloved faculty member in the History Department from 1960 to his retirement in 2000. He became the college's unofficial historian following the unexpected death of his mentor, Robert S. Fletcher, at the age of 59. His teaching was described as superlative, and his scholarship resulted in numerous articles as well as several books, among them Oberlin Architecture, College and Town: A Guide to its Social History (1985), and Oberlin History: Essays and Impressions (published posthumously in 2006).
Processing the Blodgett Papers involved the Associate Archivist, Anne Salsich, the Archives and Special Collections Intern, Becky Sparagowski, and student assistants Rachel Marcus (OC 2020) and Kira Zimmerman (OC 2019).