New Materials in the Mark Heald Papers
The wonderful materials received by the Oberlin College
Archives in 2019 include additions to the Mark Heald Papers. Class of 1914, Mark
Mortimer Heald saw active military service during World War I, worked under
Herbert Hoover in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and later taught
history at Rutgers and Princeton Universities. Spanning from 1907 to 1919, the
correspondence and printed materials exchanged between Mark, family, and
friends offer detailed accounts of early 20th-century courtship,
student life at Oberlin, and wartime France and occupied Germany.
Written by Emma Larson, Archives Student Assistant. Emma is processing the new materials in the Heald Papers.
Written by Emma Larson, Archives Student Assistant. Emma is processing the new materials in the Heald Papers.
The above photograph, inscribed on the back by Mark Heald, was
taken during the World War I Victory Parade as it passed by the reviewing stand at
the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 13, 1919.