About the Author

Geoffrey Blodgett (AB Oberlin, 1953; Ph.D. Harvard, 1960) was the Robert S. Danforth Professor of History at Oberlin College. His specialties included American intellectual history, American political history, and the social history of American architecture. He was the author of Oberlin Architecture, College, and Town: A Guide to Its Social History (Kent State University Press, 1985) and Cass Gilbert: The Early Years

Reviews

"Geoffrey Blodgett was a much-loved professor and a distinguished scholar of American history who dedicated his entire academic career to Oberlin College and its students. This anthology... of subtle and sophisticated work... illuminates the history of a great college, the intellect of a gifted historian, and the character of an extraordinarily humane and gentle man." - from the Foreword by Nancy S. Dye, president of Oberlin College"