Found 31 collections related to Clergy

A small quantity of letters, notes, calling cards, autographs, and other items from American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman Edward Everett Hale. Several letters are to New York Public Library Director John Shaw Billings, and relate to books owned by James Lenox. Also included is an emended draft of an essay titled "Ministry", and a menu from a dinner at the Aldine Club held in Hale's honor less

The collection consists of correspondence and other papers of prominent members of the interrelated McKim and Garrison families collected by Margaret McKim Maloney and others. Included are papers of architect Charles Follen McKim, abolitionists James Miller McKim, William Lloyd Garrison, James H. Garrison, and their descendants. Papers of James Miller McKim, 1828-1882, contain correspondence, accounts, family and personal miscellany, and clippings. Papers of his son Charles Follen McKim, 1857-1908, include correspondence, his diary of a walking tour in 1863, speeches, personal miscellany, and a sketch by Charles Dana Gibson, and printed matter. Also included is correspondence of Margaret McKim Maloney, Wendell Phillips Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., Frank J. Garrison, Moncure Conway, Wendell Phillips, and Edward and Mathilda Kyllman. less

Typescript extracts of a journal kept by Isaac Watts Platt (b. 1788) while pastor of the Presbyterian Church, West Farms, New York, 1847-1858. The entries concern difficulties of the pastor and give details of church history. Also includes a record of baptisms, marriages, and burials performed. A portrait of Platt is also included. Copy made by Charles D. Platt, grandson of the pastor less

Isaac Pendleton Langworthy (1806-1888) was a Congregational clergyman in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In addition to serving as a minister, he was corresponding secretary of the American Congregational Union and a member of the American Congregational Association of Boston. Collection consists of papers of Isaac Langworthy, his wife Sarah Williams Langworthy, their son Frank, and various other family members. Papers of Isaac P. Langworthy include his personal creed, letters he received, accounts, sermons, notebooks, and miscellaneous materials. Sarah Langworthy's papers contain letters and notebooks. Also, correspondence, 1869 diary and papers of Frank Langworthy; and certificates and records of or about other family members. less

Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of the Hale family of Newburyport, Mass. Includes letters, chiefly to relatives, from Benjamin Hale, Sr. (1797-1863), president of Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., and from Benjamin Hale, Jr.; copies of lectures given at Geneva, N.Y. by Benjamin Hale, Sr.; correspondence, 1825-1847, of the Reverend John March; letters to Josiah Little Hale (1803-1875) and Thomas Hale (1800-1854), insurance company executives in Brooklyn, N.Y., relating to their business and charitable affairs; papers pertaining to the receivership of the Merchants Marine Insurance Company and to other insurance firms; and papers, 1844-1845, concerning the building of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y. less

Diary kept by Henry Clay Fish as pastor of First Baptist Church of Newark, N.J., describing his pastoral duties, marriages, baptisms, prayer meetings, etc.; as well as the preparation of his sermons and other writings; his secretaryship of New Jersey Baptist Education Society; his visits to neighboring towns, New England, and elsewhere less

American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. Collection include letters, notes and telegrams from Henry Ward Beecher, 1851-1881 to various correspondents; clipped signatures; a holograph manuscript, "Abide with Us" (8 p.), and notes (2 p.). Also three letters to him, 1872, 1875 (with Beecher's response), 1878; and two letters by Eunice W. (Mrs. Henry Ward) Beecher, 1896, n.d., concerning her family history and an exchange of photographs. Papers related to the Tilton vs. Beecher trial include letters to Beecher from members of the public expressing support; trial notes, subpoenas, an exhibit list, and trial pass; and original manuscript letters to the Editor of the New York Tribune, 1874-1875, emended for publication, from persons connected with the legal parties or events relating to the trial, among them Catharine E. Beecher. With two signed cartes-de-visite photographs, of Eunice W. Beecher and of Henry Ward Beecher; an engraved portrait of Henry Ward Beecher; and clippings, invitations, and ephemera concerned in some way with Henry Ward Beecher. less

James Chrystal (1832-1908) was an Episcopal minister of New York City. Collection consists of letter book, 1879-1890, miscellaneous letters received, diaries, account books for subscriptions to Chrystal's printed works, records of marriages and baptisms performed by Chrystal, accounts of a journey to Palestine, 1878, and of visits to various churches, and other papers. less

John William Holm was a clergyman in the West Indies. Collection consists of Holm's sermons, addresses and notes on natural theology and on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle. Includes sermons delivered at Brooklyn, N.Y., and Reading, Pa.; addresses, 1861-1862, given on emancipation of the British West Indian colonies; and an address given before a branch of the Freedman Relief Association. less

Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, law papers, receipts, genealogical sketches, obituaries, and other papers of Samuel Jones (1734-1819) and of the Jones and related families of Long Island, N.Y., and New York City. Includes accounts, 1743-1767, of Cornelius Turck; papers, 1773-1787, concerning the estate of Elbert Haring of New York; biographical sketches of Rev. John Youngs and his descendants; and articles and poems of James M. Burtis. Other persons represented include David Jones, Elbert Haring Jones and his wife, Margery Fleet Youngs Jones, and Samuel Jones (1770-1853). Correspondents include Aaron Burr, John Jay, James Kent, and Philip Schuyler. less

Congregational minister of the First Church of Waterbury, Conn. Sermons and other papers. Includes reports of the Connecticut General Conference and of the Annual State Conference, 1872; an essay on the Tutelo Indians, 1876-1903; and a few compositions of William Anderson, 1881-1882. less

John Betts Calvert (1852-1928) was a Baptist minister and editor. Collection consists of notebooks kept by Calvert while attending the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, relating to religion. Includes extracts from the Bible, sermons, psalms, and prayers; notebook on physics kept while attending the University of Rochester; a volume entitled "A Complete Exposition of Early Roman Law;" two autograph albums; and other papers. less

Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an English author and clergyman. A prolific writer, his published works included religious works, travel narratives, novels, verse, biography, and amateur antiquarian studies. He is probably best known for writing the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers.". Collection includes letters from Baring-Gould to F. Bligh Bond concerning details of church architecture and construction in English rural churches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the letters are illustrated. less

Rev. Robert R. Horwood was a Protestant Episcopal clergyman who served in New York State, Scotland, and England. Record book of Rev. Robert R. Horwood, dating 1854-1878, documents his activities as a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, from his ordination in the Western Diocese of New York to his appointment as vicar of St. Michael's at an unspecified location in England in 1878. From 1854-1865, he served parishes in the communities of Fayetteville and Jamesville in Onondaga County, Theresa and Redwood in Jefferson County, Angelica and Belvidere in Allegany County, and Warsaw in Wyoming County, New York, and visited others in western New York. Horwood traveled to Scotland in 1865, and with the exceptions of brief periods of service in western New York in early 1866 and the Spring of 1874, he served or visited parishes in Scotland (1865-1868) and England (1868-1878). The volume lists his official appointments as a clergyman 1854-1869, most frequently in the position of parish rector; church services held in New York State and Great Britain, 1854-1878; parishes served or visited in Scotland and England, 1865-1871; Holy Communion administered, 1855-1878; baptisms, 1854-1878; marriages, 1854-1877; confirmations 1854-[1877]; individuals admitted to Holy Communion, 1856-1869, 1877; and burials, 1854-1878. The entries are recorded in a blankbook entitled The Clergyman's Private Register by Rev. O. Witherspoon (Buffalo: M. Taylor, 1861). less

Richard Heber Newton (1840-1914), an Episcopal clergyman, was rector of All Soul's Church in New York City from 1869 to 1902. Collection consists of letters from prominent persons, sermons delivered by Newton, subject indexes used in preparing Newton's writings, catalogs of Newton's library, photographs, and related papers. less

Letters to the Rev. Nathaniel J. Ostrander, 1889-1927, and his daughter Gertrude, 1927-1942, from members of the Ostrander family in the United States in response to his requests for information needed to compile an Ostrander genealogy. The collection also contains copies of some of his outgoing letters, his genealogical research notes, a few transcripts of 17th and 18th century indentures, and several original documents, 1804-1819, including an 1804 letter to Cornelius Ostrander of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York from his brother in Leyden, and an inventory of goods and their value taken by Nathaniel Ostrander. less

Among the notable members of the Dwight family of Connecticut were: Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a Congregational minister and president of Yale College; Theodore Dwight (1764-1846), a lawyer, editor and author; Theodore Dwight, Jr. (1796-1866), author and educator; and Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786-1850), educator and Congregational minister. Collection consists of letters, 1795-1815, and notebook of Timothy Dwight; letters, 1789-1843, poems, and miscellaneous documents of Theodore Dwight; correspondence, 1815-1866, diary (published in 1824 under the title "A Journal of a Tour in Italy, In the Year 1821") of a tour through Italy and Europe, poems, and notes of Theodore Dwight, Jr.; letters, 1821-1828, of Sereno Edwards Dwight; letters, 1836-1853, to various members of the Dwight family; and letters, 1828-1852, poems, and other papers of the Alsop family. less

George Beal, an American clergyman, was head of the Ministerial Bureau of the City of Boston. Collection consists of letters to Beal from ministers in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania seeking preaching assignments, both temporary and permanent. less

Rev. Francis J. Schneider, a Protestant minister (1832-1907?) who emigrated to the United States from Germany, was known as the "marrying parson" for the nearly 20,000 marriages he performed from 1869 to 1906. The collection consist of his copies of the marriage records he submitted to the Health Department. The forms include the bride's and groom's name, address, occupation, age, race, place of birth, parents' names, and number of times married. The forms are signed by the bride, groom, and witnesses. less

William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) was a Unitarian theologian. His nephew, also named William Ellery Channing (1817-1901), was a poet and biographer of Henry Thoreau. The collection contains outgoing letters from both Channing the clergyman, and his nephew, the poet. Also included are drafts of poems by the younger Channing, and ephemera relating to a centennial concert given at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in honor of the elder Channing less

This collection contains the papers of the ancestors of Cornelius von Erden Mitchell, members of the Mitchell, Davis, Spingler and Van Beuren families and their connections. The materials in this collection include correspondence, photographs, daguerreotypes, legal documents, writings, scrapbooks and maps. The materials in this collection range in date from 1706-1957. less

Caroline Augusta White Soule (1824-1903) was an American author and Universalist missionary and minister. After the death in 1843 of her husband, Henry Birdsall Soule, a Universalist minister, she supported her children by writing and teaching. In 1869 she helped found and was the president of the Woman's Centenary Association, a Universalist organization whose purpose was to aid disabled preachers and their families, assist women stuudying for the ministry, and do missionary work in the U.S. and abroad. In 1879 she started St. Paul's Universalist Church in Glasgow, Scotland, and served as its pastor. Collection consists of correspondence, newsclippings and other printed matter. Bulk of the correspondence is Soule's letters to Rev. Henry Williamson, Universalist pastor in Dundee, Scotland, concerning her missionsary work, her preaching in Scotland and the U.S., and family and personal matters. Other papers contain manuscript and printed materials about her life; announcement and programs, 1875-1890; printed copy of a sermon delivered by Soule in 1890; and letters, 1878-1916, to Rev. Williamson from others. less

Papers of Congregational clergyman Clarence Finster, including a diary documening his journey from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Iowa City, Iowa, 17 July-28 August, 1873, while seeking a teaching position. Also includes various letters, photos, clippings, etc. of the Finster family, 1853-1928. less