William Adams (1807-1880) was pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in New York City when he helped found the Union Theological Seminary. He was president of the Seminary from 1874 to 1880. His son-in-law, John Crosby Brown (1838-1909), was a...
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William Adams (1807-1880) was pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in New York City when he helped found the Union Theological Seminary. He was president of the Seminary from 1874 to 1880. His son-in-law, John Crosby Brown (1838-1909), was a banker who was also on the board of the Seminary, becoming president in 1897. Brown's oldest son, William Adams Brown (1865-1943), was a Presbyterian minister who taught theology at the Seminary from 1892 to 1936. He served as acting president of Yale University from 1919 to 1920. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Rev. William Adams Brown, his wife, Helen Gilman Noyes Brown, and various members of the Brown, Noyes and Adams families. Correspondence, 1862-1937, primarily concerns personal and domestic matters of the families. Other papers include an address given by John Crosby Brown in 1898, memorials of Rev. Dr. William Adams, and family memorabilia.
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