Found 51 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

Letters (1932-1926) of Arthur M. Rupp, Robert Reidt, Margaret W. Rowen, and others, relating to religious activities, and to a prophecy of the destruction of New York City in 1926. Also includes circular letters, clippings, and flyers relating the Adventists of Long Island, New York, and Hollywood, California 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

Autograph letter signed (4 p.) from British author Aldous Huxley at Llano, California, 1942 September 6, to L. P. Jacks, a British author, educator, philosopher and Unitarian minister. Responding to a query in Jacks’s last letter concerning Prometheus, Huxley discusses the nature of reality and evil, political power, certain French Christian mystics (Père Joseph and Pierre de Bérulle), and the possible uses of mystical practice. less

S.R. Leland was an American clergyman. Collection consists of letters, 1918-1919, by Leland to his wife while he was YMCA secretary with the A.E.F. in France and England, describing the English and French countryside, his duties as YMCA secretary (including problems in securing supplies and entertainment for soldiers), and conditions of troops in France. Also, letters to him and an undated account by A.E. Hungerford of the torpedoing of the S.S. Oronsa, on which Leland sailed to England. 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

Samuel Farmar Jarvis (1786-1851) was an Episcopal clergyman. Collection consists of correspondence and family papers of Jarvis. Letters are from publishers, booksellers, friends, and Jarvis's children at school in Europe. Topics include Jarvis's writings, his library, personal finances and family affairs. less

Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the first geography publication in the U.S. Morse established the Andover Theological Seminary (1808), the New England Tract Society (1814), and the American Bible Society (1816). He started several periodicals and devoted the latter part of his life to working in behalf of American Indians and the poor. Collection consists of correspondence, sermon and journal. Correspondence, 1779-1850, is from authors, booksellers, clergy, mapmakers, and Morse family members, and concerns religious matters and geography. Journal, 1805, details his visit to the Isles of Shoals in Maine and New Hampshire. less

Jesse Pound was an American clergyman who flourished in the mid-19th century in Manlius, New York, and New York City. Record book consists of notes for Bible classes and entries for marriages, baptisms and burials at which Pound officiated while he was connected with churches in Manlius and New York City. 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

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

Edward Winslow (1722-1780), a native of Boston and the son of Joshua and Elizabeth Winslow, graduated from Harvard College in 1741 and was ordained an Anglican priest in England in 1755, where he was appointed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to the mission of Stratford, Conn. Winslow was later appointed to Braintree, Mass., and was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. He died in New York City in 1780. The journal recounts Edward Winslow's voyage from Boston to Dover, England, 1754 December 16-1755 January 21 on the ship Earl of Halifax; his ordination in London and appointment to the mission of Stratford, Conn.; his daily activities, including concerts and plays attended; his touring of London and surrounding areas, including Cambridge, Greenwich and Oxford; his return voyage on H.M.S. Sphinx from Spithead to New York via Madeira, 1755 June 29-September 2; and travel to Boston via Stratford, Conn. and other stops, arriving home 1755 September 30. Entries during the voyage from Boston to London consist mainly of meteorological and navigational observations. Authorship of the diary is assigned from information in the text concerning his ordination and appointment to Stratford. 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

Donald S. Harrington, 1914-2005, was the Minister of the Community Church of New York, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, from 1944-1982. He also served as president of the United World Federalists, and as chairman of the Liberal Party of New York, 1966-1982. His papers consist of correspondence, sermons and other writings, topical files, estate and financial papers, and miscellaneous printed material reflecting Harrington's religious and political activities. 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