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MS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MS
Letters, sermons, lecture notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and other resources from individuals and groups associated with the Seminary and covering Presbyterianism, Christian missions, ecumenism, and many other topics.

Found in 337 Collections and/or Records:

The James Watt Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 166
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a bound scrapbook which the Reverend Watt produced from 1914 to 1922, while a missionary in India. Included in this volume are notes, typescripts of letters, and photographs.

Dates: 1914 - 1923

The J.B. Phillips Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 208
Scope and Content

This collection consists of more than 50 personal letters to and from J.B. Phillips and from Dr. Walter James, from 1953 to 1980. Some letters contain small water colors painted by Mr. Phillips. It also includes some additional miscellanea.

Dates: 1953 - 1982

The Jesse Halsey Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 086
Scope and Content

The papers of the Reverend Jesse Halsey include biographical materials, correspondence, class notes, personal files from his ministry at Seventh Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati and from his professorship at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, personal papers from retirement years, financial papers, papers from Samuel G. Warr, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1914 - 1954

The Jesse Herrmann Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 185
Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence, sermon manuscripts, and typescripts from special lectures written by Jesse Herrmann.

Dates: 1943 - 1949

The Jesse Maxwell Corum Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 228
Scope and Content

This collection consists of manuscript sermons by Jesse Maxwell Corum and a small amount of miscellaneous personal materials that he collected.

Dates: 1913-1961

The Johann Eduard Erdmann Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 138
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two manuscripts by Johann Eduard Erdmann. The manuscripts are bound together, and include a note recorded by Philip Schaff in Halle, Germany (circa 1939).

Dates: 1839 - 1840

The John A. Mackay Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 248
Scope and Content The John A. Mackay Manuscript Collection consists of the personal papers of Princeton Theological Seminary’s third president and contains a variety of materials from throughout his life. The John A. Mackay Collection Accrual, Series XI, was accessioned after the initial John A. Mackay Collection was processed and now stands as that collection’s eleventh series. Content is divided into seven subseries: Writings by John A. Mackay; Personal and Biographical; Latin American Years...
Dates: 1881-2010 (bulk, 1907-1983)

The John Alexander Thompson Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 164
Scope and Content

This collection consists of miscellaneous papers from the life of Dr. John Alexander Thompson, long-time Professor of Old Testament Language and Exegesis at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt.

Dates: 1942 - 1979

The John B. Crowell Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 045
Scope and Content

This collection consists of class notes taken by John B. Crowell during his studies at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Dates: 1922 - 1923

The John Calvin Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 334
Scope and Contents

Photograph facsimiles of Calvin's sermons from Geneva published in the Supplementa Calviniana II with a description on page VII of the introduction, giving a list of blank folios and oddities in pagination of the manuscript. Our photograph facsimiles lack folio pages 1a, 39a, 525a, and 577a.

Photograph facsimiles of: label on back, title on binding, and 616 folio pages worth of material.

Dates: 1513 - 1529