MS. Manuscript Collections

Scope and Content The provenance of these papers is unknown, though the name "F.A. Aston" is written at the top of page 355 in folder 3. Special Collections is home to the Frederick Alfred Aston Manuscript Collection, for which there are also no accession records. It is therefore unclear whether Aston transcribed this text. Other papers in the collection point to the possibility that these were working papers for a dissertation, but the authorship remains unknown. Acta...

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The Arthur M. Adams Manuscript Collection consists of approximately 5 linear feet of documents pertaining to Adam’s work as a pastor and a professor. Inclusive dates are from 1942 to 1979, with the majority of the content falling between 1950 and 1970. The collection has been divided into three series, grouped by subject matter. These series are 1-Sermons, 2-Teaching Materials, and 3-Bible Class Talks.

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This collection includes classnotes and lectures, chiefly on Biblical history and church history, and personal correspondence.

Scope and Content This collection consists of personal papers and documents from the life of Archibald Alexander. In addition to many texts of lectures and sermons, the collection also contains notes on lectures and sermons taken both by Alexander and by his students. Lectures on polemics, and on the theologies of different religions and sects are particularly varied and comprehensive. There is little correspondence, but there are some early journals, manuscripts for longer writings, and some publications and...

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These papers consist of ten sermons, all but two of which were given in Virginia during the 1860s and some of which discuss the war in sympathy with the Confederacy.

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These papers consist primarily of Maitland Alexander’s sermons from 1898 to 1927, and also contain some addresses and talks for these same years.

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This collection contains articles Allen wrote while he was a student at Princeton University (graduated 1954) and Princeton Theological Seminary. The articles appeared in student publications at the University and the Seminary.

Abstract The George S. Hendry Collection documents the career, correspondences, and academic pursuits of the systematic theologian, George S. Hendry. It consists of Hendry's course notes from his long teaching career, correspondences at all stages of his life, sermons given, book projects Hendry worked on and edited for others, research materials and papers of Hendry himself, excerpts from the American Theological Society which Hendry was a part of, and a large collection of papers, books, and...

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This collection consists of William Schenck's personal journal (1842-1850), correspondence, and biographical materials.

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This collection consists of primary materials relating to Presbyterian missions work in China in the 1920s and 1930s. It includes letters and items relating to the Scott and the Stam missionary families.