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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 William Miller Paxton Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 090
Scope and Content

This collection consists of sermons, addresses, notes taken as a student, biographical materials, lecture notes, class records, faculty memoranda, and other material from the life of William Miller Paxton.

Dates: 1845-1902

The William Oswald Yates Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 170
Scope and Content

This collection consists of sermons, materials regarding the Presbytery of Baltimore, biographical materials, as well as other miscellaneous items of interest.

Dates: undated

The William Park Armstrong Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 017
Scope and Content

This collection consists of Dr. Armstrong's lecture notes, biographical materials, correspondence, and other typescript notes.

Dates: 1910 - 1928

The William Rowland Spalding Betts Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 172
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a songbook/notebook dated November 14, 1819, at Lansingburgh.

Dates: 1819

The William Roy Dupree Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 076
Scope and Content

This collection includes the course notes of Reverend Doctor William Roy Dupree, taken while a student at Princeton Seminary, 1944-46 (B.D.) and 1953-56 (graduate studies). Notes are photocopies of originals. They provide an excellent window into the classroom life of the Seminary during his years, including notes from courses taught by Émile Cailliet, Joseph Hromádka, Lefferts Loetscher, Paul Lehmann, and many others.

Dates: 1944-1946, 1953-1956

The William Sherman Skinner Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 379
Scope and Contents

The papers of Dr. W. Sherman Skinner were donated to the Seminary Archives in 2000 by his son, the Rev. Sherman Skinner of Lawrenceville, NJ. The collection consists primarily of sermon manuscripts, personal documents, correspondence, and Dr. Skinner's files of sermon illustrations, sermon topics, and scripture references. These items were organized into a manuscript collection in July of 2000.

Dates: 1927 - 1976

The William Swan Plumer Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 053
Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence, sermon notes, biographical materials, bibliographical items, printed articles, and book manuscripts.

Dates: 1832-1883

The William Young Brown Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 239
Scope and Content

The William Young Brown Collection is comprised of approximately 3 feet of manuscripts. It consists primarily of sermons, but also contains lectures. The dates span from 1861 to 1913. The sermons were given primarily in Darby, PA, and often repeated in Narberth, PA, and Boone, IA, although some sermons are original to other locations.

Dates: 1861-1913