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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 339 Collections and/or Records:

The Barry H. Downing Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 320
Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence and writings by Barry H. Downing. The correspondence ranges from the late 1960s to the present and is mostly related to his research into the Bible and UFOs. Downing’s writings in this collection include a bound copy of his doctoral dissertation, newspaper articles, book reviews, three bound collections of essays and sermons, and five editions of his book The Bible and Flying Saucers. Additionally, the collection contains reviews by other authors of...
Dates: 1968 - 2014

The George M. Docherty Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 333
Scope and Contents

This collection of papers includes sermons, photos, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Dates: 1953 - 1972

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

The Raymond Douglas Cannata Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 335
Scope and Contents His papers were given in order to provide a glimpse into life at Princeton Seminary during the 1990's, both in the classroom and as part of various student activities, particularly the Charles Hodge Society and the Theological Student Fellowship. For this reason, Mr. Cannata has stipulated that his papers be organized together and that they remain intact as a single collection. This collection consists of copies of course notes preserved from his studies at Princeton Seminary, student...
Dates: 1988 - 1997

The Frederick Edward Christian Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 336
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of sermon manuscripts and audio cassettes of messages by Dr. Christian. The manuscripts were given to the Seminary Archives in November of 1995 and the audio cassettes were given in the spring of 1997. These items were organized as a manuscript collection of the Seminary Archives soon after they were received. The collection is currently housed in three archival boxes (2.5 linear feet).

Dates: 1939 - 1997

The B. Cotter Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 338
Scope and Contents According to a small note accompanying this collection these volumes of handwritten English to Greek dictionaries were donated to the Seminary Library in 1982, by Rev. B. Cotter of St. Carthage's Cathedral in New South Wales, Australia. The identity of "Rev. B. Cotter" is unknown. Attempts to contact the Vicar General of Cathedral Presbytery for information were unsuccessful. These materials had been preserved uncatalogued in archives storage for many years, and were organized as a...
Dates: 1982-02-21

The Lieber-Hegel Source Document Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCM 340
Scope and Contents This collection is related to Francis Lieber's work on Hegel. The so-called "Lieber-Hegel Document" (1865) is believed to have been utilized by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science Church, in the writing of her church's textbook, Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures (1875). It has been charged that some 33 pages of Lieber's work appear nearly verbatim in Mrs. Eddy's book. Further, the substance of over 100 pages of the Lieber-Hegel document appears in Science...
Dates: 1866 - 1980