M. Henry Bittinger lecture notes

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SCM 321

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 4 hardbound volumes of handwritten lecture notes by Michael Henry Bittenger from his time as a student at Princeton Theological Seminary. Notes are for the following courses: didactic theology, taught by Charles Hodge; physics and natural philosophy, taught by John Loomis; church history, taught by James Waddell Alexander; analecta theologica.

Dates

1849 - 1850

Conditions Governing Access

There are no special restrictions to the access of this collection. It may be examined by library patrons under the normal rules and conditions of Special Collections.

Biographical / Historical

Michael Henry Bittinger was born October 14, 1826, in Washington D.C. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1852, was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 28, 1852, and ordained by Greenbrier Presbytery at Point Pleasant, Va., May 10, 1856. He taught at several schools throughout West Virginia from 1852 to 1875. He married Martha R. Moffett in 1858. He died February 22, 1913, in Greenville, W. Va.