The Robert Franklin Bunting Manuscript Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SCM 036

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection consists of three volumes of diary notes, which Bunting produced while a student at the Seminary:

The collection also consists of biographical and historical manuscript materials.

Dates

1849-1852

Language of Materials

English

Access:

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

Preferred Citation

The following is the acceptable citation for publication: The Robert Franklin Bunting Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1828 May 9
: Born, Hookstown, Pennsylvania
1849
: Graduated, Washington College, Pennsylvania
1849-1852
: Student, Princeton Theological Seminary
1852 November 9
: Ordained, Presbytery of Washington
1853-1856
: Stated supply, La Grange and Columbus, Texas
1856-1861
: Stated supply, First Church, San Antonio
1861-1865
: Chaplain, Confederate States of America
1865
: Given honorary doctorate, Hampden-Sydney College
1865-1866
: Stated supply, First Church, Nashville, Tennessee
1866-1868
: Pastor, First Church, Nashville, Tennessee
1868-1880
: Pastor, First Church, Galveston, Texas
1876-1879
: Editor, Texas Presbyterian
1881-1884
: Stated supply, First Church, Rome, Georgia
1884-1885
: Pastor, Rome, Georgia
1885-1889
: Financial agent, Southwestern Presbyterian University
1889-1891
: Pastor, Gallatin, Tennessee
1891 December 19
: Died, Lebanon, Tennessee

Biographical Information

Robert F. Bunting was born in Hookstown, Pennsylvania in 1828. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson) in 1849, and earned his B.D. from Princeton Seminary in 1852. He served as a Presbyterian pastor until his death in September of 1891.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 Box)

Additional Description

Processing Information:

These journals were given to the Seminary sometime prior to June 14, 1951, when they were marked with the library's dated stamp. For many years these volumes were maintained as part of the Seminary's "Alumni Alcove" collection. They were organized as a manuscript collection in October of 1996. Two manuscript folders were added to the collection in October 2013.