The Carl Hopkins Elmore Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 127

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection includes biographical information, photographs, diary and sermon notebooks, sermons and talks, bulletins and directories, and miscellaneous materials, including Elmore's work "That Difficult Person, Myself." Also included are the papers of his wife Amelia Josephine Burr Elmore.

Dates

1919 - 1956

Language of Materials

English

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.

Preferred Citation

The following is the acceptable citation for publication: The Carl Hopkins Elmore Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1878
: Born, Maryville, Tennessee
1903
: Graduated, Princeton University
1906
: Graduated, Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, New York
1906-1907
: Studied in Scotland and Germany
1907-1920
: Pastor, Briarcliff Congregational Church, Briarcliff, New York
1919-1944
: Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Englewood, New Jersey
1944
: Retired
1947
: Died, Bradenton, New Jersey

Extent

1 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Additional Description

Processing Information:

This collection was processed, and the original finding aid was written in the spring of 1996, by Douglas Denne under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist. The finding aid was edited by Sarah Seraphin and Daved Anthony Schmidt in March of 2009.