The Archibald Alexander Hodge Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 007

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection contains lectures, sermons, addresses, correspondence, examinations, genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items from the life of Archibald Alexander Hodge. The vast majority of Archibald Alexander Hodge's manuscript materials are not dated. It is therefore impossible to give an exact date for most documents. Bracketed dates indicate approximations

Dates

1833 - 1886

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 Archibald Alexander Hodge Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library

Chronology

1823 July 18
: Born, Princeton, New Jersey
1841
: Student, College of New Jersey (Now Princeton University)
1847
: Ordained as evangelist by the Presbytery of New Brunswick
1847-1850
: Missionary, Allahabad, India
1851-1855
: Pastor, Lower West Nottingham, Maryland
1855-1861
: Pastor, Fredericksburg, Virginia
1861-1864
: Pastor, First Church of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1862
: DD, College of New Jersey (Now Princeton University)
1864-1877
: Professor, Didactic and Polemical Theology, Western Theological Seminary
1865
: Stated supply, First Church of Pittsburgh
1866-1877
: Pastor, North Church, Allegheny City
1876
: LLD, College of Wooster
1877-1879
: Associate Professor, Exegesis, Didactic and Polemical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
1879-1886
: Professor, Didactic and Polemical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
1886 November 11
: Died, Princeton, New Jersey

Extent

3.9 Linear Feet (10 Boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Series I: (Box 1-Box 6) Lectures

Series II: (Box 6 - Box 9 Sermons

Series III: (Box 9) Addresses

Series IV: (Box 9) Correspondence

Series V: (Box 10) Examinations, Genealogical Materials, Newspaper Clippings, and Miscellany

Related Material

See also the following materials in Special Collections:

The Henry Augustus Boardman Manuscript Collection

The Francis Landey Patton Manuscript Collection

See also:

The Charles Hodge Papers, 1773-1930 (bulk 1811-1886) Princeton University Library, Manuscripts Division

Processing Information:

This collection was processed and the finding aid was written by Douglas F. Denné in the winter of 1994, under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist. Additional information was added to the finding aid by Raymond Cannata in November of 1996, and by Kenneth Henke in July 2008. The finding aid was edited by Sarah Seraphin in February of 2009