The Alexander Taggart McGill Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 013

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection includes student notes taken by Isaac Hiram Condit in Dr. McGill’s classes on homiletics and church government (1873-1874), correspondence, biographical materials, printed questions on homiletics (1864) and miscellanea.

Dates

1864-1873

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 Alexander Taggart McGill Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1807
: Born, Canonsburg, PA
1826
: Graduated from Jefferson College
1826-1831
: Attorney
1831-1834
: Student, Canonsburg Theological Seminary
1835
: Ordained into the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
1835-1842
: Pastor, Carlisle, PA
1842-1854
: Professor, Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, Western Theological Seminary
1854-1859
: Professor, Pastoral Theology, Church Government, and Homiletics, Princeton Theological Seminary
1859-1860
: Professor, Church History and Practical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
1851-1859
: Professor, Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, Princeton Theological Seminary
1860-1861
: Professor, Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, Princeton Theological Seminary
1861-1883
: Professor, Ecclesiastical, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
1889
: Died, Princeton, NJ

Biographical Information

Dr. McGill also received honorary doctorates from Franklin and Marshall College and the College of New Jersey (Princeton University). He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1848.

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet (1 Box)

Additional Description

Related Material

See also the following materials in Special Collections:

The Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield Manuscript Collection (Student lecture notes)

The Edward John Hamilton Manuscript Collection (Student lecture notes)

Processing Information:

This collection was processed, and the original finding aid was written, by Raymond D. Cannata in March of 1994 under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist. The finding aid was edited by Sarah Seraphin in February of 2009.