The Robert Hamill Nassau Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 100

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection consists of diaries (1880-1919), essays, poems, correspondence, legal documents, clippings, sermons, mementos, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.

Dates

1849 - 1921

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 Hamill Nassau Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1835 October 11
: Born, Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania. Son of Rev. Charles William and Hannah Hamill Nassau
1854
: Graduated, College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
1854-1856
: Teacher, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
1856-1859
: Student, Princeton Theological Seminary
1857
: M.A., College of New Jersey
1861
: M.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical School
1861 April 17
: Ordained, Presbytery of New Brunswick
1861-1864
: Missionary, Corisco, Africa
1862 September 17
: Married Mary Cloyd Latta, teacher at the Evangasimba girl's school in Corisco
1865-1871
: Missionary, Benita, Africa
1870 September 10
: Mary Nassau dies
1874-1891
: Missionary, Ogowe River, Africa
1881 October 10
: Married Mary Brunette Foster, Lakewood, New Jersey
1884 August 8
: Mary Nassau dies in childbirth in Kângwe, Africa
1891
: D.D., University of Pennsylvania
1893-1908
: Missionary, Gabon, Africa
1900-1902
: Missionary, Batanga
1903
: Missionary, Gabon, Africa
1904-1906
: Missionary, Batanga
1907-1908
: Stated Supply, Starke, Waldo and Hawthorne, Florida
1910-1921
: Resident, Ambler, Pennsylvania
1921 May 6
: Died, Ambler, Pennsylvania

Extent

6.2 Linear Feet (15 Boxes)

Additional Description

Related Material

See also the following materials in the Special Collections:

The Henry H. Bucher, Jr. Collection (of Africana)

Processing Information:

This collection was organized and the original finding aid was written in the fall of 1992, by Douglas F. Denné, under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist. The finding aid was edited in March of 2009 by Sarah Seraphin.