The Francis Landey Patton Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 066

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This constructed collection includes student notes of Patton lectures, printed lecture notes (with student marginalia by Robert E. Speer), biographical materials, news clippings, and correspondence.

Dates

1871 - 1907

Language of Materials

English

Access:

There are no special restrictions on the accessibility of this collection. It is available for the use of library patrons under the normal rules and conditions of the Seminary Archives.

Preferred Citation

The following is the acceptable citation for publication: The Francis Landey Patton Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1843
: Born in Warwick, Bermuda
1863
: B.A., Knox College, University of Toronto
1863-1865
: Student, Princeton Theological Seminary
1865-1867
: Pastor, 84th St. Church, New York City
1867-1870
: Pastor, Nyack, New York
1874
: Prosecutor, David Swing heresy trial
1874-1881
: Pastor, Jefferson Park Church
1871-1881
: Professor, theology, North-Western Theological Seminary
1878
: Moderator, General Assembly, PCUSA
1881-1888
: Professor, Relations of Philosophy and Science to Christian Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary
1888-1902
: President, Princeton University
1884-1913
: Professor, Ethics, Princeton University
1888-1902
: Lecturer, Theism, Princeton Theological Seminary
1902-1913
: President and Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary
1913-1932
: Resident, Warwick, Bermuda
1932
: Died, Warwick, Bermuda

Biographical Information

President Patton also received honorary doctoral degrees from Hanover College, Yale University, the College of Wooster, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, and Princeton University. He authored three books and numerous articles and pamphlets.

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet (1 Box)

Additional Description

Processing Information:

This collection was organized, and the original finding aid was written by Raymond D. Cannata, under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist in April of 1996. In May of 2004, Special Collections was gifted photographs of Patton's tombstone and church in Bermuda, which were added to the end of the collection. The finding aid was edited by Sarah Seraphin in February of 2009.