The Paul Louis Lehmann Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 052

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, sermons, lecture and class notes, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.

Dates

1906 - 1994

Language of Materials

English, German

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 Paul Louis Lehmann Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1906
: Born 10 September in Baltimore, Maryland.
1927
: Received B.A. and B.S. in education from Ohio State University.
1927-1929
: Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Garwood, New Jersey.
1929
: Married Marion N. Lucks
1930
: Received B.D. from Union Theological Seminary.
1930-1932
: Assistant professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary.
1932-1933
: Studied at the Universities of Zurich and Bonn as UTS Fogg Travelling Fellow.
1933-1940
: Assistant Professor and (from 1936) Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Elmhurst College, Illinois.
1936
: Received Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary.
1940-1941
: Associate Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Eden Theological Seminary, Missouri.
1941-1946
: Associate Professor of Biblical History at Wellesley College, Massachusetts.
1946-1947
: Associate Editor of Religious Book Dept. of Westminster Press.
1947-1956
: Associate Professor and (from 1949) Stephen Caldwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary.
1956-1963
: Parkman Professor of Theology and (from 1957) Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School.
1963-1974
: Auburn Professor of Systematic Theology and (from 1968) Charles A. Briggs Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary.
1994
: Died 27 February. Buried in Princeton, New Jersey.

Extent

71.5 Linear Feet (68 Boxes; 1 oversized folder)

Additional Description

Processing Information:

These papers were donated to the Seminary by Dr. Lehmann in April of 1992. The original finding aid was written by Joe L. Coker, under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist, in 1999. The papers were left in their original order. In the finding aid below "PL" refers to Paul Lehmann. The finding aid was edited by Sarah A. Seraphin in January of 2009.