Emilie Grace Briggs Papers, 1884-1945
Collection context
- Creator:
- Briggs, Emilie Grace
- Extent:
- 16 boxes (16 boxes 8.75 linear feet)
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains family and publishers correspondence, doctoral dissertation, drafts of books and articles, research notes, bibliography notebooks, collections of devotional quotations, clippings, material relating to her father, memorabilia, and educational certificates.
- Biographical / historical:
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Emilie Grace Briggs (1867-1944); first woman graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1897 and amanuensis for her father, Professor Charles A. Briggs; teacher of New Testament at the New York Training School for Deaconesses.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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- Contact:
- burke@library.columbia.edu