Henry Sloane Coffin Papers, 1865-1983, bulk 1885-1954

Creator:: Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954 and Noyes, Morgan Phelps, 1891-
Extent:: 37 boxes 37 boxes 20.75 linear feet
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence; sermons; Presbyterian Church materials including letters relating to possible union of the Presbyterian Church and the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A., 1937-1954; letters and materials relating to Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey; manuscript for A HALF-CENTURY OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, ca. 1954; and manuscripts and galley proofs by biographer M.P. Noyes, ca. 1964.
Biographical / historical:: Henry Sloane Coffin (1877-1954); Presbyterian minister, pastoral theologian, ecumenist, and Union Theological Seminary president.

Acquisition information:

Correspondence, sermons, manuscripts, galley proofs.

Processing information:

Correspondence, sermons, manuscripts, galley proofs Cataloged Lynn A. Grove 07/07/88.

Rules or conventions:

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Other information:

Part of Union Theological Seminary Collection

In Archives.

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