Martha Letitia Edwards papers, circa 1920

Creator:
Edwards, Martha L., -1926
Abstract:
This collection contains a typescript report compiled by Dr. Martha Letitia Edwards detailing material located in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin relating to the study of Indian Missions from 1700-1840. Denominations include Baptist; Catholic; Congregational; Friends; Methodist; Moravian; Presbyterian; Protestant Episcopal; and Interdenominational Societies including but not limited to the Algic Society and the Indian Mission Association.
Extent:
0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains a 159 page typescript report compiled by Edwards detailing material located in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin relating to the study of Indian Missions from 1700-1840. Denominations include Baptist; Catholic; Congregational; Friends; Methodist; Moravian; Presbyterian; Protestant Episcopal; and Interdenominational Societies including but not limited to the Algic Society and the Indian Mission Association. Edwards kept three things in mind when compiling the research. The first was to collect material for the study of Indian missions which may shed light on the story of westward expansion. Secondly, Edwards tried to arrange the material in the hopes of indicating the development of missionary organizations. Finally, Edwards attempted to show the connection between the religious organizations and the political authority.

Biographical / historical:

Martha Letitia Edwards attended the University of Wisconsin, where in 1913 she submitted a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts titled, "The growth of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States from 1820 to 1840." In 1916, Edwards submitted a thesis at the University of Wisconsin for a Doctor of Philosophy degree titled, "Government patronage of Indian missions, 1789-1832." Edwards later became a professor in the extension division of the University of Wisconsin. Edwards died in Madison, Wisconsin in 1926.

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Item description, MRL10: Martha Letitia Edwards papers, 1920, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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