4492464Charles Cotton Kimball papers 4492464Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-27 20:41:25 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.appm2010-12-13XML instance created by Erin Campbell.2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.2019-05-20EAD spot checked and corrected and description updated by Leah Edelman. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary Charles Cotton Kimball papers Kimball, Charles Cotton, 1834-1905 4492464 English /repositories/5/resources/6220 0.5 Linear Feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box 1859 -- 1862 UTS Alumnus of 1862 and Reverend. The collection contains manuscript notebooks detailing lectures by professors at UTS. Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

 Conditions Governing Access

The following boxes are located offsite: Box 1. Please note that requests for use of boxes held in offsite storage must be made three business days in advance.

 Provenance

Gift of Charles Cotton Kimball's widow on March 13, 1909.

 Biographical / Historical

Charles Cotton Kimball was born on May 20, 1834 in Newport, New Hampshire. He graduated from Beloit College in 1859 before attending Union Theological Seminary and graduating in 1862. He became licensed to preach in 1862, then was ordained as an Evangelist by the Third Presbytery in New York on September 11, 1863. Reverend Kimball served as acting pastor at various locations from 1863 to 1903, including First Church in Erie, Pennsylvania, Second Church in Bennington, Vermont, and locations in New York City, Washington, DC, and Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Kimball died in 1905.

 Burke Library record group:

Union Theological Seminary Archives: UTS 1, papers of faculty and students

 Preferred Citation

Item description, UTS1: Charles Cotton Kimball papers, 1859-1862, box #, and folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

 Processing Information

Volumes were cataloged by Lynn A. Grove on 1988-07-12. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. The finding aid was created by Erin Campbell in 2015 with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, and edited by Leah Edelman in 2020.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains Charles Cotton Kimball's bound manuscript notebooks detailing lectures at Union Theological Seminary from 1859 – 1862. The volumes describe Dr. Edward Robinson's lectures on Old Testament and New Testament history, Dr. R.D. Hitchcock's lectures on Church History, Dr. H.B. Smith's lectures on Systematic Theology and the Trinity, and Dr. T.H. Skinner's lectures on the Church and Pastoral Theology,and also include Dr. Hitchcock's recommended book list for a clergyman's library.

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Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Information concerning copyright, fair use, and reproduction requests can be consulted at Columbia's Copyright Advisory Office.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged by numerical order of volumes.

 Church history -- Study and teaching Theology, Doctrinal -- Study and teaching Trinity Lecture notes Robinson, Edward, 1794-1863 Hitchcock, Roswell D. (Roswell Dwight), 1817-1887 Smith, Henry Boynton, 1815-1877 Skinner, Thomas H (Thomas Harvey), 1791-1871 Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) Volume 1: Old Testament, New Testament and Church History/repositories/5/archival_objects/88136111Volume 2: Church History/repositories/5/archival_objects/88136212Volume 3: Systematic Theology/repositories/5/archival_objects/88136313Volume 4: Church and booklist for clergyman's library/repositories/5/archival_objects/88136414Volume 5: Systematic Theology/repositories/5/archival_objects/88136515Volume 6: Pastoral Theology and the Trinity/repositories/5/archival_objects/88136616