William Adams papers, 1830 -- 1909

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Series 1: Memorial books, 1830 -- 1909

This series is open for research.

2.25 linear feet; 2.25 linear feet; 5 boxes

This series contains bound "In Memoriam" books. There is a four volume set, followed by three other books for a total of seven books. Volume one contains family notices, sermons and addresses, tributes to Dr. Adams, notes on his resignation from the pastorate, his last illness, the death of Dr. Adams, and obituary notices. The topics are covered by newspaper clippings, typescripts, and published pamphlets. Volume two contains correspondence to members of Adams' family and other individuals, congratulatory letters on the Bishop Potter controversy, pastoral letters and letters to the senior class of UTS in 1880, and an account of a visit to the Czar and the Evangelical Alliance abroad. The letters are typed copies which also contain pasted newspaper clippings. Volume three contains sermons, addresses, correspondence, minutes, and further obituary and death information for William Adams. The materials are typed copies and also contain pasted newspaper clippings. The end of the book contains original material including a diploma from Andover Seminary dated 1830. Volume four contains typed copies of letters to Adams's first wife, Susan, from 1830, and to his second wife, Martha, 1834-1835. The final letter is one from Martha to her husband dated 1880. Untitled volumes 1-2 were created to memorialize Dr. Adams after his death; however the publication of the books never came to fruition. His daughter Mary E. Brown made two typed copies of these books. One pertained to William Adams' time as President of Union from 1873-1880, and contains a series of letters and testimonials on Dr. Adams's work at the seminary, with reminiscences of the faculty as well as the students after Adams' death. Thomas Hastings, Charles Cuthbert Hall, Charles Briggs, Francis Brown and Charles Gillett are just a few of the people who reminisced about Adams in the book dated 1893-1909. There are two copies of this volume. The final volume contains newspaper clippings and whole newspapers, sermons, pamphlets, typescripts, and obituaries for William Adams.

This series is arranged in numerical order by volume.



Box Series 1 Box 1 Volume 1, 1850 -- 1906


Box Series 1 Box 1 Volume 2, 1858 -- 1880



Box Series 1 Box 2 Volume 3, 1830 -- 1908


Box Series 1 Box 2 Volume 4, 1830 -- 1835



Box Series 1 Box 3 Box Series 1 Box 4 [Untitled volumes], 1893-1909



Box Series 1 Box 5 [Untitled volumes], 1858-1880

Series 2: Sermons, 1834-1873

This series is open for research.

12 linear feet; 12 linear feet; 24 boxes

This series contains sermons written by Adams from the 1830s through the mid-1870s.

This series is arranged chronologically.



Box Series 2 Box 1 Numbers 62-115, 1834-1835



Box Series 2 Box 2 Numbers 116-171, 1836-1837



Box Series 2 Box 3 Numbers 172-234, 1837-1838



Box Series 2 Box 4 Numbers 235-279, 1838-1839



Box Series 2 Box 5 Numbers 280-344, 1840-1841



Box Series 2 Box 6 Numbers 345-408, 1841-1843



Box Series 2 Box 7 Numbers 409-468, 1844-1846



Box Series 2 Box 8 Numbers 469-529, 1847-1848



Box Series 2 Box 9 Numbers 530-584, 1849-1850



Box Series 2 Box 10 Numbers 585-641, 1851-1853



Box Series 2 Box 11 Numbers 642-691, 1853-1854



Box Series 2 Box 12 Numbers 692-739, 1855-1856



Box Series 2 Box 13 Numbers 740-801, 1857-1858



Box Series 2 Box 14 Numbers 802-841, 1859-1860



Box Series 2 Box 15 Numbers 842-874, 1860-1861



Box Series 2 Box 16 Numbers 875-914, 1861-1862



Box Series 2 Box 17 Numbers 915-956, 1862-1863



Box Series 2 Box 18 Numbers 957-994, 1863-1865



Box Series 2 Box 19 Numbers 995-1024, 1865



Box Series 2 Box 20 Numbers 1025-1068 , 1866-1867



Box Series 2 Box 21 Numbers 1069-1118 , 1867-1868



Box Series 2 Box 22 Numbers 1119-1174 , 1869-1870



Box Series 2 Box 23 Numbers 1175-1217 , 1871-1872



Box Series 2 Box 24 Numbers 1218-1265 , 1872-1873