Henry A. Stimson papers, 1866 -- 1867

Summary Information

Abstract

Henry A. Stimson (1842-1936), UTS class of 1869 and Congregational minister. The collection contains one bound notebook of Stimson's class notes taken while attending Union Theological Seminary from 1866 to 1867.

At a Glance

Bib ID:
4492498 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Stimson, Henry A (Henry Albert), 1842-1936
Repository:
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
Physical Description:
1 box (1 box; 0.25 linear feet)
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is open for research.

Onsite storage.

Description

Scope and Contents

This collection contains one bound notebook of Stimson's handwritten class notes, taken while attending Union Theological Seminary from 1866 to 1867. Included are notes on lectures given by R.D. Hitchcock and W.G.T. Shedd.

  • Henry A. Stimson papers, 1866 -- 1867

    This series contains one bound notebook of Stimson's handwritten class notes, taken while attending Union Theological Seminary from 1866 to 1867. Included are notes on lectures given by R.D. Hitchcock and W.G.T. Shedd.

Burke Library record group:

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

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Onsite storage.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, UTS1: Henry A. Stimson papers, 1866-1867, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The exact provenance of this collection is unknown.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Processing Information

Lecture notes were cataloged by Lynn A. Grove on 1988-07-14. The Stimson papers were among a large group of papers that were organized in 2016-2018 with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation; material was maintained in its original binding, secured with cotton ties, and re-housed in standard archival folders and housing. The finding aid was created by Rebecca Nieto in 2018 and edited by Leah Edelman in 2020.

Biographical / Historical

Henry Albert Stimson was an American clergyman born in 1842. Stimson resided in New York City and attended Union Theological Seminary between 1866 and 1869, where he sat in on lectures by Roswell D. Hitchcock and W.G.T. Shedd. During his lifetime he published a number of books on preaching and Protestantism, including Questions of Modern Inquiry; A Series of Discussions (1895), The Place of Christian Education in the Civilization of the West (1881), The New Things of God: Sermons (1908), and Behind the World and Beyond (1910). Stimson died on July 18, 1936.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Lecture notes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Hitchcock, Roswell D. (Roswell Dwight), 1817-1887 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shedd, William G. T (William Greenough Thayer), 1820-1894 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Clergy CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID