Josiah Strong papers, 1855 -- 1969

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Series 1: Biography drafts, 1855 -- 1916

This series is open for research.

1.75 linear feet; 1.75 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains Josiah Strong biography manuscript drafts by Elsie Strong with commentary notes by Margery Strong. Drafts are subdivided into Parts 1-4, and these parts are further divided by chapter. Chapters encapsulate Strong's entire life, from early childhood and background, early influences, his time out west as a missionary, his role in social service and religion, and his later years. The title of this unpublished manuscript was Josiah Strong: Social Pioneer, and was worked on for several decades by the daughters and Nathaniel Pratt, Charles Macfarland, C.Howard Hopkins, and Dorothea Muller.

This series is arranged by book section.



Box 1.1 Folder 1 Correspondence and Deposit of materials to archive, 1969


Box 1.1 Folder 2 J Strong Biography- offprint by D.R. Miller; Statement by N. M. Pratt, circa 1969


Box 1.1 Folder 3-9 Manuscript drafts: 1a Part 3, circa 1886 -- 1916


Box 1.1 Folder 10-13 Manuscript drafts: Part 1, Chapters I-IV, circa 1847 -- 1916


Box 1.1 Folder 14-18 Manuscript drafts: Part 2, Chapters V-XIII, circa 1871 -- 1876


Box 1.1 Folder 19-26 Manuscript drafts: 1c Part 4 and 1d, circa 1881 -- 1916


Box 1.1 Folder 27 Manuscript Outlines Based on Pratt's Work, circa 1881 -- 1916

Redrafted Contents List Outlines of Chapter XIX South America with JS travel diary Chapter III Creative influences; Chapter II Personality; Chapter XVI Egypt


Box 1.1 Folder 28 Death Announcements of J. Strong: Clippings, Correspondence Transcriptions, Funeral Addresses, 1916



Box 1.2 Folder 1 As His Children Knew Him; In His Thought and Work, circa 1930 -- 1939


Box 1.2 Folder 2 Chapter XII: The Evangelical Alliance and Social Point of View, final written manuscript, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 3 Ancestry; Boyhood; Cheyenne; Return to Northern Ohio, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 4 Cincinnati; Chapter XXII: Neighbors and Friends; Hospital,, 1951


Box 1.2 Folder 5 South America and Social Needs of Latin America, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 6 Misc., 1889 -- 1905

Areas for Consideration by International Congress on General Economic Expansion, Belgium, Source Documents and Notes, 1905 Report of Evangelical Alliance House to House Visitation, 1889; Content of Clippings re: JS and John Brown Draft Letter and Autobiographical Notes


Box 1.2 Folder 7 Misc., 1886 -- 1938

Miscellaneous Sources and Clippings: Testimonial to JS from Central Congregational Church, Cincinnati, 1886 Draft letter to First Cong'l. Church, Cheyenne for 25th Anniversary, 1894 Clippings re JS, 1895 – 1898 Transcribed Comments re Death of JS Postal envelopes, 1887-1938


Box 1.2 Folder 8 Clippings and Articles by and about JS, annotated by ES/MS, 1898 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 9 Misc., 1891 -- 1916

Clippings: Obituaries; Book Reviews, 1891 Opposition to Rockefeller funding Addresses and speeches delivered by JS at 75th Anniversary of Western Reserve University, 1891-1916 Invitation to Banquet for Emperor of China, 1906


Box 1.2 Folder 10 Chapter IX: Conferences, Notes and Documents, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 11 Chapter X: London and the Continent, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 12 First Manuscript and Notes: Background, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 13 First Manuscript and Notes: Cheyenne; Boyhood, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 14 Interchurch Conference of Federation Pamphlet, 1905 Background Notes, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 15 Chapter VIII: Evangelical Alliance-Notes and Documents, circa 1893 -- 1916


Box 1.2 Folder 16 MacMillan: Notes and Correspondence re: N. Pratt's Manuscript, 1940


Box 1.2 Folder 17 Manuscript notes and clippings, circa 1900 -- 1916



Box 1.3 Folder 1 NY Times Book Review: Rebel America, 1934


Box 1.3 Folder 2 Tributes and Correspondence about JS- YMCA, circa 1934


Box 1.3 Folder 3 Notes, Correspondence, American Institute of Social Service, 1906 -- 1910


Box 1.3 Folder 4-5 Chapter XI draft: International interests, [19??] Arbitration treaty at Gridelwald, circa 1896 -- 1916


Box 1.3 Folder 6 Chapter IX draft: International and national conferences, 1885 -- 1891


Box 1.3 Folder 7 Manuscript draft Ch. XII: Evangelical Alliance First MS, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.3 Folder 8-10 Drafts for Manuscript 2 on JS Biography by M. Strong, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.3 Folder 11 Draft Clippings for Ch. I-IX, circa 1900 -- 1916


Box 1.3 Folder 12 Draft clippings and discarded notes for Ch. XII, 1938