Series 1: Diaries, 1811 -- 1896
This series is open for research.
1 linear feet; 1 linear foot
This series contains diaries written by Pease, and three others penned by other members of his family including his mother, Persis Chapin Pease; his daughter, Sarah Ann Pease Wadsworth; and his wife, Lucinda Leonard Pease. The diaries give in great detail the life and experience of Pease in Cyprus, discussing events, other people, meteorological observations and everyday life as a missionary. Some diaries have poems, theatrical plays, sermons, letters, newspaper clippings, notes from his classes while at Auburn Theological Seminary and other ephemera pasted in the pages.
This series is arranged by original item order.
Box 1 Folder 1-10
Diaries (1-10), 1827 -- 1837
Box 2 Folder 1-2
Diaries (11-12), 1837 -- 1839
Box 2 Folder 3
Lucinda Leonard Pease Diary (13), 1834 -- 1835
Box 2 Folder 4
Sarah Ann Pease Diary (14), 1845 -- 1850
Box 2 Folder 5
Persis Chapin Pease Diary Extracts (15), 1811 -- 1818
Box 2 Folder 6
Some Items of Interest in Regard to Early Missionary Meetings in Auburn, NY from the Diaries of Mrs. Chapin Pease and recollections of Mrs. Lucinda Leonard Pease by Sara. A. Pease Wadsworth (15a), 1896
Series 2: Correspondence, 1834 -- 1840
This series is open for research.
0.25 linear feet
This series contains letters from Pease and his family during his time as a missionary, as well as from after his death. The first item in the series is a notebook which has handwritten transcripts of letters from Lorenzo Pease that he wrote to his friends and family while at sea. It also includes a few letters written after his arrival. Those noted in this notebook include Pease's parents, his brother Henry C. Pease, and his sisters Cordelia, Harriet, Laura, Catharine and Charlotte. The other correspondence includes individual letters to family and friends.
This series is arranged by original item order.
Series 3: Manuscripts, circa 1830 -- 1839
This series is open for research.
0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet
This series contains sermons, essays, notebooks, and research Pease hand-wrote while a missionary in Cyprus. The sermons and sermon sketches deal with a specific passage from the Bible, such as Job 11:7 or Matthew 26:41. The essays give a glimpse into missionary life during Pease's time. The notes and research involve a more in-depth look at the Cyprus that Pease knew through handdrawn maps and other information on topics such as politics, education and physical geography.
This series is arranged by original item order.
Box 4 Folder 1-2
Sermons (38-43), 1833 -- 1834
Box 4 Folder 3
Memoranda for Skeletons and Sermons (51), 1837
Box 4 Folder 4
Sermon in Greek (44), 1838
Box 4 Folder 5
Sketches for Sermons (45-50), circa 1830 -- 1839
Box 4 Folder 6
Essay, Confessions of L. W. Pease (52), 1835
Box 4 Folder 7-10
Essays (53-56), circa 1836
Missionary Essays; Essay, Missionary Difficulties, Trials and Dangers; Essay, Missions in the Light of Church History; Essay, Treasury of Orthodoxy
Box 4 Folder 11
Notes on Scriptural Illustrations, Boujah (65), 1837-06
Box 4 Folder 12
Notes on Cyprus – Education, Politics, Sacred Scriptures and Miscellaneous (57-59), circa 1837
Box 4 Folder 13
Research in Cyprus – Physical Geography, hand-drawn map and questions (60-61a), circa 1837
Box 4 Folder 14
Research in Cyprus – Larnaca to Nicosia; Transcriptions (62-62b), circa 1835
Box 4 Folder 15
Research in Cyprus – Larnaca, Scala, Ancient Citium (63), circa 1835
Box 4 Folder 16
Research in Cyprus – Greek Islands (64), circa 1834 -- 1837
Box 4 Folder 17
Greek Translations (66-68), 1836
Series 4: Surrogates, circa 1830 -- 1896
This series is open for research.
1.25 linear feet; 1.25 linear feet
This series contains surrogate photocopies that were created in 1999. The series includes duplicates of some diaries and correspondence. Also available are copies of materials whose originals have been noted missing since before January 2004. The surrogates are organized so that the copies of the missing materials are available in box five, with the diaries and correspondence in the remaining boxes and organized in the same order as the originals. The Greek manuscript in box 5 folder 6 is a hymn composed for the baptism of Lorenzo's daughter, Harriet Maria, incorporating scripture from Matthew, Mark and Luke. It is written in the nineteenth-century Katharevousa Greek which was first used circa 1796.
This series is unarranged.
Box 5 Folder 1
Sketchbook (72), 1836
Box 5 Folder 2
Catalogue of Books in the Library of L. W. Pease, Scala (Larnaca) Cyprus (73), 1838-11
Box 5 Folder 3
Book of Accounts (74), 1834 -- 1840
Box 5 Folder 4
Bibliographical Sketches about Lorenzo W. Pease, by Lucinda L. Pease (75), circa 1896
Box 5 Folder 5
Food and Medicinal Recipes, circa 1896
Box 5 Folder 6
Hymn Composed for Baptism of Harriet Maria, written in Katharevousa Greek (78), circa 1830 -- 1839
Box 6 Folder 1-9
Diary 2-10, circa 1834 -- 1896
Box 7 Folder 1-2
Diary 11, Diary 13, circa 1834 -- 1896
Box 7 Folder 3-6
Correspondence (16-37), circa 1834 -- 1896
Box 7 Folder 7-8
Manuscripts (57-65), circa 1834 -- 1896