Hervey De Witt Griswold papers, 1893 -- 1925

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Series 1: Notebooks, 1893 -- 1925

This series is open for research.

0.75 linear feet; 0.75 linear feet; 2 boxes

This series contains the personal handwritten notebooks of Griswold, which function as diaries and discuss his everyday thoughts. There are also books that Griswold called "studies" which focus on one passage and expound upon its meaning, as well as prayer books, which are dated and include what Griswold was thankful for or prayed about on a specific day.

This series is arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1-2 Diaries, 1893 -- 1922

Diary, December 2, 1893 – October 29, 1894 [f.7]; Diary, Lahore Conference, January 1896; Diary, September 24, 1922 – December 13, 1922 [f.12]


Box 1 Folder 3 Bible Study, Psalms, 1897


Box 1 Folder 4 Notes on Bible Studies, circa 1897 -- 1898


Box 1 Folder 5-7 Studies, 1898 -- 1903

Studies in Mark [1898?]; Studies in 1 Samuel [1898?]; Studies in 2 Samuel, August 19, 1898; Studies in 1 Kings, September 10, 1898; Studies in 2 Kings, October 1, 1898; Studies in 1 Chronicles, 1898 [f.3]; Studies in 1 Chronicles, November 1898 – January 3, 1899 [f.4]; Diary and Gospel Studies, 1902 – 1903 [f.8]


Box 1 Folder 8 Prayer Book, 1903 -- 1906


Box 1 Folder 9 Bibles Studies and Diary, 1905 -- 1909


Box 1 Folder 10 Prayer Book and Diary, 1906 -- 1910


Box 1 Folder 11 Account Book, 1911 -- 1929


Box 1 Folder 12-13 Diary and Prayer Book, 1915 -- 1917

Diary and Prayer Book, 1915 – 1916 [f.10]; Diary and Prayer Book, January 17, 1917 – January 30, 1917 [f.11]


Box 1 Folder 14-15 India [Missionary] Council Notes, 1923

India [Missionary] Council Notes, January 13, 1923 – February 3, 1923; India [Missionary] Council Notes, March 6, 1923 – April 18, 1923



Box 2 Folder 1 India [Missionary] Council Notes, 1923

India [Missionary] Council Notes, May 1923 – October 1923 [f.15]


Box 2 Folder 2 Account Book, 1923 -- 1924


Box 2 Folder 3-4 Diary and Council Notes, 1924

Diary and Council Notes, March 1924 [f.16]; Diary and Council Notes, September 15, 1924 – December 28, 1924 [f.17]


Box 2 Folder 5 Diary and Notes, 1925


Box 2 Folder 6 Notes, 1925

Series 2: Correspondence, 1925 -- 1941

This series is open for research.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 5 folders

This series contains correspondence between various people and Griswold. Mr. Ray H. Carter was of the Presbyterian Mission in Lahore, India writing to Griswold in Philadelphia. Daniel J. Fleming was writing from Union Theological Seminary in New York to the Griswolds in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Other letters from Reverend E. Morris Wherry and Union graduate C. H. Mattison are also included. Mattison included a copy of a letter to a Dr. Beattie imploring for financial support. The final letter is from Sir Manohar Lal, finance minister of the Punjab Province in India.

This series is arranged chronologically.


Box 2 Folder 7 Ray H. Carter, 1925 -- 1926

Ray H. Carter to H. D. Griswold, Philadelphia, PA


Box 2 Folder 8 Daniel J. Fleming, 1926 -- 1927

Daniel J. Fleming to Mrs. Griswold, New York, NY; Daniel J. Fleming to H. D. Griswold, New York, NY


Box 2 Folder 9 E. Morris Wherry, 1926 -- 1927

E. Morris Wherry to H. D. Griswold, Cincinnati, Ohio; Richmond, Ill


Box 2 Folder 10 C. H. Mattison, 1938

C. H. Mattison to H. D. Griswold, Tanakpur, India; C. H. Mattison to Dr. Beattie Tanakpur, India


Box 2 Folder 11 Sir Manohar Lal, 1941

Sir Manohar Lal to H. D. Griswold, Lahore, India, November 6, 1941; Enclosure: newspaper clipping, Sir Manohar Lal, Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, India, January 19, 1941

Series 3: Sermons and essays, 1897 -- 1925

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 2 folders

This series contains two essays and four published sermons written and delivered by Griswold.

This series is arranged chronologically.


Box 2 Folder 12 Essays, 1897; 1919

Includes "The Dayanandi Interpretation of the Word "Deva" in the Rig Veda," Lodiana, 1897, 23 pages, 2 copies; and "Repentance as Illustrated from the Old\ Testament Psalms and from the Varuna Hymns of the Rig Veda," Madras, 1919, 15 pages.


Box 2 Folder 13 Sermons, 1925

Sermons, by H.D.Griswold, Landour, 1925, 39 pages.