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Eastburn, Manton, 1801-1872. Manton Eastburn papers, 1825-1872.

Title: Manton Eastburn papers, 1825-1872.

Letters concern this leading Low Churchman while rector of the Church of the Ascension, New York City, 1827-1842; Bishop Coadjutor of the Eastern Diocese (which included all of New England except Connecticut), 1842; and Bishop of Massachusetts from 1843. Eastburn was elected Bishop of Maryland in 1838 but declined the call. Most papers relate to affairs in Massachusetts: Eastburn's conflicts with various High Churchmen; his presentment of the Reverend Oliver S. Prescott; troubles at the Church of the Advent, Boston; differences with Bishop Horatio Southgate; charges against Bishop George W. Doane; and similar matters. Eastburn disapproved of the mission to Turkey and establishing relations with the Orthodox Churches. Other items are his Civil War prayers and opposition to drafting clergymen for military service.

ArchivalResource: 42 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/656845096 View

Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866. Letter, 1838 June 23, New York [to Alonzo] Potter / F.L. Hawks.

Title: Letter, 1838 June 23, New York [to Alonzo] Potter / F.L. Hawks.

Describes the details of Potter's election as Assistant Bishop of Massachusetts, a position he refused.

ArchivalResource: [4] p. ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16935819 View

Massachusetts Episcopal Missionary Society, and Trustees of the Massachusetts Episcopal Prayer Book and Tract Society. Records, 1815 July 5-1836 Dec. 28.

Title: Records, 1815 July 5-1836 Dec. 28.

The Act of Incorporation is followed by the minutes of the first meeting, which includes the by-laws of the society. Volume contains the minutes of subsequent annual and special meetings of the society, providing information on the election of officers, resolutions, membership, appropriation of funds and the formation of auxiliary societies. One of the founders, and first president, was John Sylvester John Gardiner. The society was dissolved in December, 1836, and its assets transferred to the Board of Missions for the State of Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501190744 View

Parker, Samuel, 1744-1804. Samuel Parker papers, 1777-1835.

Title: Samuel Parker papers, 1777-1835.

Manuscript sermon on the world, 1777, by Parker; a letter to Maryland Bishop Thomas John Claggett from the Standing Committee of Massachusetts, 1796, regarding the consecration of Edward Bass as bishop, with Parker's signature; and three other minor manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663093689 View

Paddock, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Henry), 1828-1891. Benjamin Henry Paddock papers, 1863-1881.

Title: Benjamin Henry Paddock papers, 1863-1881.

Miscellaneous correspondence by and about Bishop Paddock, chiefly with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham. Paddock declines to accept the episcopate of Oregon and Washington, 1868; expresses admiration for Whittingham and asks his advice on points of canon law; and approves of his participation in the Cologne Conference of the Old Catholic Churches, 1872. Some correspondence with Bishop William Pinkney concerns Paddock's opposition to High Church practice of the Reverend Alfred G. Mortimer at the Church of the Advent, Boston, and other clergy matters.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662705963 View

Breeden, James P. (James Pleasant). Papers, 1964-1984.

Title: Papers, 1964-1984.

Papers relating to his career as an educator, civil rights activist, and Episcopal priest.

ArchivalResource: 26 boxes (32.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/239750226 View

Blackman, George. Reminiscences of George Blackman : oral history, 1982.

Title: Reminiscences of George Blackman : oral history, 1982.

Recollections of Henry Knox Sherrill as preacher, Bishop of Massachusetts, rector of Church of Our Savior; comparison of Sherrill and William A. Lawrence as bishops; Sherrill's retirement in Boxford, Mass.; Sherrill's attitude towards ordination of women.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 46 leaves.Tape: l reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122527025 View

The bishop's call to the diocese scrapbook 1918-1919.

Title: The bishop's call to the diocese scrapbook 1918-1919.

A collection of typewritten and printed materials concerning Bishop Lawrence's initiative entitled "The bishop's call to the diocese: the church goes into camp for twenty weeks," which was a training program for parishes, designed to address the spiritual needs of soldiers returning home from WWI. Among the printed material are two booklets entitled, "A message from the bishop to twenty weeks: first, enlistment and preparation" and "A call to service: a message from the bishop to twenty weeks: second, service and expansion." Also included is an issue of The church militant (vol. 22, no. 1; Feb., 1919), which contains an article on the program.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62674535 View

Elizabeth Clark Rosenthal Collection

Title: Elizabeth Clark Rosenthal Collection

Anthropologist. Correspondence and research materials (1876-1999) of anthropologist and Indian advocate Elizabeth "Betty" Clark Rosenthal, and her parents, Episcopal missionaries the Rev. David W. Clark and Elizabeth Mann Clark. The collection includes correspondence and records of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, including the dioceses of South Dakota, Navajoland Area Mission, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and various ecumenical work with Native Americans. Elizabeth Rosenthal served as program director of the Intercultural Studies Group / Society for Intercultural Education, a regional association concerned with the interrelationships between Indians and non-Indians with respect to education, the arts, and community services. She was the founder of United Scholarship Service, Inc., which brought American Indian and Mexican-American students to study at New England schools and colleges. The collection also contains information on Indian organizations with which Rosenthal worked, such as the American Association on Indian Affairs, and the Indian Rights Association.

ArchivalResource: 84 ft.

https://archives.libraries.ou.edu/repositories/2/resources/8231 View

Lawrence, William, 1850-1941. William Lawrence diaries, 1893-1941.

Title: William Lawrence diaries, 1893-1941.

Diaries of William Lawrence, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, kept from 5 October 1894 - 5 Nov. 1941. Entries note Lawrence's professional activities during his tenure as bishop (1893 - 1927) and his continued involvement with the diocese following his retirement, including preaching engagements, visits to churches throughout Massachusetts, and attendance at various diocesan meetings and conferences. Lawrence also notes visits to Italy (1901, 1912) and Egypt (1912), and several trips to Episcopal conferences in England.

ArchivalResource: 44 v. in 5 pamphlet boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51890468 View

Bass, Edward, 1726-1803. Edward Bass papers, 1759-1835.

Title: Edward Bass papers, 1759-1835.

Manuscript sermon (1759); together with later notes on his career and character, and papers concerning his consecration as bishop.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654373132 View

Toll, Katharine Wolcott. Papers of Katharine Wolcott Toll, 1809-2004 (inclusive), 1890-1985 (bulk).

Title: Papers of Katharine Wolcott Toll, 1809-2004 (inclusive), 1890-1985 (bulk).

Collection consists of correspondence, drafts, notes, diaries, medical records, photographs, etc., documenting Toll's personal life and her work as a journalist and social worker. Papers also document the lives of her parents, Charles Hansen and Mayes Martin Toll, as well as other family members.

ArchivalResource: 20.43 linear ft. (49 file boxes) plus 1 folio+ box, 1 oversize folder, 11 photograph folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/519771675 View

Paine, Robert Treat, 1835-1910. Papers II, 1733-1965, bulk: 1880-1949.

Title: Papers II, 1733-1965, bulk: 1880-1949.

Papers of philanthropist and Massachusetts state legislator Robert Treat Paine. Correspondence relates to Paine's charitable interests, including the Associated Charities of Boston, the Wells Memorial Workingmen's Institution, the National Prison Association Convention in 1888, penal reform, the American Peace Society, Harvard College, the Diocese of Massachusetts of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and Boston's Trinity Church. Correspondents include Charles W. Eliot, Annie Adams Fields, Edward Everett Hale, William James, William Lawrence, Henry Cabot Lodge Sr., Benjamin Franklin Trueblood, and Robert C. Winthrop. (Con't) Also included are papers of Paine's son, Episcopal minister George Lyman Paine. Among George Paine's correspondents are Harry Emerson Fosdick, Anson Phelps Stokes, Leverett Saltonstall, and Nathan M. Pusey. Other items include a genealogy of the Smith family of Hadley, Mass., George Paine's diary of a trip to Europe in 1949, and diaries of Lydia Lyman Paine, 1863-68 and 1881-88.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes, 1 folder and 1 oversize container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16679094 View