Metcalf, Irving Wight, 1855-1938

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Born in Bangor, Maine, Irving W. Metcalf graduated from Oberlin College in 1878 and the Graduate School of Theology in 1881. Metcalf served Congregational churches in Columbus and Cleveland, and was superintendent of the Congregational City Mission Society from 1894-97. He resigned his pastorate and engaged in business in Kansas. Following a brief stint in Kansas he returned to Ohio as a bank director and executor of estates. He acted as the intermediary for Charles Martin Hall's property purchases, which became the basis of the his bequest to Oberlin College. He was a member of the Oberlin College Board of Trustees and an active temperance crusader.

From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 25047468

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creatorOf Metcalf, Irving Wight, 1855-1938. Papers, 1877-1937. Oberlin College Library
creatorOf Oberlin College. Treasurer's Office. Records, 1867-1907. Oberlin College Library
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associatedWith Allen, Devere, 1891-1955. person
associatedWith Anti-saloon League of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902. person
associatedWith Cady, Chauncey Marvin, 1854-1929. person
associatedWith Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Eastwood Congregational Church (Columbus, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Fairchild, James H. person
associatedWith Hall, Charles Martin, 1863-1914. person
associatedWith Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. person
associatedWith Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929. person
associatedWith Hough Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934. person
associatedWith King, H. H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967. person
associatedWith Metcalf, Wilder S., 1855-1929. person
associatedWith Monroe, James, 1821-1898. person
associatedWith Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899. person
associatedWith Oberlin College. Graduate School of Theology. corporateBody
associatedWith Oberlin College. Treasurer's Office. corporateBody
associatedWith Ohio Sabbath Union. corporateBody
associatedWith Olney, Chrles Fayette, 1831-1903. person
associatedWith Pilgrim Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Pinneo, Annie E., 1876-1960. person
associatedWith Shurtleff, Giles Waldo, 1831-1904. person
associatedWith Smith, Judson, 1837-1906. person
associatedWith Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. person
associatedWith Wheeler, Wayne Bidwell, 1869-1927. person
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Ohio
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Liquor industry
Prohibition
Temperance
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Birth 1855

Death 1938-02-12

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