William Walker Rockwell papers 1883-1945 1920s-1930s

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William Walker Rockwell papers 1883-1945 1920s-1930s

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2596

William Walker Rockwell (1874-1958) was a Congregational minister, professor of church history and librarian. After being ordained a minister of the Congregational Church in 1905, he joined the Union Theological Seminary in New YOrk City where he taught church history and was the librarian from 1925 until 1942. His wife, Ethel Dean Converse Rockwell (1875-1933), was a national figure in YWCA work. Collection consists of correspondence, investment and organizational papers and lecture materials of William Walker Rockwell; Edith Rockwell's papers; and family genealogical information. Correspondence, 1901-1934, concerns personal and professional matters and includes printed matter and ephemera. Investment papers, 1909-1943, contain correspondence and printed items. Organizational papers, 1907-1938, are Rockwell's files relating to the Manhattan Congregational Church and to various organizations of which he was a member. Lecture preparation materials, 1914-1945, consist of notes, course outlines, bibliographies, correspondence, and ephemera. Ethel Rockwell's papers, 1909-1936, include correspondence about Radcliffe College, personal matters, the YWCA, as well as her estate papers. Rockwell-Dowse family papers, 1883-1929, contain genealogical information for publication purposes.

12.4 linear feet (31 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312672

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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