Matthew George Henry Papers, 1858-1920

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Matthew George Henry Papers, 1858-1920

Matthew George Henry Papers, 1858-1920

1858-1920

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03858/

Matthew George Henry (1839-1920) was a Presbyterian minister in Nova Scotia, Canada, as well as several churches in western New York. He also lived in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1919-1920, with his son, George Kenneth Grant Henry, professor at the University of North Carolina. This collection contains the correspondence, sermons, and other papers of Matthew George Henry. The correspondence includes letters written by Henry to other Presbyterian ministers, his family and friends in Canada, and his children in the United States, and are primarily concerned with church matters, the daily lives of several individuals in Canada and the United States, along with local, personal, and family news. Volumes contain notes on reading, miscellaneous memoranda, business accounts, church records, and a diary kept by Henry while preaching in southern Nova Scotia, 1865-1867. Also included are about 400 sermons, speeches, and writings by Henry.

3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 600 items)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection