Charles Grandison Finney papers, 1817-1878 (inclusive), 1824-1875 (bulk), [microform].

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Charles Grandison Finney papers, 1817-1878 (inclusive), 1824-1875 (bulk), [microform].

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Correspondence, sermon outlines, lectures, miscellaneous writings, and genealogical notes of Charles Grandison Finney, 19th century revivalist, clergyman, and president of Oberlin College, 1851-1866. The bulk of the correspondence concerns his evangelistic work, particularly in New York State, the scene of his most extensive revivals, and at Oberlin College. Also included is correspondence from family, friends, converts, and English acquaintances. Prominent correspondents include such persons as Nathan Sidney Smith Beman, Josiah Chapin, John P. Cushman, George Washington Gale, Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert, John Keep, Joshua Leavitt, Mary A Parker, Willard Sears, and Lewis Tappan.

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Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

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Finney, Charles G., 1792-1875

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Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875), revivalist, educator, and second President of Oberlin College (1851-65), abandoned the practice of law after a dramatic religious conversion and, following ordination in the Presbyterian Church, launched a decade of extraordinarily successful revivals in New York state (1824-33). He left the Presbyterian Church in 1836 and identified himself as a Congregationalist from then on. Finney's brand of theological perfectionism helped to make Oberlin College famous...

Keep, John, 1781-1870

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Gale, George Washington, 1789-1861

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Finney family.

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Parker, Mary A., 1946-

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Cushman, John P. (John Paine), 1784-1848

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Gilbert, E. W. (Eliphalet Wheeler), 1793-1853

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Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873

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Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

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Merchant and antislavery leader. From the description of The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852969 Abolitionist from New York State; assisted the Amistad slaves; among the founders of the American Missionary Association in 1846, which began more than 100 anti-slavery Congregational churches throughout the Midwest, and after the American Civil War, founded numerous schools and colleges to aid in the educatio...

Chapin, Josiah.

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Beman, Nathan S. S. (Nathan Sidney Smith), 1785-1871

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