Papers, 1847-1928.

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Papers, 1847-1928.

H.W.S.'s journals cover 1848-1880 and include thoughts on her intellectual struggles and reminiscences. There is correspondence from such as Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, A.S. Booth-Clibborn, Abby Folwell, Constance Holland (Mrs. Oscar Wilde), William James, Andrew Jukes, George McDonald, Max Müller, Fleming H. Revell, Ann Shipley, Walt Whitman, Frances Willard, and Basil Wilberforce. Subjects include a large collection on late 19th century "fanaticism", J.H. Piggot and the Abode of Love, the Brotherhood of the New Life, Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy, John Dowie and the Christian Apostolic Church (Zion, Ill.), the Pillars of Fire, tongues and A.A. Boddy and Mrs. Jessie Penn-Lewis, the Welsh revival, the Society of Friends, and temperance.

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James, William, 1842-1910

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William James (born January 11, 1842, New York City – died August 26, 1910, Tamworth, New Hampshire) was the preeminent American philosopher of his day. His reinterpretations of psychology and pragmatism were among his major contributions to world thought, and his work continues to reward study and inspire analysis. ...

Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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Smith, Hannah Whitall, 1832-1911

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Religious leader and author. Hannah Whitall Smith preached and wrote on religious subjects and became involved in the temperance and suffrage movements. When her daughter Mary married English barrister Frank Costelloe in 1888, Hannah, her husband Robert and their children, Alys and Logan, joined Mary in England. Alys married philosopher Bertrand Russell and worked for women's rights as well as other political issues. When Mary's marriage failed soon after the birth of th...

Strachey, Ray (Rachel Conn Costelloe), 1887-1940.

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Shipley, Ann

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Brotherhood of the New Life

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Church of the Agapemone

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Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910

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Founder of the Christian Science Church, of Concord, N.H. From the description of Correspondence, 1861-1909. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961454 Founder of Christian Science Church. From the description of Letter to Mr. Robinson [manuscript] : Concord, N.H., 1902 May. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647875583 Religious leader. From the description of Mary Baker Eddy correspondence and invitat...

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Jukes, Andrew John, 1815-1901

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Andrew John Jukes (1815-1901), theological writer, attended Trinity College, Cambridge, 1838-42. He was ordained, but only briefly held a curacy, 1842-43. From the guide to the Andrew John Jukes: Theological Works, 1837-1887, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Piggot, J. H.

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Boddy, A. A.

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Revell, Fleming H.

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Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898

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Holland, Constance Lisa, 1965-

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Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900

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F. Max Müller (1823-1900) was a German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology. Müller's special areas of interest were Sanskrit philology and the religions of India. Müller was instrumental in editing and translating into English some of the most ancient and revered religious and philosophical texts of Asia. Born in Dessau, duchy of Anhalt [Germany], he moved to England in 1846 and settled in Oxford in 1848, where he became deputy professor of modern languages in 1850. He wa...

Penn-Lewis, Jessie, 1861-1927

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Pillars of Fire.

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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Macdonald, George, 1862-1940

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Wilberforce, Basil, 1841-1916

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Dowie, John Alexander, 1847-1907

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Epithet: founder of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000009 Clergyman. From the description of John Alexander Dowie papers, 1902-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009602 John Alexander Dowie attended the Australian National University, Canberra. From the guide to the John Dowie: Studies in New Zealand investment, 1965,...

Folwell, Abby.

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