Papers. 1838-1918.

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Papers. 1838-1918.

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Congregational clergyman, teacher, author, lecturer. Primarily correspondence. Also accounts; a fragmentary diary; clippings & scrapbooks; documents; lists; minutes and resolutions; announcements, invitations, cards; poems & photos.; lecture notes; clippings of column in The Congregationalist (pen name, "Franklin"); & misc. writings (articles, essays, speeches). Main themes: missionary education, 1865-1917, including foreign missions; philanthropy, 1866, 1890-1912. Principal correspondents are U.S. Christian Commission, 1863-1909; Lookout Mountain Educational Institutions, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1866-68; Simon Peter Smith, 1867-1914; Howard University, 1867-1917; Hale family (William Ellery & Mary [Scranton] Hale & their children, George Ellery and William Browne Hale & Martha D. [Hale] Harts [Mrs. William W.] and William E. Hale Fund, 1874-1918; David Kimball Pearsons, 1890-1912; and Beth (Eaton) Hincks (Mrs. Henry W.). 1,500 correspondents: principal correspondents include the American Missionary Association, the American Home Missionary Society, the Amer. Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, Chicago Theological Seminary, Western Education Soc., the New West Education Commission & The Congregationalist.

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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Organized 1810; incorporated 1812; consists of members of National Council of Congregational Churches in the U.S., and 150 additional members elected by the board in biennial meetings; the foreign missionary arm of Congregational Christian Churches of the U.S.; headquartered in Boston, Mass.; also known as ABCFM. From the description of Records, 1804-1964 (bulk 1900-1960). (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70927016 Organized 1810; incorporated in 181...

Howard University

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Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. The institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867 and much of its early funding came from endow...

Williams, Edward F. (Edward Franklin), 1832-1919

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Harts, Martha D.

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United States Christian Commission

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Chicago theological seminary

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Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938

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George Ellery Hale was an astrophysicist. He was the organizer and director of the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1904-1923, and was honorary director until his death in 1938. His principal scientific researches were made in stellar spectroscopy. From the description of Papers, 1903-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82798019 From the description of Papers, 1882-1937. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523501...

Hale, Mary P.

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Western Education Society (U.S.)

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Hincks, Beth Eaton.

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Lookout Mountain Educational Institutions (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

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Smith, Simon Peter.

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William E. Hale Fund.

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American Missionary Association

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Known chiefly for its educational work among African Americans, the American Missionary Association also worked with other ethnic groups. From the description of American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 668992371 ...

Hale, William Browne.

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Hale, William Ellery.

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New West Education Commission

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Anti-Mormon commission organized in 1879 chiefly to promote Christian civilization in the western U.S.; joined the American College and Education Society in 1893 to form the American Education Society; in 1894 this was reorganized as the Congregational Education Society; headquartered in Chicago; Boston office established ca. 1883. From the description of Records, 1880-1893. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70938432 ...

American Home Missionary Society

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The American Home Missionary Society was formed in 1826 by the Congregational and other Protestant churches to financially assist congregations until they could be self-sufficient. From the description of American Home Missionary Society records, 1825-1837. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 663880998 In 1826 the Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed and Associated Reformed churches formed the American Home Missionary Society to coordinate their national missiona...

Pearsons, David Kimball.

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