Papers, 1892-1979.

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Papers, 1892-1979.

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A small collection of papers of Rev. Harry A. Hersey, a Unitarian minister, including a small travel diary (with typescript) of a bicycle trip from Stoneham, Mass. to Booth Bay, Me. from 22 July - [13] Aug. 1892; two talks delivered by Hersey in Danbury, Ct. on his 70th and 75th birthdays; his reminiscences of Boston, 1870-90, written in 1945-46; clippings about Hersey's involvement in bicycling. Other family materials include a Christmas poem written about Hersey's father, Theodore, in 1949; an Adams family genealogy; and a paper by Hersey's daughter, Helen H. Dick, about Hersey given in 1979.

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Adams family.

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Hersey, Theodore, 1825-1904

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Dick, Helen Hersey.

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Hersey, Harry Adams, 1870-1950

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Harry Adams Hersey ( 1870-1950 ) attended Tufts College and Tufts' Crane Theological School, receiving his BA in 1903, his BD in 1906, and then his MA. Hersey served churches in Stafford, Connecticut ; West Somerville, Massachusetts ; Caribou, Maine ; Muncie, Indiana ; Canton, New York ; and Danbury, Connecticut . During his pastorates, he was devoted to temperance issues and lectured on the subject at various schools, colleges, and churches. In 1947, he published History of Music at Tufts Colle...