Papers, ca. 1845-1916.

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Papers, ca. 1845-1916.

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Papers of and concerning Silas Totten, Episcopal clergyman, professor of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. and at the College of William and Mary and president of the University of Iowa. Includes memoir of his life, written 1854-1870; correspondence; writings (published and unpublished); certificate of admission into Holy Order of Priests at Trinity Church, Chatham, Conn.; honorary degree, 1860, conferred by the College of William and Mary; newspaper clippings; and tributes upon his death; and correspondence of his daughter, Anna Totten, concerning her father.

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Trinity college Hartford, Conn.

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College of William and Mary.

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Christ Church Seminary (Lexington, Ky.)

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Totten, Anna.

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Totten, Silas, 1804-1873.

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Silas Totten served as the second president of the State University of Iowa, from 1859 to 1862. The outlook for the future of the university was very discouraging when Totten assumed the presidency. The treasury was empty, most courses were temporarily closed, land sales to raise funds were not proceeding as expected, and tensions leading to the Civil War were mounting. Amid these difficulties, the university's Board of Trustees elected Totten and requested that he prepare a new plan of organiza...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Trinity Church (Chatham, Conn.)

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