Papers, 1811-1998 1850-1921.

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Papers, 1811-1998 1850-1921.

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The papers of George Frederick Wright document his work as a minister, theology professor, geologist, and literary writer. These materials include correspondence, writings, sermons, addresses, field notes, research notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The papers document Wright's early thinking about evolution beginning in the late 1860s, as well as his changing views on science and theology as he turned toward fundamentalist ideas at the end of the nineteenth century. Documented, too, is his work investigating geological formations in the United States, Greenland, and. Asia. Of some significance is the documentation of his work bringing science and theology together by reconciling scientific theories, notably evolution, with biblical accounts. The papers also include material on Wright's work as a minister and on the theology and geology courses he taught at Oberlin College and Theological Seminary. Additional material includes genealogical material and Wright Family correspondence, 1811-1915. The collection includes very little material related to Wright's Standard History of Lorain County or to his editorial work for Bibliotheca Sacra and Records. Of the Past.

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Oberlin College. Graduate School of Theology

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The Graduate School of Theology began as the Theological Department of Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1833. Academic work began in 1835 with the arrival of rebel seminarians from Lane Theological Seminary. By the 1870s, the school had become known as the Oberlin Theological Seminary. Its name changed to the Graduate School of Theology in 1916. The purpose of the seminary throughout its 133-year history was the training of ministers in a non-sectarian, non-denominational setting. The seminary cl...

Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1838-1921

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George Frederick was born in Whitehall, New York, in 1838. He received an A.B. degree from Oberlin College in 1859 and graduated from the Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1862. He served as a Congregational minister in Bakersfield, Vermont (1862-1872), and Andover, Massachusetts (1872-1881). In 1881 Wright returned to the Oberlin Theological Seminary where he was Professor of New Testament Language and Literature (1881-1892) and Professor of the Harmony of Science and Revelation (1892-1907). Wrig...