Seelye papers, 1824-1898.

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Seelye papers, 1824-1898.

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Correspondence, travel diaries, genealogical information, sermons, lectures, notes, clippings, business records, photographs and other materials documenting the personal and professional life of Julius Hawley Seelye and the Seelye family. Topics covered in correspondence include Andover Theological Seminary and Christian missions in Japan and China; correspondents include Joseph H. Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura. Series 3 documents Seelye's education at Amherst College, Auburn Theological Seminary and Halle, Germany; his tenure as a faculty member and later 5th president of Amherst College, 1856-1895; and term as member of U.S. Congress, 1875-1877. Seelye's 1872 trip to India is documented in journals and clippings. Family correspondence includes letters of Seelye's uncle Laurens P. Hickok, father Seth Seelye, mother Abigail Taylor Seelye, wife Elizabeth T. James Seelye, brothers Henry E. and Laurenus Clark Seelye, and children Anna H. Seelye Emerson, Mabel Seelye Bixler, Elizabeth J. Seelye Bixler, and William James Seelye.

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