Charles Stuart Vedder papers, 1848-1912.

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Charles Stuart Vedder papers, 1848-1912.

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Chiefly letters, June 1851-May 1912, and diaries, 1848-1912, re Vedder's career as a student and bank clerk in Schenectady, N.Y., and pastor in S.C.; places represented include Charleston and Summerville, S.C.; New York, New Rochelle, and Schenectady, N.Y. Topics discussed include religion; his career as a pastor, comments on fellow clergy; duties as chaplain during the Civil War; secession; Civil War; reconstruction; social activities; establishing a home for Confederate widows and orphans; New England Society of Charleston, S.C.; and interactions with many prominent families and visitors to S.C. Including entry, 12 Dec. 1863, re visiting friends; 26 Apr. 1870, re visiting with Gen. [Robert E.] Lee; and entries re interactions with members of the Adger, Howe, Bennet, Leland, Woodrow, McMaster, Tupper, Middleton, Ravenel, DeSaussure, Pringle, Burkmeyer, Simonton, Gailland, Prioleau, and Richardson families. Volume, 1864-1904, Vedder's sermons and scripture book; 5 volumes, 1851-1912, newspaper clippings re Vedder's sermons and activities and accounts of activities of Vedder and other Charleston clergy re poor relief, obituaries, and history of French Huguenot Church and its 225th anniversary. Nineteen manuscripts, June 1851-21 May 1912 and undated, New York, N.Y., New Rochelle, N.Y., and Charleston, S.C., re activities of Charleston Presbytery, New England Society, festivities, 15 Apr. 1912, re the 225th anniversary of the French Huguenot Church, John Howard Association, and Vedder's travels in Europe, and miscellaneous sermons, addresses, and verse. Also including copy of sermon, 1677, by Simon Prioleau, delivered at Pons, France; contract, 20 July 1882, between Mrs. Julia Graves and Mrs. A.L. Bayer on behalf of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union re sale of business equipment in the "Model Coffee House"; illustrated certificate, 22 Dec. 1881, re membership in the New England Society [oversize - Pob]; poem, 1899, by C.S. Vedder, re Confederate reunion; invitation, 14 Apr. 1912, Charleston, S.C., 225th anniversary celebration of the French Huguenot Church.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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