Papers of Collins Denny [manuscript] 1872-1943.

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Papers of Collins Denny [manuscript] 1872-1943.

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The papers of Denny, a chaplain at U. Va. 1889-91, professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt 1891-1910, & bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1910-1939 contain family correspondence, speeches, sermons & articles by Denny, personal biographical material including clippings & memorabilia, and collections of material on the history of the Methodist Church in the U.S., & the Civil War Reconstruction eras. Major topics include church & politics in the 1920s, the unification of the Methodist E. Church with the Methodist E. Church, South, & the trial of bishop James Cannon. Among the correspondents are William Newman Ainsworth, Edwin Anderson Alderman, James Cannon, Warren A. Chandler, Urban Valentine W. Darlington, Noah Knowles Davis, Douglas Southall Freeman, Eugene Russell Hendrix, Elijah Embree Hoss, William Fletcher McMurry, John Monroe Moore, Edwin DuBose Mouzon, Bob Jones, Thomas Nelson Page, Alexander Coke Smith, Alpheus Waters Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

ca. 2,500 items.

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