Perry-Clarke Collection, 1761-1923.

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Perry-Clarke Collection, 1761-1923.

The Perry-Clarke Collection consists of the papers of James Freeman Clarke, the Unitarian clergyman, transcendentalist, author and social reformer. The collection contains letters to Clarke (19 boxes), notes for his lectures and sermons (13 boxes), his personal notebooks, journals and accounts (80 volumes), and Clarke family papers (13 boxes and 45 volumes.) The collection includes material on Clarke's career as a minister in Louisville, where he edited the Western Messenger, and later as pastor of the Church of the Disciples in Boston from 1841 until his death in 1888. The collection also contains Margaret Fuller's 1844 commonplace book (on deposit at the Historical Society), Huidekoper family papers, and a small, separately indexed autograph collection.

30 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7951866

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University. Board of Overseers

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The Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting was established in the spring of 1977 to recognize and encourage book collecting by undergraduates at Harvard. It is sponsored by the Members of the Board of Overseer's Committee to Visit the Harvard University Library. From the description of General information about the Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting. 1977- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511952 The Board of Overseers i...

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850

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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent, writing for Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune, and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Born Sarah Margaret Fuller in Cambridge, Massa...

Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

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John Gorham Palfrey was a Unitarian minister, professor at Harvard Divinity School, editor of the North American Review, congressman from Massachusetts (1847-1849), postmaster of Boston (1861-1867), and historian, best known for his multi-volume History of New England. From the description of Letters to William Taylor Palfrey, 1818-1866. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 77703801 ...

Clarke, Samuel, 1779-1830.

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Clark family.

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American Unitarian Association

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Butler, Mann, 1784-1852

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Lawyer, educator, and historian. From the description of Letter, 1834 Feb. 9. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46763933 Butler wrote on the early history of Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. From the description of Papers, [1816]-1855. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246220 ...

Weeden, William B. (William Babcock), 1834-1912

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Walker, James, 1794-1874

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James Walker (1794-1874) was President of Harvard University from February 10, 1853 to January 26, 1860. Walker was also a Unitarian minister and religious philosopher. James Walker was born to John Walker and Lucy (Johnson) Walker on August 16, 1794 in what was then Woburn, Massachusetts (later to become a part of Burlington ). Walker attended the Lawrence Academy in Groton, Massachusetts (1807-1810) and graduated from Harvard University in 1814. After graduation, Wal...

Clarke, Cora Huidekoper, 1851-1916.

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Huidekoper, Elizabeth, 1819-1908.

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Zachos, John C., 1820-1898.

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Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.)

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The Church of the Disciples was founded April 27, 1841, by James Freeman Clark. It united with the Indiana Street Church in 1855. The chapel in Freeman Place was dedicated March 15, 1848. The church united with the Arlington Street Church in 1942. Ministers: 1841-1888, James Freeman Clarke; 1889-1912, Charles Gordon Ames; 1911-1938, Abraham Mitre Rihbany. From the guide to the Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1863-1950, (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard D...

Harvard University. Harvard Examinations for Women.

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Huidekoper, Harm Jan, 1776-1854

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American businessman and lay theologian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Meadville, Penna., to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1829 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530201 ...

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Ware, John F. W. (John Fothergill Waterhouse), 1818-1881

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John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware (1818-1881) graduated from Harvard College in 1838 and Harvard Divinity School in 1842. He held Unitarian pastorates in Fall River, Massachusetts, from 1843 to 1846; Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, from 1847 to 1864; Baltimore, Maryland, from 1864 to 1867; and the Arlington Street Church ( Boston) from 1872 until his death. While in Baltimore, he worked extensively with former slaves and established a number of schools for the children of freed slaves. He wrote The ...

Huidekoper family.

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Clarke, Samuel, -1778

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Clarke, Rebecca Parker, 1790-1886.

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Society for helping destitute mothers and infants.

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Clarke, Eliot C. (Eliot Channing), 1845-1921

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Harvard Divinity School.

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The Harvard Divinity School was started in 1811 when a program of graduate studies was organized for candidates for the ministry. In 1819 it became a separate administrative unit in Harvard University. From the description of General information by and about the Harvard Divinity School, 1811- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511094 Theology has been taught at Harvard since its opening in 1638. The Harvard Divinity School was started in 1811 when a program of grad...

Clarke, Lilian Freeman, 1842-1921.

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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Everett, Charles Carroll, 1829-1900

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Everett (Harvard, S.T.B., 1859) taught theology, served as Dean of the Divinity School and as preacher at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Carroll Everett, 1900. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069262 Everett, an author, was dean of Harvard Divinity School, 1878-ca.1900. From the description of Letter, 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007249 Charles Carroll Everett (1829-1900) graduated from Bowdoin College...

Clarke, Anna Huidekoper, 1814-1897.

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