American Education Society records, 1815-1894.

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American Education Society records, 1815-1894.

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Annual reports (1815-1890); reports of board of directors and executive committee; financial records (1815-1894) including financial statements, record books, minutes of finance committee, treasurers' correspondence, investment reports, vouchers, and receipts; correspondence, with indexes, of various society secretaries, including Elias Cornelius, William Cogswell, Samuel H. Riddel, and Increase N. Tarbox; records of the Maine Branch of the American Education Society and the Religious Charitable Society in the County of Worcester (sponsored by the AES); materials of various colleges and institutions; historical materials, including plans of the union between AES and SPCTEW; printed matter; and miscellaneous documents.

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Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education

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Cornelius, Elias, 1794-1832

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American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry established in 1815; in 1820 name changed to American Education Society; in 1874 it united with the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education (founded in 1843 as Society for the Promotion of College and Theological Education in the West) to form American College and Education Society; in 1894 this absorbed the New West Education Commission and changed its name to Congregational Education Society; Congregat...

Ropse, William

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Riddel, Samuel Hopkins, 1800-1876

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Tarbox, Increase N. (Increase Niles), 1815-1888

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Increase Niles Tarbox: born in South Windsor, Ct., February 11, 1815; B.A., Yale, 1839; studied at the Yale Divinity School; ordained in 1844; pastor of the Hollis Evangelical Church of Framingham, Mass., 1844-1851; co-edited The Congregationalist, 1849-1851; withdrew from ministry and editing to became secretary of American Education Society; retired in 1884; author of many articles, stories, and poems. Tarbox died on May 3, 1888. From the description of Increase Niles Tarbox papers...

Cleveland, Aaron P.

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American Education Society

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American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry

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The American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry was formerly established in Boston on August 29, 1815 with the intention of increasing the numbers of ministers within the United States. The organizers felt that the ratio of the population to the number of ordained ministers was too large and that a vast portion of the citizenry was without religious guidance and instruction. The Society provided financial support for young men who wished to join the ministry, but could not...

Studley, Edward A.

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