Episcopal Bishops collection, 1778-1911

Summary

Creator:

William L. Clements Library

Abstract:

This collection contains letters, biographical newspaper clippings, cartes de visite, and other material related to Episcopal bishops between the late 18th and early 20th centuries.

Extent:

1 linear foot

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, April 2012

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection contains letters, biographical newspaper clippings, cartes-de-visite, and other material related to 155 Episcopal bishops serving in the United States between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Many of the newspaper clippings provide biographical information and dates of ordination, as well as autographed letters, often related to church matters. Of the five volumes, two contain biographical sketches of bishops, two pertain to the consecrations of bishops, and one includes descriptions of churches and cathedrals in Europe.

See the Detailed Box and Folder Listing and Subject Terms for a complete list of bishops represented.

Biographical / Historical:

The Episcopal Bishops collection contains a miscellany of items related to 155 bishops of the Episcopal Church between the late 18th and early 20th centuries.

Acquisition Information:

1945-2016. M-565; M-577; M-1898; M-2222; M-6040.28 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by bishops' surnames.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

The Manuscripts Division holds many additional manuscripts and collections related to the Episcopal Church, including the Albin Kendall Putnam papers, the Hopkins family papers, the William White sermon, and the Samuel Seabury sermons in the Blandina Diedrich collection.

The Book Division holds many books related to the Episcopal Church.

The Graphics Division holds a carte de visite album of Episcopal bishops and clergymen, as well as additional photographs of Episcopal clergy.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Consecration of bishops.
Church buildings--United States.
Church buildings--Europe.

Formats:

Articles.
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Letters (correspondence)
Maps.
Notes.
Photographs.
Portaits.
Speeches.
Sermons.

Names:

Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Episcopal Church--United States--Clergy--Biography.
Adams, William Forbes, 1833-1920.
Armitage, William Edmond, 1830-1873.
Atkinson, Thomas, 1807-1881.
Atwill, Robert Edward, 1840-1911.
Auer, John Gottlieb, 1832-1874.
Barnwell, Allard.
Beckwith, John W. (John Watrous), 1831-1890.
Bedell, Gregory Thurston, 1817-1892.
Bass, Edward, 1726-1803.
Bissell, William Henry Augustus, 1814-1893.
Boone, William Jones, 1811-1864.
Boone, William Jones, Jr., 1846-1891.
Bowen, Nathaniel, 1779-1839.
Bowman, Samuel, 1800-1861.
Brewer, Leigh R. (Leigh Richmond), 1839-1916.
Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893.
Brown, J. H. Hobart (John Henry Hobart), 1831-1888.
Brownell, Thomas Church, 1779-1865.
Burgess, Alexander, 1819-1901.
Burgess, George, 1809-1866.
Chase, Carlton, 1794-1870.
Chase, Philander, 1775-1852.
Claggett, Thomas John, 1743-1816.
Clark, Thomas M. (Thomas March), 1812-1903.
Clarkson, Robert H. (Robert Harper), 1826-1884.
Cobbs, Nicholas H. (Nicholas Hamner), 1796-1861.
Coleman, Leighton, 1837-1907.
Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1818-1896.
Croes, John, 1762-1832.
Cummins, George D. (George David), 1822-1876.
Davies, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1831-1905.
Davis, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1804-1871.
Dehon, Theodore, 1776-1817.
De Lancey, William Heathcote, 1797-1865.
Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859.
Doane, William Croswell, 1832-1913.
Donohoe, Robert J., 1912-.
Dudley, T. U. (Thomas Underwood), 1837-1904.
Dunlop, George Kelley, 1830-1888.
Eastburn, Manton, 1801-1872.
Elliott, Robert W. B., 1840-1887.
Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866.
Ferguson, Samuel David, 1842-1916.
Freeman, George W. (George Washington), 1789-1858.
Gadsden, Christopher Edwards, 1785-1852.
Galleher, John Nicholas, 1839-1891.
Garrett, Alexander Charles, 1832-1924.
Gilbert, Mahlon Norris, 1848-1900.
Gillespie, George DeNormandie, 1819-1909.
Grafton, Charles C. (Charles Chapman), 1830-1912.
Graves, Anson R., 1842-1931.
Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887.
Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909.
Harris, Samuel Smith, 1841-1888.
Hawks, Cicero Stephens, 1812-1868.
Henshaw, J. P. K. (John Prentiss Kewley), 1792-1852.
Hobart, John Henry, 1775-1830.
Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868.
Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1809-1895.
Howe, William Bell White, 1823-1894.
Huntington, F. D. (Frederic Dan), 1819-1904.
Ives, L. Silliman (Levi Silliman), 1797-1867.
Jackson, Henry Melville, 1848-1900.
Jaggar, Thomas A. (Thomas Augustus), 1839-1912.
Jarvis, Abraham, 1739-1813.
Johns, John, 1796-1876.
Johnston, James Steptoe, 1843-1924.
Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870.
Kendrick, John Mills, 1836-1911.
Kerfoot, J. B. (John Barrett), 1816-1881.
Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893.
Knickerbacker, David Buel, 1833-1894.
Knight, C. F. (Cyrus Frederick), 1831-1891.
Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885.
Lee, Alfred, 1807-1887.
Lee, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1815-1874.
Leonard, Abiel, 1848-1903.
Leonard, William Andrew, 1848-1930.
Littlejohn, Abram Newkirk, 1824-1901.
Lyman, Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict), 1815-1893.
Madison, James, 1749-1812.
McCoskry, Samuel Allen, 1804-1886.
McIlvaine, Charles Pettit, 1799-1873.
McLaren, William Edward, 1831-1905.
Meade, William, 1789-1862.
Moore, Benjamin, 1748-1816.
Moore, Richard Channing, 1762-1841.
Morris, Benjamin Wistar, 1819-1906.
Neely, Henry Adams, 1830-1899.
Nelson, Cleland Kinlock, 1852-1917.
Nichols, William F. (William Ford), 1849-1924.
Niles, William Woodruff, 1832-1914.
Odenheimer, William Henry, 1817-1879.
Onderdonk, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Tredwell), 1791-1861.
Onderdonk, Henry U. (Henry Ustick), 1789-1858.
Otey, James Hervey, 1800-1863.
Paddock, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Henry), 1828-1891.
Paddock, John Adams, 1825-1896.
Paret, William, 1826-1911.
Parker, Samuel, 1744-1804.
Payne, John, 1815-1874.
Penick, Charles Clifton, 1843-1914.
Perry, William Stevens, 1832-1898.
Peterkin, Geo. W. (George William), 1841-1916.
Pierce, Henry Niles, 1820-1899.
Pinkney, William, 1810-1883.
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864.
Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865.
Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908.
Potter, Horatio, 1802-1887.
Quintard, C. T. (Charles Todd), 1824-1898.
Randall, George M. (George Maxwell), 1810-1873.
Randolph, Alfred Magill, 1836-1918.
Ravenscroft, John Stark, 1772-1830.
Robertson, C. F. (Charles Franklin), 1835-1886.
Robinson, Henry Douglas, 1860-1913.
Rulison, Nelson Somerville.
Rutledge, Francis Huger, 1799?-1866.
Ryan, P. J. (Patrick John), 1831-1911.
Satterlee, Henry Yates, 1843-1908.
Scarborough, John, 1831-1914.
Schereschewsky, S. I. J. (Samuel Isaac Joseph), 1831-1906.
Scott, Thomas Fielding, 1807-1867.
Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796.
Sessums, Davis, 1858-1929.
Seymour, George F. (George Franklin), 1829-1906.
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Smith, Robert, 1732-1801.
Southgate, Horatio, 1812-1894.
Spalding, John Franklin, 1828-1902.
Starkey, Thomas Alfred, 1818-1903.
Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887.
Stone, William Murray, 1779-1838.
Talbot, Ethelbert, 1848-1928.
Talbot, Joseph C. (Joseph Cruickshank), 1816-1883.
Thomas, Elisha S.
Thompson, Hugh Miller, 1830-1902.
Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester, 1837-1923.
Upfold, George, 1796-1872.
Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard), 1812-1889.
Vincent, Boyd.
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1792-1854.
Walker, William David.
Watson, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustin), 1818-1905.
Weed, Edwin Gardner.
Welles, Edward Randolph, 1830-1888.
Whittle, Francis McNeece, 1823-1902.
Whitaker, Ozi William.
White, William, 1748-1836.
Whitehead, Cortlandt, b. 1842.
Whitehouse, Henry John, 1803-1874.
Whittingham, William Rollinson, 1805-1879.
Williams, Channing Moore, 1829-1910.
Williams, J. (John), 1817-1899.
Wilmer, Joseph Pere Bell, 1812-1878.
Wilmer, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), 1816-1900.
Wingfield, John Henry Ducachet, 1833-1898.
Worthington, George.
Young, J. Freeman (John Freeman), 1820-1885.