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Charles Wood correspondence
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
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Charles Wood (1851-?) was born June 3, 1851, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of John T. Wood and May Lyon Wood. Wood was educated at Haverford College, where he received his bachelor's in 1870 and master's in 1873, and Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was given the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1885. After his graduation from Princeton, Wood was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church. He served as a pastor at the Central Church, Buffalo, New York (1873-1878), the First Church at Germantown, Pennsylvania (1886-1896), the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1896-1908), and the Church of the Covenant of Washington D.C. (1908 until his retirement in 1928).
Charles Wood was also an author, and his works included "Saunterings in Europe" (1882), "Beginning Life" (1887), "Friends and Foes of Youth" (1898), and "Some Moral and Religious Aspects of War" (1915).
Charles Wood married Mary Hollingsworth Morris in 1883, and the couple had six children: Margaret E. (1883), William P. (1884), Emily (1887), James S. (1889), Mary E. (1890), and Catherine N. (1891). After the death of Mary in 1891, Wood married Alice Cox in 1905.
Charles Wood died in New York in 1936.
This collection is comprised of eight volumes of the compiled correspondence of Charles Wood. Each volume contains personal correspondence from family and friends related to Wood's education, news of his family, and discussions of social outings and cricket. This collection is foldered.
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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed August, 2015.
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Kara Flynn
- Finding Aid Date
- August, 2015
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The collection is open for research use.
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
Letter writers include: Sallie Wood, Albert Plant, Frank Underhill, Del Ray Cameron, C.E. Wright, and May Lyon Wood.
Letter writers include: Emily H. Morris, John Dillingham, Howard Comfort.
Letter writers include: Edward Cope, John Wood, Lindley Haines Jr., and Frank Underhill.
Letter writers include: John Wood, Frank Underhill, Lindley Haines Jr.
Letter writers include: Frank Underhill, John Wood, Lindley Haines Jr., and George Pearson.
Letter writers include: Frank underhill, Lindley Haines Jr., and Howard Comfort.
Letter writers include: John Wood, Frank Underhill, Lindley Haines Jr., Elsie Wood, and May Lyon Wood.
Letter writers include: Frank Underhill, Howard Comfort, John Dillingham, John Wood, Lindley Haines Jr., Alice.
Booklet to commemorate Charles Wood's services to the Presbyterian Church upon his retirement in 1928. Prepared by the Church of the Covenant, Washington D.C.