Call Number:

C0323

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 0.6 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alexander Family Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1815-1914 (inclusive)

Creator:

Alexander family and Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Form:

Autobiographies., Biographies., Correspondence., Genealogies -- 19th century., Diaries, Manuscripts -- 19th century., Clippings -- 19th century., Poems -- 19th century., and Scrapbooks

Abstract:

Consists of miscellaneous material relating to various members of the Alexander family, many of whom lived and worked in Princeton, N.J.

Archibald Alexander (1772–1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for twenty-seven years (1812-1840) as that institution's first principal. Joseph Addison Alexander (1809-1860) was an American biblical scholar, the third son of Archibald Alexander, brother to James Waddel Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1826, and later taught at the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he became chair of biblical and ecclesiastical history. His brother, James Waddel Alexander (1804-1859), born in Louisa County, Virginia, was a famous Presbyterian preacher. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1820.

The collection consists of miscellaneous material relating to various members of the Alexander family: family correspondence, autobiographies, biographies, genealogical records, manuscripts, poems, sermons, a map, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, a scrapbook of letters, resolutions, and other documents relating to the death of the Reverend Henry Carrington Alexander; and a photocopy of a picture of Mrs. Isaac Halsted Williamson (grandmother of James Waddel Alexander, 1839-1915).