Charles Woodruff Shields Papers

Shields, Charles W. (Charles Woodruff), 1825-1904

Shields was the son of James Read Shields and Hannah Woodruff Shields. He was a clergyman, professor at Princeton (1865-1903), and author. His daughter Charlotte married (1882) Bayard Stockton. Princeton Class of 1844.

The collection consists of works, correspondence, printed matter, and miscellaneous material of Shields (Princeton Class of 1844). The collection contains over eighty sermons, while the bulk of the correspondence is between Shields and his family, especially his parents, Hannah and James Shields. In addition, there are eleven issues of The Aurora (1839), a newspaper published by Shields and several boyhood friends in his hometown of New Albany, Indiana; a notebook of college expenses and letters sent and received (1842-1844); and some of his printed works.

Unprocessed.

Transferred from Mudd Library Archives in 1993.

A box and folder list (2 pp.) for boxes 1-5 is available in the Dept.

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The contents list was compiled by Rafael Abrahams in July 2010

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Woodruff Shields Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Date

2008

Creator

Shields, Charles W. (Charles Woodruff), 1825-1904

Subject

College costs -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 19th century

Children's Periodicals -- Indiana -- New Albany -- 19th century

Sermons, American -- 19th century

People

Shields, Hannah W.

Shields, James

Organization

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Class of 1844

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Language

English

Form

Correspondence