Call Number:

C0588

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 7 boxes
• 2.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Samuel J. Wilson Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1860-1886 (bulk) and 1856-1926 (inclusive)

Creator:

Wilson, Samuel J.

Form:

Advertising fliers -- 19th century., Correspondence -- 19th century, Diaries -- 19th century, and Records -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, and printed matter of Samuel J. Wilson, a ninteenth-century clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

Samuel J. Wilson was a ninteenth-century clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

The collection consists of correspondence (1862-1886), diaries (1881-1883), memorabilia, and printed matter of Wilson, clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., and his records while at the Seminary. The collection contains his memoranda books, pastor's visiting books (1862-1867, 1871-1872), and miscellaneous Seminary papers, including students' exercises and essays, a register of students, and financial papers. In addition, there are handbills, miscellaneous pamphlets, and programs, some for lectures by Wilson, as well as letters to Wilson's son, Robert D. Wilson, and one of his diaries (1872).

Arranged in this order: correspondence, diaries, miscellaneous records of the Western Theological Seminary.