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Samuel J. Wilson Papers

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Wilson, Samuel J.

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.

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Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '2014 in 2011.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

Correspondence, Samuel J. Wilson, 1864-1889. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Correspondence, Samuel J. Wilson, A - Z, 1864-1883. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Correspondence, Samuel J. Wilson, additions, 1864-1883. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Receipts and Miscellaneous Papers, Samuel J. Wilson, 1864-1883. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, Mrs. Charles McKnight (née Kitty Wilson), 1893-1925. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Papers, Samuel J. Wilson and Robert D. Wilson, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, Robert D. Wilson, 1871-1889. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Family Correspondence, Robert D. Wilson, 1879-1887. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Family Correspondence, Robert D. Wilson from Jane and Kitty Wilson, 1879-1883. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Family Correspondence, Robert D. Wilson from Calvin D. Wilson, 1879-1882. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

College Papers, Receipts etc., Robert D. Wilson, 1877-1889. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, Robert D. Wilson, additions, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Diaries of S. J. Wilson, 1871-1883. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Western Theological Seminary Records, 1876-1883. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Miscellaneous Papers, 1873-1926. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes Robert's school exercises and essays, and photographs.

Physical Description

1 folder

Programs and Pamphlets, 1876-1882. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Memoranda Books of S. J. Wilson and R. D. Wilson, 1856-1892. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Pastor's Visiting Books, Smith Presbyterian Church, 1862-1876. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Western Theological Seminary records, miscellaneous papers, 1866-1883. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes Roll Call book from ca. 1922

Physical Description

1 folder

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