Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Matthew Simpson papers, 1829-1927 |
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Span Dates | 1829-1927 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1833-1884) |
ID No. | MSS40162 |
Creator | Simpson, Matthew, 1811-1884 |
Extent | 5,000 items |
Extent | 23 containers plus 1 oversize |
Extent | 10 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77040162 |
Summary | Methodist clergyman, educator, editor, and orator. Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, notes, scrapbooks, copies of speeches, sermons, and writings, and miscellaneous printed material relating to Simpson's early life in Ohio and Pennsylvania, his presidency of Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University), editorship of the Western Christian Advocate, and service as a Methodist Episcopal bishop. |