Scope and Contents
Letters to Enoch Fitch Burr of Lyme, Connecticut, from a number of prominent individuals make up these papers. Included are Henry Ward Beecher, Willian Cullen Bryant, Horace Bushnell, James Dwight Dana, William Gladstone, Mark Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Samuel F. B. Morse, Denison Olmsted, Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey, among others. Unfortunately, most of the correspondence consists of letters of recommendation and acknowledgments of books received from Burr, although the letters from James Dwight Dana and a few others do contain discussions of science and religion. In addition, there are several miscellaneous items, including a partial genealogy of Burr.
Dates
- 1842-1888
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Letters to Enoch Fitch Burr of Lyme, Conn., Yale 1839, clergyman, author, and lecturer on religion and science. The Reverend Dr. Burr was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Burr of Fairfield, Conn., a brother of Jehue Burr from Aaron Burr, the vice-president, was descended. Correspondents include William Cullen Bryant, Horace Bushnell, James Dwight Dana, William Gladstone, Mark Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Denison Olmsted, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The correspondence consists mostly of routine acknowledgements and letters of introduction.
Biographical / Historical
Enoch Fitch Burr studied science, then was ordained to preach in 1850; from 1850-1907 he served in a church in Hamburg, Ct.; he wrote on religion and the application of science to religion.
- Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
- Burr family
- Burr, E. F. (Enoch Fitch), 1818-1907
- Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876
- Clergy
- Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
- Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867
- Dwight, Edward S. (Edward Strong), 1820-1890
- Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William), 1831-1903
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898
- Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887
- Lewis, Tayler, 1802-1877
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
- Lyman, Chester Smith, 1814-1890
- Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859
- Palmer, Ray, 1808-1887
- Religion and science
- Salisbury, Edward Elbridge, 1814-1901
- Seelye, Julius H. (Julius Hawley), 1824-1895
- Stanley, Anthony D. (Anthony Dumond), 1810-1853
- Tait, Archibald Campbell, 1811-1882
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
- Tyler, W. S. (William Seymour), 1810-1897
- Vincent, John Heyl, 1832-1920
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
- Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889
- Title
- Guide to the Enoch Fitch Burr Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Janet Elaine Gertz
- Date
- October 1981
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
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beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
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