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Alvah Hovey Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 288
Scope and Contents

The Alvah Hovey Papers, 1842-1903, document the professional work of Hovey. The collection includes autobiographical essays, diaries, correspondence, sermons, addresses, lectures, essays, unpublished and published literary manuscripts, student lecture notes from Dartmouth College and Newton Theological Institution, notes on Biblical texts and theological subjects, newspaper clippings, and association items.

Included in Series II, Correspondence, are letters of other 19th century Baptist clergy and educators including Elisha B. Andrews, George D. Boardman, John A. Broadus, Charles R. Brown, Henry S. Burrage, Ernest D. Burton, William N. Clarke, William H.P. Faunce, Shailer Mathews, George E. Merrill, George W. Northrup, Edwards A. Park, George D. B. Pepper, Henry E. Robins, Ezekiel G. Robinson, Artemus W. Sawyer, Augustus H. Strong, and Henry G. Weston. A more detailed listing and name index for the correspondence are included in the original finding aid for the collection, which is linked to from https://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/special-collections/andover-newton.

The documents in Series VIII, Association Items, are not in Hovey's hand; and their relation to other material in the collection is unclear. This series includes letters and literary manuscripts.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Andover Newton Theological School, 2017.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in ten series:

Series I:
Autobiographical Material and Diaries
Series II:
Correspondence
Series III:
Sermons and Addresses
Series IV:
Lectures
Series V:
Writings
Series VI:
Notes and Notebooks
Series VII:
Collected Material
Series VIII:
Associated Items
Series IX:
Writings by Others
Series X:
Addendum
Dates
1842 - 1903
Extent
14.5 Linear Feet (30 boxes)
Related Names
Hovey, Alvah, 1820-1903
Language of Materials
English