Scope and Contents
The Heman Lincoln Papers, 1838-1887, primarily document the professional work of Lincoln. The collection is arranged according to the following categories: diaries, letters, lectures and essays, sermons, student lecture notes, and notes on readings, miscellaneous papers. The miscellaneous material includes data related to Lincoln's pastorates and scrapbooks of clippings related to Baptist churches in general. The bulk of the collection consists of sermons, including 215 undated sermons and dated sermons from 1838-1880.
Dates
- 1838 - 1887
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From the Andover Newton Theological School collection, transferred in 2017
Arrangement
Arranged in seven series:
I. Diaries.
II. Letters.
III. Lectures and Essays.
IV. Sermons.
V. Student Lecture Notes.
VI. Notes on Readings.
VII. Miscellaneous Papers
Extent
5 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The Heman Lincoln Papers primarily document the professional work of Lincoln as a Baptist minister and professor at Newton Theological Institution.
Biographical / Historical
Chronology
- 1821 April 14
- Born in Boston, MA
- 1840
- Graduated from Brown University
- 1840-1842
- Principal, Academy at Derby, VT
- 1845
- Received certificate, Newton Theological Institution
- 1845 September 21
- Ordained (Baptist), Boston, MA
- 1845-1850
- Minister, New Britain Baptist Church, PA
- 1848-1853
- Editor, Christian Chronicle
- 1850-1853
- Minister, Franklin Square Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA
- 1853-1859
- Minister, First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
- 1854-1867
- Editor, Watchman and Reflector
- 1860-1868
- Minister, Central Baptist Church, Providence, RI
- 1868-1873
- Professor, Church History, Newton Theological Institution
- 1873-1878
- Professor, Homiletics, Pastoral Duties and Church Polity, Newton Theological Institution
- 1878-1887
- Professor, Church History, NTI
- 1887 October 18
- Died, Newton Centre, MA
- Title
- Guide to the Heman Lincoln Papers
- Author
- Staff of Andover Newton Theological School Library and Yale Divinity Library
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Yale Divinity Library Repository