Scope and Contents
The collection consists almost entirely of manuscript sermons, arranged chronologically.
Dates
- 1877-1928
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
- I. Correspondence, 1923
- II. Sermons and Addresses, 1877-1928
- III. Other Writings, 1921-1922, undated
Extent
10 Linear Feet (21 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 papers consist primarily of manuscript sermons dating from 1877 to 1928. Samuel Clarke Bushnell (1852-1928), a Yale Divinity School graduate, was a Congregational minister in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Biographical / Historical
- 1852 March 8
- Born in New Haven, CT
- 1874
- B.A., Yale College
- 1877
- B.D., Yale Divinity School
- 1879
- Ordained as Congregational minister
- 1878-1890
- Served First Congregational Church in New Bedford, MA
- 1890-1920
- Served Orthodox Church (Pleasant Street Congregational) in Arlington, MA
- 1917-1918
- Alumni Lecturer, Yale Divinity School
- 1920-1928
- Resided in New Haven; preached at United Church; acting pastor there 1922-1923
- 1928
- Died
- Title
- Guide to the Samuel Clarke Bushnell Papers
- Author
- Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
- Date
- 1998
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Yale Divinity Library Repository