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Oliver Ellsworth Daggett Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 114

Scope and Contents

This record group provides thorough documentation of the career of a prominent Yale-trained Congregational clergyman of the nineteenth century. Systematic registers of sermons preached and services performed are available, as well as more than 350 full sermons manuscripts and more than 1400 sermon outlines. Notes from Daggett's students years at Yale and sermons from his years as college pastor provide insight into the religious climate at the University.

Dates

  • 1826-1880

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Arrangement

  1. I. Record Books, 1832-1875
  2. II. Sermons, Addresses, and Writings, 1833-1876, n.d.
  3. III. Notes and Notebooks, 1826-1880
  4. IV. Personal Items and Memorabilia, 1872, n.d.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (8 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.114

Abstract

Record books, sermons, writings, and notes document Daggett's ministry and his education and teaching at Yale. Oliver Ellsworth Daggett (1810-1880) served as a Congregational clergyman in Connecticut and New York from 1837 to 1877. He was Chittenden Professor of Divinity and college pastor at Yale from 1867 to 1870.

Biographical / Historical

1810
Born in New Haven, Connecticut
1828
B.A., Yale College
1834
B.D. Yale Divinity School
1837-1843
Minister at South Church, Hartford, Connecticut
1845-1867
Minister at First Congregational Church, Canandaigua, New York
1853
D.D., Hamilton College
1867-1870
Chittendon Professor of Divinity and college pastor at Yale
1871-1877
Minister at Second Congregational Church, New London, Connecticut
1872-1880
Fellow, Yale College
1877-1880
Resident of Hartford, Connecticut
1880
Died
Title
Guide to the Oliver Ellsworth Daggett Papers
Author
Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
Date
1997
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

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