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Frank Chamberlin Porter Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 119

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, writings, and collected material document Porter's life and work.

Dates

  • 1886-1967 1886-1940
  • Majority of material found within 1886 - 1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Arrangement

  1. I. Biographical Documentation
  2. II. Correspondence
  3. III. Notes
  4. IV. Writings
  5. V. Printed Material
  6. VI. Personal Items and Memorabilia

Extent

4.5 Linear Feet (10 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.119

Abstract

Correspondence, notes, and writings document Porter's life and work. Frank Chamberlin Porter (1859-1946) was Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology at the Yale Divinity School from 1891 to 1927.

Biographical / Historical

1859
Born
1880
B.A., Beloit
1883
M.A., Beloit
1886
B.D., Yale
1889
Ph.D., Yale
1889-1891
Instructor in Biblical Theology
1891-1927
Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology, Yale
1895-1925
Librarian of the Yale Divinity School
1897
D.D., Beloit
1927-1946
Professor Emeritus
1928-1929
Nathaniel W. Taylor Lecturer
1931
D.D., Yale
1946
Died
Title
Guide to the Frank Chamberlin Porter Papers
Author
Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
Date
1998, 2015
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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