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Sermons

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Amerman, Thomas Albert (AC 1827) - sermon on John XI: 52, circa 1830

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: circa 1830

Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00182
Abstract

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1821-1909

Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834) - ten letters, 1860-1885

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Includes one transcript relating to some of Beecher's lectures and sermons.

Dates: 1860-1885

Heman Humphrey Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00212
Abstract

A collection of Humphrey's sermons in holograph and one bound volume of sermons published as pamphlets between 1813 and 1861. The collection includes his printed sermons on temperance, slavery and Native American rights.

Dates: 1813-1861

Justin Perkins (AC 1829) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00153
Abstract

Educator, minister and missionary to Persia beginning in the 1830s. Collection includes: correspondence with others in his field; manuscript sermons; lectures and notes; newspaper clippings and pamphlets, and seven volumes of bound manuscripts - mostly letters and journals.

Dates: circa 1830-1869

Laurens Perseus Hickok Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00088
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, certificates and licenses, lectures, sermons, and other writings by Hickok. Sermons make up the bulk of the collection. Much of the correspondence in the collection concerns Hickok's career at Union College, from his appointment as Vice President to his resignation in 1866. The collection also contains some correspondence between Hickok and his family, including his wife, Elizabeth Taylor Hickok.

Dates: 1822-1875; Majority of material found within 1830-1845

Notebook of sermons in Armenian - volume 1, Tocat, 1859-1860

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: VanLennep 1], Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 2: Papers - chiefly includes passports, a notebook of sermons in Armenian, and portrait photographs.

Dates: 1859-1860

Osmond Jesse Billings (AC 1900) Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00072
Abstract

Congregational minister. Papers consist mainly of handwritten sermons, but also include a journal and other miscellaneous writings.

Dates: 1906-circa 1960

President's Office Records. Zephaniah Swift Moore

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 003-001
Abstract

This collection, part of the President’s Office Records, contains the correspondence, addresses, and sermons of Zephaniah Swift Moore while he served as Amherst College’s first president.

Dates: 1789-1823

Reverend James Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00125
Abstract

Congregational minister, former Amherst College trustee. Papers consist of sermons, accounts, legal papers, and a leather folder.

Dates: 1808-1832

Reverend William James (1797-1868) Family Papers and Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00095
Abstract

Family correspondence and sermons documenting the family and career of William James as a Presbyterian minister in New York State.

Dates: 1808-1888

William Augustus Stearns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00120
Abstract

This collection contains a small body of correspondence, biographical material and other general material related to William A. Stearns and his family. The bulk of the collection consists of Stearns's sermons in manuscript form. The correspondence is mostly personal letters to and from members of Stearns's family, but there are some letters from Stearns to others, a group of anti-slavery letters and documents, and some religious documents pertaining to Stearns's ministry.

Dates: 1801-1875

William Seymour Tyler (AC 1830) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00020
Abstract

The William Seymour Tyler (AC 1830) Papers contains personal and professional papers of Tyler, correspondence of the Tyler Family, as well as manuscript essays by his brother Wellington H. Tyler.

Dates: 1800-1902