Overview
Sermons from Unitarian minister Ralph Edward Bailey's (1888-1960) years as minister of the First Parish in Cambridge, Mass.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1932.
Extent
0.75 linear feet (2 boxes)Sermons from Bailey's years as minister of the First Parish in Cambridge, Mass.
Biographical / Historical
Ralph Edward Bailey (1888-1960) was born in Brunswick, GA. He attended Stone Mountain Preparatory School, Mercer University, and was awarded a Th.M. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1911. In that same year he married Julia Baynard Pickard, who was the daughter of Dr. W.L. Pickard, the President of Mercer University. Bailey was ordained a Baptist minister in 1907 and served Baptist churches in Harrodsburg, Kentucky; Jefferson City, Missouri; and Cleveland, Ohio from 1911 until 1919. In 1921 he shifted his denominational allegiance and ministerial labors to the Unitarian faith. Bailey served pastorates at Unitarian churches in Charleston, South Carolina; Omaha, Nebraska; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While in Omaha, Bailey was the president of both the Omaha Professional Men's Club and the Omaha Community Playhouse. During his life he wrote a biography of Alexander Hamilton, entitled An American Colossus, and several books of poetry, such as The Art of Following the Nazarine.
- Title
- Bailey, Ralph Edward, 1888-1960. Sermons: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00125
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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