Overview
Sermons, addresses, and correspondence of Hosea Ballou II, founder of Tufts College in Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: 1816-1861.
Extent
13 boxesCollection contains Ballou's sermons (those preached and his preliminary notes) as well as addresses and correspondence.
Biographical / Historical
Hosea Ballou II (1796-1861) was born in Vermont and was the grandnephew of Hosea Ballou. A Universalist minister, he wrote The Ancient History of Universalism, and worked to elevate the standards of biblical criticism among Universalists. He served congregations in Stafford, Connecticut; Roxbury, Massachusetts; and Medford, Massachusetts. Ballou was an early proponent of formal theological education for ministers and, beginning in 1841, he worked diligently to establish a Universalist college. He is recognized as the founder of Tufts College, where he served as its first president from 1853 until 1861.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series I. Sermons
- Series II. Addresses, installations, and papers
- Series III. Correspondence
- Series VI. Notebook
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Universalist Historical Society, 1976.
- Title
- Hosea Ballou papers,1816-1861: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00359
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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