Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890. Papers, 1819-1932.
Overview
Collection includes two letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson, letters from Hedge to Margaret Fuller, a letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes, and a small group of letters to Hedge and others from various people including George Bancroft, Henry Whitney Bellows, William Ellery Channing, James Freeman Clarke, and James Russell Lowell.
Dates
- Creation: 1819-1932.
Extent
1 boxesCollection includes two letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson, letters from Hedge to Margaret Fuller, a letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes, and a small group of letters to Hedge and others from various people including George Bancroft, Henry Whitney Bellows, William Ellery Channing, James Freeman Clarke, and James Russell Lowell.
Biographical / Historical
Frederic Henry Hedge (1805-1890) graduated from Harvard College in 1825 and Harvard Divinity School in 1828. Ordained to the Unitarian ministry in 1829, Rev. Hedge served parishes in West Cambridge (now Arlington) and Brookline, Massachusetts; Bangor, Maine; and Providence, Rhode Island. He was the editor of the Christian Examiner from 1857 to 1861 and served as President of the American Unitarian Association from 1859 to 1862. Rev. Hedge also served as a professor of ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School from 1857 to 1878, and as an instructor of German language and literature for Harvard College from 1872 to 1882.
Acquisition Information
Letters to Emerson were gift of Barbara Chandler Spaulding, 1977, 1981. Letters to Fuller and letters received by Hedge and others were placed on deposit by Margery L. Chandler, 1980.
- Title
- Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890. Papers, 1819-1932: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00384
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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