Eddy, Richard, 1828-1906. Scrapbooks and autobiography, 1824-1906.
Overview
Scrapbooks and autobiography of Universalist minister and temperance movement advocate Richard Eddy.
Dates
- Creation: 1824-1906.
Extent
2 boxesScrapbooks and autobiography of Richard Eddy. The scrapbooks contain letters, addresses, sermons, newspaper clippings and photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Eddy (1828-1906) studied at the Clinton Liberal Institute in Clinton, New York, from 1848 to 1850. He was ordained to the Universalist ministry in 1852 at Frankfort, New York. He served parishes in Rome, Buffalo, and Canton, New York; Franklin and Gloucester, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served as chaplain for the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry. The Rev. Eddy was a longtime advocate of the temperance movement and was for many years the head of the Independent Order of Good Templars. He delivered over 2,000 lectures in support of temperance and published Alcohol in History, an Account of Intemperance in All Ages; Together with a History of the Various Methods Employed for its Removal (1887) and Alcohol in Society: an Arraignment of the Drink System as an Enemy of the Public Good (1888) for the New York City based National Temperance Society. The Rev. Eddy is best remembered for his two-volume history, Universalism in America (1884-1886), which covers the history of Universalism from 1636 to 1884.
Acquisition Information
The autobiography, written by Eddy in 1902 (?) was donated to the Andover-Harvard Library by Mary Churchill in 2002.
- Title
- Eddy, Richard, 1828-1906. Scrapbooks and autobiography: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00397
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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