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COLLECTION Identifier: bMS 602

Attwood, Luther Weston. Diaries, 1892-1932.

Overview

Diaries kept by Universalist minister Luther Weston Attwood (1857-1932).

Dates

  • Creation: 1892-1932.

Access

There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Extent

1.33 linear feet (25 volumes)

This collection consists of twenty-five diaries kept by Attwood from 1892 to 1932. Each diary represents one year, with the exception of the last volume, which represents the years 1929-1932. There are no diaries for the years 1894, 1895, 1897, 1917-1921, and 1924-1928. The diaries record Attwood's church work with named parishioners and colleagues, related statistics (e.g., attendance numbers, dollar amounts); his social interactions with other individuals; references to his missionary work in Japan; chronicles of his travels; and his thoughts and emotions on a number of other subjects.

Biographical / Historical

Luther Weston Attwood (1857-1932) was born in West Minot, Maine. He graduated from Tufts College in 1891, and was ordained a Universalist minister at Tufts that same year. He became pastor of the Second Universalist Church in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1891, where he remained for twenty-one years. He married Mary Harris Shaw in 1899. Attwood was also a pastor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in Abington, Massachusetts. He retired from Abington in 1930.

Acquisition Information

Collection purchased from Carmen D. Valentino, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Philadelphia, PA, November 2004.

Related Materials

For related collection, please see the papers of Isaac Wallace Cate in bMS 177.

Title
Attwood, Luther Weston, 1857-1932. Diaries, 1892-1932: A Finding Aid.
Author
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
div00602

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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