Pickett, Anita Trueman, 1881-1960. Papers, 1899-1960
Overview
Papers of Unitarian minister and author Anita Trueman Pickett (1881-1960) including ifteen letters, 1901-1960; lectures; sermon notes, 1908-1958; parts of Pickett's diary, 1950-1960; subject files; biographical files; and pictures.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1960
- Creation: 1901-1960;
- Creation: 1908-1958;
- Creation: 1950-1960;
Extent
3 boxesFifteen letters, 1901-1960; lectures; sermon notes, 1908-1958; parts of Pickett's diary, 1950-1960; subject files; biographical files; and pictures.
Biographical / Historical
Anita Trueman Pickett (1881-1960) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Emerson College, Meadville Theological Seminary, and Harvard Divinity School. In 1921, she was ordained to the Unitarian ministry at Woburn, Massachusetts. She served congregations in Rowe, Bedford, Barnstable, and Ware, Massachusetts; and served as co-pastor with her husband, the Rev. Harold L. Pickett, in Peabody and Medfield, Massachusetts. She was appointed as clerk for the American Unitarian Association's Department of Religious Education in 1922. Pickett is also the author of Medfield Poems (1927) and How Luke Discovered Christmas (1951). She died in Kingston, New York, at the age of 80.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series I. Papers
- Series II. Sermon notes, 1908-1958
- Series III. Biographical file
Acquisition Information
Gift of Estelle Pickett Coggins, 1977.
- Title
- Pickett, Anita Trueman, 1881-1960. Papers: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00180
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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