James Freeman Clarke Letters
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Scope and Content Note
Autographed letters written at Boston by Unitarian clergyman and Harvard professor James Freeman Clarke to John P. Woodbury and to unidentified "Dear Professor", acknowledging contributions of money received from Woodbury for charitable causes, and offering advice on recommended reading.
Dates
- 1871-1885
Creator
- Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
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Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
James Freeman Clarke (b. April 4, 1810 - d. June, 1888) was a Unitarian clergyman in Boston. Active in behald of temperance, the abolition of slavery, and woman suffrage, he was a transcendentalist and an intimate of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education (1863-69), a Trustee of the Boston Public Library (1879-88), lecturer on ethnic religions and non-resident professor in the Harvard Divinity School (1867-71, 1887-77), and a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College (1863-72, 1873-85, 1886-88). A prolific writer, he was the author of nine books and of innumerable sermons, newspaper articles and reviews.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Acquisition Information
The James Freeman Clarke Letters were donated to the Special Collections Department by John Wesley Thomas of Fayetteville, Arkansas in May 1968.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed in October 1973.
- Title
- James Freeman Clarke Letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- October 1973
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu