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Overview

Repository: Yale University Divinity School Library
409 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Email: divinity.library@yale.edu
Phone: (203) 432-5301
Call Number: Record Group No. 77
Creator: Bushnell, Samuel Clarke, 1852-1930.
Title: Samuel Clarke Bushnell Papers,
Dates: 1877-1928
Physical Description: Total archival boxes 21; total linear footage 10'
Language(s): Materials in English.
Summary: The papers consist primarily of manuscript sermons dating from 1877 to 1928. Samuel Clarke Bushnell (1852-1928), a Yale Divinity School graduate, was a Congregational minister in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Administrative Information

Information about Access

Open to qualified researchers.

Cite As

Samuel Clarke Bushnell Papers, Record Group No. 77, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.

Biographical Sketch

1852 Mar 8 Born in New Haven, CT
1874 B.A., Yale College
1877 B.D., Yale Divinity School
1879 Ordained as Congregational minister
1878-1890 Served First Congregational Church in New Bedford, MA
1890-1920 Served Orthodox Church (Pleasant Street Congregational) in Arlington, MA
1917-1918 Alumni Lecturer, Yale Divinity School
1920-1928 Resided in New Haven; preached at United Church; acting pastor there 1922-1923
1928 Died

Description of the Papers

The collection consists almost entirely of manuscript sermons, arranged chronologically.