03592cpcaa2200625 4500 mm 77040162 DLC 20260227111618.0 cr ||||||||||| 771129|||||||||||| eng mm 77040162 ms 71001415 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Simpson, Matthew, 1811-1884. Matthew Simpson papers, 1829-1927 (bulk 1833-1884). 5,000 items. 23 containers plus 1 oversize. 10 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, Journals, and Letterbook, 1835-1883; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1834-1882; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1829-1927; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1884; Series 5: Writings File; Series 6: Miscellany; and Series 7: Oversize. Open to research. Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, sermons, writings, notebooks, notes, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Simpson's presidency of Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind.; service as a Methodist Episcopal bishop; years as a circuit preacher; editorship of the Western Christian Advocate in Cincinnati, Ohio; travels in Europe; early life in Ohio and Pennsylvania; and family matters. Subjects include division in the church over the slavery question, reorganization of the Methodist Church in the South after the Civil War, Methodist Church expansion during the 19th century, and the church and science. Correspondents include Edward Raymond Ames, Montgomery Blair, James Harlan, Edmund S. Janes, and Thomas A. Morris. Methodist clergyman, educator, editor, and orator. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165 Ames, Edward Raymond, 1806-1879 Correspondence. Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 Correspondence. Harlan, James, 1820-1899 Correspondence. Janes, Edmund S. (Edmund Storer), 1807-1876 Correspondence. Morris, Thomas A. (Thomas Asbury), 1794-1874 Correspondence. Simpson family. Simpson family Correspondence. Indiana Asbury University (Greencastle, Ind.) Methodist Episcopal Church Bishops. Methodist Episcopal Church History 19th century. Methodist Episcopal Church Periodicals. Methodist Episcopal Church Southern States. Western Christian advocate. Circuit riders. Religion and science. Slavery United States. Slavery and the church United States. Universities and colleges Indiana Greencastle. Cincinnati (Ohio) History. Europe Description and travel. Ohio Social life and customs. Pennsylvania Social life and customs. Clergy. itoamc Editors. itoamc Educators. itoamc Orators. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165.3 39471 39471