Simpson, Matthew 1811-1884 creator mixed material monographic eng 5,000 23 1 10 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. Open to research. 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 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 Editors Educators Orators mm 77040162 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165.3 Open to research. DLC 771129 20260227111618.0 mm 77040162