T. De Witt Talmage papers, 1831-1902.
- 2,300 items. 33 containers. 13.3 linear feet.
- Arranged in 4 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1902; Series 2: Diaries and Notebooks, 1865-1900; Series 3: Writings; and Series 4: Printed Matter and Miscellany.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, minutes, sermons, lectures, writings, notebooks, autobiographical and biographical material, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating chiefly to Talmage's work as a clergyman and author. Includes notebooks concerning his travels to the Holy Land and to a trip around the world in 1894; drafts of a portion of T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him (1912) written by Talmage and his wife, Eleanor McCutcheon Collier Talmage; minutes of the Central Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.), later the Brooklyn Tabernacle; material pertaining to an interview of Talmage with Alexander III, Emperor of Russia; and correspondence of Talmage's uncle, Samuel K. Talmage.
Books Library of Congress General Collections. transferred to Some photographs and engravings Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Presbyterian clergyman, lecturer, and author.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013010
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Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1845-1894 --Interviews. Talmage, Samuel K. 1798-1865 --Correspondence.
Brooklyn Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.) Central Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--New York. Voyages around the world.
Palestine--Description and travel. Russia--Description and travel.