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040			_aDLC _cDLC _edacs _dDLC
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100	1		_aSimpson, Matthew, _d1811-1884.
245	0	0	_aMatthew Simpson papers, _f1829-1927 _g(bulk 1833-1884).
300			_a5,000 _fitems.
300			_a23 _fcontainers plus _a1 _foversize.
300			_a10 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged 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.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aFamily 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.
545	0		_aMethodist clergyman, educator, editor, and orator.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165
600	1	0	_aAmes, Edward Raymond, _d1806-1879 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBlair, Montgomery, _d1813-1883 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHarlan, James, _d1820-1899 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aJanes, Edmund S. _q(Edmund Storer), _d1807-1876 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMorris, Thomas A. _q(Thomas Asbury), _d1794-1874 _vCorrespondence.
600	3	0	_aSimpson family.
600	3	0	_aSimpson family _vCorrespondence.
610	2	0	_aIndiana Asbury University (Greencastle, Ind.)
610	2	0	_aMethodist Episcopal Church _xBishops.
610	2	0	_aMethodist Episcopal Church _xHistory _y19th century.
610	2	0	_aMethodist Episcopal Church _xPeriodicals.
610	2	0	_aMethodist Episcopal Church _zSouthern States.
630	0	0	_aWestern Christian advocate.
650		0	_aCircuit riders.
650		0	_aReligion and science.
650		0	_aSlavery _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSlavery and the church _zUnited States.
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zIndiana _zGreencastle.
651		0	_aCincinnati (Ohio) _xHistory.
651		0	_aEurope _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aOhio _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aPennsylvania _xSocial life and customs.
656		7	_aClergy. _2itoamc
656		7	_aEditors. _2itoamc
656		7	_aEducators. _2itoamc
656		7	_aOrators. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012165.3
999			_c39471 _d39471