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Ledger of the Female Seminary, 1878-1888; autobiographical sketch of Mrs. Rambaut; a history of the Chestnut St. Seminary, written in 1894.

Ramsden, Clayton W. 1871-1941 RG-1471 Pastor 3 linear feet

Correspondence; WWI papers; sermon notes; Books; reports; clippings; Central University Degrees; photos; Notebooks; misc items.

Raney, J. Lester 1895-1979 RG-1172 Missionary 70 items

Biographical information, certificates of appointment by the American Baptist Foreign Mission society, family photographs.

Rauschenbusch, Walter 1861-1918 RG-1003 Minister & Writer 107 linear feet

Walter Rauschenbusch: 40 linear feet. Family and Professional correspondence, some in German; lecture notes for courses at Rochester Seminary; Resource files of notebooks and newspaper clippings; essays and notes, many in German; five book length manuscripts; twenty-two scrapbooks of items about Walter; copies of Walter's published works; voice recordings. Pauline Rauschenbusch: 42 linear feet. Correspondence of Walter's wife with friends and family after Walter's death; holiday greetings; family photographs. Stephen, Winifred, Paul, Carl and Lisa Rauschenbusch: 25 linear feet. Winifred's diaries, articles, and research notes, especially about the fashion industry and sociologist Robert Park ; Lisa's notes on King Lear and a sabbatical in England; Stephen's professional correspondence with organizations such as the Public Affairs Institute and the National parks Association; correspondence between Carl and Lisa; Publications by the children, particularly Stephen.

Correspondence, 1800-1841 (35 letters); certificates of intentions of marriage, 1805-1842; receipts for monies paid both by and to Remick, 1797-1847.

Rice, Luther 1783-1836 RG-1123 Missionary & Educator 1.4 linear feet

Journals, 1803-1807, 1812, 1815-1817; correspondence with William Colgate, Rufus Babcock, Horatio Gates Jones, Adoniram Judson, Sarah Julia Myers, Jesse Mercer; logbook, 1812, account book, 1815, notebook, 1827; correspondence and other materials pertaining to Columbian College, 1821-1836; Columbian College-related outgoing letters, 1815-1818, 1821-1836; photos and illustrations-Rice's silhouette; published materials, 1983-1984.

Rich, Dorothy Elaine 1903- RG-1272 Missionary 30 items

Memorabilia relating to Burma in 1940s, Burmese publications; 20 photographs of mission work in Burma.

Robbins, Joseph C. 1874-1962 RG-1429 Missionary, Pastor 4 linear inches

Diary 1913, 1928; Addresses; pamphlets, sermons and anecdotes from other individuals.

Rockefeller, John Davison Jr. 1874-1960 RG-1125 Businessman & Philanthropist. 250 items

Correspondence to and from Rockefeller, 1921-1936, largely from agencies of the Northern Baptist Convention; also includes two letters from John D. Rockefeller, Sr. to Edward Judson 1884, 1899.

Rowland, Adoniram Judson 1840-1920 RG-1066 Minister 1.75 linear feet

Speeches, papers, and sermons, 1870s-1890s; diaries, 1862, 1876; personal correspondence, 1915-1920.

Rumsey, Edwin Warren 1883- RG-1398 Minister 60 items

Correspondence 1922-1941; typed drafts of several writings by Rumsey; newspaper articles, pamphlets and flyers about the Northern Baptist Convention.

Ryan, William McCleary 1848-1933 RG-1165 Minister 1 item

Record of marriages (1 volume) performed by Ryan, 1878-1906.

Ryland, John 1753-1825 RG-1126 Minister & Educator 10 items

Correspondence, 1774-1832, includes letters to and from Daniel Sutcliff and Samuel Pearce.

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Journal, 1870-1876; memoranda book from a European trip, 1889; notes on Adoniram Judson; 14 letters to Samson, 1845-1881; a bill from John Wanamaker's department store, 1898.

Sarles, John Wesley 1817-1903 RG-1458 Minister 1 item

Sermon "Laborers with God."

Satterlee, Alfred Brown 1823-1856 RG-1368 Missionary 1 item

Journal of voyage to Burma, 1854-1855.

Saunders, Wilbour Eddy 1894-1979 RG-1252 Minister & Educator 25 linear feet

Student notes at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, 1915-1919; scrapbooks, 1919- 1948, 1954-1960, 1971-1975 (8 volumes); sermon notes, 1923-1976; addresses, 1936-1951, 1955-1968 (20 volumes); correspondence files, 1932-1978; papers related to participation in civic affairs; files pertaining to his pastorates and his trips overseas, 1948-1972.

Schmidt, Nathaniel 1862-1939 RG-1369 Educator 8 items

Correspondence (1888-1890) over liberal views on biblical criticism for which he was fired from Colgate; Letterbook of correspondence from Jacob Gould Schurman, President of Cornell University.

ABCNJ Personnel committee correspondence; Evangelist position paper, 1960-1967; Position paper correspondence.

Schwyhart, Robert Marion 1908- RG-1232 Minister 1 item

Transcript of an oral history interview, September 20-22, 1983.

Scott, Robert 1760-1834 RG-1127 Minister 6 items

An 1832 sermon written by Scott for his own funeral; family data; publications by Scott.

Scott, Jacob Richardson 1815-1861 RG-1067 Minister & Educator 1.75 linear feet

Diaries, 1832-1860; correspondence, 1861; 100 poems and other writings by Scott, 1831-1860; catalogues and programs from Brown University and Newton Theological Institution, 1832-1846.

Seamans, Mary 1764-1833 RG-1245 Laywoman 2 items

Photocopy of Mary Seamans' diary, 1822-1836.

Seward, William Henry 1801-1872 RG-1129 Lawyer & Statesman 4 items

Correspondence with the Philadelphia Baptist Association and the New Jersey Baptist Convention.

Seymour, Robert 1841-1912 RG-1434 Minister 1.5 linear inches

The Centenary of Sunday School delegate cards; brochure for Dr. Robert Seymour's Address October 27, 1903, Robert G. Seymour Memorial at Ruggles Street Baptist Church Program for the Dedication services of the Robert Seymour "Corporate Cruiser" Program for evangelistic and Missionary conference. Selected miscellaneous church programs and brochures.

Shadrach, William 1804-1890 RG-1208 Minister 3 items

Memorandum book, 1828-1831; marriage and baptism register; Fourth of July tract.

Sharpe, Dores Robinson 1886-1981 RG-1246 Minister 58 linear feet

Personal and professional files; correspondence, 1918-1980; materials related to National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Ohio Mental Hygiene Association, United Negro College Fund; texts of speeches, sermons and addresses; published articles, and manuscript materials for biography of Walter Rauschenbusch; personal memorabilia.

Shepard, Eva Mildred 1910- RG-1240 Missionary 2 items

Two photo albums: 1938-1974, of missionaries, mission scenes; a temperature record for the region (1957-1958).

Silliman, Edward Eugene 1857-1948 RG-1412 Minister, Missionary 1 item

Photocopy of a letter book written by Eugene Silliman to his mother Lucretia Silliman in 1884.

Simmons, James Barlow 1827-1905 RG-1370 Minister 14 items

Correspondence, 1900-1904, relating to the establishment of ten colleges for blacks in the southern states by the Home Mission Society.

Simons, A.E. 1835-1904 RG-1327 Minister 10 items

Addresses and sermon notes, (6 volumes); text of two speeches: "Reading- In and Out of School" 1833 and "Primary Work in our Common Schools" 1882.

Skoglund, John Egnar 1912- RG-1068 Minister & Educator 7 linear feet

ABFMS correspondence, minutes, reports, 1948-1966; correspondence, 1962-1974; papers, reports, and correspondence Baptist World Alliance Commission on the Doctrine of the Church, Consultation on Church Union, World Council of Churches, American Baptist Churches; Advisory Board for Theological Studies, 1960-1968, Consultation on the Negro and Theological Education; ABC denominational reorganization, 1959-1961.

Slemp, John Calvin 1902-1981 RG-1069 Educator & Editor 3.5 linear feet

College and seminary papers, 1924-1929; correspondence from Slemp's years at the Watchman Examiner, 1929-1933; at the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1933-1938; and at Missions magazine, 1944-1965. Sermons and addresses by Slemp, 1933-1959.

Smiley, Thomas 1759-1832 RG-1018 Minister 37 items

Correspondence between Smiley and John Davis, Baptist layman in western Pennsylvania.

Smith, Robert Fletcher 1926- RG-1472 Minister 3.8 linear feet

Sermons, prayers and papers from the ministry of Robert Smith.

Smith, Samuel Francis 1808-1895 RG-1070 Minister, Educator, Editor 120 items

Sermon notes, 1834-1878; notebook of foreign language translations, copies of poetry.

Smith, Stewart Martin 1881-1944 RG-1209 Minister 20 items

Correspondence; newspaper clippings; Smith's newsletter, "The Single Eye" (various dates).

Sowards, Erville Ellis 1897-1974 RG-1160 Missionary 8 linear feet

Correspondence, 1945-1970; research materials collected by Sowards for the 150th anniversary of Baptist work in Burma (1963); an account of the last years of the Burmese missions, 1962-1966.

Sparks, Walter James fl.1925 RG-1377 Missionary 18 items

Correspondence, 1917-1931; illustrations for book manuscripts; newspaper clippings about Sparks' antique collection.

Spencer, William Henry 1838-1926 RG-1071 Minister 11 items

Marriage records (3 volumes), 1892-1904; materials related to Waterville pastorate, 1825-1899; sermon record, 1867-1919.

Spencer, David 1839-1924 RG-1302 Minister 1 item

Working manuscript, history of Philadelphia Baptists, 1682-1919.

Spratt, George Main 1813-1899 RG-1336 Missionary & Minister 35 items

Correspondence, 1870-1887.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon 1834-1892 RG-1132 Minister 25 items

Correspondence, 1865-1890 involving personal matters and pastoral concerns.

Starr, Edward Caryl 1911- RG-1386 Minister & Historian 2 linear feet

Correspondence and files relating to American Baptist Historical Society, 1948-1976.

Stassen, Harold Edward 1907- RG-1162 Lawyer & Politician 2 items

Press release containing Stassen's presidential address to the American Baptist Convention meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 18 May 1964; manuscript of Stassen's remarks to the American Baptist Convention in Denver, Colorado, 11 May 1972, upon presentation of the Dahlberg Peace Award.

Staughton, William 1770-1829 RG-1133 Minister & Educator 50 items

Sermon notes, 1807-1823; correspondence (16 letters) 1808-1825 with J.M. Peck, William Colgate, John Williams, Andrew Fuller, and Matthias Tallmadge; circulars related to foreign missions.

Steadman, William 1764-1837 RG-1382 Minister 1 item

Lectures on church history, 1812, (1 volume).

Stearns, William Oakman 1855-1940 RG-1072 Minister 3.5 linear feet

Manuscript sermons and addresses, 1886-1935; scrapbook of various articles, programs, etc., 1894-1919; seminary notes, 1883; pastor's registers, 1884-1900; Also in the collection is material related to Oakman Sprague Stearns, (1817-1893); pastor in Massachusetts and professor of Bible at Newton Theological Institution, 1868-1893.

Steele, Levi B. 1829-1907 RG-1331 Minister 4 items

Record of marriages, 1864-1868; manuscript history of the Sharon, Vermont, Baptist Church, 1872; paper by Steele on "Cherokee Missions"; autobiographical notes, 1863.

Steucsek, Matthias 1852-1935 RG-1400 Minister & Missionary 150 items

Personal effects; sermon notes, correspondence, 1919-1934; annual reports of the First Slovak Baptist Church of Creighton, Pennsylvania.

Stevens, John 1798-1877 RG-1073 Minister Educator Missionary 450 items

Correspondence relating to frontier missions and the Western Baptist Education Society including missions in the Midwest, the work of home missionaries, the anti-mission movement, education of ministers, church growth, theological issues of the time, and Granville College/Denison University.

Stevens, Luther Carey 1812-1885 RG-1303 Minister 1 item

Scrapbook, 1878-1885, containing a record of Stevens' pastoral calls, 1856-1873, and some undated sermon notes.

Stewart, Howard R. 1922- RG-1468 Minister 3 linear inches

Items relating to Baptist Unity movement, 1961-1965.

Stewart, Joseph William Alexander 1852-1947 RG-1173 Minister & Educator 1 item

Diaries kept by Mary Stewart, 1891-1914 (24 volumes). The diaries are rich in the details of the life of a hard-working pastor's wife and mother at the turn of the century.

Stoessen, Laura Thompson fl.1920s RG-1475 Missionary 1 linear foot

Autobiography; BMTS years; Correspondence; Poems, prayers, dedications; Baptismal certificates; books; pictures.

Straton, John Roach 1875-1929 RG-1075 Minister & Educator 14.4 linear feet

Files of articles, clippings, correspondence, sermons, and speeches, 1918-1929; sermon notes; correspondence, 1920-1926; biographical information about his career in the Fundamentalist movement.

Straton, Hillyer Hawthorne 1905-1969 RG-1074 Minister 22 linear feet

Resource files for Straton's books, articles, and sermons; correspondence, reports, minutes, 1935-1969; correspondence received by Straton, 1926-1969, both personal and professional; sermons; periodical articles, 1927-1961.

Street, George Thornely 1851-1937 RG-1328 Minister 30 items

Pastoral record books, 1904-1910; record of subscriptions to the Parsonage Fund of the New Castle Church, 1919; newspaper articles about the Mount Washington church, 1909 and 1919; and official pocket guide to the 1905 Baptist World Congress in London; Constitution and By-laws of the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1929.

Strickland, Arthur Barsazou 1879-1952 RG-1454 Minister & Evangelist 2 linear inches

Original manuscript of the life of Benjamin Brabrook, Personal letters 1839 and 1914, recording of the personal resignation of Benjamin Brabrook from the ministry of a church.

Strong, Augustus Hopkins 1836-1921 RG-1159 Minister & Educator 2 linear feet

Manuscript autobiography ( 4 volumes); correspondence, 1854-1864, and 1916-1921; unpublished lectures and sermons 1886-1910; typescript of a 1919 trip to Europe; notebook belonging to Strong's father Alvah (1809-1885). Subjects range from theology to foreign missions.

Strong, Jaines E. 1802-1881 RG-1371 Minister 7 items

Correspondence, 1860-1880 (family).

Strzelic, Karol Wadyslaw 1869-1962 RG-1335 Minister & Missionary 15 items

Typed manuscripts and articles in Polish, topics include church history, Polish Baptists, Catholicism and the Bible.

Stuber, Stanley Irving 1903-1985 RG-1263 Minister 6 linear feet

Correspondence, bulletins, papers, programs, clippings, 1926-1937; personal files on the Japan International Christian University Foundation, the Kansas City Council of Churches, the Missouri Council of Churches, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and the 1955 Baptist World Congress in London; Second Vatican Council, 1962-1964; Stuber's writings, including many letters to the editors of the New York Times; two scrapbooks, 1969.

Sutherland, George 1848-1943 RG-1364 Minister & Educator 1 linear foot

Two manuscripts; an autobiography (400 pages), history of Nebraska Baptists (1000 pages), written 1935-1939.

Sutphin, Archibald Heyer 1860-1936 RG-1322 Minister 1 linear foot

Sermon notes, arranged chonologically.

Swain, Elisha Ransom 1801-1886 RG-1171 Minister 45 items

Correspondence with family members some of which detail theological and biblical concerns, details of life in Western New York State and in Michigan in the early 19th century.

Swain, Anna Spencer Canada 1889-1979 RG-1076 Lay Leader 5 linear feet

Papers and speeches, 1940-1960; correspondence, programs, articles, and memorabilia concerning Swain's presidency of the Northern Baptist Convention; file of similar material pertains to the World Council of Churches, and there is also one from her position as the first woman trustee of Brown University. Memorabilia from several overseas trips; appointment books, 1940-1963; personal correspondence, 1938-1969.

Swanson, Ella Marie Holmes 1884-1970 RG-1077 Minister & Missionary 1 linear foot

Correspondence from the mission field, 1910-1965; diaries, 1923-1934; published and unpublished articles, speeches, papers, and plays; file of data on Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet and spiritual leader; photographs of Assam.