Guide to the Albert Barnes Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Albert Barnes Papers

Inclusive Dates

1834-1880

Bulk Dates

1843-1870

Call Number

RG 13

Creator(s)

Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870.

Quantity

5.00 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Albert Barnes was born in Rome, NY on December 1, 1798. He attended Fairfield Academy, Hamilton College, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Upon ordination in 1825, he became pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ. In 1830 he accepted a call from Philadelphia's First Presbyterian Church. Upon the 1837 division of the Presbyterian Church into the Old School and New School parties, Barnes allied himself with the New School branch, but worked through the press and the pulpit toward the reunion between Old School and New School which eventually took place in 1870. In 1851 Barnes was elected moderator of the General Assembly (New School). In 1868 he retired from First Church, but at the request of his congregation he accepted the title Pastor Emeritus. He died two years later, on Christmas Eve of 1870.

Barnes was an abolitionist and a temperance advocate. He was also a noted theological scholar and the author of several articles and a complete series of Commentaries on the books of the New Testament.

Collection Overview

Record Group 13 contains Barnes' writings:, manuscripts, notes, sermons and lectures. It also includes a copy of an 1880 article about Barnes.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

This collection was never properly processed. Researchers will have to use perseverance and patience to find materials as notes and commentaries on the same books of the Bible are scattered throughout the collection, and pages within folders are often out of sequence.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870 Archives.

Title Subject

Bible. New Testament--Commentaries.

Topical Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Sermons, American.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 13
	2	Reply to Review of Tract "The Position of the Evangelical Party in the Episcopal Church"
	3	"Old and New School Theology," 1860
	4-6	Notes on I Corinthians
	7	Section of Notes on Job
	8-12	Notes on Daniel
	13	"Life at Three-Score," 1869
	14	"Relation of the Church to Slavery," 1856
	15	"Inquiries and Suggestions in Regard to the Foundation of Faith in the Word of God," 1859
	16	Lectures on Evidence of Christianity, 1834-35
	17	Sermon Outlines, 1860
	18	Questions on Epistle to the Romans

2	1	Enquiry into the Organization and Government of the Apostolic Church
	2	"The Peaceful Death of the Righteous," "Home Missions," 1858
	3-5	Notes on Acts
	6	"A Presbyterian Relic: Albert Barnes," Notes, 1880
	7	Galatians
	8-10	Hebrews
	11-13	I Peter
	14	II Thessalonians
	15	Philemon
	16	Catholic Epistles
	17	Philippians
	18	Questions on I Corinthians

3	1-2	II Corinthians
	3	Ephesians
	4	Colossians
	5	Ephesians
	6	I Timothy
	7	Titus and II Timothy
	8	Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon
	9-13	Romans
	14-15	Preface and Indices to 17th Edition of the Gospels
	16	Essays, Lectures, Sermons, Fragments
	17	The Atonement (pt. 1)
	18	The Atonement (pt. 2), 1858

4	1-4	Questions and Notes on Acts of the Apostles
	5	Job (new translation)
	6-9	Notes on Job
	10	Sermon Outlines: Psalms, 1859-63
	11	Questions on Isaiah, Essay on Hebrew Poetry
	12-16	Notes on Revelation, 1852

5	1-2	Notes on Revelation, 1852
	3-14	Notes on Isaiah, 1838
	15	Sermon, c. 1850-52
	16	Notes for Lectures, Sermons

6	1-10	Lectures on Theology, volumes 1-10, 1845
	11	Remarks on 300th Anniversary of Church of Scotland
	12	Sermon, 1842
	13	Sermon, undated [August 2013 folder not found in collection]
	14	Closing scenes from Life of Christ, parts 1-6, 1842-1858.
	15	Closing scenes from Life of Christ, parts 7-12, 1843-1862
	16	Robinson’s Bible Atlas
	17	Notes on theological subjects, 1827-1828
	18	“Sermon in Behalf of the American Home Missionary Society,” 1849.

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