Guide to the Edwin M. Ellis Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Edwin M. Ellis Papers

Inclusive Dates

1887-1940

Bulk Dates

1900-1928

Call Number

RG 12

Creator(s)

Ellis, Edwin M. (Edwin Murray), 1853-1940.

Quantity

4.00 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

Edwin Murray Ellis was born in Walden, VT, in 1853. Following graduation from Princeton University in 1881 and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1884, he was ordained and called to the Presbyterian Church in Stephensville, Montana. The Board of Home Missions first commissioned Ellis in 1884. In 1911 he became superintendent of Sunday School missions in Montana, under the Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work. For the next two decades, Ellis kept up his work of organizing and paying inspection visits to Sunday schools throughout his territory. Many of his schools developed into congregations, and he is credited with responsibility for much of the spread of Presbyterianism in Montana. He retired in 1928.

Collection Overview

This collection contains correspondence, account books, reports on Sunday School work, sermons and articles. It is a detailed documentation of Ellis' career and a valuable record of the early missionary experience in the United States.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically and by type of material, i.e. correspondence 1892-1940, letterbooks 1903-1920.

Catalog Headings

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

Personal Name Subject

Ellis, Edwin M. (Edwin Murray), 1853-1940 Correspondence.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church Sermons.

Presbyterian Church Missionaries.

Sunday schools Sermons.

Sunday schools Montana Records.

Missions Montana.

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 12
	2	Biographical Data
	3	Historical Background on the Presbyterian Work in Montana, 1864-1902
	4	EME in Japan (undated)

		Correspondence

1	5	1892-1903
	6	1906-07
	7	1908-09
	8	1910
	9	1911-12
	10	1913
	11	1914-15
	12	1916
	13	1917-18
	14	1919-20
	15	1921-22
	16	1923-40
	17	Undated

		Letterbooks, Indexed

2	1	December 1903-March 1905
	2	March 1905-June 1906
	3	June 20, 1906-May 29, 1908
	4	February 1912-June 1920
	5	February 1912-June 1920
	6	February 1912-June 1920

		Cash Account Books

3	1	1889-92
	2	1893-1905
	3	1905-13
	4	1917-21
	5	1921-25
	6	1939-40
	7	Monthly Reports; Accounts Current, 1918-21
	8-12	Sermons & Bible Lessons

4	1	Churches in Montana--Comparative Statistics, 1891-1904
	2	Annual Sabbath School Reports--Montana Presbyteries, 1917-25
	3	Sabbath Schools in Montana--Narrative Reports
	4	Sabbath School Missionary Reports--Montana, 1893-95
	5	Annual Sabbath School Reports--Montana Synod, 1896-1900
	6	Annual Sabbath School Reports--Montana Synod, 1900-04
	7	Annual Sabbath School Reports--Montana Synod, 1905-16

		Annual Presbytery Reports

4	8	1900-02
	9	1903-05
	10	1906-08
	11	1909-10
	12	1911-13
	13	1914-15
	14	1916-24
	15	Synod of Montana--List of Sabbath Schools, 1887-99
	16	Communications from Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, 1906-16
	17	Articles by EME, published in "The Sabbath School Trail"
	18	Prospective Sabbath School Missionaries--Correspondence
	19	Non-Presbyterian Montana Ministers, 1907
	20	Certificate of Honorary Membership of Board of National Missions, 1927
	21-37	Monthly Reports (bound), 1891-1917

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