Guide to the William C. Cattell Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

William C. Cattell Papers

Inclusive Dates

1855-1897

Call Number

RG 181

Creator(s)

Cattell, William C. (William Cassiday), 1827-1898.

Quantity

2.50 cubic feet (5 boxes)

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

Dr. Cattell was born in Salem, NJ on August 30, 1827. Following graduation from the College of New Jersey in 1848, he studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1849-1853. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Newton. From 1855-1860 he was professor of Greek and Latin at Lafayette College. He served the Pine Street Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg, PA as its pastor from 1860-1863, at which time he was elected president of Lafayette. He held the position for the next twenty years.

Dr. Cattell was secretary of the Board of Ministerial Relief of the PCUSA in 1884, and was president of the Presbyterian Historical Society from 1890 until his death in 1898. He received DD degrees from Hanover College and from the College of New Jersey, and an LLD degree from the College of Wooster.

Collection Overview

RG 181 consists of Dr. Cattell's sermons, lectures and addresses and incoming correspondence.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1855-1897, UNDATED

SERIES 2: SERMONS, 1860-1869, UNDATED

SERIES 3: LECTURES, ADDRESSES, NOTES, 1860-1881, UNDATED

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Calendar and alphabetical card file indexes to portions of the collection are available at the society. Indexed items are noted in the Collection Inventory. Consult repository for details.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Jane Ramsay

Catalog Headings

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

Personal Name Subject

Cattell, William C. (William Cassiday), 1827-1898.

Corporate Subject

Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)

Topical Subject

Sermons, America--19th century.

Genre-form

Sermons. aat

Lecture notes. aat

Business records. aat

Corporate Added Name

Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)

Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Harrisburg, Pa.)

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

		*(Box 1:* *Calendared Items 1-419)*
1	1	Finding aid to Record Group 181

		SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1855-1897, UNDATED

1	2	Outgoing Correspondence and papers, 1855-1868
1	3	Outgoing Correspondence and papers, 1858-1868
1	4-21	Incoming Correspondence, 1870-1875

		*(Box 2: Calendared Items 420-767)*
2	1-9	Incoming Correspondence, 1876-1894
2	10	Outgoing Correspondence, undated
2	11	Incoming Correspondence, undated
2	12	Outgoing and Incoming Correspondence, 1882-1897

		SERIES 2: SERMONS, 1860-1869, UNDATED

2	13-15	1860-1861

		*(Box 3: Calendared Items 768-887)*
3	1-7	1861-1869

		*(Box 4: Calendared Items 888-993)*
4	1-3	Sermons and Exegetical Notes, undated

		SERIES 3: LECTURES, ADDRESSES, NOTES, 1860-1881, UNDATED

4	4-5	Addresses, Lafayette College, 1865-1881
4	6	Funeral Orations, 1862
4	7	Theological Lecture Notes, 1875, 1879

		*(Box 5: Calendared Items 994-1019)*
5	1	Lectures on Interchurch Polemics, undated
5	2	Address and Lecture Notes, 1876
5	3	Lectures on Classical Greece, undated
5	4	Historical Discourse on Cuba; Impressions of Jerusalem and Rugby, undated
5	5	Sermons, 1860

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