Guide to the James B. McBride Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

James B. McBride Papers

Inclusive Dates

1843-1903

Call Number

RG 145

Creator(s)

McBride, James B. (James Bovard), 1820-1909.

Quantity

2.00 cubic feet (2 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

James Bovard McBride was born in Bellefonte, PA, in 1820. He graduated from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia in 1844. He spent the next three years as stated supply pastor to Presbyterian churches in North Carolina. In 1847 he was ordained by the Presbytery of Orange. He spent the rest of his career at several different churches in Iowa and Illinois. He died in 1909.

Collection Overview

Record Group 145 includes McBride's sermons, notes and clippings.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: February 1980
Jane Ramsay, Records Researcher

Notes added and finding aid revised: April 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

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

Personal Name Subject

McBride, James B. (James Bovard), 1820-1909.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church (Millersburg, Ill.)--History.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church--Clergy--19th century.

Church history--Illinois.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Sermons. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 145

1	2	Biographical Information
1	3	Index to Sermons (Partial), 1853-1872, 1874-1877
1	4-5	Sermons and Notes, 1843-1847
1	6-11	Sermons, Notes and Clippings 1848-1852
1	12-13	Sermons and Notes, 1853-1856
1	14-24	Sermons, Notes and Clippings, 1857-1869

2	1-5	Sermons, Notes and Clippings, 1870-1874
2	6	Sermons, Notes and Clippings, 1877-1879
2	7-13	Sermons, Notes and Clippings, 1883-1888
2	14-15	Sermons and Notes, 1889-1890, 1892-1893
2	16	Funeral Sermons and Notes, 1899-1903
2	17-23	Lectures, Sermons, Notes and Fragments, undated
2	24	Notebooks, 1839-1840, undated
2	25	Correspondence, Notes and Fragments 1839-1846, 1850, 1870-1877, undated
2	26-27	Miscellaneous correspondence and writings by McBride et al (including a brief history of Millersburg, IL Presbyterian Church, by H. Lee)

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