Guide to the George Musgrave Giger Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

George Musgrave Giger Papers

Inclusive Dates

1840-1864

Call Number

RG 285

Creator(s)

Giger, George Musgrave, 1822-1865.

Quantity

0.75 cubic feet (1 box)

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

George Musgrave Giger was born in Baltimore on June 6, 1822. He was educated at Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary. He became a professor of Greek at Princeton in 1847 and in 1854 he switched to teaching Latin. In 1860 he was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick. During 1865 he lectured on architecture at Princeton. He died that year in Philadelphia.

Collection Overview

Record Group 285 includes sermons, Latin and architecture notebooks, a receipt book, a manuscript entitled "A System of Theology," and a few likenesses of Giger.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: SERMONS, 1842-1864

SERIES II: NOTEBOOKS, 1840-1852

SERIES III: MISCELLANEOUS, 1844-1856

Alternative Formats

Also available on microfilm: MFPOS 693 r.1-2.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: January 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

Giger, George Musgrave, 1822-1865.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church--Clergy--New Jersey.

Sermons, American.

Architecture--Study and teaching.

Theology--Methodology.

Genre-form

Sermons. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description
1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 285

		SERIES I: SERMONS, 1842-1864

1	2	1842-1844
1	3	1853-1854
1	4	1856
1	5	1857
1	6	1858
1	7	1858-1859
1	8	1859
1	9	1860
1	10	1860-1861
1	11	1861
1	12	1862
1	13	1863
1	14	1864
1	15-16	Undated
1	17	Sermons and Notes, undated
1	18	Sermon Fragments and Notes, undated


		SERIES II: NOTEBOOKS, 1840-1852

1	19	Notebook of Lectures on Architecture by Albert Baldwin Dod, 1840
1	20	Latin Notebook, 1852
1	21	Notebook, "Lectures on Architecture," undated


		SERIES III: MISCELLANEOUS, 1844-1856

1	22	Receipt Book, 1844-1856
1	23	Manuscript, "System of Theology," undated
1	24	Photographs, undated

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