Guide to the Harry Pringle Ford Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Harry Pringle Ford Papers

Inclusive Dates

1876-1928

Call Number

RG 351

Creator(s)

Ford, Harry Pringle, 1856-1937.

Quantity

0.50 cubic feet (8 folders)

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

Harry Pringle Ford was born in Maryland in 1856 and graduated from Washington College, Chestertown, MD, in 1876. After teaching school in Maryland for four years, he came to Philadelphia where he became active in the Hollond Presbyterian Church as an elder and as a Sunday School superintendent. After moving to Norwood, PA, in 1916, he served as an elder and clerk of session at the Olivet Presbyterian Church, Prospect Park.

Ford served as secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work from 1890 to 1929 and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Presbyterian Historical Society from about 1912 to 1930. Ford was also secretary of the Board of Trustees of the General Assembly of the PCUSA for thirty years.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of correspondence related to the Ford's work for the Board of Publications and the Presbyterian Historical Society and some personal correspondence and historical articles that he wrote. Among the correspondents are the Rev. William Martin Rice, Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Philadelphia and J. R, Miller, Editor for the Presbyterian Publishing House. There are also letters from J. Wilbur Chapman and Harry Emerson Fosdick.

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Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: January 1993
Glenn Colliver, Assistant 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

Ford, Harry Pringle, 1856-1937.

Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1859-1918.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Historical Society.

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

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Personal Added Name

Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1859-1918.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 351
1	2	Correspondence, 1890, 1900-1928
1	3	Correspondence, (William R. Rice), 1899-1904
1	4	Correspondence, (Addie D. Bradshaw), 1921-1922
1	5	Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, 1892, 1934
1	6	Presbyterian Historical Society, 1876-1926
1	7	Historical Articles and Notes, 1916, n.d.
1	8	Historical Sketch, "Old Monie" Episcopal Church, 1925

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