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William Herbert Perry Faunce papers (MS-1C-9)

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Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Inventory

Series I. Manuscripts and Journals, 1875-1920

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder I.1 Poems collected and distributed by Faunce
Contents Note: Collection of poems that Faunce mailed to friends and acquaintances.
Box 1, Folder I.2 Quotations on the Orient
Box 1, Folder I.3 Serving One's Generation: Baccalaureate Sermons
Contents Note: A collection of sermons given by Faunce at Brown baccalaureates. Prepared for publication as a book after Faunce's death by Robert A. Ashworth. Includes an introduction by Ashworth and sixteen sermons by Faunce.
Box 1, Folder I.4 Journal
1875 January - 1878 September
Box 1, Folder I.5 Journal
1878 October - 1880 September
Box 1, Folder I.6 Journal
1880 September - 1920
Box 2, Folder I.7 Journal: Europe
Contents Note: Record of Faunce's first trip to Europe in 1887.
1887
Box 2, Folder I.8 Journal: Europe
Contents Note: Record of Faunce's trip to Europe in 1895.
1895
Box 2, Folder I.9 Journal: Europe
Contents Note: Record of Faunce's trip to Europe in 1905.
1905
Box 2, Folder I.10 Journal: Round the World Tour
Contents Note: First part of record of his trip around the world in 1912-1913. Includes visits to Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Italy, Egypt), trip through the Suez Canal, visits to Ceylon, India, Burma, Singapore, Java, Djakarta, Sumatra, Canton, South China, Hong Kong. Journal includes a list of purchases made. Also with this are several newspaper articles referring to Faunce's trip, a brief note from Sadie expressing her love for WHPF, a photograph of Faunce on an elephant and 2 poems.
1912-1913
Box 2, Folder I.11 Journal: Round the World Trip
Contents Note: Second part of the record of his round the world trip. Mostly relates to visits to China and Japan. Includes newspaper articles on Faunce's trip and return to Providence. Also included are some photographs of Faunce on the trip and some photographs of the ship.
Box 2, Folder I.12 Pastor's record
Contents Note: Official record of his ministry in Springfield, Mass.
1884-1889

Series II. Sermons, Addresses, and Essays, 1883-1929, undated

Subseries 1. Sermons

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder S1 The active God and the passive church
Contents Note: n.p., undated; Not delivered.
Box 5, Folder S2 The second coming of Christ
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, undated
Box 5, Folder S3 Them for whom nothing is prepared
Contents Note: Providence--Central Baptist Church, undated; Northeast Harbor, ME, undated; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, undated
Box 5, Folder S4 They shall come from the East and West�(incomplete)
Contents Note: n.p., undated
Box 5, Folder S5 They were all afraid of him...
Contents Note: n.p., undated
Box 5, Folder S6 Thou never gavest me a kid
Contents Note: Bowdoin Square, NY, undated; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, undated; Fall River, MA--Baptist Church, 1883 December; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1884; Newport, RI, 1884 May
Box 5, Folder S7 Easter: If it were not so, I would have told you
Contents Note: Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1886 April 25; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1892; Providence--Beneficent Congregational Church, 1901
Box 5, Folder S7a Pillars and lily-work
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1892 December; Cornell University, 1893; Harvard University, 1898; Wellesley College, 1898; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1900; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1927 April; To the Masons.
Box 5, Folder S8 Full grown men
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1894 January; University of Chicago, 1894 October; Brown University, 1895; Germany--Jena, 1895 July
Box 5, Folder S9 Easter: Reach hither thy finger
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1894 March; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1904 April; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1907 April
Box 5, Folder S10 Virtue is gone out of me
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1894 April; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1903 April 26; Providence--Pilgrim Congregational Church, 1903?; Providence--Cranston Street Baptist Church, 1903 September; Westerly, RI, 1903 September; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1903 October; Young Men's Christian Association--Providence?, 1904 January?; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1905 April; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1906 May In part.
Box 5, Folder S10a The word made flesh: How shall we think of Christ?
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1895 March; Providence--Cranston Street Baptist Church, 1900 December; University of Pennsylvania, 1901; Wellesley College, 1901; Brown University, 1901 March; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1901 October; Fall River, MA--Baptist Church, 1901 December; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1902; University of Chicago, 1902; Mount Holyoke College, 1902; University of Virginia, 1902; Yale University, 1902; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1903; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1903 August; Young Men's Christian Association--Providence?, 1904 January?; Peacedale, RI, 1904 March; Chautauqua, NY, 1904 July; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1905 February; Providence--Grace Church, 1907 April; Seattle--Y.P.S.C.E., 1907 July; Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA, 1907 October; Leland Stanford Junior University, 1908 April; Princeton University, 1908 May; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1908 November; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1908 November 22; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1911 July; China--Shanghai, Union Church, 1913 March; China--Nanking, 1913 April; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1914 June; Newport, RI--United Congregational Church, 1914 December; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1923 March; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1923 May; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1925 August
Box 5, Folder S10b The contribution of the Baptists
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1896 January; Brooklyn, NY--Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, undated; White Plains, NY, undated
Box 5, Folder S11 We trusted (Easter sermon)
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1896 April
Box 5, Folder S12 The Old Testament in modern life
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1896 October
Box 5, Folder S13 God and natural law
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1896 November; Providence--First Congregational Church (Unitarian), 1906 April 22; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915 July; Rewritten.; Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1916 February; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1916 May
Box 5, Folder S14 Easter sermon
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1897 April
Box 5, Folder S15 The answer to pessimism
Contents Note: Watch Hill, RI, undated; Providence--Beneficent Congregational Church, 1892 May; University of Chicago, 1897; Cornell University, 1897 April; Amherst College, 1897 May; Brown University, 1897 June 13, Baccalaureate; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1897 August; Harvard University, 1897 November; Dartmouth College, 1901; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1901?; University of Pennsylvania, 1901; Williams College, 1901; Yale University, 1901 ;Fall River, MA--Baptist Church, 1901 December; University of Virginia, 1902; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1912 February; Cambridge, MA--First Church, 1912 March; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1912 March; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1912 June; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1925 June
Box 5, Folder S16 Isaiah's address to women
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1897 October; Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Faunce's mother.
Box 5, Folder S17 The socialism of the prophets
Contents Note: Boston--First Baptist Church, undated; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1897 October; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1897 October; Providence--First Baptist Sunday School, 1917 September
Box 5, Folder S17a Difficulties in the Bible (The book nobody knows)--Suggested improvements in the Bible
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 January; Chautauqua, NY, 1899; Lynn, MA--First Baptist Church, 1899; Warren, RI, 1900; Yale University, 1902 June; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1926 October; Boston--Symphony Hall, 1926 November
Box 5, Folder S18 Foreign missions: recent changes
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 January
Box 5, Folder S19 Honest doubt in religion
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 February
Box 5, Folder S20 Easter: Bare grain
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 April; Worcester, MA--First Baptist Church, 1902
Box 5, Folder S21 Christ's conception of the Kingdom of Heaven
Contents Note: Harvard University, undated; Colgate University Theological Seminary, 1898 June; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 June; Northeast Harbor, ME, 1898 July
Box 5, Folder S22 Jesus, the Christ
Contents Note: New York Sunday School Association, 1898 October; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 November
Box 5, Folder S23 The real expansion of the Republic
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 October
Box 5, Folder S24 To students: How much of the Bible is left?
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 November; Harvard University, 1899 January; Chautauqua, NY, 1899; Brown University, 1900; Cornell University, 1900; Johns Hopkins University, 1900
Box 5, Folder S25 Making one's own creed
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 December; Providence--Cranston Street Baptist Church, 1904 April
Box 5, Folder S26 The religion of Bismarck
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 December
Box 5, Folder S27 The preacher's relation to this world
Contents Note: Chautauqua, NY, 1899; Louisville, 1899; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1899; Rochester University, 1899; Harvard University, 1899; Providence--Congregational Ministers Conference, 1902
Box 5, Folder S28 Deborah's victory
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1899 February
Box 5, Folder S28a O God, Thou art my God
Contents Note: Abbott Academy, Andover, MA, 189?; Harvard University, 1899 ; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1899? ;Chautauqua, NY, 1899? ;New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1899 March; New York--Mount Morris Church, 1899 March; Northfield, MA Students Conference, 1899; Cornell University, 1900; Newport, RI, 1900; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1900; Warren, RI, 1900; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1901?; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1902; University of Chicago, 1902; University of Virginia, 1902; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1903 January; Providence--First Congregational Church (Unitarian), 1905 May; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1906 September; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1925
Box 5, Folder S29 An Old Testament sceptic
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1899 April
Box 5, Folder S30 Ever learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth
Contents Note: Brown University, 1900 June?, Baccalaureate; Bryn Mawr College, 1902, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1910 August; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1910 December; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1911 January
Box 5, Folder S31 Have dominion (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1901 June
Box 5, Folder S32 Christianity in the vernacular
Contents Note: Brown University, 1902 February, Vespers; University of Chicago, 1902 March; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1902 May
Box 5, Folder S33 To what purpose is this waste? (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1902 June 15
Box 5, Folder S34 These twelve Jesus sent forth
Contents Note: Jaffrey, NH, 1902; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1902; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1902 September 14; Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA, 1903 March 01; Providence--Broadway Baptist Church, 1903 May; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1904 April; Yale University, 1904 April; Providence--Opera House, 1909 December; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1925 August
Box 5, Folder S35 Doing business in great waters
Contents Note: East Jaffrey, NH, 1902 August 24; Watch Hill, RI, 1902 September 01; Montclair, NJ, 1902 September 07; Harvard University, 1902 November 16; Wellesley College, 1902 November 23; Princeton University, 1902 December 07; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1903 February 01; Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA, 1903 March 01; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1903 May; Yale University, 1903 June 01; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1903 July; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1904 April; Chautauqua, NY, 1904 July; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1905 September 21
Box 5, Folder S36 Serving one's generation (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1903 June 14; Clipping only.
Box 5, Folder S37 Which is the greatest? (The greatness of service)
Contents Note: Watch Hill, RI, 1903 August 31; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1903 September; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1903 October; Harvard University, 1903 October 18; Young Men's Christian Association--Pawtucket, RI, 1903 November; Princeton University, 1903 November 29; Roxbury, MA--Immanuel Congregational Church, 1904 January 10; Wellesley College, 1904 January 17; University of Chicago, 1904 February 21; Kingston, RI, 1904 March; Providence--Cranston Street Baptist Church, 1904 April; Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA, 1904 June 19; Chautauqua, NY, 1904 July 10; Fall River, MA--Baptist Church, 1904 October; Mount Holyoke College, 1905 March; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1905 October; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1910 August; Boston--Arlington Street Church, 1910 December; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1911 May; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1912 April; China--Shanghai, Free Christian Church, 1913 March; Pacific Ocean--U.S.S. Siberia, 1913 May 28; Amherst College, 1913 November; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1913 November; Yale University, 1914 March; Peddie Institute, Hightstown, NJ, 1915 January; Providence--First Congregational Church (Unitarian), 1915 March; Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, 1917 February; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1922 June; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1923 March; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1923 April
Box 5, Folder S38 This house which I have builded
Contents Note: Roxbury, MA--Immanuel Congregational Church, 1904 January 09; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 August 25; Rewritten.
Box 5, Folder S39 He scorneth the scorner
Contents Note: Brown University, 1904 January 27, Vespers; Yale University, 1904 April 17; Harvard University, 1905 January 08; University of Chicago, 1905 March 12; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1906 October; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1911 July; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1912 February; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 July
Box 5, Folder S40 A new Heaven (Easter sermon)
Contents Note: Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1904 March
Box 8, Folder S41 Arrival without entrance (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1904 June 12
Box 8, Folder S42 A new king which knew not Joseph
Contents Note: Northeast Harbor, ME, 1904 July; Watch Hill, RI, 1904 August; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1904 September; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1904 September; Fall River, MA--Baptist Church, 1904 October; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1904 October; Wellesley College, 1904 October 16; Yale University, 1904 December; Providence--South Baptist Church, 1905 January; Mount Holyoke College, 1905 March; University of Chicago, 1905 March 19; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1905 April 16; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1906 September; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1906 September; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 July
Box 8, Folder S43 A working God--Baccalaureate
Contents Note: Brown University, 1905 June
Box 8, Folder S44 Lengthening and strengthening
Contents Note: S.S. Konigin Louise, 1905 September; Pawtucket, RI--First Baptist Church, 1905 October; Revised version; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1905 October; Mount Holyoke College, 1905 October; Wellesley College, 1905 November 19; Vassar College, 1905 December 10; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1906 February 25; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1906 May; University of Alabama, 1906 May 27; Andover Theological Seminary, 1906 May; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1906 July; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1906 September; Watch Hill, RI, 1906 September; Princeton University, 1906 December 16; Providence--Calvary Baptist Church, 1907 February 10, Dedication; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1907 March 03; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1908 May 10; Westerly, RI--First Baptist Church, 1910 October; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1912 February; Providence--Broadway Baptist Church, 1915 May; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 July
Box 8, Folder S45 The righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees
Contents Note: Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1906 February 11; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1906 February; Providence--Church of the Mediator, 1906 February
Box 8, Folder S46 Faith and formula
Contents Note: Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1906 March; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1906?; Saranac Lake, 1906 July; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1906 September; Mount Holyoke College, 1906 October; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1906 October; Wellesley College, 1906 November 24; Boston--Mount Vernon Congregational, 1908 January; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1910 January
Box 8, Folder S47 The mission of the modern church
Contents Note: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1906 May
Box 8, Folder S48 What money cannot buy--Purchasing the gift of God (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1906 June 17
Box 8, Folder S49 Human brotherhood
Contents Note: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1906 December; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1907 February; Cooper Union, New York, 1900, as an address.
Box 8, Folder S50 The delicacy of Jesus
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1907 January; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1907 April
Box 8, Folder S51 Christianity as bread
Contents Note: Brown University, 1907 March 06, Vespers; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1907 March; Saranac Lake, 1907 August; Watch Hill, RI, 1907 August; Mount Holyoke College, 1907 October; Wellesley College, 1907 October; Harvard University, 1908 January; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1908 August; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1908 November; Princeton University, 1909 February; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1909 June; Yale University, 1909 June 20; Bryn Mawr College, 1910; University of Pennsylvania, 1910; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1910 May; University of Michigan, 1911 February 19; Revised title--The reality of religion; University of Minnesota, 1911 March; Revised title--The reality of religion: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1911 November; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1915 January; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1922 July
Box 8, Folder S52 The place of the layman in the modern church
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1907 May; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1907 May; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1912 January
Box 8, Folder S53 Where be all the miracles?
Contents Note: Brown University, 1907 June 16), Baccalaureate; Saranac Lake, 1907 August
Box 8, Folder S54 The "I must" of Jesus
Contents Note: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1907 September; Providence--Grace Church, 1911 April; Noonday service.
Box 8, Folder S55 Facing facts, or, Turning aside to see (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1908 June 14; Clipping only.
Box 8, Folder S56 Unite my heart
Contents Note: Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1908 August; Watch Hill, RI, 1908 August; Worcester, MA--First Baptist Church, 1908 October; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1908 November; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1908 November; Mount Holyoke College, 1908 November 22
Box 8, Folder S57 What the rising from the dead should mean (Easter address)
Contents Note: Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1909 April 11; Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1915 April 04; Brooklyn, NY--Thompkins Avenue Congregational Church, 1917 April 08; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 March 27
Box 8, Folder S58 The outcome of experience: Experience worketh hope
Contents Note: Brown University, 1909 June 13, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1910 July 31; Saranac Lake, 1910 August 14; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1910 October; Bryn Mawr College, 1910 November; University of Pennsylvania, 1910 November; Cambridge, MA--First Church, 1911 January; Columbia University, 1911 January 15; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1911 February; Yale University, 1911 April 30; Providence--Grace Church, 1918 February; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 August
Box 8, Folder S59 Seeking first the Kingdom: The greatest of all ambitions
Contents Note: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1907 April; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1909 October; Wellesley College, 1909 November; Montclair, NJ, 1909 November; Boston--First Baptist Church, 1910 April; Mount Holyoke College, 1910 May 07; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1910 July; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1911 April; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1911 May; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1911 August; Watch Hill, RI, 1911 August
Box 8, Folder S60 I am Alpha
Contents Note: Boston--First Baptist Church, 1910, Vespers; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 August; Newport, RI--United Congregational Church, 1914 December; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1922 December; Boston--King's Chapel, 1923 January
Box 8, Folder S61 The feast in the midst of the fight
Contents Note: Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1910 April; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1910 August; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1910 November; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1911 February 12; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1911 April; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 July
Box 8, Folder S62 Smiting five or six times
Contents Note: Boston--First Baptist Church, 1910 April; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1910 May; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1910 May; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1910 May; Providence--Broadway Baptist Church, 1910 June; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1911?
Box 8, Folder S63 The value of a clear sight (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1910 June 12; Clipping only.
Box 8, Folder S64 Emmanuel--Christmas
Contents Note: Providence--Beneficent Congregational Church, 1910 December 25; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1911 December 25
Box 8, Folder S65 He goeth before you (Easter sermon)
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1911 April
Box 8, Folder S65a Education through discipleship, or, Essentials in education
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1911 July; New York--Calvary Baptist Church, 1911 October; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1911 November
Box 8, Folder S66 Divine life in bird-life
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1911 August; Upper Saranac, 1911 August; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1911 August; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1911 October; Princeton University, 1911 November; Bryn Mawr College, 1911 December
Box 8, Folder S67 Putting away childish things
Contents Note: Brown University, 1912 June 16, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 August
Box 8, Folder S68 The failure of a successful man
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1912 August; Saranac Lake, 1912 August
Box 8, Folder S69 Gideon's army
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1912 August
Box 8, Folder S70 Some spiritual gift: What is the use of Christianity?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1912 August; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 July; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1924 October; Baptist Ministers Conference, Providence, 1924 December
Box 8, Folder S71 Marvelling at unbelief
Contents Note: Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1913 March; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 August; Newton Centre, MA, 1914 April; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1914 May
Box 8, Folder S72 The call of the East
Contents Note: Brown University, 1913 June 15, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 July
Box 8, Folder S73 Forbidden of the Holy Ghost
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 July
Box 8, Folder S74 Is goodness interesting?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 July; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1915 May; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1915 June, Baccalaureate; Boston--Trinity Church, 1915 October 24), Annual service for women students; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 July
Box 8, Folder S75 Entertaining strangers
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 August
Box 8, Folder S76 The lion and the Lord in the way
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 August
Box 8, Folder S77 Standing at Caesar's judgement seat
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1913 August
Box 8, Folder S78 The origins and results of denominationalism
Contents Note: New York--Mount Morris Church, 1913 October
Box 8, Folder S78a The remedy for disillusion: The sweetening of the bitter waters
Contents Note: Mount Holyoke College, 1914 January; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 July; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 August
Box 8, Folder S79 And so shall you have good success
Contents Note: Brown University, 1914 June 14, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 July
Box 8, Folder S80 Going down into Egypt for help
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 July
Box 9, Folder S81 If thy brother sin against thee: the four steps
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 July
Box 9, Folder S82 Barnabas and Paul
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 August; Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church, 1914 October 25, Fiftieth anniversary sermon; Newton Centre, MA, 1914 November; Warren, RI, 1914 November; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1915 March; Amherst College, 1915 April; Colgate University Theological Seminary, 1915 May; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1915 December; Providence--Calvary Baptist Church, 1916 January; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1925 August
Box 9, Folder S83 The end is not yet (in time of war)
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 August
Box 9, Folder S84 My cup runneth over
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 August; Providence--Grace Church, 1916 January (noonday; Providence--First Congregational Church (Unitarian), 1916 May; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1922 November; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1922 December; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 July
Box 9, Folder S85 Thy going out and thy coming in
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 August
Box 9, Folder S86 When thou hast shut thy door
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1914 August; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1916 April (Holy Week; Providence--Grace Church, 1918 February (noonday service; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 August; Pawtucket, RI--Noonday union service, 1929 March
Box 9, Folder S87 University sermon (150th anniversary of Brown University)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1914 October 11
Box 9, Folder S88 What will become of his dreams
Contents Note: Brown University, 1915 June 13, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915 July 04
Box 9, Folder S89 Give us this day our daily bread
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915 July
Box 9, Folder S90 Fathers and children
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915 August 08; Brooklyn, NY--Washington Avenue Church, 1915 November; Louisville, KY--Broadway Baptist Church, 1915 December; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1916 April; Providence--Saint Martin's Church, 1921 March; Lenten service.
Box 9, Folder S91 The Great War--after one year
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915 August
Box 9, Folder S92 I gave my vote against them
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1915 August ?
Box 9, Folder S92a The spiritual gift of the American college
Contents Note: Vassar College, 1915 October 10, Vassar's fiftieth anniversary; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1925 September
Box 9, Folder S93 What is the use of the Bible?
Contents Note: Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1915 December; University of Chicago, 1916 January; Columbia University, 1916 February; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1916 March; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 August
Box 9, Folder S94 Has the city a soul?
Contents Note: Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1916 April (Holy Week
Box 9, Folder S95 Jerusalem that killest the prophets
Contents Note: Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1916 April 21) (Good Friday
Box 9, Folder S96 Gird up the loins of your mind
Contents Note: Brown University, 1916 June 18, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 July
Box 9, Folder S97 Rejoicing with them that do rejoice
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 July
Box 9, Folder S98 The return to the altar
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 July, 1920 August
Box 9, Folder S99 There is a lad here
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 July; Saranac Inn, 1916 September; New York--Saint Nicholas Church, 1916 September; University of Chicago, 1917 February; Amherst College, 1917 March; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1918 November; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1922 October
Box 9, Folder S100 The tithing of mint and rue
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 July
Box 9, Folder S101 Behold a sower went forth to sow
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 August
Box 9, Folder S102 The blessing of the peace makers
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 August; Including part of Garden City address.
Box 9, Folder S103 The Lord's song in a strange land
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 August
Box 9, Folder S104 When ye pray, say "Our"
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 August; New York--Saint Nicholas Church, 1916 September; Providence--Calvary Baptist Church, 1916 October
Box 9, Folder S105 The Christian conception of travel (and of G.A. Gordon)
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 September
Box 9, Folder S106 A new heaven and a new earth (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1917 June 17
Box 9, Folder S107 Largeness of heart
Contents Note: Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA, 1917 June, Baccalaureate; Providence--Union Congregational Church, 1918 February; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1918 February; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1918 April; East Greenwich Academy, East Greenwich, RI, 1918 June, Baccalaureate sermon; Columbia University, 1920 January; Yale University, 1920 May; Boston--St. Paul's Church (Cathedral), 1921 January; Providence--Temple Beth-el, 1921 January; University of Chicago, 1921 January; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 March; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1921 April; New York University, 1921 June, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 July; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1922 April; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1923 November
Box 9, Folder S108 Can ye drink of my cup?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917; New York--Calvary Baptist Church, 1917 October; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1918
Box 9, Folder S109 Clothed with humility
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917
Box 9, Folder S110 The function of Christian anger
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917
Box 9, Folder S111 Gather up the fragments
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1918
Box 9, Folder S112 The gift of peace
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917 August 05; Providence--Grace Church, 1918 February, noonday service
Box 9, Folder S113 Rest awhile
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917
Box 9, Folder S114 Ruling the spirit vs. taking the city
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917
Box 9, Folder S115 Singing at midnight
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917
Box 9, Folder S116 The tent and the building
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1917
Box 9, Folder S117 Power over the power (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1918 May 26
Box 9, Folder S118 Called into liberty
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 July
Box 9, Folder S119 The cheerful giver
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 July; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1922 December 25
Box 9, Folder S120 As a man travelling
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 August; Brown University, 1920 June 13; Revised form, clipping only (Baccalaureate).
Box 10, Folder S121 God is love
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 August; Nahant, MA, 1919 July
Box 10, Folder S122 Hastening the day of God: "The Christianizing of life"
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 August
Box 10, Folder S123 What shall we have?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 August
Box 10, Folder S124 Hate commanded
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 September; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1918 October; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1918 November; Wellesley College, 1918 November; Boston--Church of the Disciples, 1918 December; University of Chicago, 1919 February; Mount Holyoke College, 1919 March; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1919 March; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1919 April
Box 10, Folder S125 Our partners
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1918 September; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1918 October
Box 10, Folder S125a Our debt to Great Britian
Contents Note: Providence--Grace Church, 1918 December 08; Providence--Grace Church, Clerical Club, 1919 February; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August
Box 10, Folder S126 What is a Christian nation?
Contents Note: Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1919 February; Boston--Congregational Club, 1921 February; Boston--Community Church, 1927 December; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1928 April; University of Virginia, 1928 April
Box 10, Folder S127 I will give my flesh for the life of the world (a Lenten address)
Contents Note: Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1919 April
Box 10, Folder S128 Materializing spiritual values
Contents Note: Yonkers, NY--Wallace Lodge, 1919 April; Evanston, IL, 1919 April; Read by Robert.
Box 10, Folder S129 Baccalaureate (Memorial)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1919 June 15
Box 10, Folder S130 The danger of reaction
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August
Box 10, Folder S131 Delivered from fears
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August
Box 10, Folder S132 The life beyond
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August
Box 10, Folder S133 Peace through goodwill
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August
Box 10, Folder S134 Rejoicing in work
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August; Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1920 January; Mount Holyoke College, 1920 March; University of Toronto, 1920 March; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1920 May
Box 10, Folder S135 Swearing and changing not
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 August; Seal Harbor, ME, 1924 August
Box 10, Folder S136 When the angels are gone away
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1919 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1919 November; New York--Brick Church, 1920 January; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1920 May
Box 10, Folder S137 Behold the sower
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July
Box 10, Folder S138 Face to face methods
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July
Box 10, Folder S139 Hast thou not known me?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July
Box 10, Folder S140 Humility
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July
Box 10, Folder S141 The nature of comfort
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July
Box 10, Folder S142 Not afraid of evil tidings
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 March
Box 10, Folder S143 Religion at high noon
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 August; Seal Harbor, ME, 1920 September; Nahant, MA, 1920 September; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1920 November; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 March; Boston--St. Paul's Church (Cathedral), 1929 March
Box 10, Folder S144 Turning back in the day of battle (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1921 June 12; Clipping only.
Box 10, Folder S145 He maketh me to lie down
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 July
Box 10, Folder S146 No man common or unclean
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 July
Box 10, Folder S147 The three hundred that lapped
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 July; Brown University, 1922 June 18, Baccalaureate--in part cf. S155
Box 10, Folder S148 Joseph and his brethren
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 October
Box 10, Folder S149 Let go into service
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 August; Providence--Central Congregational Church, 1921 October; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 October; Brookline, MA Baptist Church, 1922 January; Mount Holyoke College, 1923 April; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1923 April; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1923 May; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1924 January; University of Chicago, 1924 February; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1924 April; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1924 April; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 October
Box 10, Folder S150 Returning to Egypt
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 October
Box 10, Folder S151 Swallowing the camel
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 August; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1922 May; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1922 December; Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1923 January
Box 10, Folder S152 This day our daily bread
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 August
Box 10, Folder S153 The two-talent men
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 October
Box 10, Folder S154 I know where thou dwellest, or, Christianity practical
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1921 September; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 October
Box 10, Folder S155 How Christ selected men
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1922 July; Includes part of Brown University Baccalaureate, 1922 June 18), cf. S147.
Box 10, Folder S156 The unity and diversity of men
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1922 July
Box 10, Folder S157 Like a tree
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1922 October; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1922 October
Box 10, Folder S158 Thy kingdom come
Contents Note: Northern Baptist Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 1923 May 23; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 July
Box 10, Folder S159 Greater works than these
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 July
Box 10, Folder S160 The sanctuary of God
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 July
Box 11, Folder S161 My peace I give unto you
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 August
Box 11, Folder S162 How shall we think of evolution?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1923 October; Baptist Ministers Conference, Providence, 1923 November
Box 11, Folder S163 How shall we think of the Bible?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1923 October; New York--Park Avenue Baptist Church, 1924 May
Box 11, Folder S164 How shall we think of God?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 September; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1923 October
Box 11, Folder S165 The two-storied life
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1923 September
Box 11, Folder S165a What is America?
Contents Note: Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1924 February; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 August; Revised, Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1926 November
Box 11, Folder S166 Spoken from the housetops
Contents Note: Brown University, 1924 June 15), Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 July
Box 11, Folder S167 They travel with us
Contents Note: Mount Holyoke College, 1924 June, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 June
Box 11, Folder S168 Except these abide in the ship
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 July
Box 11, Folder S169 Education before and after school ("Grow in grace and knowledge")
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 August; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 August; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 July 30; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1927 December 11
Box 11, Folder S170 What is the use of prayer?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1924 October
Box 11, Folder S171 What is the use of the Apostles' Creed?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1924 August; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1924 October; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1924 November
Box 11, Folder S172 Sermon on Armistice Day
Contents Note: New York--Brick Church, 1924 November 09
Box 11, Folder S173 Some spiritual gift
Contents Note: Newton Theological Institution, 1926 June 06), Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 July
Box 11, Folder S174 Loose him and let him go
Contents Note: Brown University, 1926 June 13, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 June
Box 11, Folder S175 Give me this mountain
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1926 August
Box 11, Folder S176 Come up higher
Contents Note: Brown University, 1927 June 12, Baccalaureate; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 July
Box 11, Folder S177 Not done in a corner
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 July
Box 11, Folder S178 The beauty of holiness
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 August
Box 11, Folder S179 Bridge building ("He hath made both one", etc.)
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 August; Boston--King's Chapel, 1927 November; Brown University, 1927 November
Box 11, Folder S180 I know how to abound
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 September; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1927 October; Boston--King's Chapel, 1927 November
Box 11, Folder S181 Be ye also enlarged (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1928 June 17
Box 11, Folder S182 Smiting five or six times
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 July 08; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1928 October
Box 11, Folder S183 The meek will He guide
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 July 15
Box 11, Folder S184 Give and it shall be given
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 July 22
Box 11, Folder S185 Behold this dreamer cometh! "We shall see!"
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 July 29; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1928 October; Boston--King's Chapel, 1929 January 13; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1929 April
Box 11, Folder S186 Who is my neighbor?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 August 05
Box 11, Folder S187 Rejoicing in work
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 August 12
Box 11, Folder S188 Law and liberty, or, Statutes and songs
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 August 19; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1928 October 21
Box 11, Folder S189 Blessed are the peace-makers
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 August 25) i.e. 1928 August 26?; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1928 October 14
Box 11, Folder S190 The meaning of labor
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1928 September 02
Box 11, Folder S190a When I became a man, I put away childish things (text) (Baccalaureate)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1929 June 16
Box 11, Folder S191 The new song
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 July
Box 11, Folder S192 Growth by subtraction
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 July 14
Box 11, Folder S193 Other sheep I have
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 July 28; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1929 November 10
Box 11, Folder S194 Give and it shall be given
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 August 04; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1929 November 24
Box 11, Folder S195 A lad here
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 August 11
Box 11, Folder S196 He came where he was
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 August 18
Box 11, Folder S197 The adventure of goodness
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 September; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1929 November 17
Box 11, Folder S198 Add to your knowledge, temperance
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 September 01; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1929 December 15
Box 11, Folder S199 The temptations of middle life
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 September 08
Box 11, Folder S200 Thou art a teacher
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 September 15; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1929 December 22
Box 11, Folder S201 God here or there?
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY, 1929 September 29; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1929 December 29

Subseries 2. Addresses

Container Description Date
Box 3, Folder II.A1 Church music in old New England
Contents Note: n.p., 1884
Box 3, Folder II.A2 Address
Contents Note: Newton Theological Institution, 1890
Box 3, Folder II.A3 The ethics of study
Contents Note: University of New York, 1890 October; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1891
Box 3, Folder II.A4 The courtesy of Paul
Contents Note: New York Ministers Conference, 1893?
Box 3, Folder II.A5 Sources and resources in modern preaching
Contents Note: Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, NY, 1893 December
Box 3, Folder II.A6 The social message of Christianity
Contents Note: Baptist Social Union, Baltimore, 1894 December; Universalist Social Union, New York, 1895; Baptist Social Union, Chicago, 1895; Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, NJ, 1895; Providence--Mathewson Street Methodist Church, InterNos Club, 1895?; Providence--Union Congregational Church, Men's Club, 1895?
Box 3, Folder II.A7 Woman
Contents Note: Young Women's Christian Association--New York, 1896 March 16; Woman's Law Class, Savoy Hotel, 1897 April; Ladies Christian Union Home, 1898 April
Box 3, Folder II.A8 Intellectual Integrity
Contents Note: Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, NY, 1896 May 12
Box 3, Folder II.A9 The myth of Prometheus
Contents Note: Cornell University Summer School, 1897?
Box 3, Folder II.A10 How Paul took up a collection
Contents Note: S.N.Y. Association, 1897
Box 3, Folder II.A11 International arbitration
Contents Note: New York Social Union, 1897 February
Box 3, Folder II.A12 Address
Contents Note: New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Carnegie Hall, 1897 March
Box 3, Folder II.A13 The Baptist Principle
Contents Note: American Baptist Historical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1897 May 20
Box 3, Folder II.A14 Study the Bible
Contents Note: n.p., 1898?
Box 3, Folder II.A15 Leadership in democracy
Contents Note: New York Hardware Club, 1898 February
Box 3, Folder II.A16 Address
Contents Note: Baptist Young People's Union, Buffalo, NY, 1898 July
Box 3, Folder II.A17 How science helps faith
Contents Note: New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1898 November; Baptist Ministers Conference, Chautauqua, NY, 1899
Box 3, Folder II.A18 Harvard University Chapel Address
Contents Note: Harvard University, 1898-99
Box 3, Folder II.A19 The crisis in ethics
Contents Note: Boston conference, 1900?; Pawtucket, RI--Women's Club, 1900?
Box 3, Folder II.A20 Evaluation (ethics)--notes and excerpts
Contents Note: n.p., 1900-08
Box 3, Folder II.A21 The future of the New England College
Contents Note: n.p., 1900?
Box 3, Folder II.A22 Christ's view of His Bible
Contents Note: Ann Arbor, MI, 1900; Providence Baptist Association, East Providence, 1901; Rhode Island Women's Club, Providence, 1901; Haverford College, 1901; Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1902 September; Religious Education Association, Winsted, CT, 1907 November
Box 3, Folder II.A23 The teacher's discovery of the pupil
Contents Note: New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, Boston, 1900
Box 3, Folder II.A24 The ethics of society, Part 1: The change of emphasis in modern ethics
Contents Note: n.p., 1901?
Box 3, Folder II.A25 The contribution of our higher schools to the life of the nation
Contents Note: University of New York, 1901 July 01), July 02), July 03; 39th university convocation, Albany, NY.; Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Providence,1901 November; McMaster University, Toronto, 1902; East Greenwich Academy, East Greenwich, RI, 1902; Methodist Social Union, Boston, 1902; Chautauqua, NY, 1904 July 09; Texas Baptist State Convention, Waco, TX, 1904 November; Southern Baptist Convention, 1907; Pacific Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA, 1908; Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, NC, 1909
Box 3, Folder II.A26 The moral factor in education
Contents Note: National Education Association of the U.S., Detroit, MI, 1901 July 08)--1901 July 12; Providence, 1901; Rutland, VT, undated; Peabody, MA, undated
Box 3, Folder II.A27 A life or a livelihood?
Contents Note: Providence--Grace Church, 1902; Young Men's Christian Association--Providence, 1902; Young Men's Social Union, Boston, 1902?
Box 3, Folder II.A28 Two university types, Virginia and Chicago
Contents Note: University Club, Providence, 1902 April; University Club, Concord, NH, 1902 November 24; Harvard University--Graduate Club, 1905 January 12
Box 3, Folder II.A29 How the ship found herself
Contents Note: Young Men's Christian Association--Providence,1902 December
Box 3, Folder II.A30 East and West in education
Contents Note: University of Indiana, 1903
Box 3, Folder II.A31 Roger Williams and his doctrine of soul-liberty
Contents Note: Boston--Great and Thursday Lecture, 1903 April 09
Box 3, Folder II.A31a Roger Williams and his teaching (later version of above)
Contents Note: n.p., 1927?
Box 3, Folder II.A32 Signs of promise in the cause of peace (excerpt from Baptist and Reflector, v.63)
Contents Note: n.p., 1903 April 16
Box 3, Folder II.A33 Arbitration in the twentieth century
Contents Note: Baptist Social Union, Providence, 1903 May
Box 3, Folder II.A34 The finality of Jesus
Contents Note: Yale University Divinity School, 1903 May 31), Commencement; Baptist Ministers Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 1905 March
Box 3, Folder II.A35 The method and motive of the Y.M.C.A
Contents Note: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1903 October
Box 4, Folder II.A36 Address
Contents Note: Founders Association, Providence?, 1904?
Box 4, Folder II.A37 Address
Contents Note: Vassar College alumnae, Boston, 1904
Box 4, Folder II.A38 Herbert Spencer's influence in education
Contents Note: Review Club, Providence, 1904 January; Brown University--Sayles Hall, 1904 October; Somerville, MA teachers, 1904 December; Fall River, MA teachers, 1906 April
Box 4, Folder II.A39 Coordination of the Bible with other subjects of study
Contents Note: Religious Education Association, Philadelphia, PA, 1904 March
Box 4, Folder II.A40 Education after school
Contents Note: Manton, RI, 1904 March
Box 4, Folder II.A41 Character in athletics, or, College athletics and college morals
Contents Note: National Education Association of the U.S., St. Louis, MO, 1904 July
Box 4, Folder II.A42 Peace meeting address
Contents Note: Providence, 1904 October
Box 4, Folder II.A43 The attitude of college men toward the church
Contents Note: n.p., 1905?
Box 4, Folder II.A44 Civic righteousness
Contents Note: n.p., 1905?
Box 4, Folder II.A45 Education after school
Contents Note: Stonington, CT, 1905?
Box 4, Folder II.A46 Organized charity
Contents Note: Lynn, MA, 1905 January 29
Box 4, Folder II.A47 George Steven Goodspeed memorial address
Contents Note: University of Chicago, 1905 March
Box 4, Folder II.A48 The physician and the community--annual address
Contents Note: Rhode Island Medical Society, Providence, 1905 June 01; Printed in Transactions of Rhode Island Medical Society, v.7, pt.2, 1905.
Box 4, Folder II.A49 William R. Harper funeral address
Contents Note: University of Chicago, 1906 January 14
Box 4, Folder II.A49 President Harper
Contents Note: Baptist Ministers Conference, Boston, 1906 February 12
Box 4, Folder II.A50 The training of teachers
Contents Note: Connecticut Association of Classical and High School Teachers, 1906 February 17
Box 4, Folder II.A51 Address-laying the cornerstone of Churchill House
Contents Note: Rhode Island Women's Club, Providence, 1906 April
Box 4, Folder II.A52 The function of the modern library
Contents Note: American Library Association meeting, Narragansett Pier, RI, 1906 July 04
Box 4, Folder II.A53 International arbitration
Contents Note: American Institute of Instruction, New Haven, CT, 1906 July
Box 4, Folder II.A54 Making money (the morality of money getting)--published in Youths Companion, v.80, np.36
Contents Note: n.p., 1906 September 06
Box 4, Folder II.A55 The ethics of Robert L. Stevenson
Contents Note: Review Club, Providence, 1906 December; Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, 1907 January; Baptist Theological Circle, Providence, 1907 February; Rhode Island Women's Club, Providence, 1908 October; St. Margaret's School, Waterbury, CT, 1910 November
Box 4, Folder II.A56 Do we need an expurgated Bible?
Contents Note: Methodist ministers, Providence, 1907 January; Baptist ministers, Philadelphia, PA, 1907 February; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1907; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1909 July; Watch Hill, RI, 1909 August
Box 4, Folder II.A57 Address at municipal dinner
Contents Note: Providence, 1907 January 02
Box 4, Folder II.A58 Baptist organic unity
Contents Note: Baptist Ministers Conference, Boston, 1907 February
Box 4, Folder II.A59 Everett D. Burr memorial address
Contents Note: Newton Centre, MA, 1907 March 14
Box 4, Folder II.A60 Every man a producer (opening of third term) (chapel address)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1907 March 28
Box 4, Folder II.A61 The teacher's self expression
Contents Note: Rhode Island Normal School, 1907 June; Plymouth County Teachers Association, Brockton, MA, 1907 October; College of the City of New York, 1908 February; Bristol County, MA--Teachers Association, 1908 October; Newburyport, MA--Teachers, 1908 December; Eastern Connecticut Teachers Association, Willimantic, 1910 April
Box 4, Folder II.A62 The contribution of Rhode Island to the Republic (Rhode Island Day Address)
Contents Note: Jamestown Tercentenary Exposition, 1907 September 10
Box 4, Folder II.A63 Education by contagion
Contents Note: Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women, Providence, 1907 October; Cleveland, OH, 1911 October; Mount Holyoke College, 1911 November; Connecticut Association of Classical and High School Teachers, 1914 October; New York State Teachers Association, 1915; Orange, NJ--Teachers, 1915; Youngstown, OH --Teachers, 1915
Box 4, Folder II.A64 The humanizing of study
Contents Note: New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory schools, 1907 October; Pacific Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA, 1909? ; Boston, 1907 October 11)--1907 October 12; Albany, NY--Convocation of colleges and secondary schools
Box 4, Folder II.A65 Address of welcome at meeting
Contents Note: American Civic Association and the National Municipal League, Providence, 1907 November
Box 4, Folder II.A66 Requisites of the intellectual life (Freshmanlecture to the class of 1911)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1907 November 06
Box 4, Folder II.A67 The divinity of Christ
Contents Note: n.p., 1908
Box 4, Folder II.A68 Students Club service
Contents Note: New York--Calvary Baptist Church, 1908 February
Box 4, Folder II.A69 Individualism and social progress
Contents Note: University of California (Charter Day address), 1908 March 23; New Bedford, MA--Civic League, 1908 December; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1909 July 04; Boot and Shoe Club, Boston, 1910 January
Box 4, Folder II.A70 General or specific training?
Contents Note: Barnard Club, Providence, 1908 November; Maine State Teachers Association, 1909 October; Twentieth Century Club, Boston, 1910 January; Mount Hermon School for Boys, Mt. Hermon, MA, 1911 January; University Club, Evanston, IL, 1911 March
Box 4, Folder II.A71 What is it to love Christ?
Contents Note: Young Women's Christian Association--Women's College, Brown University, 1909?
Box 4, Folder II.A72 The creation of value (chapel address)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1909? (Spring 1909 i.e. 1910?
Box 4, Folder II.A73 The development of Providence
Contents Note: n.p., 1909, Introduction to Dr. William Kirk's "A Modern City, Providence, RI."
Box 4, Folder II.A74 The place of the school in the building of character
Contents Note: Worcester Public Education Association, 1909 February; Harvard University Summer School of Theology, 1910 July; Meadville Theological School, Meadville, PA, 1911 February
Box 4, Folder II.A75 The higher education of women
Contents Note: Winter Night Club, Colorado Springs, CO, 1909 March; Meadville Theological School, Meadville, PA, 1911 January; Massachusetts Schoolmasters Club, Boston, 1917 February
Box 4, Folder II.A76 The Protestant and citizenship
Contents Note: Congress of Religious Liberals, Philadelphia, PA, 1909 April 27; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1909 July; University of Michigan, 1911 February 19
Box 4, Folder II.A77 The church and religious education
Contents Note: Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, CT, 1909 May
Box 4, Folder II.A78 Does the American college course in liberal arts tend to unfit men for practical life?
Contents Note: n.p., 1909 September 11; Published in New York Evening Post.
Box 4, Folder II.A79 The evolution of human kindness
Contents Note: n.p., 1909 December 16; Published in Youth's Companion.
Box 4, Folder II.A80 Baptist polity
Contents Note: Baptist Congress, New York, 1910
Box 6, Folder II.A81 Afraid of that which is high
Contents Note: Providence--Central Baptist Church, 1910 January; Young Men's Christian Association--Providence, Pawtucket, and Brooklyn, 1910?
Box 6, Folder II.A82 The religious function of public worship
Contents Note: n.p., 1910 January; Reprint from the American Journal of Theology, v.14, no.1.
Box 6, Folder II.A83 What the church has to say through its scholars
Contents Note: New England Baptist Conference, Boston, 1910 February 02
Box 6, Folder II.A84 The church educating through the minister
Contents Note: Religious Education Association, Nashville, TN, 1910 March; Harvard University Summer School of Theology, 1910 July
Box 6, Folder II.A85 The relation of college faculties to fraternities
Contents Note: National Education Association of the U.S., Boston, 1910 July
Box 6, Folder II.A86 The unrealized possibilities of the Sunday school
Contents Note: Harvard University Summer School of Theology, 1910 July; Meadville Theological School, Meadville, PA, 1911 February; Portland Union Ministers Conference, 1911 February; Boston--Ruggles Street Baptist Church, Sunday School convention, 1911?
Box 6, Folder II.A87 The spiritual life of Providence
Contents Note: Providence Opera House, 1910 December 04
Box 6, Folder II.A88 The ethics of suicide
Contents Note: Brown University--Sphinx, 1911 May
Box 6, Folder II.A89 Address at the 200th anniversary of Needham
Contents Note: Needham, MA, 1911 September 17
Box 6, Folder II.A90 The man and the machine
Contents Note: Boston--Ford Hall, 1911 December
Box 6, Folder II.A91 The power of music (chapel address)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1911 December
Box 6, Folder II.A92 Address at the inauguration of President Meiklejohn
Contents Note: Amherst College, 1912 October 16
Box 6, Folder II.A93 The human factor in business
Contents Note: Worcester, MA, 1914; Denver, CO--Chamber of Commerce, 1915 December; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1916 ; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1922 April; Philadelphia Bankers Association, 1926 January 14
Box 6, Folder II.A94 The higher education and the new social order
Contents Note: Religious Education Association, New Haven, CT, 1914 March
Box 6, Folder II.A95 From Cairo to Pekin: Christianity and world progress
Contents Note: Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Sayles Hall, Brown University, 1914 October 30; Norwich, CT, 1915 November; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1914 April
Box 6, Folder II.A96 Present opportunities of the minister
Contents Note: Baptist Ministers Conference, Providence, 1914 December; Fall River, MA--Ministers Conference, 1915 February; Colgate Theological Seminary, 1915 May
Box 6, Folder II.A97 World peace and how to secure it
Contents Note: Providence--Grace Church, 1914 December 20; 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
Box 6, Folder II.A98 Address at Old Men's Home (Home for Aged Men)
Contents Note: Providence, 1915?
Box 6, Folder II.A99 The aim and scope of the New England college
Contents Note: Allegheny College--Meadville, PA, 1915, 100th anniversary of Allegheny College.
Box 6, Folder II.A100 The war and world peace
Contents Note: Providence--First Baptist Church, 1915 March 21; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, 1915 March
Box 6, Folder II.A101 Address at Commencement
Contents Note: Rhode Island Normal School, 1915 June
Box 6, Folder II.A102 University extension
Contents Note: New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, Boston, 1915 October
Box 6, Folder II.A103 The real meaning of preparedness (Thanksgiving Day address)
Contents Note: Springfield, MA, 1915 November 25
Box 6, Folder II.A104 Preparation in college for the study of theology
Contents Note: n.p., 1916, First article in "A Guide to the Study of Christian religion", by Gerald B. Smith, published in above year.
Box 6, Folder II.A105 Religious advance in fifty years �1866-1916
Contents Note: University of Chicago Divinity School, 1916
Box 6, Folder II.A106 I. The meaning of vocation
Contents Note: Cincinnati Teachers, 1916 February, Fiftieth anniversary.
Box 6, Folder II.A106 II. What makes a teacher interesting?
Contents Note: Cincinnati Schoolmasters Club, 1916 February
Box 6, Folder II.A107 The church and internationalism
Contents Note: World Alliance of Churches Conference--Garden City, NY, 1916 April
Box 6, Folder II.A108 The meaning of America (five versions)
Contents Note: Boston--Old South Church, 1916 April; Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1924 February; Providence--Women's Alliance, First Congregational Church (Unitarian), 1919 April; Norfolk County Teachers, Tremont Temple, Boston, 1919 October; Plymouth, MA, 1919 December 21; Unitarian Laymen's League, Unity House, Boston, 1920 February; Norwich, CT, 1920 March; Colby College, Waterville, ME--Phi Beta Kappa, 1920 June; Haverford College, 1920 June; Lynn, MA--high school, 1920 June, Commencement address; St. George's School, Middletown, RI, 1920 June; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July 04; Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA, 1921 December; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1922 February; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1922 April; Newton Theological Institution, 1922 April; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1922 April
Box 6, Folder II.A109 Religion (Orientation lecture)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1916 April, 1919 November--1924 November
Box 6, Folder II.A110 The task of the pioneers (Founders' Day address)
Contents Note: Swarthmore College, 1916 October 28
Box 6, Folder II.A111 The challenge of the movement toward international peace
Contents Note: Congregational Ministers Conference, Boston, 1916 November; Baptist Ministers Conference, Providence, 1917 January
Box 6, Folder II.A112 Address
Contents Note: Economic Club, Providence, 1916 December
Box 6, Folder II.A113 All-New England Brown Dinner address
Contents Note: Boston--Copley Plaza Hotel, 1917 January 23
Box 6, Folder II.A114 School days of eminent Americans
Contents Note: Review Club, Providence, 1917 January
Box 6, Folder II.A115 A creed for college men
Contents Note: n.p., 1917 March; Written for Professor Thomas Crosby's manual.
Box 6, Folder II.A116 Why go to college?
Contents Note: n.p., 1917 May; Address for publication by American Baptist Publication Society.
Box 6, Folder II.A117 Good advice
Contents Note: Newport, RI--Bankers Convention, 1917 June
Box 6, Folder II.A118 By-products of the war (chapel address)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1917 November
Box 6, Folder II.A119 She that tarried at home
Contents Note: Providence Plantations Club, 1918 April
Box 6, Folder II.A120 The contribution of the church to the winning of the war
Contents Note: Northern Baptist Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 1918 May
Box 6, Folder II.A121 Dedication address for new building
Contents Note: Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, Providence, 1918 December 03
Box 6, Folder II.A122 What the war has done to the colleges
Contents Note: n.p., 1919
Box 6, Folder II.A123 Christian principles essential to a new world order
Contents Note: Foreign Missions Conference, New Haven, CT, 1919 January; Baptist Theological Club, Providence, 1919 April
Box 6, Folder II.A124 The kernel and the husk of Christianity
Contents Note: Brown Christian Association, 1919 April 02
Box 6, Folder II.A125 The church and social reconstruction
Contents Note: Northern Baptist Convention, Denver, CO, 1919 May 21
Box 6, Folder II.A126 When the colleges went to war
Contents Note: n.p., 1919 October 05; Published in the New York Sun.
Box 6, Folder II.A127 A college man's religion (Orientation lecture)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1919 November
Box 6, Folder II.A127a Thy Kingdom Come
Contents Note: Atlantic City, NJ, 192? May 23
Box 6, Folder II.A128 Coordination of the universities and the churches
Contents Note: n.p., 1920-29?
Box 6, Folder II.A129 The reason for chapel service
Contents Note: n.p., 1920-29?
Box 6, Folder II.A130 Science and religion (address at Senior chapel)
Contents Note: Brown University, 1920-29?
Box 6, Folder II.A131 An age of transition (chapel address?)
Contents Note: Brown University?, 1920?
Box 6, Folder II.A132 Address at Congress of Mothers
Contents Note: Rhode Island Normal School, 1920 March
Box 6, Folder II.A133 Good advice
Contents Note: New England Manufacturing Jewelers'and Silversmiths' Association, Providence, 1920 March
Box 6, Folder II.A134 Can a Christian be a patriot?
Contents Note: Unitarian Laymen's League, Unity House, Boston, 1920 March 07; Brown University--Women's College chapel, 1920 March; Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1920 March 20; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1920 July 04; Young Men's Christian Association--Pawtucket, RI, 1921 March; Providence--First Baptist Church, 1921 April; New York--Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Bible Class, 1921 December; Bristol, RI, 1922 March; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1922 April; Boston--Central Congregational Church, 1923 February; Leaders of men (in part from Can a Christian be a patriot?; Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1921 January
Box 6, Folder II.A135 Things seen
Contents Note: n.p., 1920 April 22
Box 6, Folder II.A136 What did the Pilgrims achieve?
Contents Note: Columbia University, 1920 October 18; Plymouth, MA theater, 1925 December 20
Box 6, Folder II.A137 The function of the teacher in a democracy
Contents Note: Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Providence, 1921 October
Box 6, Folder II.A138 Armistice Day address
Contents Note: Brown University, 192? November
Box 6, Folder II.A139 Address
Contents Note: U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1921 December
Box 6, Folder II.A140 A Christmas message
Contents Note: Providence--Broadway Baptist Church, Christian; Endeavor Society, 1921 December
Box 7, Folder II.A141 Christmas
Contents Note: University Club, Providence, 1921 December
Box 7, Folder II.A142 The Baptist Outlook
Contents Note: n.p., 1922 May 04; Published in the Christian Century.
Box 7, Folder II.A143 Europe from an American window
Contents Note: Ida Converse home, Boston?, 1923 February
Box 7, Folder II.A144 Freedom in school and church
Contents Note: n.p., 1923 March; Published in World's Work, reprint by the Pilgrim Press with title What are the fundamentals?
Box 7, Folder II.A145 America first
Contents Note: Bridgeport, CT, 1923 April 15
Box 7, Folder II.A145a Opening of Brown University
Contents Note: Brown University, 1923 September 23
Box 7, Folder II.A146 Address at the dedication of the Metcalf Chemical Laboratory
Contents Note: Brown University, 1923 October 10
Box 7, Folder II.A146a He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted (text)--Address to American Board
Contents Note: Springfield, MA, 1923 October 19
Box 7, Folder II.A147 Address at 250th anniversary of Wrentham
Contents Note: Wrentham, MA, 1923 October 12
Box 7, Folder II.A148 Memorial address for Luther Emmett Holt 1855 March 04)--1924 January 14)
Contents Note: n.p., 1924 January
Box 7, Folder II.A149 Education in a time of change
Contents Note: Cincinnati Teachers Association, Hughes High School, 1924 February 20
Box 7, Folder II.A150 The family and the youth movement
Contents Note: Religious Education Association, Providence, 1924 May; Newton, MA--Women's Community Club, 1927 January; Lake Mohonk, NY, 1927 July
Box 7, Folder II.A151 They travel with us
Contents Note: Mary C. Wheeler school, Providence, 1924 May 29
Box 7, Folder II.A152 Opening of Brown University
Contents Note: Brown University, 1924 September 24
Box 7, Folder II.A153 Uses and abuses of democracy in education
Contents Note: Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Providence, 1924 October
Box 7, Folder II.A154 Address
Contents Note: Worcester, MA Community Chest meeting, 1924 November
Box 7, Folder II.A155 Radio--how will it affect the future of America?
Contents Note: n.p., 1925 May?
Box 7, Folder II.A156 Choosing teaching as a profession
Contents Note: n.p., 1911 May; Published in Education on above date.
Box 7, Folder II.A157 Address over radio to alumni, 157th commencement
Contents Note: Brown University, 1925 June 17; Clipping from the Providence Journal.
Box 7, Folder II.A158 Address at the organization of the Providence Community Chest
Contents Note: Providence, 1926
Box 7, Folder II.A159 Chapel address
Contents Note: Brown University, 1926(Spring
Box 7, Folder II.A160 Dedication of the Eliza G. Radeke Museum Building
Contents Note: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1926 April
Box 7, Folder II.A161 Charles William Eliot 1834-1926
Contents Note: n.p., 1926 August ?
Box 7, Folder II.A162 Opening of Brown University
Contents Note: Brown University, 1926 September 22
Box 7, Folder II.A163 Commencement address
Contents Note: Moses Brown school, Providence, 1927 June
Box 7, Folder II.A164 Opening of chapel service
Contents Note: Brown University, 1927 September 28
Box 7, Folder II.A164a The education of twentieth century pioneers
Contents Note: Life Insurance Presidents Convention, New York, 1927 December 08
Box 7, Folder II.A165 The international horizon
Contents Note: Fall River, MA Union Service, 1928 January
Box 7, Folder II.A165a Address to Brown alumni of New England
Contents Note: Boston, 1928 February 02
Box 7, Folder II.A166 Community leadership address at Community Chest convention
Contents Note: Washington, DC, 1928 February 20)--1928 February 21
Box 7, Folder II.A167 Address at company dinner
Contents Note: Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, Providence, 1928 February
Box 7, Folder II.A168 Central Falls High School address
Contents Note: Central Falls, RI, 1928 March
Box 7, Folder II.A169 Address at the Girls Latin School
Contents Note: Boston, 1928 March
Box 7, Folder II.A170 Ne tentes, aut perfice
Contents Note: Brown University--Women's College chapel, 1928? May
Box 7, Folder II.A171 The religious heritage of Rhode Island
Contents Note: Rhode Island Baptist State convention, Pawtucket, RI, 1928 May
Box 7, Folder II.A171a Opening of Brown University
Contents Note: Brown University, 1928 September 26
Box 7, Folder II.A172 The spirit of the wheels
Contents Note: Providence Plantations Club, 1928 October
Box 7, Folder II.A173 Well known Dr. Brown
Contents Note: New York--Delta Upsilon dinner, 1928 November
Box 7, Folder II.A174 Church unity
Contents Note: New York, 1929
Box 7, Folder II.A175 The joy of discoveries in personality
Contents Note: Baptist Ministers Conference, Providence, 1929 January
Box 7, Folder II.A176 Address at 61st annual dinner of the Brown Club of New York
Contents Note: New York--Hotel Astor, 1929 February 14
Box 7, Folder II.A177 I. Under the elms (Commencement address)--Class Day
Contents Note: Brown University, 1929 June 14
Box 7, Folder II.A177 II. Commencement dinner
Contents Note: Brown University, 1929 June 17
Box 7, Folder II.A178 Address
Contents Note: Lake Mohonk, NY?, 1929 July 04?
Box 7, Folder II.A179 The enlarged horizon
Contents Note: Baptist Social Union, Boston, 1929 December 02
Box 7, Folder II.A180 Christmas address
Contents Note: University Club, Providence, 1929 December

Subseries 3. Essays on theological and related subjects

Container Description Date
Box 7, Folder II.E1 Athanasianism
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E2 The formation of the Free Church of Scotland
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
1884
Box 7, Folder II.E3 Genesis and geology
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E4 The Kenosis of Christ
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E5 The Kingdom of Heaven
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E6 The psychological condition of the Hebrew prophet
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E7 Restorationism
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E8 Points of similarity between Buddhism and Christianity
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E9 Zoroaster and the Zend Avesta
Contents Note: Written at Newton Theological Institution
Box 7, Folder II.E10 The Greek theology _a review_
1885?
Box 7, Folder II.E11 Conditional immortality
1886?
Box 7, Folder II.E12 The influence of Tennyson on popular theology
Box 7, Folder II.E13 Tolstoi
1887 November
Box 7, Folder II.E14 Sacramentalism
1891?
Box 7, Folder II.E15 The significance of baptism in the N.T.
1891
Box 7, Folder II.E16 The Catholic Church and political life
1892?
Box 7, Folder II.E17 The relation of home and foreign missions
1892?
Box 7, Folder II.E18 The defects of present theological education
1895?
Box 7, Folder II.E19 Intellectual integrity in the ministry
1895?
Box 7, Folder II.E20 The virgin birth of Jesus
1895?
Box 7, Folder II.E21 The Ritschlian school of German theology
1895
Box 7, Folder II.E.22 Christ and the belief in demons
1897?
Box 7, Folder II.E23 Christian Science
1898
Box 7, Folder II.E24 Christian Science: The philosophy of Christian Science
Contents Note: Published in the Examiner, March 31, 1898, p.7-9, with title "Christian Science; What it is; Its philosophy; Our duty regarding it."
1899
Box 7, Folder II.E25 My Creed
Contents Note: Published in The Standard, February 18, 1899, p.9-10

Series III. Letters by Faunce, 1873-1930, undated

Container Description Date
Box 12, Folder III.1 [Diary entries for February 2,3,4, and May 12]
Contents Note: Written as a young boy.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.1 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Two notes regarding the procedure during commencement.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.1 Three short poems recently discovered
Contents Note: Very short poems labeled "Theological -- Biological -- Philosophical."
undated
Box 12, Folder III.1 To Louise Prosser Bates
Contents Note: Reports discovery of an alumnus, William E. White.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.1 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Mentions preaching at Stanford; visit to Smith estate; driving accident with the Thorsens.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.1 To Stephen Olney Metcalf
Contents Note: Will announce gift from the class of 1893.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To William Whitman Bailey
Contents Note: Refers to good news given to Bailey (Carnegie pension?)
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To Ben Brown
Contents Note: Urges him to remain at Brown.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To Mr. Crane
Contents Note: Thanks him for data regarding "Honors Day."
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Mentions address by Bishop Potter in which he was praised.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Has received letter from Slote. Includes "Extract from the Private Journal of W. H. P. Faunce."
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes difficulty encountered during service at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Was visited by Mrs. Bronson; had to "order her out of the room" for making derogatory remarks about President Wilson.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.2 To W. W. Moir
Contents Note: Does not have any robes to wear; would like to borrow some.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.3 Good manners [a high school composition]
1873
Box 12, Folder III.3 Trimming [a high school composition]
1873
Box 12, Folder III.3 Wells [a high school composition]
1873
Box 12, Folder III.3 To his parents, Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Account of his trip from Concord, NH to Grafton, Mass., accompanied by Miss Hewitt, one of his teachers. Lists expenses of the trip.
1873 July 18) July 19
Box 12, Folder III.3 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: At Brown University; experiences during first week; list of fees paid.
1876 September 23
Box 12, Folder III.3 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: His initiation into Delta Upsilon fraternity (Oct.28); mentions his prize money (i.e., President's Premium in Latin (preparatory); a second premium.
1876 October 29
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Death of Dr. Alexis Caswell; importance of his 18th birthday (Jan 15); hints at the possibility of his entering the ministry.
1877 January 14
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Acted as organist at First Baptist Church; in midst of examinations; death of classmate H. C. Richards; expresses interest in his brother Fred's education.
1877 January 27
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Appointed to play the organ at Jefferson St. Baptist Church at $1.00 per Sunday; effect of college fast day on the students.
1877 February 23
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Expresses sorrow on the death of his grandmother Faunce; plans for his visit home the following week.
1877 March 26
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Novelty of "boarding at a restaurant" including cost; acquires a wanderlust through friend's letters, but decides to be content with his lot.
1877 April 14
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Has found an excellent boarding place; tells of increase in tuition at Brown to $100 while his fee remains unaltered.
1877 September 29
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Heard Theodore Tilton lecture, stressing the need for a moral life; mentions Professor T. W. Bancroft's class in analysis of sermons; delighted to hear that grandfather is to be present at Thanksgiving (his family "relatives are so scarce.")
1877 October 28
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Thanks his father for money received; appointed organist at Friendship St. Baptist Church for 3 months for $25.00; hazing of freshmen and actions of upperclassmen; interested in prospect of learning shorthand.
1877 November 04
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Regrets worrying his mother through some facts of college life mentioned in his letters; realizes lack of background for church organ playing; wants to study organ during the vacation; visions of Thanksgiving and the family gathering.
1877 November 18
Box 12, Folder III.4 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Death of one of President Robinson's daughters; reading Greek with Professor Poland; enjoying Professor Alonzo Williams' French course; reports the loss of his Bible.
1877 December 18
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: His reaction to the death of his youngest brother, Fred; nineteenth birthday, Jan.15.
1878 January 17
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Sympathizes with parents' loneliness; reappointed organist for a year at the Friendship St. Baptist Church; lists his studies for the term; his lack of appreciation of Shakespeare; day of prayer for the college.
1878 February 08
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: College holiday (stormy);his room "a palace within"; fondness for plants; new college library dedicated on Feb.16; cane rush between freshmen and sophomores; played for a college glee club in Pawtucket; remarks about quaint entertainments in Rhode Island towns.
1878 February 22
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Regrets misinterpretations of college life at Brown, resulting from his letter to his brother George; explains that college life is now more liberal (the trend of the times); Brown's standards high in comparison with other colleges; enjoying his studies; regrets mother's ill health.
1878 March 15
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Progress in studying German; Hardy, his roommate for two years, decides to room alone; satisfied with his photograph; includes "subjects" for his brother Albert.
1878 April 20
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Regrets reduction in father's salary; asks that his spring clothing be sent to him; more about his change of roommate; praises father's article in "Watchman" entitled "Fixed or Not Fixed"; his own interest in problem of eternal punishment and other doctrines.
1878 May 02
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Weather cold again; Professor Fletcher of Boston School of Oratory and Dartmouth College to give a course in elocution; asks father's approval, although he has enrolled; more about his appreciation of Shakespeare; hopes to spend summer vacation reading and studying English literature; his lack of background in this subject; mentions his improved eyesight.
1878 May 16
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Satisfaction derived from lessons in elocution; in doubt as to whether he should part in prize-speaking; negotiating with Frank Davis to room with him next year; looking forward to Pres. Robinson's course in senior year.
1878 May 24
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Received $30.00 on May 1 for playing organ at the church; Davis to be roommate junior year; glad that parents are going to Saratoga; family to enjoy Hamilton--however that may interfere with his literature study; possibility of a second organist position; elected one of the editors of the "Brunonian"-- surprised at election; decided to try for prize in declamation; father provided speech of 2000 words which he has reduced to 800.
1878 June 07
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Won first prize in declamation; describes the whole episode and results; his modesty.
1878 June 18
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: With the aid of his roommate Frank Davis, room H.C.12 has been painted and carpeted anew; Davis is a good housekeeper; his former roommate Hardy has furnished his new room quite elegantly; position as organist at Roger Williams Church did not materialize; new boarding place at $3.50 per week; list of studies in his course for the first term.
1878 September 20
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: His account as delegate to the Delta Upsilon convention held at Middlebury College; Daniel Worcester Faunce elected vice-president; comparison of Brown with other colleges.
1878 October 19
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Appreciation of letters from his family; Brown concerts in Fall River and Central Falls; enjoying his courses in chemistry and physics; lack of religious interest among students; regrets that Albert is not a student; his Sunday school class.
1878 November 02
Box 12, Folder III.5 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Motherly love and advice his constant source of inspiration; concerning his interesting conference with President Robinson and his invaluable advice on choosing college courses for one's career.
1878 November 08
Box 12, Folder III.6 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: 20 page letter written shortly before his 20th birthday; concerns his choice of life work, i.e. the ministry; a confession of his own short comings; acknowledges debt due to his roommate Hardy for introducing him to the value of a well-rounded student life; his desire for a course in a theological seminary.
1879 January 12
Box 12, Folder III.6 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Regrets stressing limitations of his early home education in his previous letter; reaffirms his satisfaction with his own lot; Jan. 30 college day of prayer with Pres. Robinson's most impressive sermon; interesting courses with excellent instructors for term ahead; again, question of elocution lessons under Professor Fletcher.
1879 February 01
Box 12, Folder III.6 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Thanks for books received; members of President Robinson's Sunday Evening Bible Class; comments on various teachers and courses; roommate Davis the best tenor singer in college; gives reasons for declining further service on the Brunonian Board; no classes in elocution materialized; private lessons only recourse.
1879 February 16
Box 12, Folder III.6 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Washington's birthday, no college exercises; stormy day; second best black coat refurbished by tailor; discusses different personal interpretations of religious problems, i.e. those of President Robinson versus those of the Registrar's son.
1879 February 22
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Confession of his own inability to take a decided orthodox religious stand; natural vs. revealed religion.
1879 March 09
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Why he cannot make a personal appearance as "entertainer" at his father's church.
1879 March 18
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Appointed to speak at Brown Junior Exhibition, April 19.
1879 March 21
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Postpones summer in the White Mountains to tutor his brother George.
1879 May 06
Box 12, Folder III.7 [Poem]
Contents Note: Begins, "Lister, my children, I'll put in verse ..." Poem about the Faunce family.
1879 August
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Prex Robinson, Prof. "Jerry" Diman and Prof. Lincoln as delineated by WHPF.
1879 September 23
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Class election; his election as class orator (unanimously); comments on college life, the teaching by Prof. Diman and Pres. Robinson. Incomplete.
1879 September 27
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Wins the Dunn Premium of $50; proofs of his senior year photographs submitted for his parents' choice.
1879 November 05
Box 12, Folder III.7 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Dislike of printed publicity; no desire to be class salutatorian or class valedictorian since he is class orator.
1879 November 13
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Gratitude expressed for the many blessings of his life; his 21st birthday; his strong desire to be a preacher and go to Newton Seminary or teach next year.
1880 January 16
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Comments on Pres. Robinson's course in "Mental Philosophy"; discussion of possible subjects for senior oration.
1880 January 23
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: More about Prof. Diman's history courses and Pres. Robinson's "Moral Philosophy"; research for his oration, "The poetic and scientific conception of nature" in the field of poetry and his discovery of Mrs. Browning.
1880 February 23
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: His debut in the "Watchman" with comments on first appearances; reference to his class oration; expenses of commencement; his desire for a class album and its cost.
1880 March 04
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: His order for class album cancelled on father's advice; his "love and enthusiasm for the class of 1880".
1880 March 11
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Arrangements made for teaching elocution in Lyon's school; Geikie's Life of Christ; an added suggestion wanted from his father for his oration; offer of position as organist at Rochester Theological Seminary; his urge to teach to gain insight into human relations; eagerness to vote for U.S. president in the fall.
1880 April 11
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Secures room at Newton Theological Seminary for 1880/81; cost of his dormitory room at Brown; pulpit exchange suggested to make it possible for Rev. Faunce to attend son's baccalaureate exercises.
1880 May 20
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Wins prize of $60.00 for "ability, character and attainment" at Brown; final arrangements for attendance of family and friends at commencement festivities; the Rev. Faunce to preach in Friendship St. Baptist Church on Baccalaureate Sunday with his son as organist.
1880 June 03
Box 12, Folder III.8 Class Day oration
Contents Note: Delivered at Brown by William Faunce.
1880 June 11
Box 12, Folder III.8 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Sermon by Wayland Hoyt at First Baptist Church reaffirms his love for preaching.
1880 December 14
Box 12, Folder III.9 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Newton Theological Seminary; his annual birthday letter; a review of past years; delighted with gift of dictionary from parents; thankful for their leadership and interest in his life; its many blessings; believes that God has called him to the ministry and a continuation of his father's work; reaffirms his family bonds.
1881 January 14
Box 12, Folder III.9 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Beginning as instructor of mathematics at Brown for one year.
1881 September 23
Box 12, Folder III.9 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Description of his classes in mathematics--courses, hours, etc.; impressions of Brown faculty; Nova Scotians, friendship with Sadie Edson continues.
1881 November 04
Box 12, Folder III.10 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Birthday letter (23rd birthday); personal gains from teaching at Brown; inspiration of work in college Bible class he has organized.
1882 January 15
Box 12, Folder III.10 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Views on teaching, preaching, authors--Froude, Carlyle, Robertson; growth in spiritual life.
1882 May 14
Box 12, Folder III.10 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Church in Westboro extends call to WHPF; his pros and cons. Incomplete.
1882 August 28
Box 12, Folder III.11 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Announces his engagement to Sarah R. Edson on Oct.25; character sketch of his fiancee; wedding of his Brown classmate Henry G. Hardy last week.
1882 October 26
Box 12, Folder III.11 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Comments on victory of Democratic party; faith cures--Dr. Gordon; appraisal of teachers and courses at Newton; Sunday with Sadie at the Edsons' home; justification for an early marriage.
1882 November 08
Box 12, Folder III.11 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Invitation to preach in the First Baptist Church, Cambridge, MA; if accepted, will mean modification of his course of study.
1882 December 19
Box 12, Folder III.12 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Offer by President Hovey of a professorship in elocution at Newton Seminary on graduation.
1883 January 15
Box 12, Folder III.12 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Discusses subject of teaching elocution and homiletics at Newton Seminary; invitation to become pastor of Friendship St. Baptist Church, Providence; latter offer declined.
1883 January 23
Box 12, Folder III.12 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: More about his teaching elocution; enthusiasm for work among college men; dissatisfaction with life at Newton Seminary; controversy in Boston on views of Joseph Cook and Newman Smyth.
1883 February 03
Box 12, Folder III.12 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Preached at Ruggles St. Baptist Church, Boston; urged by Seymour and A. K. Potter to seek pastorate of State Street Baptist Church in Springfield MA.
1883 April 16
Box 12, Folder III.12 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Considering offer of preaching during the summer in the Cambridge church; suggestion from his classmate, G. S. Goodspeed that he join him in a year of study in Germany.
1883 April 25
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Betrothal of his brother Albert and Emma Edson; family news.
1883 May 14
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Preaching engagements: Malden, New York, Springfield, MA churches.
1883 June 08
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Weekend in New York City with Sadie Edson; decision to preach at Bowdoin Square Church, Boston, during July and August.
1883 June 18
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Description of congregation of Bowdoin Square Baptist Church; invitation received to become pastor of State Street Baptist Church, Springfield, MA
1883 July 09
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Appreciation of his father's counsel on religious matters; the Springfield church vs. his own experiences as a minister; to supply at the First Baptist Church, NY during Sept. and Oct.; his brother, George, a successful businessman.
1883 July 19
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Arrives in New York to become preacher at the First Baptist Church for two months.
1883 September 04
Box 12, Folder III.13 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: In appreciation of his classmate, Charles E. Burdette; comments on the character of his congregation in the New York church.
1883 September 26
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Sadie's illness; more concerning the New York church; bids Burdette farewell as he sailed for Assam.
1883 October 13
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Decision to leave New York church at end of month; New York field very difficult for the ordinary preacher; State Street Baptist Church, Springfield, eager to call Faunce; advantages and difficulties of call; advice wanted from father.
1883 October 18
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Improvement in Sadie's illness; to go to NH to attend G. W. Rigler's wedding; conference with Dr. Potter in Springfield regarding the possibility of accepting a call to the State Street Baptist Church.
1883 October 24
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Farewell reception in New York church and an offer of pastorate there; declines offer; Springfield church eager to offer a call beginning in June 1884; question of salary at Springfield.
1883 November 03
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Permits Springfield church to call him; comments on his decision.
1883 November 04
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: More about the Springfield church offer.
1883 November 07
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Receives unanimous call to Springfield pulpit.
1883 November 09
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Accepts offer to serve Springfield church; happy that decision has been made.
1883 November 23
Box 12, Folder III.14 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Defends P. S. Moxom and his new theology; recalls his own baptism by his father; his responsibility in the ministry now awaiting him. Incomplete.
1883 November-December
Box 12, Folder III.15 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Father's church and his life in Washington, DC; pleased with his Springfield congregation; discusses his ordination with father; prefers to have father give the charge.
1884 January 22
Box 12, Folder III.15 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Writes of his good health; tentative plans for marriage; importance of parents' presence at both ordination and marriage; another character sketch of Sadie.
1884 January 29
Box 12, Folder III.15 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Ordination date and plans still unsettled; hopes to visit parents in March accompanied by Sadie.
1884 February 05
Box 12, Folder III.15 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Incomplete. Pleads for the right "to build (his own) theological tower"; comments on his plans for ordination in Springfield.
1884 February 12?
Box 12, Folder III.15 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Plans for the visit with his parents in Washington, DC.
1884 March 17
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Grateful for happy visit with his parents; Sunday services in Springfield on the 13th an inspiration.
1884 April 15
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Outlines program for his ordination on June 24th in the State Street Baptist Church; Dr. E. G. Robinson, president of Brown, to give the sermon; the Rev. Daniel Faunce to give the charge to his son, his brother Albert vs. Emma.
1884 May 16
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Heavy responsibility assumed as pastor of church; pressure of events; graduation from Newton Seminary (June 12); marriage (June 18); reception at church (June 23); ordination (June 24).
1884 June 09
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: A happy outlook on his new work as a result of events in June.
1884 July 07
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Preaching engagements in July; part of vacation with father and mother in Saratoga.
1884 July
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Comments on election of Cleveland as president of the U.S.; worried about father's church; his happy life with Sadie.
1884 November 22
Box 12, Folder III.16 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Repayment of loan to his father; his crowded church and heavy program.
1884 December 10
Box 12, Folder III.17 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Annual birthday letter; his Christmas gifts to his parents; his father's ordination charge a "legacy" to him; progress in the Springfield church; made a member of the Connecticut Valley Theological Club; hopes for fifty more years of life.
1885 January 10,14
Box 12, Folder III.17 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Mother's illness and her son's devotion; recollections of family experiences; Harvest Sunday in his church.
1885 November 10
Box 12, Folder III.17 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Disappointment in not being able to visit his mother; review of progress in his church; Dr. J. N. Cushing of Burma and Dr. A. J. Gordon visitors in Springfield.
1885 December 15
Box 12, Folder III.18 To Daniel Worcester Faunce and Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Birthday letter; some difficult problems in the church; his own youth and inexperience; his valued assistant, W. H. Swallow; to preach in Concord, NH; his former home; sympathy for his mother in her illness.
1886 January 15
Box 12, Folder III.18 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Shows great concern about his mother's illness; gives in outline his program for a typical Sunday; his appreciation for his father's letters and views on religious and theological questions; his own deviation from narrow orthodoxy--Strong's theology--the Andover controversy.
1887 January 24
Box 12, Folder III.19 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: The Faunces have had a very pleasant and restful voyage; now approaching the Irish coast; their party consists of about 30 congenial persons; conducted service in the saloon on Sunday, May 1.
1887 May 04
Box 12, Folder III.19 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Description of their life on board ship; looking forward to end of sea voyage and stay in London.
1887 May 04
Box 12, Folder III.19 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Heard the Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon preach; the fulfillment of a long- cherished wish; also visited St. Paul's and heard Dr. Parker.
1887 May 09
Box 12, Folder III.19 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Days crowded with interesting sight-seeing; her reactions to some English characteristics; realizes value of being part of a conducted tour.
1887 May 11, 05-16
Box 12, Folder III.19 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Recounts his pleasure of being an "ordinary" man, even without the responsibility of looking out for himself; heard Canon F. W. Farrar preach, also on Thursday noon Dr. Joseph Parker. "Tonight we start to cross the English Channel."
1887 May 16
Box 12, Folder III.19 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Postcard from the Grand Hotel. "Life seems one long holiday"; visited the Louvre yesterday; Party has increased to 40 persons.
1887 May 19
Box 12, Folder III.19 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Postcard. "Season of postcards only"--little time for letter-writing. First glimpse of Alpine views; came through Mt. Cenis Tunnel; Turin is an old, interesting city.
1887 May 25
Box 12, Folder III.19 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Relates impressions left by their visit to Paris--the night life, the Louvre,and especially the Venus de Milo; comments on Napoleon's tomb. After stop in beautiful Turin, they proceed to Genoa with its market in a public square as an attraction; its "dingy shops" also fascinated them. Left for Pisa at noon, arriving the evening of May 27. Tomorrow comes the tour of the city. Describes his reactions to carefree travel. From Pisa then on to Rome. Comments on accidents in the news, viz. the "Celtic" and the "Britannic", the fire at the Theatre Comique, Paris. Postscript to MPPF from SEF.
1887 May 27
Box 12, Folder III.20 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Postcard. SEF finds little in Rome to attract her except things of historical interest; rejoices over prospect of having her parents and four friends join them later for their trip through Ireland and Scotland.
1887 June 01
Box 12, Folder III.20 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: He is delighted to hear of improvement in his mother's health; also of his father's visit to his brother Albert in Florida. Expects to leave Rome tonight for Florence. Summarizes the sights and things, especially in Italy, which have left a lasting impression on his mind; is amazed at the extreme poverty flourishing in the midst of wealth of Romanism. Description of their visit to Mt. Vesuvius.
1887 June 08
Box 12, Folder III.20 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Postcard. Now they are at the farthest point from home and will turn northward from here; abundance of beggars and priests in Naples.
1887 June 08
Box 12, Folder III.20 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce from Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Sarah describes their ideal situation; WHPF conducts Sunday service at the parlor of the house. Tomorrow to cross into Switzerland over the Simplon Pass. Invitation to MPPF to spend September and October with them in Springfield.
1887 June 19
Box 12, Folder III.20 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: A View from my Window, a description by WHPF.
1887 June 21
Box 12, Folder III.20 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce from Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: SEF acknowledges MPPF's letter of June 10 with news of Albert Faunce's marriage to Alma G. Luther. Describes "diligence ride of 14 hours from Intra to Brigue;" also the wealth of wildflowers everywhere; encloses a few. Enjoyed too brief a stay in Chamonix with a trip over the Mer de Glas. Sight-seeing is a strenuous life. Mentions the anticipated pleasure in the coming reunion with her parents and the party in London, July 24, then their trip together through Scotland and Ireland. They all plan to sail for Boston on the "Pavlonia" Aug.23. Describes plans that she has made for MPPF's stay at their Springfield home. Has learned of the birth of Thomas Harper, son of the Rev. and Mrs. G. S. Goodspeed on May 17. Her brother John has announced his engagement to Minnie Hay. Attended service in a Greek church today.
1887 June 26
Box 12, Folder III.21 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Expresses his appreciation of what this trip abroad means to him at this particular time of his life. Shows his concern over his mother's health; voices his great love for her. Annoyed at his brother Albert's unexpected marriage. Good news from his church and their provision for Dr. Potter, their former minister.
1887 July 06
Box 12, Folder III.21 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Describes beauty of mountainous region, the Falls of the Rhine, and their excursions to Tell's Platte, Fluelen, and Mt. Rhigi. Voices concern about MPPF's health and comfort.
1887 July 11
Box 12, Folder III.21 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Sarah tells of the pleasure of being where English is spoken by all; of their disappointment at not finding their friends in London; describes experiences encountered in their brief trip through Germany and Belgium; expects to remain a week in London.
1887 July 23
Box 12, Folder III.21 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Continues description of traveling together with their American friends through "picturesque" England and on to Scotland; tells of visit to the home and the tomb of Sir Walter Scott; Edinburgh surpassed by Paris only; some personal notices included.
1887 August 10
Box 12, Folder III.21 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Gives brief itinerary of the rest of the trip until they sail from Liverpool Aug.23; tells of purchases by their party of Scotch woolens at very low prices; a trip by steamer on the River Forth and the new bridge. Reminds Mary Faunce of their urgent invitation to the parsonage in Springfield.
1887 August 13
Box 12, Folder III.21 To Mary Parkhurst Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Disturbed because his mother did not leave Washington for the cooler north as he had advised her; tells her of the comfortable climate in Scotland; how rich in enjoyment the trip in Britain has been; words are inadequate to express what this trip to Europe has meant to him; his deep gratitude to his church; looking forward with some trepidation to his return to his church--"People expect so much after such a trip."
1887 August 14
Box 12, Folder III.22 Untitled
Contents Note: Lines written on train from New York to Boston. Verse.
1891 November 10
Box 12, Folder III.22 Trips abroad 1892 & '96
Contents Note: Annotated calendar pages.
1892 - 1895
Box 12, Folder III.22 To Thomas D. Anderson
Contents Note: Acknowledges honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
1895 July 09
Box 12, Folder III.22 To Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Announcing birth of Perry Edson Faunce.
1898 November 25
Box 12, Folder III.23 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Three items. Mentions meetings concerned with possibility of his becoming president of Brown.
1899
Box 12, Folder III.23 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Mentions being called by a Jew "bent on seeking further light;" hats worn by men at Harvard, especially Edward Everett Hale.
1899 January 12
Box 12, Folder III.23 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Not well satisfied with his sermon of last evening.
1899 January 16
Box 12, Folder III.23 To Benjamin F. Clarke
Contents Note: Wishes to meet Clarke in Pawtucket to discuss possibility of his coming to Brown as president.
1899 April 02
Box 12, Folder III.23 To Benjamin F. Clarke
Contents Note: Clarke's letter has encouraged him to consider accepting presidency of Brown; will consult President Andrews in Chicago.
1899 May 11
Box 12, Folder III.23 To Dr. Alvah Hovey
Contents Note: Declining nomination as president of Brown because of lack of training in financial matters; comments on Pres. Andrews' inability to raise money.
1899 May 20
Box 12, Folder III.24 To Benjamin F. Clarke
Contents Note: Finds it difficult to remove from New York, but Clarke may influence him to accept call from Brown.
1899 June 07
Box 12, Folder III.24 To William Whitman Bailey
Contents Note: Reply to note from Dr. Bailey on his appointment as president of Brown.
1899 June 07
Box 12, Folder III.24 To Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Contents Note: Farewell letter to his congregation on his resignation as pastor to become president of Brown.
1899 June 11
Box 12, Folder III.24 To Thomas D. Anderson
Contents Note: Accepting presidency of Brown.
1899 June 11
Box 12, Folder III.24 To Benjamin F. Clarke
Contents Note: Concerning plans for his inauguration as president of Brown University.
1899 June 14
Box 12, Folder III.24 To Benjamin F. Clarke
Contents Note: Is coming to Brown; admiration of Clarke's administration.
1899 June 24
Box 12, Folder III.24 To Justin D. Fulton
Contents Note: Thanks him for his letter; hopes to see him in Providence.
1899 October 20
Box 12, Folder III.25 Untitled
Contents Note: Outline of the work of the Advisory Council in connection with the Slater Memorial Dormitory.
1900
Box 12, Folder III.25 To Albert D. Mead
Contents Note: On the origin of departmental visiting committees at Brown.
1901 July 31
Box 12, Folder III.25 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Mentions speaking engagements in Virginia; his visit with George Hovey and John Hay.
1902 January 24
Box 12, Folder III.25 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Will speak in Philadelphia and then go to Boston.
1902 January 26
Box 12, Folder III.25 To Hon. John H. Stiness
Contents Note: Sending letter from Judge Douglas.
1902 May 23
Box 12, Folder III.25 To William Whitman Bailey
Contents Note: Promising to look into the subject of the housing of Professor Bailey's herbarium.
1902 May 23
Box 12, Folder III.26 To William Carey Poland
Contents Note: Concerns appropriation from Executive Committee of $50 for slides.
1903 January 30
Box 12, Folder III.26 To Archibald Grant Delaney
Contents Note: Letter in warm praise of Delaney, Brown University Steward.
1903 June 24
Box 12, Folder III.26 To John H. Stiness
Contents Note: Contains a report to WHPF from the Advisory Council of the Women's Department of Brown concerning the raising of $1000 to purchase duplicate books to place in Pembroke Hall. Signed by Sarah E. Doyle, Amelia S. Knight, A.I.C.D. Ames, Annie H. Barus, Eliza G. Radeke.
1903 October 20
Box 12, Folder III.26 To John H. Stiness
Contents Note: Committee consisting of himself, Stiness and Gammell has been formed to report on the closing of Brown Street. With this is a copy of letter, Nov.25, 1903 (A9753) from R. C. Taft enclosing opinion of J. M. Clarke on legal steps to be taken.
1903 December 23
Box 12, Folder III.27 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Disappointed at not hearing from his father about Harvard degree.
1904
Box 12, Folder III.27 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: He is to attend Democratic Convention the next day.
1904
Box 12, Folder III.27 Untitled
Contents Note: Agreement between the representatives of the Friends' School and the University School. Signed by WHPF for the University School and by Daniel C. Maxfield for the Friends' School. Concerns merging of the two schools and change of name to Moses Brown School. Another draft of agreement with this.
1904 April 02
Box 12, Folder III.27 To Edwin S. Potter
Contents Note: Thanks him for sending the advance copy of "Balance" by O.J. Smith.
1904 May 06
Box 12, Folder III.27 To William Carey Poland
Contents Note: On sale of property of University Grammar School.
1904 May 07
Box 12, Folder III.27 To [Robert Perkins] Brown
Contents Note: Gratitude for Brown's creation of the Brown Alumni Monthly and regrets that he was not elected a trustee.
1904 June 17
Box 12, Folder III.27 To Mrs. L. Emmett Holt
Contents Note: Personal letter.
1904 August 30
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Personal note of farewell to his family written from New York.
1905 June 23
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Everything on ship seems to promise a very satisfactory voyage.
1905 June 24
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: From the Hotel Cecil. Has met Mr. Samuel C. Eastman of Concord, NH, a delightful companion and guide; had luncheon at "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" the favorite haunt of Dr. Samuel Johnson; met Dean Meiklejohn there, also Dora Keen. Tells of revisiting familiar churches, museums, etc., likes London.
1905 July 05
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Spent yesterday at Oxford; called upon Ralph Bevan, Brown graduate studying at Worcester College, Oxford, but found him on vacation. Leonard W. Cronkhite also of Brown to study at the same college. Invited to spend Sunday at Oxford and remain for the conferring of an honorary degree on Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University on Monday. Looking forward to dining in the Great Hall at Worcester College Sunday with Presi- dent Butler, President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton and other
1905 July 07
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: From the Mitre Hotel. Description of this quaint inn dating back to ca.1400. Outline of events for the next 48 hours in which he has a part. Has located through Mrs. Waterbury Baptist headquarters in London and obtained information about the Baptist Congress. Description of ride Saturday to Dorking with Mrs. Waterbury's party. In the evening attended at Hotel Cecil the Annual Independence Day dinner of the American Society in London (postponed because of John Hay's death); all talked of Hay and his ideals.
1905 July 09
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Called on Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Porter yesterday, friends of the Meiklejohns. RPP was once head of the U.S. Census Bureau. In the evening dined in the "great hall" of Worcester College with "a distinguished company including Dr. Butler, Prof. Fine of Princeton, Dr. Osler of world wide fame, etc."
1905 July 10
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Witnessed the conferring of the degree of Litt.D. upon Dr. N. M. Butler at Oxford the previous day. Later acquired his credentials for the Baptist World Congress. Finally located church where he spoke last evening. Intends to attend session of Congress today. Letter today from Prof. Manatt.
1905 July 11
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Yesterday visited "Quaritch", dealer in rare books; our John Carter Brown library a customer of theirs. Later attended opening session of World Congress held in Exeter Hall--impressed by good singing rather than speeches. To take Norma Waterbury this afternoon to a fine concert. Mr. S.C. Eastman, back from a visit in the country, forms a new plan with WHPF to leave for Paris the next day with a stop over in Rouen where they will meet with the Meiklejohns. Mentions a letter from Prof. Jonas of Brown concerning a professorship offered him.
1905 July 12
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Normandy Hotel: Hopes to meet the Biglows at this hotel where they met years ago. Describes smooth trip across the channel accompanied by Mr. Eastman, also their interesting tour of Rouen and its famous churches, the Cathedral and St. Ouen. The Meiklejohns are in Rouen. Now in Paris after an absence of ten years. Expects to leave Monday for Vienna and Constantinople, then heading for Athens. Paris celebrating Bastille Day with gusto.
1905 July 14
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Normandy Hotel: Met the Biglows here yesterday; friendly as ever. They are discouraged about conditions at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, NY. They are to sail from Cherbourg next Thursday. Pleased to receive cable from SEF; now can continue trip with assurance. Speaks of heat in Paris as the celebration of July 14 (Bastille Day) continues over the weekend. His hotel filled with Americans. Attends Sunday services in an American church with the Biglows.
1905 July 16
Box 12, Folder III.28 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Normandy Hotel: Spent last evening with Mr. and Mrs. Atwater in their home; refers to their kindness toward the Kellens during Mrs. Kellen's illness; the Atwaters who often go to Constantinople on business furnished much information. Intends to stop at "Buda Pesth" instead of Vienna. Expects to leave Paris tonight and reach Athens about July 28th.
1905 July 17
Box 12, Folder III.29 To dear sir
Contents Note: Invitation to hear Clayton S. Cooper report on Bible study in American colleges.
1905 October 19
Box 12, Folder III.29 To Rev. Lester Bradner Jr.
Contents Note: Report of violence at Pembroke Hall which has reached Rev. Bradner is grossly exaggerated.
1905 October 24
Box 12, Folder III.29 To whom it may concern
Contents Note: Letter of reference for George Sanford Atwood.
1905 November 21
Box 12, Folder III.29 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Comments on Atlanta and the refinement of Southern women.
1906 March 20
Box 12, Folder III.29 To William Whitman Bailey
Contents Note: Discussing the question of emeritus status.
1906 June 11
Box 12, Folder III.29 To A. G. Harkness
Contents Note: Pleased that the editor of Classical Philology will use Harkness' papers. The classics must make themselves recognized.
1906 August 16
Box 12, Folder III.29 To W. H. Doane
Contents Note: Thanks Doane for sending his coat.
1906 September 06
Box 12, Folder III.30 The Life of Charles E. Hughes
Contents Note: Published with minor alterations in World's Work, 1907.
1907
Box 12, Folder III.30 To Miss Green
Contents Note: Admiration of her father; hopes she will continue his work.
1907 February 21
Box 12, Folder III.30 To C. S. Brigham
Contents Note: Sends copies of letters written by President Manning; also the letter of Dr. Keen who transmitted the letters.
1907 March 12
Box 12, Folder III.30 To Albert Davis Mead
Contents Note: Announcing meeting of committee arranging Monday evening lectures.
1907 September 27
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Prof. Lowell, Faunce's traveling companion, has shown him photo- graphs of Mars; passing through farmland of Missouri and Kansas; mentions visible changes in vegetation as they approach desert; is reading about cliff dwellers.
1907 June 29
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes terrain; relates anecdote about the woman in the upper berth and her skirt.
1907 June 30
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Will wake at 4 am to see sunrise; describes the hotel and the canyon; will start for Los Angeles the following morning.
1907 June 30 or July 01
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes sunrise over Grand Canyon; the heat; character sketches of some of the other travelers; his itinerary; received telegram from Marston.
1907 July 03
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Extreme heat; will visit San Gabriel missions; would like to visit Mr. Smiley at Redlands, 60 miles distant; will not go to Catalina today as planned, due to holiday crowds on boat; will attend N.E.A. meetings today; mentions that Mr. Rockefeller must be having a "most trying summer." Letter finished later in the day; adds that he has visited San Gabriel and taken a sight-seeing tour of L.A.; has received telephone call from Mrs.
1907 July 04
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: In cooler weather; compares hotel to Lake Mohonk, has learned that his fellow traveler, "the schoolmaster", established his preparatory school in Chicago at the request of Mrs. McCormick, to take charge of her boys Stanley and Harold.
1907 July 05
Box 12, Folder III.31 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Stationery is deceiving--hotel is actually a one story shanty, but will be built up to look as pictured; describes effects of earthquake; car- strike; will be in Berkeley the next day.
1907 July 07
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes University of California at Berkeley; rebuilding of San Francisco, compares life in California with that of Providence; appreciation of SEF; will leave for Portland the following evening.
1907 July 08
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Dislikes climate; more about reconstruction after earthquake; Mayor Schmitz yesterday sentenced to five years in prison for "grafting"; visited Leland Stanford University, which was built as a memorial to a boy who died at 16; article in Tribune mentioning him in connection with protest against building road past First Church and "the club."
1907 July 09
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Was not able to leave as planned; his ticket had not been validated; spent the day browsing in bookstore of Paul Elder.
1907 July 10
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Has just preached at the First Baptist Church; saw many friends there from around the country; (Claude Everett?) Stevens will take him out to lunch; will see James of Standard Oil; will speak to 10,000 tonight; saw Puget Sound, Navy Yard, and spoke to Floyd W. Thompkins; lunched with Jones, a wealthy Baptist minister. Finished letter later in the day-- enjoyed speech to 10,000; mentions Mr. Cope, Y.P.S.C.E.; Alaska.
1907 July 14
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes conditions on train; other passengers.
1907 July 15?
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Starting on a 40 mile drive through the park; describes geysers; mentions Mr. Thorsen; has not been able to receive mail; appreciates Dr. Mitchell's care of Sarah.
1907 July 18
Box 12, Folder III.32 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Old Faithful Hotel is to Faunce "the most beautiful hotel in the world" Has traveled in the park with the Thorsens again; mentions "Old Faithful;" will start for home Tuesday next.
1907 July 19
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Harold Dexter Hazeltine
Contents Note: Discusses Dept. of Social and Political Science at Brown; study of law been dropped; would like to create a position for HDH at Brown. With explanatory notes by HDH.
1908 January 31
Box 12, Folder III.33 To dear Sir
Contents Note: Invitation to meet teachers of extension courses to discuss extension work.
1908 February 19
Box 12, Folder III.33 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Sending a copy of his Yale lectures.
1908 December 04
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Mrs. Hayes' furnishing of the map room; 350th anniversary of the University of Geneva; protest from an alumnus on the cutting down of a tree in front of the John Hay Library.
1909 February 19
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: On Koopman's ode to John Hay; suggests reading it at laying of cornerstone of library which is planned for April.
1909 March 02
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Lieut. George A. Taylor
Contents Note: Thanks him for hospitality in Denver.
1909 March 27
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Earl Manchester
Contents Note: Encloses some letters of Francis Wayland sent by William C. Church.
1909 June 03
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Expresses satisfaction of Board of Fellows in his decision to remain at Brown and decline opportunity elsewhere.
1909 June 15
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Review of Samuel G. Howe appeared in the New York Times.
1909 July 19
Box 12, Folder III.33 To William C. Poland
Contents Note: Pleased with portraits in Sayles Hall; hopes for extension of cooperation with School of Design.
1909 September 22
Box 12, Folder III.33 To Donald S. Babcock
Contents Note: Sending $2 for football celebration.
1909 November 22
Box 12, Folder III.34 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Sending Koopman a copy of The Educational Ideal in the Ministry, the only book of which he is sole author. Has written chapters or portions of many other books.
1910 January 06
Box 12, Folder III.34 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Concerning the Singsen boys, who are in need of financial aid if they are to remain in college.
1910 January 21
Box 12, Folder III.34 To Thomas Crosby
Contents Note: Assures him of potential for his promotion at Brown and advises him not to leave, citing other instances of faculty members who have gone elsewhere.
1910 April 30
Box 12, Folder III.34 To Miss Leonard
Contents Note: Her nomination of Miss Watt has been presented to the Corporation.
1910 June 10
Box 12, Folder III.34 To Mrs. Francis E. Bates
Contents Note: Enclosing two documents on the history of the colonial seal of Brown. With this are the documents mentioned.
1910 September 20
Box 12, Folder III.34 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Asks for a statement on the condition of the library; suggests that his poem on John Hay should appear in newspaper on day of library dedication. MC9B
1910 October 20
Box 12, Folder III.35 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Promises to pay $10 toward the purchase of a bicycle.
1907 March 16
Box 12, Folder III.35 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: $5 for the purchase of a bicycle "next spring"; 11th birthday present.
undated
Box 12, Folder III.35 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Horseback riding lessons for Perry.
1911 March 04
Box 12, Folder III.35 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Happy birthday; much responsibility now rests on Perry.
1912 November 25
Box 12, Folder III.35 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Christmas greetings from Ceylon. Suggests that Perry and his mother go for a short trip.
1912 December 25
Box 12, Folder III.36 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: The Taj Mahal; differences between Indians "make it necessary for Great Britain to rule them;" beasts of burden; lack of fresh water; shops; hopes Perry is helping his mother; will return in June.
1913 January 12
Box 12, Folder III.36 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: His article on India will appear in Journal around the first of March; describes Burma; mentions Adoniram Judson, first American missionary; sends Perry stamps from Capt. Higgins.
1913 January 30
Box 12, Folder III.36 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes curiosities of Chinese cuisine; coinage; lepers; thanks Lord for "pure blood, free from all disease, which came to him from his father;" spent the afternoon with a missionary; pirates in the West River; sends a short Chinese novel to Perry.
1913 March 18
Box 12, Folder III.36 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Sends commemorative stamps to Perry; describes China.
1913 March 28
Box 12, Folder III.36 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Chinese theater; educational system.
1913 April 10
Box 12, Folder III.37 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Poem to Perry from his parents wishing him "much love, long life, and many a joy."
1915 April 16
Box 12, Folder III.37 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Will buy Perry one ball-bearing skate, if he will buy the other; saw Uncle Richard; will visit University of Chicago.
1916 February
Box 12, Folder III.37 To Perry Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Pleased with Perry's grades; saw Roland McLaughlin's father; man jumped from window of hotel; President Wilson a guest there.
1916 February 01
Box 12, Folder III.38 To Ellis L. Yatman
Contents Note: Concerns notice of his father's death; Yatman's rejoinder to President Lowell of Harvard.
1911 January 05
Box 12, Folder III.38 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Discussing an inscription for a commemorative tablet to be placed below portrait of William Goddard in Butler Hospital.
1911 May 18
Box 12, Folder III.38 To David W. Hoyt
Contents Note: Calling a meeting of the joint committee to recommend someone as pastor of church.
1911 May 25
Box 12, Folder III.38 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Requests copy of an amusing letter that Blumer has.
1911 November 22
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Anne T. Weeden
Contents Note: Praises her book, The Origin and Development of the Women's College in Brown University.
1912 June 12
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Has had to decline invitation to speak at dedication of New York State Education Building; wishes Koopman and Charles S. Stedman to represent Brown.
1912 September 27
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Mrs. L. Emmett Holt
Contents Note: Describes visit to Egypt.
1912 November 27
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Describes the beauty of the Taj Mahal, pictured on the front of this postcard.
1913 January 15
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Celebrating his birthday at the Taj Mahal. Postcard.
1913 January 15
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Describes sunset view of Taj Mahal. Postcard.
1913 January 15?
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Dean of Pembroke?
Contents Note: Postscript, asking that Miss Stanton write to women who are considering entering Pembroke.
1914
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Enclosing a letter from Alex T. Ormsbee, sent by Mr. Keen. With this, the letter from Ormsbee, writing the death of his father, Allen Ives Ormsbee.
1914 March 04
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: His views on paid assistants on the University staff.
1914 May 09
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Emma B. Stanton
Contents Note: Concerning nomination of member of Advisory Council of Women's College.
1914 June 11
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Dr. George Hovey
Contents Note: Sympathy on the death of his son.
1914 September 18
Box 12, Folder III.39 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Victor Michaels of the University of Jena will not be able to attend sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 06
Box 12, Folder III.40 To Thomas Crosby
Contents Note: Appreciation of Crosby's work at Brown.
1915 April 10
Box 12, Folder III.40 To Prof. Charles Brown
Contents Note: Postcard. Asks Brown to bring home something from his travels "to stir the imagination of Little Rhody."
1915 August 12
Box 12, Folder III.40 To Harold Dexter Hazeltine
Contents Note: With explanatory notes by Hazeltine. Brown will confer honorary degree of D.D. upon Hazeltine if he can attend commencement in 1916 or 1917.
1915 June 25
Box 12, Folder III.40 To Gen. Horatio C. King
Contents Note: Thanks him for a report and a pamphlet.
1915 July 19
Box 12, Folder III.40 To Mrs. L. Emmett Holt
Contents Note: Describes his new office; opening of college year.
1915 September 14
Box 12, Folder III.41 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Concerning arrangements for Koopman to receive a loan from the Providence Institution for Savings.
1916 January 12
Box 12, Folder III.41 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Sending a report of the Christian Literature Society for China, with a sketch of the work of Dr. Timothy Richard. G. Lowes Dickinson will speak at Brown.
1916 January 13
Box 12, Folder III.41 To Charles H. Howland
Contents Note: Suggests that his son, Standish, work in business for a few months as an antidote to his dilettantism.
1916 March 01
Box 12, Folder III.41 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Mentions rapid progress of Colby College in recent years; its president has declined honorary degree from Brown; calls attention to lights left burning in library.
1916 July 03
Box 12, Folder III.41 To John Cotton Dana
Contents Note: Copy. Includes copy from his annual report referring to library catalogs, and asks Dana's opinion.
1916 October 30
Box 12, Folder III.41 To Augustus O. Bourn
Contents Note: About the League to Enforce Peace.
1916 November 20
Box 12, Folder III.41 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Asking information about Mr. Eastman of Concord, NH and forwarding a letter from John Cotton Dana.
1916 November 22
Box 12, Folder III.42 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Questioning the degree which Mr. Adams is recorded as receiving; asks what Mr. Penniman, a descendant of President Manning, gave to the University.
1917 February 07
Box 12, Folder III.42 To E. A. Lowenstein (i.e. Albert E. Lownes
Contents Note: Commending his good academic record.
1917 February 15
Box 12, Folder III.42 To Mrs. Charles Sisson
Contents Note: Advises that students remain in college rather than enlist in military and naval organizations at this time.
1917 May 03
Box 12, Folder III.42 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Plans for commencement day.
1917 May 17
Box 12, Folder III.42 To Students absent in the nation's service
Contents Note: Greetings; Brown is proud of them.
1917 June 20
Box 12, Folder III.42 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Thanks him for attending funeral (of Samuel Coffin Eastman?); mentions An Introduction to High School Teaching by Professor Colvin.
1917 September 08
Box 12, Folder III.42 To Mrs. A. Edgar Lownes
Contents Note: Thanks her for loan of her car.
1917 October 25
Box 12, Folder III.43 [Credo]
Contents Note: With this, copy of letter, submitting his credo for criticism.
1918
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Thanking him for his report.
1918
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Agreement to convert R.O.T.C. into Student Army Training Corps.
1918 August 08
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Has sent another application for Lieut. Borden's service.
1918 February 26
Box 12, Folder III.43 To Brown Men in the Nation's Service
Contents Note: Two copies (?) Easter message and news of Brown.
1918 March 21
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Sends Dunning's telegrams about sixty days training; inquires about uniforms for naval units.
1918 July 23
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Dunning attended training camp in San Francisco; uniforms to be provided; plan to eliminate Admiral Chester; plans for rehabilitation of crippled soldiers; need for special courses for training women students.
1918 July 24
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Asks that he go to Plattsburg to represent Brown at R.O.T.C. conference.
1918 July 26
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Concerns proposed Student Army Training Corps and its relation to R.O.T.C.
1918 July 31
Box 12, Folder III.43 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Heroism of Carl Lytle in France; mentions his own activities and the wish that he could be at the front.
1918 August 05
Box 12, Folder III.43 To Henry D. Sharpe
Contents Note: Thanking him for generous gift to Brown.
1918 September 10
Box 12, Folder III.43 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Encloses letter from Capt. Littlefield concerning training for Coast Artillery.
1918 September 20
Box 12, Folder III.43 To the President and Faculty of the University of Athens
Contents Note: In Greek. Photoprint. Introducing Prof. Kendall Kerfoot Smith.
1918 October 12
Box 12, Folder III.43 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Dr. Keen has sent notice of Brown's revocation of Bernstorff's degree to a friend in Sweden, who inserted it in Swedish paper. Clipping with this.
1918 November 07
Box 12, Folder III.43 Memorials
Contents Note: Notices of suspension of all University exercises, posted on Armistice Day. (2 copies.)
1918 November 11
Box 12, Folder III.44 To H. Anthony Dyer
Contents Note: Offering honorary M.A. degree.
1919 May 08
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Daniel F. George
Contents Note: Congratulations on anniversary of Class of 1894, with comments on Thomas Crosby, Frederick Marvel, and Henry Sharpe.
1919 June 10
Box 12, Folder III.44 To William Whitman Bailey
Contents Note: Commending a recent article of his on Poe.
1919 October 07
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Mrs. J. E. Pearce
Contents Note: Thanks her for copy of resolution and offer of help from Alumnae Association.
1920 January 12
Box 12, Folder III.44 Untitled
Contents Note: Thanks for sympathy (on death of Perry).
1920 April
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Harold Dexter Hazeltine
Contents Note: With explanatory notes by Hazeltine. Faunce expects to confer honorary degree on him at Brown commencement.
1920 April 09
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Nathan W. Edson
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 90th birthday.
1920 April 27
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Written after death of Perry.
1920 May 04
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Koopman recovering from illness in New Hampshire; Faunce's narrow escape from explosion in New York; discusses distribution of Dr. Burrage's book; suggests revision of Koopman's History of Brown University to place less emphasis on Baptists.
1920 September 17
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Archibald C. Matteson
Contents Note: Soldier's Gate may not be dedicated until spring, because of lack of skilled labor.
1920 October 08
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Elizabeth Hicks
Contents Note: Thanks her for contribution. Recalls her father, Ratcliffe Hicks.
1920 October 12
Box 12, Folder III.44 To Caroline E. Capwell
Contents Note: Henry A. Laughlin has contributed $45,000 to Brown; made trip to Philadelphia to clear up Laughlin's misunderstanding about his graduate records. No more inquiries should be sent to him.
1920 December 18
Box 13, Folder III.45 Untitled
Contents Note: Copy of reply to a letter from 21 Chinese students, asking certain questions about America's faith in God.
1921 March 09
Box 13, Folder III.45 To Mary A. Brownell
Contents Note: Thanking her for establishing a scholarship for the Women's College in memory of her mother.
1921 March 29
Box 13, Folder III.45 To Mrs. William H. Eddy
Contents Note: Thanks her for the fund which has been created and placed in Brown treasury.
1921 June 14
Box 13, Folder III.45 To Dr. George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Copy objects to his plans to retire; includes a copy of Perpetual Youth by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1921 December 05
Box 13, Folder III.45 Fabula Docet
Contents Note: Anecdote sent to George Alder Blumer
undated
Box 13, Folder III.45 To Mrs. Hammond Lamont
Contents Note: Thanks Mrs. Lamont for giving a portrait of her husband to the university. Tells of plans for exhibiting it and how portraits are assets to college life. Defers discussion of a permanent location.
1921 December 09
Box 13, Folder III.45 To Thomas W. Lamont
Contents Note: Thanks him for the portrait of his brother, Hammond Lamont; describes plans for exhibiting it. Comments on portrait itself.
1921 December 16
Box 13, Folder III.46 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Speaking engagements; plans for European trip; to serve on committee concerned with the interchurch movement. The committee is the Committee on Social and Religious Research, predecessor organization to the Institute of Social and Religious Research. "The interchurch movement" concerns the Interchurch
1922 January 26
Box 13, Folder III.46 To Secretary, Class of 1919
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Presenting a section of fence to bear numerals of class of 1919 in name of deceased son, PEF.
1922 June 19
Box 13, Folder III.46 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Concerning two men mentioned by Koopman; wonders at their lack of interest in Brown.
1922 October 20
Box 13, Folder III.46 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Stayed at the home of J. Ackerman Coles when speaking at church in NJ of which James Manning was a member. Coles gave Sarah a copy of the smallest Bible ever printed; gave to Brown a copy of Dr. Judson's Burmese Bible, with signatures of two generations of Judson family. Edward Judson long a Brown trustee.
1922 October 25
Box 13, Folder III.47 Untitled
Contents Note: Interesting comments about life on the ship; persons he met; Dorothy's and his part in the daily programs, etc. Includes a poem beginning "The strife of tongues" dated "Scythia", July 25, 1922.
1922 July 21-July 29
Box 13, Folder III.47 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Sending Sarah his diary of the trip in two envelopes; it has been a "quiet, steady, restful trip" without seasickness; plans to send Dorothy to visit the Rey family in Paris, while he proceeds to Copenhagen with Dr. S. A. Eliot.
1922 July 29
Box 13, Folder III.47 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Almond's Hotel: a quaint, restful place near the British Museum; describes their coming ashore; at Liverpool and boarding train for London, a 4 1/2 hour ride through park-like countryside; attends very impressive service at 6:30 p.m. in Westminster Abbey; has telegraphed his father's relative, A. Faunce DeLaune asking if he may call on him the next day; anxious for news from his wife.
1922 July 30
Box 13, Folder III.47 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Almond's Hotel: Comments about the hotel, the clear weather and the deliberate British communications systems; the English Speaking Union to give a luncheon Wednesday in his honor; spends an hour at Quaritch's, a famous bookstore, from which the John Carter Brown Library has bought many books; Dorothy receives word that Maude Rey will meet her in Paris. Aug.1: has returned from an interesting visit to the "home of my fathers, Sharsted Court, Sittingbourne;" a detailed account of the visit and the estate,
1922 July 31-August 01
Box 13, Folder III.47 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Almond's Hotel: Makes final plans for his trip to Copenhagen in company with Peter Ainslee and Dr. S. A. Eliot. Addressed the English Speaking and University Unions at luncheon; last evening accompanied by Dorothy saw play "The Dover Road"; sent Dorothy to Paris this morning; to dine with Lucy tonight (Aug.2) then to see "Dear Brutus;" wished he had another week in London; to leave tomorrow morning for Copenhagen at 8:30. Aug.3: On steamboat, Folkstone, England, to Flushing, Holland: Recounts fine time had with Lucy Peabody last evening: later, on arrival at hotel, receives news of Dorothy's safe arrival in Paris; early this morning drove to Victoria Station to meet "Peter" Ainslee and Dr. Eliot for trip together to Copenhagen via rail and "six hours on this Dutch boat."
1922 August 02-August 03
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Paladshotellet: Arrives after a most wearisome, vexatious, exasperating journey crossing four countries with different currencies and annoying customs officials; cites difficulties in obtaining food en route; value of knowing German language; interesting comments on people and conditions in Denmark, Holland, Germany, Bavaria and Austria. Has learned that his contemplated trip through Berlin to Paris might entail hardships; has luncheon with Dr. Atkinson, Secretary of the Church Peace Union; Dr. Atkinson called the world of today "topsy-turvy", citing the instability of European monetary systems. Description of people and cultural atmosphere of Copenhagen; comments on conference with such men present as Dr. Jefferson and John R. Mott and about 250 delegates from every European nation except Russia; only religion can really stop the hating and fighting between nations.
1922 August 05
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: A stream of delegates arriving for the conference; observations on the Danish language; an enjoyable visit to the Tivoli Gardens. Opening of the conference: description of the huge Renaissance cathedral where Dr. Jefferson preached the opening sermon to a crowded congregation--"the sermon, admirable." August 8: Went yesterday with Drs. Eliot and Drummond as guest of Mr. Lowender to his "charming home" then to Elsinore, the home of "Hamlet", also partook of a fine shore dinner; remarks on brilliant colors, red and white, of women's dress, the colors of the Danish flag, the oldest flag in the world.
1922 August 06-August 08
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Student Hall: Assembly of delegates from 25 nations; each address given in French, German and Danish; message read from Secretary Charles E. Hughes "conveying the implied sympathy of Pres. Harding;" conference urges Pres. Harding to call another world conference to ameliorate the distress of the nations." His appointment as Chairman of important committee on Findings," a committee representing 7 nations; regrets that he is unable to speak French and German; cites Sir Willoughby Dickinson, his versatility and linguistic ability--"he is the mainspring of this whole conference;" lists American and some of the British delegates; Dr. Alex Ramsay of England has accepted the position of Secretary of the Alliance; whole project largely supported by the money of Andrew Carnegie; five minute speeches, including 2 translations given by delegates of 25 nations; describes custom of obtaining silence at meetings, viz. the chairman and his dinner-bell; invitation to visit Henry Sharpe's friend and agent for Brown and Sharpe, Mr. Lowender; received first letter from his wife on Aug.6, outlines brief future itinerary.
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Comments on comforts of hotel and weather; yesterday heard speeches on alleged persecutions in Balkan States; to present report today of his Committee on Findings; tells of excursion on Aug.8 to Roskilde with an impressive service in the cathedral and a tour of the historic place. Conference session today at
1922 August 09
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Writing from the home of Mme. Rey; illness of some of the delegates and his own good health; his journey and brief visit to Berlin; experiences en route to Paris and his arrival there; stay at the Hotel Continental where he received letters from his wife; Dorothy meets him at hotel with an invitation from Mme. Rey to spend two nights at her home, which he accepted; describes Mme. Rey, her vivacious daughter, the town, Mme. Rey's house and garden, and her school to which he was formally presented--"the first man who ever penetrated into this girls' school;" beautiful views and whole forest with regal memories of part of estate;tentative outline of itinerary through Sept.7. P. 1 on verso of copy of letter, A. Lawrence Lowell to Faunce, July 25, 1922. Mentions answer from C.E. Hughes to letter sent by vote of Executive Committee. P. 2 on verso of copy of letter, Faunce to Alured Cuningham, June 13, 1922. Travel plans, hopes to see him in Europe, sympathy on death of wife, has never met him face-to- face.
1922 August 13
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Hotel Wagram: Description of his and Dorothy's horseback ride through the forest on the Rey estate Sunday, and the luncheon "en Famille;" later, a drive and dinner at a famous pavilion on the terrace overlooking Paris; met there Mrs. J. N. Brown and her son; met Zenas Bliss, his wife and son (Brown '18) of Providence in Notre Dame; likes hotel; Dorothy preparing to join her uncle in visit to various battlefields and to St. Michel; will make calls on friends of Dr. Keen, Mr. Bedford, etc. Aug.15: Impressions of his visit to Chartres Cathedral; to go tonight with Dorothy to Mont St. Michel.
1922 August 14-August 15
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: An arresting account of their stay there; a resume of the day before and his visit to noble Chartres "supreme for worship;" he realizes his limited ability to speak French; hopes to see Lucian Sharpe in Paris.
1922 August 16
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Returning to Paris from Mont St. Michel via sleeper; his and Dorothy's unhappy introduction to travelling via "couchettes;" preceded by a two hour bus ride through "charming peasant villages" after leaving Mont St. Michel; plans for trip to Rheims, also to Chateau Thierry, etc.
1922 August 18
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Description of visit to "martyred city" of Rheims on the previous day, also to the Rheims Cathedral of which only a bare shell remains, but still picturesque and pathetically beautiful; a new Rheims emerging from the debris; a drive through ruined villages; visits to the grave of Quentin Roosevelt and the two American cemeteries; also to Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry; arrived back in Paris at 7:30 p.m.; attended Sunday service in the American church; met several friends there including Pres. W. A. Shanklin of Wesleyan University; his niece and travelling companion Dorothy is ill.
1922 August 20
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Grand Hotel Bellevue: Dorothy unable to make the trip to Geneva; description of trip from Paris to Geneva; seeing the city with a delightful call on Dr. I. Nitobe who is himself "unchanged and his views on the tottering European civilization;" later, Dr. and Mrs. Nitobe called, invited them to dinner the following evening at their villa in Chamonix; now planning trip to Wengen near Interlaken.
1922 August 23
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Describes his introduction on previous day to the League of Nations by Prof. Manley O. Hudson of Harvard Law School, a legal advisor to the League of Nations since its inception; League housed in a former hotel; most impressive sight was the world post office where each of the 51 nations has a mailbox and file for its correspondence with the League; lunched with Prof. Hudson and others, conversation centering upon the apparently hopeless outlook for European business; bitterness against Pres. Wilson
1922 August 25-August 26
Box 13, Folder III.48 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: On Saturday evening the 26th, went to an organ recital in St. Peter's Cathedral, Geneva, a "severe structure;" music sombre, both like religion of John Calvin. Our planned tour began 11:20 Sunday morning, the 27th, arriving in Montreux with stay at Hotel Excelsior on edge of lake, with superb scenery from the "charming balconies"; trip up to Glion then dinner at the hotel and a wonderful moon-set. Aug.28: Description of trip by the Bernese Oberland R.R. to Wengen. Wengen, Aug.29: "the most wonderful spot for mountain views"--the Jungfrau and the sunrise, Interlaken a real city, with numerous cogwheel railroads leading to scenic spots; tourists a necessary source of income for the Swiss; comments again on tourist scarcity at present time; describes interesting trip up to the Jungfraujoch only to find the top clothed in fog; return to warm and sunny Wengen; next stop to be two days in Zermatt.
1922 August 28-August 29
Box 13, Folder III.49 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Hotels Seiler: Descending from Wengen to Zermatt in a snowstorm and continuing on to Geneva for the opening session of the League of Nations. Experiences he and Dorothy had in their walk up with Gorner Grot as their objective; their return via "funicular" to Riffelberg; because of the cold weather is looking forward to the return to Geneva; brief outline of final travel dates.
1922 September 03
Box 13, Folder III.49 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Grand Hotel Bellevue: Delighted to receive letters from home; resume of their trip from Zermatt to Geneva the previous day; reached Geneva at 9 p.m. with unexpected difficulties arising from hotels crowded with League of Nations delegates; Mrs. Nitobe called today to take them to first session of the League and later to luncheon at the International Club where they met Pres. and Mrs. McCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Bronson, Mrs. Dr. Thelberg of Vassar College and others; later dinner guests at the Swiss home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sweetser (Mr. Sweetser, able member of the Secretariat of the League; Mrs. Sweetser recalls attending chapel in Sayles Hall, Brown University); Mrs. Philip Snowden "most pronounced personality" among the dinner guests; Dorothy sang old English songs accompanied on the piano by her uncle. Sept.6: Planning a dinner in return for the Nitobes, Sweetsers and others at Hotel Beau Rivage; invited to Chamonix on Saturday by Mrs. Nitobe; David Jayne Hill to give lectures at summer school here--hopes to attend lectures given in English. League of Nations Assembly "an impressive sight" in the Hall of Reformation; proceedings of the first session brief; real interest centered in committees and small groups--cites Miss Wambaugh's reactions to European conditions; met Paderewski and quotes his analysis of U.S.'s position vs. its tradition of "keeping out of European broils;" met the Archbishop of Canterbury who preached before the League on Sunday; belief of Faunce that friendship between the nations must be brought about by women and churches in various nations; "All these countries are mourning over the
1922 September 04
Box 13, Folder III.49 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Received two letters from home and one from T. B. Appleget of Brown University; favorable comment on his wife's activities; laments on the death of his friend, James A. Pirce, "more like Seeber Edwards than any other friend I had." Attends French lecture at the University accompanied by Dorothy; then lecture by David Jayne Hill, "a conservative, not ready to endorse the League;" attendance at a stag dinner given by Theodore Marburg with Lord Robert Cecil, Hamilton Holt, Prof. Gilbert Murray among guests; comments on Lord Robert Cecil in glowing terms; after dinner discussion led by Hamilton Holt, centered around the League and the U.S. Sept. 7: Goes to luncheon given by Prof. M.O. Hudson at which Dr. Edouard Benes, Premier of Czechoslovakia is guest of honor; latter discoursed on European problems, such as finance and "Article 10" in the Covenant; incredible financial conditions in Austria with concrete examples. Sept.8: Description of an enjoyable dinner party of nine covers given in honor of their friends; the Nitobes, Sweetsers, etc. at Grand Hotel Beau Rivage the previous evening; Dorothy was in charge of the arrangements; during evening interesting facts of his early life were disclosed by Dr. Nitobe. Plans for their weekend as guests of Mrs. Nitobe at Chamonix, also for stay in Paris and departure from Cherbourg the 16th.
1922 September 06-September 08
Box 13, Folder III.49 To Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Description of trip from Paris to Cherbourg; the boarding of the vessel; life on board as contrasted with that of the "Scythia;" discovers interesting travelling companions, among them Prof. W. G. Everett of Brown and his wife and daughter Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Manton Metcalf; Prof. M. O. Hudson, etc. Comments on injustice of division of passengers into classes; acquaintance with J. Langdon Jones, poet and teacher at the University of Pennsylvania; looking forward to entertainment by Sir Harry Lauder, Dorothy and others. Friday: last evening's concert; then follows a splendid portrayal of the performance given by Sir Harry Lauder. "Tomorrow home."
1922 September 18
Box 13, Folder III.50 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Sending a copy of Constantinople Today by Clarence R. Johnson, an alumnus of Brown. Information about Johnson.
1923 January 26
Box 13, Folder III.50 To J. P. Adams
Contents Note: Informing him of increase in salary, suggests that he obtain doctorate.
1923 April 20
Box 13, Folder III.50 To Ben W. Brown
Contents Note: Letter of sympathy on the death of his father.
1923 June 15
Box 13, Folder III.50 To Thomas Crosby
Contents Note: Concerning possibility of enlarging work in public speaking.
1923 June 23
Box 13, Folder III.50 To L. Emmett Holt
Contents Note: Discusses state of education. Sent to Holt in Peking.
1923 October 08
Box 13, Folder III.50 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Concerning a reception for Mr. Wroth.
1923 November 05
Box 13, Folder III.50 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Forwarding a sketch of Thomas L. Angell received from Mrs. Lincoln.
1923 December 17
Box 13, Folder III.50 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Sending portrait of Benjamin West and photograph of monument to Robert J. Y. Meckel with Brown seal.
1923 December 21
Box 13, Folder III.50 To L. Emmett Holt
Contents Note: Personal news; mentions controversy over his article in "World's Work."
1923 December 31
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Intends to ask the daughter of Henry A. Laughlin to do something at Brown in his memory.
1924 January 03
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Book-stealing; advice to Prof. Randall to remove from his annual report a section on student drinking, in order to avoid any more unfavorable publicity; library policy on access to books.
1924 January 25
Box 13, Folder III.51 To the Advisory and Executive Committee of Brown
Contents Note: Resignation as president of Brown.
1924 April 11
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Henry D. Sharpe
Contents Note: Thoughts on changing denominational provision in the Charter, adverse effects which would follow announcement of his leaving, and acquiring assistance in his work.
1924 April 24
Box 13, Folder III.51 To H. L. Koopman
Contents Note: Comments on photograph of W. W. Keen and other doctors, honoris causa, of University of Paris.
1924 April 26
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Frederick B. Peck
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for flowers.
1924 May 20
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Bishop James DeWolf Perry
Contents Note: Thanks him for flowers. Appreciates his friendship.
1924 May 20
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Asks Koopman to give a lecture in a series "University Lecture Course on Topics of the Day" and gives information about the program.
1924 May 28
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Thomas Crosby
Contents Note: Appreciation of Crosby's service and his association with Ben Brown.
1924 June 14
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Classmates
Contents Note: Appreciation of greeting sent to him by classmates on Commencement Day.
1924 June 23
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Mathematics Club of Brown
Contents Note: Regrets that he cannot attend meeting of Math Club.
1924 November 12
Box 13, Folder III.51 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Concerning magazine article exaggerating in regard to certain stock of knowledge common to educated men; he has given up this theory.
1924 November 12
Box 13, Folder III.51 To [Mary A. Brownell]
Contents Note: Announcing appointment of committee for the new social hall for the Women's College.
1924 November 20
Box 13, Folder III.51 To George Saute
Contents Note: Cannot attend meeting of Mathematics Club. Praises the club's program and asks for copies for the corporation.
1924 December 09
Box 13, Folder III.51 To George Saute
Contents Note: Thanking him for programs of Mathematics Club.
1924 December 16
Box 13, Folder III.52 To George Saute
Contents Note: Cannot attend meeting of Mathematics Club.
1925 January 13
Box 13, Folder III.52 To Frederick T. Guild
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Reports to faculty that he is still confined to his bed.
1925 March 17
Box 13, Folder III.52 To Charles T. and Henry L. Aldrich
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanking them for their gift of $500,000 to Brown.
1925 April 11
Box 13, Folder III.52 To Ben W. Brown
Contents Note: Appreciation for his work in directing a pageant for the Rhode Island Baptist Convention.
1925 May 29
Box 13, Folder III.52 To Ruth Crawford Coombs
Contents Note: Thanks her for good wishes of alumnae.
1925 June 29
Box 13, Folder III.52 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Pleased by his preliminary Librarian's Report.
1925 October 09
Box 13, Folder III.52 To Benjamin Crocker Clough
Contents Note: Cannot attend library committee meetings.
1925 October 27
Box 13, Folder III.52 To the University Club
Contents Note: Christmas greetings and gratitude for their interest during his illness.
1925 December 19
Box 13, Folder III.52 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Urging him to call.
1925 December 30
Box 13, Folder III.53 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Thanking him for a book, Talks with Mr. Gladstone.
1926 January 11
Box 13, Folder III.53 To the Faculty and Visiting Committees
Contents Note: Announcing program for Visiting Day.
1926 January 18
Box 13, Folder III.53 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Explains proposed amendment to charter with regard to denominations of trustees; regrets Mr. A. H. Armington's point of view.
1926 February 11
Box 13, Folder III.53 To W. C. Bitting
Contents Note: Thanks him for sending his father's sermon; is attending alumni meetings in Boston and New York.
1926 February 15
Box 13, Folder III.53 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Asks Koopman to be present on Visiting Day on Feb.24; outlines program of events of Visiting Day.
1926 February 16
Box 13, Folder III.53 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Concerning marker on James Plaisted's grave in Martinville, LA.
1926 March 16
Box 13, Folder III.53 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Comments on the book Talks with Mr. Gladstone.
1926 March 29
Box 13, Folder III.53 To A. H. Gurney
Contents Note: Pleased by Fr. H. H. Wyman's note.
1926 April 08
Box 13, Folder III.53 To James Q. Dealey
Contents Note: Writer has sent Prof. Dealey's article on Lester Ward to the Alumni Monthly.
1926 April 09
Box 13, Folder III.53 To Thomas Crosby
Contents Note: Crosby's promotion to full professorship.
1926 April 10
Box 13, Folder III.53 To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Peck
Contents Note: Thanking them for orchids.
1926 June 27
Box 13, Folder III.54 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Commenting on the task of alumni associations.
1926 August 19
Box 13, Folder III.54 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Regretting the inability of university faculty to see modern knowledge as a unity.
1926 November 04
Box 13, Folder III.54 To H. C. Bumpus
Contents Note: Asking him to serve of committee to nominate Faunce's successor as president.
1926 November 19
Box 13, Folder III.54 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: About Mr. (Henry F.?) Huse; Dr. Pidge's success and his renunciation of all except his church; postscript mentions need for future policy shown by statistics of denominations of freshman class.
1926 November 26
Box 13, Folder III.54 To H. C. Bumpus
Contents Note: Calling meeting of committee to appoint his successor. Postscript that chairman of committee should be a Baptist.
1926 November 27
Box 13, Folder III.54 To H. C. Bumpus
Contents Note: Pleased that Bumpus has been named executive arm of committee to appoint his successor.
1926 December 13
Box 13, Folder III.54 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Concerning Rev. William Ashmore's mission work; his translation of Bible into Chinese.
1926 December 13
Box 13, Folder III.54 To Rev. Gideon Burgess
Contents Note: Concerning poverty and ill health of Alfred Fairbank. Suggests that his classmates help him. Note added by Burgess, stating what has already been done.
1926 December 17
Box 13, Folder III.54 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Contrasts New England and Texas temperaments; Dr. Keen's birthday; death of Frank L. Day and bequest of his estate to Brown.
1926 December 23
Box 13, Folder III.54 To H. Anthony Dyer
Contents Note: Pleased with his radio talk.
1926 December 27
Box 13, Folder III.55 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Thanking him for a "Help to English History."
1927
Box 13, Folder III.55 To Thomas Crosby
Contents Note: Enjoyed his reading at Rockefeller Hall.
1927 February 24
Box 13, Folder III.55 Untitled
Contents Note: Address at dedication of the organ, 69 Manning Street. With this are poems by John Finley and M. C. Wier, read at dedication.
1927 March 10
Box 13, Folder III.56 To George Alder Blumer
Contents Note: Commenting on America's attitude toward the League of Nations, a dinner given for Professors Bronson and Allinson, on the teaching of Greek.
1927 April 26
Box 13, Folder III.56 To Mrs. Alex M. Burgess
Contents Note: Asking the Burgesses to be guests at Lake Mohonk, appreciation of Dr. Burgess' medical care.
1927 April 26
Box 13, Folder III.56 To Benjamin W. Brown
Contents Note: Congratulations on Sock and Buskin's performance of "Pygmalion and Galatea."
1927 April 29
Box 13, Folder III.56 To W. C. Bitting
Contents Note: Mentions illness of Bitting's mother; invites him to Lake Mohonk; praises Albert D. Mead.
1927 August 22
Box 13, Folder III.56 To Ben Brown
Contents Note: Congratulations on Sock and Buskin's performance of "All's Well That Ends Well."
1927 December 06
Box 13, Folder III.56 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Bitting has become one of the great church builders in the Southwest; Faunce gaining in health.
1927 December 08
Box 13, Folder III.56 To H. Anthony Dyer
Contents Note: Addressed to "dear Toast-master." On verso, list of speakers at football dinner.
1927 December 12
Box 13, Folder III.57 To Raphael Herman
Contents Note: Copy. Establishment of the Raphael Herman Foundation; hopes for cooperation between it and the World Peace Foundation.
1928 January 20
Box 13, Folder III.57 To W. C. Bitting
Contents Note: Pleased that Bitting's firm has grown enough to need a new partner. With this, a copy of Thomas Hardy's "When Dead."
1928 April 02
Box 13, Folder III.57 To Edwin A. Burlingame
Contents Note: Thanks him for his cards and sends his congratulations.
1928 May 10
Box 13, Folder III.57 To George E. Warren
Contents Note: 2 copies. Thanks him for gift to American Dormitory Fund to establish a "Brown University Room;" plans movement called "Brown in the Near East" to assist in developing Roberts College.
1928 July 31
Box 13, Folder III.57 To Mrs. Caesar Misch
Contents Note: Postcard. Thanks her for card from Pretoria; "the ends of the earth are coming closer together."
1928 August 21
Box 13, Folder III.57 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: His life at Lake Mohonk; Dr. Keen's energy at 92. With this, copy of Henry Van Dyke's poem, "Senex."
1928 August 31
Box 13, Folder III.57 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Crudity of Baptist leaders in comparison with Catholic clergy.
1928 August 31
Box 13, Folder III.58 To Leslie Earl Swain
Contents Note: Letter to accompany a copy of World's Work containing an article about McFadden. Copy of letter in reply on verso, initialed, L. E. S.
1928 October 08
Box 13, Folder III.58 To Edward A. Fitzpatrick
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for review of his book; mentions religious differences.
1928 October 08
Box 13, Folder III.58 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Has moved into new home; Bitting will benefit by experience in Berlin.
1928 October 10
Box 13, Folder III.58 To George W. Potter
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for editorial on his retirement; finds courage and direction in Browning.
1928 October 13
Box 13, Folder III.58 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Need for a new president at Brown.
1928 October 20
Box 13, Folder III.58 To John F. McCormick
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Concerning review of his book by Dean Fitzpatrick of Marquette University in the Commonweal.
1928 October 29
Box 13, Folder III.58 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: On illness of Bitting's father; Dr. Barbour arriving in Providence. Copy of letter with this.
1928 November 08
Box 13, Folder III.58 To Mrs. William Charles Bitting
Contents Note: Refers to his friendship with her husband; recalls inspiration of her father-in-law.
1928 November 30
Box 13, Folder III.58 To William Charles Bitting
Contents Note: Thanks him for gift of Life of Leonardo da Vinci.
1928 December 26
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Harry Lyman Koopman
Contents Note: Asks if a life of Tennyson was ever written by Lionel Tennyson.
1929 January 09
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Ernest G. Hapgood
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Requests invitation to Brown Alumni All-New England Dinner for Robert Farrington, who is able to help Brown.
1929 January 14
Box 13, Folder III.59 To the Faculty and Corporation of Brown University
Contents Note: Written on his 70th birthday. Thanking them for support during his term of office. Two copies.
1929 January 15
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Harold I. Brown
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Words of encouragement to a Brown student in the city hospital.
1929 January 15
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Henry R. Palmer
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Appreciation of Palmer's serenity and his friendship as shown in his editorial.
1929 January 15
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Thomas W. Waterman
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Expressing his good wishes to Waterman, who is recovering from an operation.
1929 January 15
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Charles T. Aldrich
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for flowers and his gifts to Brown.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Zechariah Chafee
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for flowers and for his part in birthday wishes received from classmates.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Dr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Charbonnel
Contents Note: Thanking them for cineraria.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Elizabeth Delabarre
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks her for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Mary Helena Day
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanking students at the Wheeler School for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To W. W. Douglas
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanking him for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Mrs. Seeber Edwards
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanking her for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Mrs. Robert I. Gammell
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanking her for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Webster Knight
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanking him for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Stephen O. Metcalf
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks her for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Arthur L. Washburn
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Thanks him for flowers.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Harry Emerson Fosdick
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Sympathy for disaster that has befallen Fosdick's church; his seventieth birthday.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder III.59 To John Ingalls
Contents Note: Sends his nephew a composition he wrote as a schoolboy. Carbon copy.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Marsden J. Perry
Contents Note: Copy. Thanks him for flowers; pleased that Marsden's home will be devoted to artistic education of Rhode Island.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder III.59 To C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Copy. Will attend meeting of Institute of Social and Religious Research; question of continuation of required chapel services at Brown.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Edgar B. Smith
Contents Note: Copy. Thanks him for gift of book by H.G. Wells.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder III.59 To Craig Thomson
Contents Note: Sends a young nephew a composition he wrote as a schoolboy. Has given him sand from near the Sphinx.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder III.59 To John Howard Appleton and Henry Robinson Palmer
Contents Note: Copy. Expresses gratitude for luncheon, cake and flowers for his birthday.
1929 January 18
Box 13, Folder III.60 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: Appreciation of resolution adopted by the Advisory Board of the Associated Alumni.
1929 February 23
Box 13, Folder III.60 To S. Foster Damon
Contents Note: Pleased the Damon will assume oversight of the Harris Collection, mentions Webster Knight's contribution for the collection.
1929 March 07
Box 13, Folder III.60 To Leslie Earl Swain
Contents Note: Discussing the prevalence of desire for victory rather than a spirit of sportsmanship.
1929 April 09
Box 13, Folder III.60 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: W. W. Keen expects to come to Providence in spite of advice to the contrary.
1929 April 09
Box 13, Folder III.60 To S. Parkes Cadman
Contents Note: Copy. Faunce accepts invitation to become member of the Committee on Goodwill Between Jews and Christians.
1929 April 15
Box 13, Folder III.60 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Hopes to see him either in Providence or at Lake Mohonk.
1929 April 16
Box 13, Folder III.60 To H. Cushman Anthony
Contents Note: Addressed to "Brother in Delta Upsilon." Gratitude for an earlier gift of books of books from members of the fraternity.
1929 April 25
Box 13, Folder III.60 To Alfred H. Gurney
Contents Note: His friendship with E. P. Farnham, who was his minister when he was an undergraduate.
1929 May 03
Box 13, Folder III.60 To Dorothy Preston
Contents Note: Regrets his inability to be present at the Garden Party on the afternoon of Alumnae Day.
1929 May 07
Box 13, Folder III.60 To A. K. Potter
Contents Note: Wishes to show special courtesy to Dean Charles W. Brown at commencement.
1929 May 15
Box 13, Folder III.60 To A. K. Potter
Contents Note: Dr. Keen celebrates 70th anniversary of graduation of Brown. Problem to be decided by the Inauguration Committee discussed.
1929 May 22
Box 13, Folder III.60 To Robert F. Skillings
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Appreciation of greeting of the Sons of Brown in Western Maine; has been made a member of the class of 1929.
1929 May 31
Box 13, Folder III.61 To Benjamin W. Brown
Contents Note: Thanking him for gift of a book; depends more on poetry as he gets older.
1929 June 10
Box 13, Folder III.61 To Clara Buffum
Contents Note: Expressing appreciation for a book, bound by Miss Buffum, which was presented to him by Corporation and faculty of Brown. On verso, list of books bound by Miss Buffum.
1929 June 26
Box 13, Folder III.61 To C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Carbon copy. Walter Wyckoff's courage in illness; thoughts on his position as President Emeritus; will preach at First Baptist Church and serve as General Chairman of the Providence Community Fund.
1929 August 06
Box 13, Folder III.61 To Albert Davis Mead
Contents Note: Expresses the opinion that Prof. Mead should make the annual report of the president, since he is no longer connected with the university.
1929 August 20
Box 13, Folder III.61 To the dear friends who made possible my home
Contents Note: Gratitude for home purchased by the university for him at 52 Lloyd Ave. This copy addressed to Henry D. Sharpe
1929 November 21
Box 13, Folder III.61 To William Charles Bitting
Contents Note: Comments on Christian Unity Conference; interest in music; his new home.
1929 November 21
Box 13, Folder III.61 To W. Chesley Worthington
Contents Note: Copy. Pleased by H. Anthony Dyer's article and hopes that it will be reproduced as a leaflet.
1929 December 05
Box 13, Folder III.61 To H. Anthony Dyer
Contents Note: Thanking him for gift of his painting.
1929 December 09
Box 13, Folder III.61 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Thanks him for package of celery. With this, a page of quotations of Henry Ford.
1929 December 18
Box 13, Folder III.61 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Thanks him for celery and grapefruit. With this, copy of Bert Leston Taylor's poem, "Canopus."
1929 December 30
Box 13, Folder III.61 To William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Thanks him for celery and grapefruit. With this, copy of poem by Francis William Bourdillon.
1930 January 01
Box 13, Folder III.61 To C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Sends copies of three letters.
1930 January 09

Series IV. Letters by others to WHPF, 1845-1930

Container Description Date
Box 13, Folder IV.1 Abbott, Alexander Hewes, 1880-1955 (1903)
Contents Note: Relates an amusing incident at Faunce's inauguration; Faunce's influence on him.
1929 June 06
Box 13, Folder IV.2 Abbott, Augustus Levi, 1858-1934 (1880)
Contents Note: Greetings on 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 13, Folder IV.3 Abercrombie, Daniel Webster, 1853-1932 (h1883)
Contents Note: Success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; he is to read paper at Maine Teachers Association.
1914 October 17
Box 13, Folder IV.4 Adams, Ann
Contents Note: Acknowledging book, Facing Life, on behalf of Mr. Rockefeller, who is out of town.
1928 October 09
Box 13, Folder IV.5 Adams, Charles Robert, 1858-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: On Faunce's ill health, advises a rest.
1925 January 31
Box 13, Folder IV.5 Adams, Charles Robert, 1858-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Going to Florida, plans for Brown alumni meeting at which WHPF was scheduled to speak; preparing report for Visiting Day.
1925 February 04
Box 13, Folder IV.5 Adams, Charles Robert, 1858-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Birthday greetings, need to reduce activities; state of Adams' health; admiration of Zechariah Chafee.
1928 January 13
Box 13, Folder IV.5 Adams, Charles Robert, 1858-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Birthday greeting, has been ill; going to Nassau; commends WHPF's service to Brown.
1929 January 14
Box 13, Folder IV.6 Adams, Maldon B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for Chapel Addresses; recalls Faunce's address on Pilgrim's Progress when he was a student.
1928 December 10
Box 13, Folder IV.7 Aiso, John Fujio (1931) to Dr. and Mrs. WHPF
Contents Note: Appreciation of their interest in him; Faunce's spirit will continue to guide Brown; working in New Jersey for the summer; intends to read Facing Life every day.
1929 June 20
Box 13, Folder IV.8 Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931
Contents Note: Congratulations on his retirement; asks him to send some material for an article he is writing on "The Felicities of a College President." A.N.S. by WHPF.
1929 April 30
Box 13, Folder IV.9 Aldrich, Charles Talbot, 1856-1931 (1877)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 03
Box 13, Folder IV.10 Aldrich, Fred Davis, 1866-1931 (1895)
Contents Note: On WHPF's retirement; appreciates his sentiments on Visiting Day.
1929 March 02
Box 13, Folder IV.11 Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, 1841-1915 (h1892)
Contents Note: Recommends William Adams Slade for librarian of John Carter Brown Library.
1915 February 15
Box 13, Folder IV.12 Aldrich, Richard Steere, 1884-1941
Contents Note: Agrees that Republican Party has great opportunities in Rhode Island.
1924 November 18
Box 13, Folder IV.13 Allen, Arthur Moulton, 1876-1950 (1897)
Contents Note: Praising WHPF's speech of the preceding evening.
1924 October 03
Box 13, Folder IV.14 Allen, Arthur W.
Contents Note: On Faunce's prospective retirement; sends editorial on the subject; hopes he will continue his relations with World Peace Fund.
1928 October 12
Box 13, Folder IV.14 Allen, Arthur W.
Contents Note: Praises his speech at testimonial dinner at Copley Plaza; good wishes on his retirement.
1929 February 02
Box 13, Folder IV.15 Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery, 1871-1932 (h1916)
Contents Note: She has a cold; advice about his neuralgia.
undated
Box 13, Folder IV.16 Allinson, Francis Greenleaf, 1856-1931
Contents Note: Presenting a copy of his book "Lucian;" notes cooperation from his colleagues at Brown; mentions a discussion of Prof. Horatio Smith's work.
1926 April 07
Box 13, Folder IV.17 Anderson, Chester T.
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book Facing Life.
1928 October 15
Box 13, Folder IV.18 Anderson, Clifford Spence, 1878-1954 (1900)
Contents Note: Pleased by his election to the Corporation; enjoyed his message to alumni at Commencement.
1925 June 25
Box 13, Folder IV.18 Anderson, Clifford Spence, 1878-1954 (1900)
Contents Note: Thanking him for sending some publications; enjoyed Brown Daily Herald's references to his administration; cannot attend Executive Committee meeting.
1929 June 04
Box 13, Folder IV.19 Anderson, George Weston, 1861-1938
Contents Note: Enjoys reading his annual report; doubts that his constructive force will be equaled by his successor; is going to Florida.
1929 January 16
Box 13, Folder IV.20 Anderson, Karl Brooke
Contents Note: Congratulations on 70th birthday; has found a spirit of real democracy and liberty at Brown.
1929 January 23
Box 13, Folder IV.21 Anderson, Thomas Davis, 1853-1928 (1874)
Contents Note: Informing him of his election as president of Brown; his salary; good wishes.
1899 June 04
Box 13, Folder IV.22 Andrews, E. R.
Contents Note: Urging him to accept presidency of the University of Rochester.
1898 March 24
Box 13, Folder IV.23 Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917 (1870)
Contents Note: Feels injured by the Corporation's treatment of him.
1897 July 10
Box 13, Folder IV.24 Andrews, Harold Patterson, 1891-1969 (1916)
Contents Note: Brown football team is enjoying visit prior to Rose Bowl game; thanks WHPF for arranging it; their conduct is such as will honor Brown.
1915 December
Box 13, Folder IV.25 Andrews, R. M.
Contents Note: Thanking him for a copy of Facing Life.
1928 January 03
Box 13, Folder IV.26 Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949 (h1923)
Contents Note: Distressed by news of Faunce's illness; hopes he is on road to recovery.
1925 January 26
Box 13, Folder IV.26 Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949 (h1923)
Contents Note: Thinks it probable that Yale will confer honorary degree on Mr. St. John; surprised at election of Dr. Barbour as Faunce's successor.
1928 October 29
Box 13, Folder IV.27 Angell, Walter Foster, 1858-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Greetings on 70th birthday; thoughts on old age and immortality. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Jan.15, 1929.
1929 January 14
Box 13, Folder IV.28 Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939 (1883) to Dr. C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: On death of Faunce.
1930 February 01
Box 13, Folder IV.29 Anthony, Richard Hall (1925)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement as president of Brown; pleased by his thoughtfulness in acknowledging gift of books six years ago.
1929 May 04
Box 13, Folder IV.30 Appleget, Thomas Baird, 1893-1982 (1917)
Contents Note: Expressing sympathy of Visiting Committee, Corporation and faculty of Brown on his illness.
1925 March 05
Box 13, Folder IV.30 Appleget, Thomas Baird, 1893-1982 (1917) to Dr. C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: On death of WHPF; appreciation of Barbour's prayers; Barbour's success as WHPF's successor; hopes to become better acquainted.
1930 February 04
Box 13, Folder IV.31 Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930 (1863)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on election as president of Brown; assures him of support of the faculty.
1899 June 06
Box 13, Folder IV.31 Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930 (1863)
Contents Note: Presenting a pair of silver candlesticks from the faculty in honor of completion of ten years of service.
1909 March 10
Box 13, Folder IV.31 Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930 (1863)
Contents Note: Thanking him for the cigars sent to University Club table; hopes he will soon be well and join their table group again.
1925 February 04
Box 13, Folder IV.31 Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930 (1863)
Contents Note: Expressing regret of the Round Table of the University Club at his illness; congratulates him on his achievements at Brown.
1925 April 08
Box 13, Folder IV.32 Appleton, Paul, 1887-1948 (1911)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; his influence in the community.
1929 January 14
Box 13, Folder IV.33 Arbuckle, Charles Nathaniel, 1878-1955 (h1920)
Contents Note: Thanks him for copy of Facing Life; his attitude towards preaching changed by "The Educational Ideal in the Christian Ministry;" regrets WHPF's retirement.
1928 October 30
Box 13, Folder IV.33 Arbuckle, Charles Nathaniel, 1878-1955 (h1920)
Contents Note: Pleased by election as a trustee of Brown.
1929 June 20
Box 13, Folder IV.34 Archibald, Raymond Clare, 1875-1955 to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Appreciates Barbour's prayer and address on WHPF's death; recalls WHPF's attendance at gramophone concerts; encloses poem sent to him by WHPF.
1930 February 03
Box 13, Folder IV.35 Arnett, Trevor, 1870-
Contents Note: Thanking him for sending a copy of his book; expects to see him at meeting of the Institute at Poughkeepsie.
1928 October 03
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: Attacks his position on authority of Jesus in religious and moral matters.
undated
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: Congratulations on 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 February 29
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: His illness; admiration of Dick Richardson; is realizing his ambition of speaking at college; death of his friend E. J. Lindsay.
1924 December 30
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: Will preach in Poughkeepsie; plans for a new Park Avenue church; Baptists need Fosdick; new attitude towards baptism in Park Avenue church.
1925 May 16
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; expects to get some sermons from it.
1928 September 29
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: Faunce's retirement; account of Denver convention.
1929 June 30
Box 13, Folder IV.36 Ashworth, Robert Archibald, 1871-
Contents Note: Thanks him for suggestions; attended lunch with group of clergymen; WHPF was responsible for Harold Gibbs entering ministry; WHPF to speak at St. Thomas.
1930 January 15
Box 13, Folder IV.37 Aucock, Arthur M.
Contents Note: Extends congratulations of All Saints Memorial Church on Faunce's 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 16
Box 13, Folder IV.38 Austin, James, 1858-1938 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 13, Folder IV.39 Axling, William, 1873-
Contents Note: Congratulations on his service to Brown; Tota Fujii of Tokyo Misaki Tabernacle recalls Faunce's influence on him at Brown; thanks him for his book Facing Life.
1929 September 11
Box 13, Folder IV.40 Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-
Contents Note: Congratulations on testimonial dinner and portrait.
1924 October 15
Box 13, Folder IV.40 Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; will quote it to students.
1928 October 01
Box 13, Folder IV.41 Babcock, Albert
Contents Note: Sending clipping from "The Churchman" concerning Faunce's 70th birthday.
1929 January
Box 13, Folder IV.42 Bacon, George Andrew, 1847-1930 (1867)
Contents Note: Unable to be present on Visiting Day.
1907 March 09
Box 13, Folder IV.42 Bacon, George Andrew, 1847-1930 (1867)
Contents Note: Unable to be present for Visiting Day; is sailing for Mediterranean.
1908 February 10
Box 13, Folder IV.43 Bakeman, Percival Rogers, 1882-1932 (1903)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; has left sanitarium and is recuperating in Granville; hopes to be able to return to China.
1928 October 18
Box 13, Folder IV.43 Bakeman, Percival Rogers, 1882-1932 (1903)
Contents Note: Comments on Faunce's book; thanks him for it.
1928 November 12
Box 13, Folder IV.44 Baker, George Taylor, 1856-1948 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 17
Box 13, Folder IV.45 Baker, J. M.
Contents Note: Is translating Faunce's book of chapel talks into Telugu for use of touring preachers; will return from India and spend a year speaking in colleges and churches.
1928 December 28
Box 13, Folder IV.46 Baker, J. W.
Contents Note: Thanks him for copy of his book.
1928 October 25
Box 13, Folder IV.47 Baldwin, Arthur C.
Contents Note: Appreciation of "The Social Aspects of Foreign Missions;" popular misconceptions regarding missionary work.
1914 July 23
Box 13, Folder IV.48 Baldwin, Jared G.
Contents Note: Faunce's retirement; recalls his leaving Fifth Avenue Church and being considered for pastorate of First Baptist Church at 39th Street and Park Avenue.
1929 August 17
Box 13, Folder IV.49 Ballard, Edward Lathrop, 1870-1937
Contents Note: Will send copies of resolution in regard to McMaster incident to Mr. Colgate and others and will try to have it printed in "The Baptist."
1924 January 29
Box 13, Folder IV.49 Ballard, Edward Lathrop, 1870-1937
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter to assist his daughter Elizabeth to enter school; advises him to rest; encloses a letter from Mr. Gilkey.
1925 January 28
Box 13, Folder IV.49 Ballard, Edward Lathrop, 1870-1937
Contents Note: New building for Riverside Church; Dr. Fosdick's leadership and preaching abilities; J. D. Rockefeller's leadership and financial assistance.
1925 June 09
Box 13, Folder IV.49 Ballard, Edward Lathrop, 1870-1937
Contents Note: Thanks for book. Mentions Elsie Biglow.
1928 October 23
Box 13, Folder IV.50 Bancroft, Cecil K. to Alexander Meiklejohn
Contents Note: Sportsmanship of Brown football team at game with Phillips Academy.
1907 October 13
Box 13, Folder IV.51 Barber, Elsie Biglow
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; her activities.
1928 October 16
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on 25th year as president of Brown.
1924 June 11
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: On presentation of Faunce's portrait to Brown; he was preacher at Cornell; C. R. Johnson has accepted chair of sociology at Bucknell; thinks Johnson is not fitted for teaching in theological seminary.
1924 October 16
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Wishes him speedy recovery; 75th anniversary exercises at Rochester Theological Seminary.
1925 May 20
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Death of his friend, Ernest Burton; advises against overdoing it in participation in commencement exercises.
1925 June 01
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Regrets being unable to attend reception for Faunce; warns against overtaxing his strength.
1925 June 17
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Grateful for Faunce's message in connection with his election as president of Brown.
1928 October 11
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Attending Hood College ceremonies; gratified by unanimous action of the Corporation in his election as president of Brown.
1928 October 13
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: William B. Hale is distributing 20 copies of Faunce's book.
1928 December 01
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Holiday greetings; John N. Bergstrom intends to order a large number of copies of Facing Life to distribute to friends.
1928 December 22
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; spoke at Brown Club of Chicago; preached at the University of Chicago; speaking in connection with financial campaign to meet conditions of Mr. Rockefeller's gift for Colgate-Rochester Divinity School.
1929 January 11
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Regrets that he cannot be present at greeting to Faunce at Faculty Club.
1929 June 11
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Arrival in Providence; death of Judge Douglas; he will conduct funeral service.
1929 July 12
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Account of funeral service for Judge Douglas.
1929 July 15
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Moving into president's house; going to Rochester for appointments; pleased that Faunce is to preach at First Baptist Church.
1929 July 19
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Expects ideal relationship with Faunce as President Emeritus; recalls relationship with Dr. Beaven; moving into president's house.
1929 August 12
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Concerning Faunce's income as President Emeritus; rental of his house. With this, copies of WHPF's reply; Sept.26, 1929, and a letter to E.A. Burlingame, Oct. 1, 1929.
1929 September 24
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Appreciates his presence at inauguration and his address at dinner; knows few men more universally beloved.
1929 October 22
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888)
Contents Note: Pleased by his welcome in Providence; Charles Schweikert, who was led into ministry by Faunce, desires pastorate in Paterson, NJ; error in newspaper account of Barbour's speech at Society of Mayflower Descendants.
1929 November 22
Box 13, Folder IV.52 Barbour, Clarence Augustus, 1867-1937 (1888) to Mrs. WHPFto Mrs. WHP
Contents Note: Suggests "Faunce House" as the name of new building in accordance with Mr. Rockefeller's wishes.
1930 June 27
Box 13, Folder IV.53 Barker, Henry Ames, 1866-1929 (1893)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; account of Alaskan journey with Dr. D. W. Faunce and an inspiring sermon by him.
1929 January 26
Box 13, Folder IV.54 Barnes, Lemuel Call, 1854-1938
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book.
1928 November 08
Box 13, Folder IV.55 Barrett, John, 1866-1938
Contents Note: Concerning speeches he made in Providence; wishes success for course of lectures at Brown on U.S.--Latin American relations.
1916 March 10
Box 13, Folder IV.56 Barrows, Chester Willard, 1872-1931 (1895)
Contents Note: Thanking him for expressions of good will; hopes to live up to his task as Supreme Court Justice.
1925 January 26
Box 13, Folder IV.57 Barton, Arthur James, 1867-1942
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; his son did graduate work at Brown.
1929 January 21
Box 13, Folder IV.58 Barton, James Levi, 1855-1936
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book; expected to see him at meeting of Institute at Poughkeepsie; hard to think of Brown with another president. The "Institute" refers to the Institute of Social and Religious Research.
1928 October 23
Box 13, Folder IV.58 Barton, James Levi, 1855-1936
Contents Note: Unable to be present at reception at Faculty Club.
1929 June 12
Box 13, Folder IV.59 Barus, Carl, 1856-1935
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; thanks him for the note.
1929 January 15
Box 14, Folder IV.60 Bauer, Louis Agricola, 1865-1932
Contents Note: Accepting honorary Sc.D. degree to be conferred at Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 August 08
Box 14, Folder IV.61 Bean, George Freemont, 1857-1934 (1881)
Contents Note: Poem in honor of Faunce's birthday.
1928
Box 14, Folder IV.61 Bean, George Freemont, 1857-1934 (1881)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Jan.12, 1929.
1929 January 11
Box 14, Folder IV.62 Beaven, Albert William, 1882-1934
Contents Note: Deeply impressed by his book Facing Life; has quoted him in a sermon; congratulates him on his service to Brown.
1928 November 03
Box 14, Folder IV.63 Beckwith, Lydia Owen
Contents Note: Thanking him for inspiration gained from his book.
1929 March 26
Box 14, Folder IV.64 Bedford, Alfred Cotton, 1864-1925
Contents Note: Faunce's proposed trip to Florida; will see Mr. (Edgar L.?) Marston, who is depressed about a law suit.
1925 February 16
Box 14, Folder IV.65 Beeckman, Robert Livingston, 1886-1935
Contents Note: Going away for a rest; will communicate with Faunce on his return.
1915 April 23
Box 14, Folder IV.65 Beeckman, Robert Livingston, 1886-1935
Contents Note: Pleased that Faunce can dine with him.
1916 January 11
Box 14, Folder IV.66 Belisle, Hector L. to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Transmitting vote of school committee of Fall River on death of WHPF.
1930 February 04
Box 14, Folder IV.67 Bell, Albert T.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 18
Box 14, Folder IV.68 Bell, Charles Renfroe Jr. (1929)
Contents Note: His admiration of WHPF; spending summer at camp before entering seminary; asks for copy of motto above Faunce's fireplace.
1929 July or August
Box 14, Folder IV.69 Benton, Guy Potter, 1865-1927
Contents Note: Success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; regrets that he had to leave early.
1914 October 19
Box 14, Folder IV.70 Benton, Roy Wilmot, 1895- (1918)
Contents Note: Birthday greetings; has recently moved to Milwaukee; remembers Brown with pleasure.
January, n.y.
Box 14, Folder IV.70 Benton, Roy Wilmot, 1895- (1918)
Contents Note: Written on Baccalaureate Sunday to cheer him in his convalescence; esteem that Brown men have for him.
1925 June 14
Box 14, Folder IV.71 Bessie
Contents Note: Scolding Faunce for not letting her know of his 70th birthday.
undated
Box 14, Folder IV.72 Bevan, Ralph Hervey, 1881-1952 (1904)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; his inspiration to Brown men.
1929 June 24
Box 14, Folder IV.73 Bitting, William Charles, 1887-1954 (1908)
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's talk at Brown chapel service; Robert P. Adams will be associated with him in business.
1924 October 15
Box 14, Folder IV.73 Bitting, William Charles, 1887-1954 (1908)
Contents Note: His enjoyment of Facing Life; is sending copies to friends; cannot think of anyone but Faunce as president of Brown; asks for his picture; his mother not expected to live.
1928 October 16
Box 14, Folder IV.74 Bitting, William Coleman, 1857-1931 (h1910)
Contents Note: Hopes he will not leave New York to become president of Brown, but will accept his decision.
1899 June 05
Box 14, Folder IV.74 Bitting, William Coleman, 1857-1931 (h1910)
Contents Note: His pleasure in reading "The Educational Ideal in the Ministry."
1908 November 27
Box 14, Folder IV.74 Bitting, William Coleman, 1857-1931 (h1910)
Contents Note: Praising "The Educational Ideal in the Ministry;" raises questions on three points in the book.
1908 December 03
Box 14, Folder IV.74 Bitting, William Coleman, 1857-1931 (h1910)
Contents Note: Refers to protest by Dr. Shields against conferring of honorary degree upon WHPF by McMaster University; has written to Dr. Whidden.
1923 December 27
Box 14, Folder IV.74 Bitting, William Coleman, 1857-1931 (h1910)
Contents Note: His retirement as pastor of Second Baptist Church; will continue association with the church; praises Faunce's accomplishments as president of Brown.
1924 November 17
Box 14, Folder IV.74 Bitting, William Coleman, 1857-1931 (h1910) to W. C. Bitting Jr.
Contents Note: Signed "Dad;" appreciation of his son; has been ill; mentions his son's visit to Rochester.
1928 July 17
Box 14, Folder IV.75 Black, Dora J. H.
Contents Note: Congratulations on completion of 25 years as president of Brown; pleased that her son has been under his influence.
1924 May 16
Box 14, Folder IV.76 Black, Thomas Francis Jr., 1898-1982 (1919)
Contents Note: Happy birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 14, Folder IV.77 Blaisdell, Nathaniel, 1862-1956 (1883)
Contents Note: Praises his book; thanks him for autographing it; regrets his resignation as president of Brown; has enjoyed his writings.
1928?
Box 14, Folder IV.78 Blanchard, Grace
Contents Note: Acknowledgement of address and report; mentions his 69th birthday; library's success.
1928 February 04
Box 14, Folder IV.79 Blodgett, Edward Wilkinson, 1857-1933 (1878)
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's address before the legislature.
undated
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Discussing the affairs of the Department of Comparative Anatomy.
1904 October 31
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Others have much to learn from Faunce's graciousness.
1905 February 02
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Five letters. Typed carbon copies, unsigned. Comments on the state of modern medicine; specialization. Relates several anecdotes. Dec.16, 1916 comments on progress of the war and quotes from a letter from his sister concerning the Zeppelin raids. In reply to WHPF's letter of Dec.5, 1921, he states his reasons for
1908 December 07 - 1921 December 16
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his Yale lectures; thoughts on modern medical practice and Christian Science.
1908 December 07
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Reporting on a meeting of the Visiting Committee on the biological sciences and stressing the need for a new building.
1909 March 04
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Concerning the needs of the Biology Department.
1910 May 04
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Requesting Faunce to write an inscription for a tablet to William Goddard in Butler Hospital.
1911 May 04
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Possible derivations of the name "Faunce."
1921 March 07
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Pleased to hear of Faunce's convalescence; advice on retirement and leisure.
1925 April 06
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Praises his book; thinks it should be available at railway bookstands for travelers.
1928 October 26
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday and on his achievement for Brown; his influence in Providence; includes prayer by Galsworthy.
1929 January 15
Box 14, Folder IV.80 Blumer, George Alder, 1857-1940 (h1905) to Mrs. WHPF
Contents Note: Letter of sympathy on death of WHPF.
1930 February 07
Box 14, Folder IV.81 Booth, Winfield S.
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book.
1928 October 26
Box 14, Folder IV.82 Bowen, William Manuel Perez, 1864-1955 (1884)
Contents Note: Resolution of gratitude to Faunce by the class of 1884 at 40th reunion.
1924 June 17
Box 14, Folder IV.82 Bowen, William Manuel Perez, 1864-1955 (1884)
Contents Note: Congratulations from the class of 1884 on his achievement as president of Brown and best wishes for his retirement.
1929 June 17
Box 14, Folder IV.83 Bowers, Fredson Thayer, 1905- (1925)
Contents Note: Congratulations of the Brown Daily Herald on the 25th anniversary of his presidency.
1924 May 15
Box 14, Folder IV.84 Boyden, Frank L.
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; recalls hearing him speak at Amherst Commencement dinner.
1928 November 15
Box 14, Folder IV.85 Bradbury, Woodman, 1866-1935
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; Newton is proud of him.
1928 October 25
Box 14, Folder IV.86 Bradford, Arthur Howe (h1934)
Contents Note: Faunce's illness will prevent his preaching at Central Congregational Church; best wishes for his return to health and his birthday.
1925 January 15
Box 14, Folder IV.86 Bradford, Arthur Howe (h1934)
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; has received inspiration from him; pleased to see him in his congregation.
1928 October 10
Box 14, Folder IV.86 Bradford, Arthur Howe (h1934) to Beacons of Hope
Contents Note: Partial notes of a sermon preached in the Central Congregational Church. On death of WHPF.
1930 February 02
Box 14, Folder IV.87 Bradshaw, Francis F.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; hopes to converse with him on life and education.
1928 November 22
Box 14, Folder IV.88 Bragg, Sir William Henry, 1862-1942 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary Sc.D. degree; afraid he cannot arrive in time for the celebration.
1914 September 05
Box 14, Folder IV.89 Braislin, Gibbs, 1850-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25 years as president of Brown; illness prevents his attending dinner.
1924 May 14
Box 14, Folder IV.89 Braislin, Gibbs, 1850-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his letter to classmates; pleased by his recovery from illness; homelike feeling in returning to Brown created by Faunce.
1928 January 14
Box 14, Folder IV.90 Bratcher, Marion Emmett, 1883-1968 (a1914)
Contents Note: Community School of Religious Education sends him congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 19
Box 14, Folder IV.90 Bratcher, Marion Emmett, 1883-1968 (a1914)
Contents Note: Community School of Religious Education extends sympathy on his illness.
1925 February 14
Box 14, Folder IV.90 Bratcher, Marion Emmett, 1883-1968 (a1914)
Contents Note: Dr. John M. English spoke about him in his address at R.I. Baptist Ministers Conference.
1925 May 26
Box 14, Folder IV.91 Brewer, Charles E.
Contents Note: Thanks him for book; Faunce's retirement as president of Brown.
1928 October 25
Box 14, Folder IV.92 Brooks, Charles Alvin, 1871-1931
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; recalls address by Faunce 32 years ago; Faunce's influence among Baptists.
1928 November 22
Box 14, Folder IV.93a Brooks, Samuel Palmer, 1863-1931
Contents Note: Congratulates him on long service to Brown; thanks him for copies of chapel lectures.
1928 November 07
Box 14, Folder IV.94 Brown, Arthur Edward, 1876-1940
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book of chapel talks.
1928 October 25
Box 14, Folder IV.95 Brown, Benjamin Williams, 1897-1955 (1919)
Contents Note: Faunce's words have been a great inspiration to him; he is not a great scholar, but hopes to be a great teacher.
undated
Box 14, Folder IV.96 Brown, Charles Reynolds, 1862- (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary D.D. degree.
1914 September 21
Box 14, Folder IV.97 Brown, Charles Rufus, 1849-1914
Contents Note: Will not be able to visit the university on the 13th.
1907 March 11
Box 14, Folder IV.98 Brown, Edwin Putnam, 1869-1934 (1896)
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; appreciation of his service to Brown University.
1928 December 07
Box 14, Folder IV.99 Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, 1861-
Contents Note: Congratulations on 25 years as president of Brown; remembers personal courtesies received from Faunce.
1924 October 21
Box 14, Folder IV.100 Brown, John Nicholas, 1900-1979
Contents Note: His scholastic duties prevented his attendance at the university's sesquicentennial celebration; needs a tutor to travel to California with him.
1914 December 06
Box 14, Folder IV.100 Brown, John Nicholas, 1900-1979
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; congratulates him on his service to the university; he will be missed.
1928 October 09
Box 14, Folder IV.100 Brown, John Nicholas, 1900-1979
Contents Note: Dr. Nichols cannot adequately be replaced on Board of Management of John Carter Brown Library; is sailing for Europe and will be unable to attend commencement.
1929 March 13
Box 14, Folder IV.101 Brown, Natalie Bayard
Contents Note: Requesting tickets for commencement. With this, letter from WHPF to Prof. A. K. Potter, May 21, 1929, forwarding Mrs. Brown's letter.
1928 May 25
Box 14, Folder IV.101 Brown, Natalie Bayard
Contents Note: Thanking him for book of his "citations."
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Box 14, Folder IV.102 Brown, Philip Meader (1922)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 June 07
Box 14, Folder IV.103 Brown, Robert Perkins, 1850-1921 (1871)
Contents Note: Forwards letter from Henry Marsh, with the hope that his request to be reinstated in the class of 1871 will be granted (Marsh had left Brown to study law.) With this, Marsh's letter to Brown, Dec.31, 1900.
1901 January 07
Box 14, Folder IV.104 Brown, Sharon Osborne, 1891-1965 (1915)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 October 12
Box 14, Folder IV.105 Brown Club of Boston
Contents Note: Signed by Daniel L. Brown, Secretary. Greetings from 52nd annual reunion of sons of Brown in Boston; appreciation of services to Brown; hope for his return to health.
1925 February 14
Box 14, Folder IV.106 Brown Club of Chicago
Contents Note: Signed by Ronald M. Kimball. Sympathy on his illness.
1925 March 18
Box 14, Folder IV.107 Brown Club of New Bedford
Contents Note: Message of appreciation of his work at Brown. Signed by Frank A. Walker, Secretary.
1929 February 09
Box 14, Folder IV.108 Brown Club of New Haven
Contents Note: Signed by Walter V. Brown, Secretary. Regrets that Faunce cannot attend meeting; good wishes on his retirement.
1928 October 13
Box 14, Folder IV.109 Brown Club of Rhode Island
Contents Note: Invitation to luncheon at which Dr. Alexander M. Burgess will speak. Signed by Earl M. Pearce, Secretary.
1929 January 12
Box 14, Folder IV.109 Brown Club of Rhode Island
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 14, Folder IV.110 Brown University--Associated Alumni--Advisory Council
Contents Note: Signed by William Allen Dyer, Zechariah Chafee, Archibald C. Matteson. Regret his illness and absence from meeting.
1925 March 03
Box 14, Folder IV.111 Brown University--Class of 1880
Contents Note: Presentation of $250 in appreciation of his service to Brown for purchase of a memento of his journey.
1922 June
Box 14, Folder IV.112 Brown University--Class of 1885
Contents Note: Class at dinner for Acting President Everett sends greetings and best wishes for his journey. Signed by five members of class.
1912 December 14
Box 14, Folder IV.112 Brown University--Class of 1885
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's achievements at Brown. Signed by 17 members of the class.
1929 June 15
Box 14, Folder IV.113 Brown University--Class of 1894
Contents Note: Signed by Daniel F. George, secretary. On his retirement as president of Brown.
1929 June 17
Box 14, Folder IV.114 Brown University--Class of 1905
Contents Note: Sympathy on his illness. Signed by C. L. Robinson, secretary.
1925 June 17
Box 14, Folder IV.115 Brown University--Faculty
Contents Note: Sympathy on the death of PEF, signed by W. C. Bronson, H. L. Koopman, George Wyllys Benedict.
1920 April 20
Box 14, Folder IV.115 Brown University--Faculty
Contents Note: Congratulations on 70th birthday. 13 signatures.
1929 January 15
Box 14, Folder IV.116 Brown University--Sock and Buskin
Contents Note: Invitation to become an honorary member. Written and signed by S. E. Wilkins, Jr., president.
1924 May 16
Box 15, Folder IV.118 Buckland, E. G.
Contents Note: Cannot be present on Visiting Day.
1908 February 10
Box 15, Folder IV.119 Buffum, Clara
Contents Note: Expressing pleasure that she was asked to bind book presented to him by Brown at commencement.
1929 June 29
Box 15, Folder IV.120 Bulkley, Edwin M.
Contents Note: Surprised by Faunce's decision to retire; had hoped that he might remain after his return to health.
1928 October 11
Box 15, Folder IV.121 Bumpus, Hermon Carey, 1862-1943 (1884)
Contents Note: Hopes for his return to health.
1925 March 19
Box 15, Folder IV.121 Bumpus, Hermon Carey, 1862-1943 (1884)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.121 Bumpus, Hermon Carey, 1862-1943 (1884)
Contents Note: Illness of friend Wyckoff; recalls with pleasure association with Faunce at Brown.
1929 October 13
Box 15, Folder IV.122 Burdette, Charles Edwin, 1854-1932 (1880)
Contents Note: Advice on taking care of his health; has been preaching regularly.
1925 April 18
Box 15, Folder IV.122 Burdette, Charles Edwin, 1854-1932 (1880)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's work at Brown; satisfaction with his own present life.
1929 April 24
Box 15, Folder IV.123 Burgess, Alexander Manlius, 1885-1974 (1906)
Contents Note: Has been pleased to attend him in his illness; thinks of buying a victrola as gift from Faunce.
1925 December 09
Box 15, Folder IV.124 Burgess, George Sargent (1912)
Contents Note: Appreciation of speech by Thomas Appleget at Boston Brown Club luncheon; pleased that Faunce will be able to return to work after vacation.
1925 April 03
Box 15, Folder IV.125 Burgess, Isaac Bronson, 1858-1933 (1883)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's service at his cousin's funeral; congratulations on his 25 years at Brown.
1924 December 25
Box 15, Folder IV.126 Burlingame, Edwin Aylsworth, 1871-1941 (1914)
Contents Note: Poem to WHPF on his 70th birthday. Begins "Greeting from my three score less two..."
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.126 Burlingame, Edwin Aylsworth, 1871-1941 (1914)
Contents Note: Concerning payment of Faunce's pension.
1929 September 27
Box 15, Folder IV.126 Burlingame, Edwin Aylsworth, 1871-1941 (1914) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Appreciation of Barbour's tribute to Faunce; includes a poem which expresses his feelings.
1930 February 03
Box 15, Folder IV.127 Burlingame, Florida Ten Broeck
Contents Note: Belated birthday greetings.
1929 January
Box 15, Folder IV.128 Burlingame, George E.
Contents Note: Thanks him for book and for story "A Scientist's Confession of Faith;" recalls his address in Denver in 1919.
1928 November 01
Box 15, Folder IV.129 Burr, Arabella S.
Contents Note: Pleased by recognition received by Faunce. Also signed by Frederic M. Burr.
1924 May 25
Box 15, Folder IV.129 Burr, Arabella S.
Contents Note: Belated birthday greetings.
1929 January 20
Box 15, Folder IV.130 Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926 (1861)
Contents Note: Prosperity of Brown under Faunce's leadership; pleased with "Views of Brown;" Champlin Burrage working on Baptist bibliography in university libraries at Cambridge.
1905 March 04
Box 15, Folder IV.130 Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926 (1861)
Contents Note: Appreciation of progress of Brown during ten years of Faunce's presidency.
1909 June 12
Box 15, Folder IV.130 Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926 (1861)
Contents Note: Cannot be present at 25th anniversary of Faunce's presidency; his deafness; delivered a paper before Massachusetts Historical Society; appreciates Faunce's achievements.
1924 May 12
Box 15, Folder IV.130 Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926 (1861)
Contents Note: Recalls Faunce's inauguration as president of Brown.
1924 October 04
Box 15, Folder IV.130 Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926 (1861)
Contents Note: Thrilled by his letter to Fellows, Trustees and Alumni read at a recent meeting in New York.
1925 April 29
Box 15, Folder IV.131 Burrows, Millar, 1889-
Contents Note: Thanks him for Professor Fowler's letter; congratulations on his birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 15, Folder IV.132 Burton, Ernest DeWitt, 1856-1925
Contents Note: His illness; recalls Faunce's courtesy to him in his first year of teaching at Newton.
1925 May 12
Box 15, Folder IV.133 Burton, Margaret E.
Contents Note: Her father's operation; his regard for Faunce. With this, a copy of Faunce's reply, May 6, 1925.
1925 May 01
Box 15, Folder IV.133 Burton, Margaret E.
Contents Note: Thanking him for letter on her father's death; thoughts on death and immortality; her book for girls on that subject. With this, copy of Faunce's letter of sympathy, May 27, 1925.
1925 June 09
Box 15, Folder IV.134 Burwell, Aubrey Eaton
Contents Note: Thanks him for sending a poem; congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 15
Box 15, Folder IV.135 Burwell, William Chamberlain, 1857-1942 (1885)
Contents Note: Unable to attend Faunce's 25th anniversary dinner; recalls his instruction in mathematics in 1881.
1924 May 15
Box 15, Folder IV.135 Burwell, William Chamberlain, 1857-1942 (1885)
Contents Note: Unable to attend Faunce's last official commencement; going to England with his son, Russell, who will attend reunion of Rhodes Scholars.
1929 June 08
Box 15, Folder IV.136 Bustard, William Walter, 1871-1935 (1895)
Contents Note: Comments on his own and Faunce's illnesses.
1925 June 17
Box 15, Folder IV.137 Butler, Nathaniel, 1853-1927
Contents Note: Reports death of President Burton following operation.
1925 May 26
Box 15, Folder IV.138 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (h1914)
Contents Note: Urges him to accept presidency of Brown.
1899 June 05
Box 15, Folder IV.138 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 (h1914)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 14
Box 15, Folder IV.139 Butterfield, Kenyon Leech, 1868-1935
Contents Note: Hopes he can be present at a convocation at Michigan Agricultural College.
1924 October 30
Box 15, Folder IV.140 Buxton, Gonzalo Edward Jr., 1880-1949 (1902)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; business engagement kept him from attending dinner.
1924 October 03
Box 15, Folder IV.140 Buxton, Gonzalo Edward Jr., 1880-1949 (1902)
Contents Note: Expression of admiration on occasion of Faunce's 70th birthday.
1929 January 16
Box 15, Folder IV.141 Cadman, Samuel Parkes, 1864-1936
Contents Note: Congratulates him on election to presidency of Brown; thanks him for personal kindness.
1899 June 17
Box 15, Folder IV.141 Cadman, Samuel Parkes, 1864-1936
Contents Note: Thanking him for hospitality; enjoyment of chapel service.
1924 January 14
Box 15, Folder IV.141 Cadman, Samuel Parkes, 1864-1936
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 07
Box 15, Folder IV.141 Cadman, Samuel Parkes, 1864-1936
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 11
Box 15, Folder IV.141 Cadman, Samuel Parkes, 1864-1936
Contents Note: Thanking him for letter.
1929 January 18
Box 15, Folder IV.142 Cady, Walter Guyton, 1874-1974 (1895)
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter; has read tributes to his work at Brown.
1928 November 17
Box 15, Folder IV.143 Canning, John E.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.144 Cantor, James (1929)
Contents Note: Thanks him for tickets to recital of Andres Segovia, best wishes on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 15, Folder IV.145 Carlisle, Theodore Ford (1923)
Contents Note: Effect of Faunce's personality on Brown University; his influence on students.
1929 June 11
Box 15, Folder IV.146 Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; believes in the Brown of the future.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.147 Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree to be conferred at Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 September 05
Box 15, Folder IV.147 Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (h1914)
Contents Note: Enjoyed his visit to Providence; saw John Hay Library for the first time; wishes Faunce continued success.
1914 October 31
Box 15, Folder IV.148 Carr, Floyd Levern, 1880-1948 (1901)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; Baptist denomination will suffer a loss in his retirement from presidency of Brown.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.149 Carrell, O. W. to The MacMillan Company
Contents Note: Asks who was responsible for sending him a copy of Faunce's book.
1928 December 28
Box 15, Folder IV.150 Carter, B. F.
Contents Note: His book being read in assembly at Stevens School; will recommend it to boys.
1928 November 02
Box 15, Folder IV.151 Cartier de Marchienne, Emile de, Baron, 1871- (h1921)
Contents Note: Congratulations on 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 17
Box 15, Folder IV.152 Case, Norman Stanley, 1888-1967 (1908)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; recalls his chapel addresses.
1928 October 09
Box 15, Folder IV.152 Case, Norman Stanley, 1888-1967 (1908)
Contents Note: Address at commencement exercises at Brown. Signed. On retirement of Dr. Faunce as president. With this, letter sending copy of address to Faunce, July 18, 1929.
1929 June 17
Box 15, Folder IV.153 Chace, Anna Harvey
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 September 30
Box 15, Folder IV.154 Chace, Arnold Buffum, 1845-1932 (1866)
Contents Note: Thanking him for address at funeral of Mrs. Chace.
1924 December 12
Box 15, Folder IV.154 Chace, Arnold Buffum, 1845-1932 (1866)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his letter of sympathy; congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 15, Folder IV.155 Chafee, Zechariah, 1859-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Has asked Dunster to take his place on Visiting Day.
1908 February 24
Box 15, Folder IV.155 Chafee, Zechariah, 1859-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Thanking him for copy of his lectures, which he plans to show to classmates. A.N.S. added in appreciation of his book.
1908 November 28
Box 15, Folder IV.155 Chafee, Zechariah, 1859-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Expressing regret of members of class of 1880 who could not attend commencement; proud of Faunce's participation.
1925 June 22
Box 15, Folder IV.155 Chafee, Zechariah, 1859-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Includes extract of letter from Charles E. Burdette stating his admiration of Faunce despite theological differences.
1929 February 14
Box 15, Folder IV.155 Chafee, Zechariah, 1859-1943 (1880)
Contents Note: Pleased by election as fellow, but feels he is no longer close to alumni.
1929 June 20
Box 15, Folder IV.156 Chafee, Zechariah Jr., 1885-1957 (1907)
Contents Note: Has written to editor of "Time," protesting article on Faunce's retirement; alumni are united in regretting his retirement.
1928 October 26
Box 15, Folder IV.156 Chafee, Zechariah Jr., 1885-1957 (1907); Prosperity: Brown Commencement Speech--1929
Contents Note: Refers to President Faunce's retirement.
1929 June 17
Box 15, Folder IV.156 Chafee, Zechariah Jr., 1885-1957 (1907)
Contents Note: Sending copy of his commencement address.
1929 June 19
Box 15, Folder IV.157 Chaffin, Lucien Gates, 1846-1927 (1867)
Contents Note: Long letter objecting to Brown University's lack of interest in its graduates and policy in awarding honorary degrees. Second letter in reply to WHPF's letter of May 28, 1915, on the awarding of honorary degrees. Copy of WHPF's letter with this.
1915 May 29
Box 15, Folder IV.158 Chamberlain, Clark Wells, 1870-1948
Contents Note: Pleased that Faunce has been honored by Chamber of Commerce of Providence.
1924 October 30
Box 15, Folder IV.159 Chamlee, Aquila
Contents Note: Thanking him for his copy of Facing Life.
1928 October 29
Box 15, Folder IV.160 Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll, 1872-1934
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25 years as president; recalls meeting him when associated with Silver-Burdette Company.
1924 October 17
Box 15, Folder IV.160a Chapin, Howard Millar, 1887-1940 (1908)
Contents Note: Answers questions on history of Rhode Island relating particularly to John Clarke and Ann Hutchinson and the development of the Baptist Church in the 1630s and 1640s.
1919 November 29
Box 15, Folder IV.161 Chidsey, Harold Russell
Contents Note: Agrees to serve on a committee "to study and plan for the coordination of the religious forces and agencies in Brown University;" his views of religious attitudes of college students; their cynicism; quotes at length from his address at a fraternity initiation banquet; thinks history of philosophy should be a required course; feels that with a Graduate School at Brown, some departments will be developed at the expense of others; philosophy department has been neglected.
1928 March 13
Box 15, Folder IV.162 Chinard, Gilbert, 1881-1972
Contents Note: Written on occasion of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; recalls pleasant associations at Brown.
1914 October 11
Box 15, Folder IV.163 Chrystie, Robert John
Contents Note: Appreciation of his service to Brown; pleased by his book.
1929 November 05
Box 15, Folder IV.164 Church, William C.
Contents Note: Presenting letters written by Dr. Wayland.
1909 May 31
Box 15, Folder IV.165 Cibittin, W.
Contents Note: Easter message; hopes his health has improved.
1925 April 11
Box 15, Folder IV.166 Citizen, A
Contents Note: Anonymous letter expressing pleasure that Faunce will make his home in Providence.
1928 October 14
Box 15, Folder IV.167 Clark, Herbert B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 October 26
Box 15, Folder IV.168 Clark, Roy Elliott, 1874-1925 (1901)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 15
Box 15, Folder IV.169 Clark, William John
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book.
1928 October 30
Box 15, Folder IV.170 Clarke, John Hessin, 1857-1945 (h1924)
Contents Note: Had supposed that Faunce was entirely recovered; warns against placing too much confidence in doctors; notes mistaken diagnosis in his own case.
1925 May 04
Box 15, Folder IV.171 Clarke, Prescott Orloff, 1858-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Every member of class of 1880 has contributed to gift to the college in appreciation of Faunce's service.
1925 April 06
Box 15, Folder IV.171 Clarke, Prescott Orloff, 1858-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 69th birthday.
1928 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.171 Clarke, Prescott Orloff, 1858-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; appreciates his university training and association with Faunce.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.172 Cleaves, Arthur Wordsworth, 1876-1940
Contents Note: Rev. Shields will carry his attack on Faunce to Senate of McMaster University; First Baptist Church has issued a statement at request of Dr. Vichert.
1923 January 04
Box 15, Folder IV.172 Cleaves, Arthur Wordsworth, 1876-1940
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 69th birthday.
1928 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.172 Cleaves, Arthur Wordsworth, 1876-1940
Contents Note: Conveys respect and birthday wishes expressed at RI Union Ministers meeting.
1928 January 16
Box 15, Folder IV.172 Cleaves, Arthur Wordsworth, 1876-1940
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.173 Clippinger, Walter Gillian, 1873-1948 to The MacMillan Company
Contents Note: Thanking them for copy of Faunce's book.
1929 January 09
Box 15, Folder IV.174 Clough, Benjamin Crocker, 1888-1968
Contents Note: Feels that no one can quite replace him as president; his calm outlook on problems; Meiklejohn's chapel talks may have started some.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.175 Colby, Everett, 1874-1943 (1897)
Contents Note: May not be able to come to Providence, if he has to be in Washington on behalf of the World Court; appreciation of Faunce's administration.
1924 May 10
Box 15, Folder IV.175 Colby, Everett, 1874-1943 (1897)
Contents Note: Regrets Faunce's resignation; disapproval of method of electing new president; would have liked to have known more about Dr. Barbour.
1928 October 17
Box 15, Folder IV.175 Colby, Everett, 1874-1943 (1897)
Contents Note: Has read speeches with pleasure; he is ahead of his contemporaries.
1929 June 05
Box 15, Folder IV.175 Colby, Everett, 1874-1943 (1897)
Contents Note: Sends copy of his address at luncheon honoring Faunce.
1929 June 25
Box 15, Folder IV.176 Coleman, George William, 1867-
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; unable to hear him at Baptist Social Union; will give commencement speech at Crozer Seminary.
1924 May 26
Box 15, Folder IV.176 Coleman, George William, 1867-
Contents Note: Unable to attend testimonial dinner for Faunce; first broadcast of Ford Hall Forum.
1924 October 23
Box 15, Folder IV.176 Coleman, George William, 1867-
Contents Note: Unable to be at Brown commencement; Babson Institute's commencement is same day.
1929 June 10
Box 15, Folder IV.177 Colgate, James Boorman, 1818-1904
Contents Note: Faunce has been relieved from decision regarding presidency of Colgate University; feels he is mistaken intimation of bad faith.
1893 March 18
Box 15, Folder IV.178 Colgate, James Colby, 1863-1944
Contents Note: Mr. Wheeler will accept presidency of Colgate University; relieving Faunce of painful decision; hopes Faunce will serve as trustee.
1893 March 14
Box 15, Folder IV.178 Colgate, James Colby, 1863-1944
Contents Note: Feels that he has been cause of misunderstanding between Faunce and Mr. Wheeler; hopes to see him and explain.
1893 March 17
Box 15, Folder IV.178 Colgate, James Colby, 1863-1944
Contents Note: Unable to call Tuesday; asks him to return reports by messenger.
1893 March 18
Box 15, Folder IV.178 Colgate, James Colby, 1863-1944
Contents Note: Owes him an apology; anxious to free Colgate University from imputation of bad faith.
1893 April 06
Box 15, Folder IV.178 Colgate, James Colby, 1863-1944
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; if forced to rest so will remain in Bennington and not attend Brown-Colgate football game.
1928 November 26
Box 15, Folder IV.179 Collier, Theodore F., 1874-1963
Contents Note: Hopes his health has improved; appreciation of his friendship; possible readjustment of history department's program; "Charter Day' at Constantinople's Women's College; activities of the college's graduates; feeling against the Armenians and Greeks; deportation of Patriarch by Turkish government; insurrection in eastern Anatolia and its effects; Prof. Richardson on way to Algeria; Prof. Smith will be in Greece; delightful trip through Palestine and Egypt.
1925 March 20
Box 15, Folder IV.179 Collier, Theodore F., 1874-1963
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; signed "Theodore and Janet Sheldon Collier."
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.180 Colt, LeBaron Bradford, 1846-1924 (h1882)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 August 08
Box 15, Folder IV.181 Colvin, Kenneth Hale, 1902-1978 (1925)
Contents Note: Pleased with Facing Life; recalls hearing some of the addresses.
1928 November 03
Box 15, Folder IV.182 Colvin, Stephen Sheldon, 1869-1923 (1891)
Contents Note: In regard to Mr. Rockefeller's views on higher education; extravagant claims on disciplinary values of education; his writings on the subject.
1916 November 25
Box 15, Folder IV.183 Compton, Anna L.
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 20
Box 15, Folder IV.184 Congdon, Frank S.
Contents Note: Extends congratulations of men's Bible class of Calvary Baptist Church on his 69th birthday in recognition of his earlier services to the church.
1928 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.185 Cook, John B.
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book, Facing Life; hopes he will be able to visit Vermont Academy.
1928 October 25
Box 15, Folder IV.186 Cooley, Rossa Belle, 1873- to Mrs. Faunce
Contents Note: Pleased to accept offer of books for schools and Christmas cards for Community Class, a primitive mission society.
1919 May 15
Box 15, Folder IV.186 Cooley, Rossa Belle, 1873-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 02
Box 15, Folder IV.187 Coolidge, Arlan Ralph, 1902-1993 (1924)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; appreciates his personal interest.
1929 January 17
Box 15, Folder IV.188 Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Contents Note: Unable to make address at Providence; trying to avoid making speeches.
1929 March 18
Box 15, Folder IV.189 Coolidge, Charles A.
Contents Note: Unable to attend reception for Faunce.
1929 June 11
Box 15, Folder IV.190 Coombs, Ruth Crawford, 1898-1953 (1919)
Contents Note: Written on behalf of Alumnae Association, regretting his absence on Alumnae Day.
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Box 15, Folder IV.191 Cooper, Clayton Sedgwick, 1869-1936 (1894)
Contents Note: Is ordering a copy of Facing Life; sends his book Understanding Spain; recalls Faunce's association with him at Fifth Avenue Church; would like him to speak before Committee of One Hundred of Miami Beach, of which he is president.
1928 November 03
Box 15, Folder IV.192 Couden, William
Contents Note: Regrets Faunce's retirement; pleased that he will remain in Providence, where his spirit is needed; has felt his influence although not personally acquainted.
1929
Box 15, Folder IV.193 Cox, John Harrington, 1863-1945 (1897)
Contents Note: Memories of Faunce as pastor in New York; best wishes on his retirement; his inability to visit Brown does not signify lack of interest; sends copy of his latest book.
1928 December 02
Box 15, Folder IV.194 Cranfill, James Britton, 1858-1942
Contents Note: Sends story of his 70th birthday; apology for statements made in an earlier disagreement with Faunce.
1929 February 15
Box 15, Folder IV.195 Craven, Anna R.
Contents Note: Sorry that his illness will prevent her usual summer association with him and Mrs. Faunce.
1925 April 20
Box 15, Folder IV.196 Crawford, Dan to Perry Faunce
Contents Note: Relating a dream about "Moses Brown."
undated
Box 15, Folder IV.197 Crawford, David L.
Contents Note: Interested in his book, Facing Life; hopes he will visit Honolulu.
1928 December 06
Box 15, Folder IV.198 Cross, Harry Parsons
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; his service to the community.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.198 Cross, Harry Parsons to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Appreciation of his eulogy of Faunce.
1930 February 02
Box 15, Folder IV.199 Crossley, Moses Leverock, 1884-1971 (1909) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: On death of Faunce; he made it possible for Crossley to finance his college education.
1930 February 01
Box 15, Folder IV.200 Crowell, Asa Clinton, 1862-1936 (1886)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; admires position he has taken in recent statements.
1929 January 18
Box 15, Folder IV.201 Crull, Irving Willard (1928)
Contents Note: Asking him to autograph copy of Facing Life.
1928 October 27
Box 15, Folder IV.202 Currie, Arthur William, 1875-
Contents Note: Illness prevented him from speaking to British Empire Club in Providence; hopes to see him in April.
1925 February 18
Box 15, Folder IV.203 Curtis, Frederick Kingsbury, 1863-1936 to F. S. Ruth, Esq.
Contents Note: Introducing WHPF, and asking that the courtesy of Mountain Lake Club be extended to him.
1925 February 05
Box 15, Folder IV.203 Curtis, Frederick Kingsbury, 1863-1936 to William V. Kellen, Esq.to William V. Kellen, Esq.
Contents Note: Enclosing letter of introduction for WHPF to Mountain Lake Club; he knows Faunce as a visitor to Watch Hill.
1925 February 05
Box 15, Folder IV.204 Cushman, Henry Irving
Contents Note: Thanking him for letter received on his fifty years' ministry in Rhode Island; pleased by his recovery from illness.
1925 May 06
Box 15, Folder IV.205 Cutler, Henry Franklin, 1862-1945
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; regrets his retirement as president of Brown.
1928 November 07
Box 15, Folder IV.206 Cutten, George Barton, 1874-
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 17
Box 15, Folder IV.206 Cutten, George Barton, 1874-
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book, Facing Life. MC9D
1928 November 19
Box 15, Folder IV.207 Damon, Lindsay Todd, 1871-1940
Contents Note: Concerning a recommendation for Mr. Wintermute, who studied under Mr. Benedict; will miss Faunce as president; not enough Brown poets to make an anthology worthwhile.
1928 October 22
Box 15, Folder IV.208 Dashiell, Eleanor R.
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, The Social Aspects of Foreign Missions; using it as a textbook for Mission Study class.
1915 February 26
Box 15, Folder IV.209 Davis, Harvey J.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.210 Davis, W. M.
Contents Note: Hopes to be able to attend on Visitors Day.
1908 February 08
Box 15, Folder IV.211 Davis, Williams T.
Contents Note: Requesting copy of farewell address to Brown graduates.
1929 June 19
Box 15, Folder IV.212 Dealey, George Bannerman, 1859-1946
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 18
Box 15, Folder IV.213 Dealey, James Quayle, 1861-1937 (1890)
Contents Note: Mentions centennial of his father's birthday; congratulations on his 70th birthday and his achievements at Brown.
1929 January 20
Box 15, Folder IV.214 Dealey, James Quayle Jr., 1899-1985 (1920)
Contents Note: Recalls working for T. K. Windsor in Greenville, regrets Faunce's retirement as president of Brown.
1928 November 13
Box 15, Folder IV.215 Dean, John Marvin, 1875-1935
Contents Note: Requests a message from him to the members of Second Baptist Church who have studied his book, Social Aspects of Foreign Missions.
1915 April 21
Box 15, Folder IV.216 De Blois, Austen Kennedy, 1866-1945 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree; received his PhD twenty five years ago.
1914 September 22
Box 15, Folder IV.217 Delta Kappa Epsilon--Rhode Island Alumni Association
Contents Note: Resolution on Faunce's illness. Signed by William B. McCormick, secretary.
1925 April 28
Box 15, Folder IV.218 Delta Upsilon--Brown University Chapter
Contents Note: Congratulations on 64th birthday, accompanying a gift of Thompson's "Outline of Science;" signed by 34 members. With this, a copy of letter by Faunce, April 25, 1929, thanking individual members.
1923 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.218 Delta Upsilon--Brown University Chapter
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown. Written and signed by Allen C. Provost, president.
1924 May 18
Box 15, Folder IV.218 Delta Upsilon--Brown University Chapter
Contents Note: Signed by Jean K. Clarendon, secretary. Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 September 29
Box 15, Folder IV.218 Delta Upsilon--Brown University Chapter
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday. Signed by Stanton P. Nickerson, corresponding secretary.
1929 January 15
Box 15, Folder IV.219 Demarest, William Henry Steele, 1863-
Contents Note: Inquiry about founding of Women's College at Brown; congratulates him on a successful presidency.
1928 November 13
Box 15, Folder IV.220 Dickinson, Sir Willoughby Hyett, First Baron, 1859-1943
Contents Note: Will come to Brown to deliver address on "World Politics."
1924 December 24
Box 15, Folder IV.220 Dickinson, Sir Willoughby Hyett, First Baron, 1859-1943
Contents Note: Arrangements for visit to Providence for lecture; will also speak to students in chapel.
1924 December 26
Box 15, Folder IV.220 Dickinson, Sir Willoughby Hyett, First Baron, 1859-1943
Contents Note: Grieved by Faunce's illness; enjoyed addressing students at Brown.
1925 January 07
Box 15, Folder IV.221 Dietrich, Frank Sigel, 1863-1930 (1887)
Contents Note: Is ordering a copy of Facing Life; playing golf; appreciation of Faunce's service to Brown
1929 January 23
Box 15, Folder IV.222 Dingwell, James D.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 69th birthday; has been inspired in the ministry by Faunce and Dr. George A. Gordon.
1928 January 19
Box 15, Folder IV.223 Dishman, Silas Benjamin Jr., 1887-1944 (1911)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his service to Brown on the occasion of his retirement.
1929 June 10
Box 16, Folder IV.224 Dodd, M. E.
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry.
1918 January 11
Box 16, Folder IV.225 Doggett, Lawrence Locke, 1864-
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; invites him to speak to students at International Y.M.C.A. College.
1928 October 16
Box 16, Folder IV.226 Donovan, Winfred Nichols
Contents Note: Pleased that Providence Chamber of Commerce has honored Faunce.
1924 October 14
Box 16, Folder IV.227 Dorman, William Richardson, 1871-1953 (1892)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his 70th birthday; is buying many copies of Facing Life for friends.
1929 January 14
Box 16, Folder IV.228 Drury, Lucian Lorimer, 1875-1930 (1902)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on growth of Brown during his administration; presents copies of Mt. Hermon Alumni Quarterly.
1924 October 17
Box 16, Folder IV.228 Drury, Lucian Lorimer, 1875-1930 (1902)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown.
1928 October 13
Box 16, Folder IV.229 Drury, Samuel Smith, 1878-1938 to Miss Blanchard
Contents Note: Values book from her and Faunce.
undated
Box 16, Folder IV.229 Drury, Samuel Smith, 1878-1938
Contents Note: Copy. On Faunce's retirement; his influence will continue. Boys at St. Paul's School are hearing chapter from Facing Life. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Nov.4, 1929.
1929 October 28
Box 16, Folder IV.230 Ducasse, Curt John, 1881-1969
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 16
Box 16, Folder IV.230 Ducasse, Curt John, 1881-1969
Contents Note: Tonsil operation prevents his attendance at alumni luncheon and reception.
1929 June 14
Box 16, Folder IV.231 Duffy, Francis P.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; appreciated opportunity of being acquainted with him on Committee on Better Understanding. With this, a copy of Faunce's reply, Oct.16, 1928.
1928 October 15
Box 16, Folder IV.232 Duke, Victor Leroy, 1874-1933
Contents Note: Thanking him for Facing Life; his services to Brown.
1928 November 05
Box 16, Folder IV.233 Dyer, Hezekiah Anthony, 1872-1943 (1894)
Contents Note: Praise of Faunce's speaking ability.
1929 May 0
Box 16, Folder IV.234 Dyer, William Allen, 1865-1944 (1886)
Contents Note: Greeting from Syracuse Brown men on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 16
Box 16, Folder IV.234 Dyer, William Allen, 1865-1944 (1886) to Edward K. Eldridge, Jr.
Contents Note: Cannot attend Faunce's 25th anniversary dinner.
1924 May 16
Box 16, Folder IV.234 Dyer, William Allen, 1865-1944 (1886)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.235 Edie, Richard Jr.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; mentions his retirement; wishes Dr. Barbour a successful administration.
1928 October 26
Box 16, Folder IV.236 Edson, Dorothy (Grover)
Contents Note: Has visited Concord, thanks him for his hospitality.
undated
Box 16, Folder IV.236 Edson, Dorothy (Grover)
Contents Note: Concerning a concert which she hopes he will attend.
1924 November 16
Box 16, Folder IV.236 Edson, Dorothy (Grover)
Contents Note: Thanking him for gifts.
1924 December 30
Box 16, Folder IV.237 Edson, Eleanor
Contents Note: Pleased that Faunce is going to Florida and will come to New York.
undated
Box 16, Folder IV.237 Edson, Eleanor
Contents Note: Plans to visit Faunce's home in April.
1925
Box 16, Folder IV.237 Edson, Eleanor
Contents Note: Sending some literature on war of Jews against Christianity.
1925 May 24
Box 16, Folder IV.238 Edwards, Boyd, 1876-1944
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will place a copy in the Mercersburg Academy Library; Mr. William Douglas is an admirer of Faunce.
1928 November 01
Box 16, Folder IV.239 Edwards, Howard, 1858-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 26
Box 16, Folder IV.239 Edwards, Howard, 1858-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Appreciation of his honorary degree and the honor it reflects to Rhode Island State College; congratulations on success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 19
Box 16, Folder IV.239 Edwards, Howard, 1858-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; his resignation as president of Brown.
1928 October 11
Box 16, Folder IV.239 Edwards, Howard, 1858-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: His conception of a "text;" may come to hear him on Sunday.
1929 June 11
Box 16, Folder IV.240 Edwards, Stephen Ostrom, 1855-1916 (1879)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; hopes that his baccalaureate sermons will be published.
1908 November 28
Box 16, Folder IV.241 Edwards, William Henry, 1898-1976 (1919)
Contents Note: Conveying greetings from Alpha Delta Phi's banquet and wishes for a speedy recovery; the fraternity's high regard for him.
1925 March 26
Box 16, Folder IV.241 Edwards, William Henry, 1898-1976 (1919)
Contents Note: Thanking him for copy of "The Christian Century;" inspired by Faunce's "Commencement."
1929 June 17
Box 16, Folder IV.242 Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's sermon delivered after returning from Cambridge; inscription in First Baptist Church in Providence expresses objects for which church at Harvard was built.
1897 December 12
Box 16, Folder IV.242 Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Contents Note: Invites him to stay at his house at Northeast Harbor when he preaches at the Union Church there.
1898 March 07
Box 16, Folder IV.242 Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Contents Note: Information about steamer or train which Faunce can take to Northeast Harbor.
1898 July 04
Box 16, Folder IV.242 Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Contents Note: Has received many greetings on his birthday; university administration is the most fruitful work.
1904 March 30
Box 16, Folder IV.242 Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Contents Note: Accepting invitation to visit Faunce.
1914 June 08
Box 16, Folder IV.242 Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Contents Note: Thoughts on old age.
1924 March 08
Box 16, Folder IV.243 Elmore, A. J. B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; is writing a novel for Christian Herald competition; will teach Bible course.
undated
Box 16, Folder IV.244 Emery, Henry C.
Contents Note: Impossible for him to be present on Visitors Day.
n.y. March 10
Box 16, Folder IV.244 Emery, Henry C.
Contents Note: Impossible for him to be present on Visitors Day.
1908 February 10
Box 16, Folder IV.245 English, John Mahan, 1845-1927 (1870)
Contents Note: He voiced Corporation's estimate of Faunce at anniversary dinner; pleased by his speech and his growth in personality and ability.
1924 May 30
Box 16, Folder IV.246 Enslin, Irving Judson, 1873-1963 (1901)
Contents Note: Thanking him for Facing Life; regrets his resignation as president of Brown.
1928 November 16
Box 16, Folder IV.247 Evans, Milton G., 1862-1939
Contents Note: Faunce's Social Aspects of Foreign Missions will do much for missions; Crozer Theological Seminary will use it as a textbook.
1914 July 13
Box 16, Folder IV.247 Evans, Milton G., 1862-1939
Contents Note: Congratulations on testimonial dinner given Faunce by Providence Chamber of Commerce.
1924 October 17
Box 16, Folder IV.248 Everett, Walter Goodnow, 1860-1937 (1885)
Contents Note: Acknowledging Faunce's note thanking him for help in preparing honorary degree citations in connection with Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 0
Box 16, Folder IV.248 Everett, Walter Goodnow, 1860-1937 (1885)
Contents Note: Thanks him for sending periodicals; will call when Faunce is well enough; relates a dream about him.
1925 May 10
Box 16, Folder IV.248 Everett, Walter Goodnow, 1860-1937 (1885)
Contents Note: Recalls meeting Faunce on his return from trip around the world; faculty will be less united when he leaves; notes increase in some departments.
1928 October 27
Box 16, Folder IV.249 Fagerburg, Frank B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; regrets his retirement; campaign for new parish house in Springfield.
1928 October 26
Box 16, Folder IV.250 Farrand, Livingston, 1867-1939
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 13
Box 16, Folder IV.251 Farrand, Wilson, 1862-1942
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book.
1928 December 06
Box 16, Folder IV.252 Farrington, Dorothy (Faunce)
Contents Note: Autograph letters signed from Faunce's niece. Family news. Letter of Oct. 12, 1924 from Cairo.
1924-5
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B. to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Faunce
Contents Note: Pleased to be remembered on his birthday; troubled by his mother's suffering; appreciation of her teaching.
1886 November 21
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B. to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Faunce
Contents Note: About his forthcoming marriage; plans for house, furniture, etc.
1887 March-June
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B., Announcement
Contents Note: Announcement of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Faunce.
1890 May 14
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B. to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Faunce
Contents Note: Death of son Daniel.
1894 June 05
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B. to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Faunce
Contents Note: Death of son Albert Eugene.
1894 June 17
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B. to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Faunce
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 79th birthday.
1908 January 03
Box 16, Folder IV.253 Faunce, Albert B. to Will Faunce
Contents Note: On WHPF's illness; his own work and other activities.
1925 March 27
Box 16, Folder IV.254 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911 to Mary P. Perry
Contents Note: Personal; written as a student at Amherst College and Newton Theological Institution; as a teacher at schools in Wellfleet, Plymouth, and Middleboro, MA and as minister at Somerville, MA
1847-53
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911, Charge
Contents Note: Charge given at ordination of WHPF.
1884 June 24
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911 to Mr. and Mrs. WHPF
Contents Note: Announcing plans to marry Mrs. Tucker.
1891 October 06
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911
Contents Note: Describing his wedding.
1891 October 13
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911
Contents Note: On 40th anniversary of his ordination.
1893 August 04
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his D.D. degree; is going to Alaska.
1895 June 21
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911
Contents Note: Has been ill; discusses the book, The Mind of the Master.
1897 January 06
Box 16, Folder IV.255 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911
Contents Note: Concerning choice between Taylor and WHPF for presidency of Brown.
1899 February 10
Box 16, Folder IV.256 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911, Analyses
Contents Note: Analyses of Young's Night Thoughts on life, death and immortality. Analyses of Nights 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th by Daniel Worcester Faunce; Night 4th by MPP. These analyses originally enclosed in correspondence of Daniel Worcester Faunce and MPP.
1851
Box 16, Folder IV.257 Faunce, Daniel Worcester, 1829-1911, Untitled
Contents Note: Begins: "Resolved--that we will...in our private prayers remember...our dear Georgie." Signed Daniel W. Faunce and Mary P. Faunce.
1864 July
Box 16, Folder IV.258 Faunce, George P. to Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Incomplete. Will come to Washington for Christmas; hopes Blaine will be elected; thinks his brother Will has been called to do great things in Springfield.
1884 November 11
Box 16, Folder IV.258 Faunce, George P. to Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: About his work; extra duty with the Union Heel Trimmer Company; his engagement to Lucia Varney; his mother's illness. Letter of Oct.7 incomplete.
1887 April-October
Box 16, Folder IV.258 Faunce, George P.
Contents Note: Surprised that their father's book still sells so well; hopes his health will improve.
1925 June 25
Box 16, Folder IV.258 Faunce, George P.
Contents Note: Returning some letters; thinks Dr. Faunce will be happier when retired; hopes to come to commencement.
1929 April 13
Box 16, Folder IV.259 Faunce, Mary E. Tucker to Mr. and Mrs. WHPF
Contents Note: Thanks them for letter on her marriage to Faunce's father.
1891 November 07
Box 16, Folder IV.260 Faunce, Mary Parkhurst Perry, d.1888 to Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: First letter of Oct.11, 1847 written from Plymouth, MA. Personal; letters of Mary Parkhurst Perry, a teacher in her hometown of Bristol, RI to Daniel Worcester Faunce.
1847-51
Box 16, Folder IV.261 Faunce, Peleg to Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Letter from his father, mother and sister. Concerning church affairs, visit to church by Dr. Judson.
1845 December
Box 16, Folder IV.262 Faunce, Perry Edson, 1898-1920 (1919) to Sir Walter Raleigh
Contents Note: Thanking him for autograph of Queen Victoria.
1915 July 11
Box 16, Folder IV.263 Faunce, Sarah Rogers Edson, d.1944 to Mrs. Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Describes her Christmas.
1885 December 26
Box 16, Folder IV.264 Faunce, Wayne Moody (1921)
Contents Note: Conveying resolution of Brown chapter of Sigma Xi at initiation banquet expressing hope for his speedy recovery.
1925 February 26
Box 16, Folder IV.265 Faunce De Laune, A.
Contents Note: Information about the Faunce family in England.
1922 October 15
Box 16, Folder IV.266 Fearnley, John
Contents Note: Would like to use parts of Faunce's farewell address in his sermons.
1929 June 18
Box 16, Folder IV.267 Fernald, Charles Barker, 1876-1944 (1901)
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness; his financial help when Fernald was a student; information about James G. Fernald.
1925 May 31
Box 16, Folder IV.267 Fernald, Charles Barker, 1876-1944 (1901)
Contents Note: Illness of wife and son prevented him from attending Commencement; may see him at Lake Mohonk.
1929 June 17
Box 16, Folder IV.268 Fernald, James Gordon, 1895-1962 (1917)
Contents Note: Pleased to hear of Faunce's recovery.
1925 June 17
Box 16, Folder IV.269 Ferris, George Hooper, 1867-1917 (1891)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his Yale lectures; accepts invitation to Vesper Services; has been asked to write article for American Journal of Theology.
1908 December 02
Box 16, Folder IV.270 Fetter, John D. W.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 25
Box 16, Folder IV.271 Fetter, Newton C.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; will use some chapters in his "at homes."
1928 November 22
Box 16, Folder IV.272 Few, William Preston, 1867-1940
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; hopes his health has improved.
1929 January 08
Box 16, Folder IV.273 Field, Fred Tarbell, 1876-1950 (1900)
Contents Note: His opinion on revision of Brown charter.
1925 June 20
Box 16, Folder IV.273 Field, Fred Tarbell, 1876-1950 (1900)
Contents Note: He served on committee to nominate Faunce's successor; their action may be criticized.
1928 October 16
Box 16, Folder IV.273 Field, Fred Tarbell, 1876-1950 (1900)
Contents Note: Pleased at favorable mention of Brown in "Christian Education;" glad that Faunce's book, Facing Life, is appreciated.
1928 December 21
Box 16, Folder IV.273 Field, Fred Tarbell, 1876-1950 (1900)
Contents Note: His appointment to the Massachusetts Supreme Court; pleased by a speech by Faunce; hopes their personal relations will continue after his retirement.
1929 February 02
Box 16, Folder IV.274 Field, Harold Crins, 1872-1949 (1894)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.275 Field, Noel MacDonald (1926)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1928 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.276 Finley, John Huston, 1863-1940
Contents Note: Disappointed at missing Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; will read report.
1914 October 19
Box 16, Folder IV.277 Fisher, Galen Merriam, 1873-
Contents Note: Wishes him a speedy recovery; will miss him at meeting of Institute of Social and Religious Research.
1925 April 04
Box 16, Folder IV.277 Fisher, Galen Merriam, 1873-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 05
Box 16, Folder IV.278 Flagler, Harry Harkness
Contents Note: Invitation to lunch.
undated
Box 16, Folder IV.278 Flagler, Harry Harkness
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness; advises him to spare himself in the future.
1925 February 01
Box 16, Folder IV.279 Fleming, Frederic S.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 26
Box 16, Folder IV.280 Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree to be awarded at Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 August 24
Box 16, Folder IV.281 Flint, Dutee Wilcox
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1928 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.282 Ford, Arthur Younger, 1861-1926 (1884)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 14
Box 16, Folder IV.283 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878- (h1920)
Contents Note: Thanking Faunce for his statements supporting Fosdick, which appeared in the Providence Journal.
1924 October 29
Box 16, Folder IV.283 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878- (h1920)
Contents Note: Declines invitation to deliver baccalaureate address at Brown; he will preach at Harvard and Radcliffe; wishes Faunce a speedy recovery.
1925 March 26
Box 16, Folder IV.283 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878- (h1920)
Contents Note: Conveying congratulations of Men's Bible Class on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 20
Box 16, Folder IV.283 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878- (h1920)
Contents Note: Enjoyed visit to Providence to honor Faunce's retirement.
1929 June 21
Box 16, Folder IV.284 Foster, William Eaton, 1851-1930 (1873)
Contents Note: On Faunce's Educational Ideal in the Ministry, especially his approval of "imprecating psalms;" grateful for his recent characterization of President Eliot.
1909 February 22
Box 16, Folder IV.284 Foster, William Eaton, 1851-1930 (1873)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1928 January 16
Box 16, Folder IV.284 Foster, William Eaton, 1851-1930 (1873)
Contents Note: Mentions a letter he wrote to Faunce thirty years ago; Faunce's administration has surpassed hopes of alumni in 1899.
1928 December 16
Box 16, Folder IV.284 Foster, William Eaton, 1851-1930 (1873)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.285 Fowler, Henry Thatcher, 1867-1948
Contents Note: Mentions "benedictory" with which Faunce remembered his friends on his 70th birthday; has enjoyed working under his leadership.
1929 January 26
Box 16, Folder IV.285 Fowler, Henry Thatcher, 1867-1948
Contents Note: Suggests a display of faculty publications at dedication of the library.
1909 October 22
Box 16, Folder IV.285 Fowler, Henry Thatcher, 1867-1948
Contents Note: Concerns Wilbur Egyptology collection and the possibility of Brown receiving it. See also Faunce's letter to Koopman, June 22, 1915.
1915 October 18
Box 16, Folder IV.286 Foye, Otis W.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; congratulates him on his achievements at Brown.
1928 October 26
Box 16, Folder IV.187 Francis, William Allen, 1861-1947 (1882)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; illness prevented his attendance at commencement.
1929 June 03
Box 16, Folder IV.188 Frank, Glenn, 1887-1940
Contents Note: Regrets Faunce's illness; cheered by his letter.
1925 February 10
Box 16, Folder IV.189 Franklin, James Henry (h1924)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary D.D. degree; leaving for a visit to Japan, China and the Philippines.
1923 December 21
Box 16, Folder IV.189 Franklin, James Henry (h1924)
Contents Note: Meeting of Northern Baptist Convention prevents his attendance at commencement to honor Faunce's retirement.
1929 June 08
Box 16, Folder IV.290 Freeman, James E., d.1943
Contents Note: Praises Faunce's lectures, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry.
1909 August 06
Box 16, Folder IV.291 Frost, William Goodell, 1854-1938
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; recalls conferences in connection with Berea Enterprise.
1928 December 27
Box 16, Folder IV.292 Fulton, Marshall Nairne (1920)
Contents Note: Regrets Faunce's retirement; congratulates him on his achievements; praises his book, Facing Life.
1928 October-December?
Box 16, Folder IV.293 Gage, Walter B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 26
Box 16, Folder IV.294 Gainer, Joseph Henry, 1878-1945 (h1924
Contents Note: Remarks on the occasion of the 25th anniversary dinner to Dr. W. H. P. Faunce.
1924 May 16
Box 16, Folder IV.295 Gaines, Francis Pendleton, 1892-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 31
Box 16, Folder IV.296 Galbraith, Archibald V.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 26
Box 16, Folder IV.297 Gallup, Clarence Mason, 1874-1947 (1896)
Contents Note: Praises Faunce's book on missions; will use it at Narragansett assembly.
1914 July 10
Box 16, Folder IV.297 Gallup, Clarence Mason, 1874-1947 (1896)
Contents Note: Mr. L. M. Robinson willing to donate set of the Pandex of Justinian to the Brown University Library
1920 November 18
Box 16, Folder IV.297 Gallup, Clarence Mason, 1874-1947 (1896)
Contents Note: Praises Ben Brown's work on pageant; will call on Faunce when health permits.
1925 June 04
Box 16, Folder IV.297 Gallup, Clarence Mason, 1874-1947 (1896)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 03
Box 16, Folder IV.298 Gallup, Wallace Lester (1915)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 16
Box 16, Folder IV.298 Gallup, Wallace Lester (1915)
Contents Note: Congratulations of New London County Alumni on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 16
Box 16, Folder IV.299 Gamage, Frederick Luther, 1860-1947 (1882)
Contents Note: Has recovered from operation; progress of Bethesda Church at Palm Beach, of which he is a senior warden; mentions his son.
1929 February 07
Box 16, Folder IV.300 Gammell, Bessie Gardner (Bowen)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 65th birthday.
1924 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.300 Gammell, Bessie Gardner (Bowen)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; regrets that he will no longer be a close neighbor after his retirement.
1929 January 15
Box 16, Folder IV.300 Gammell, Bessie Gardner (Bowen)
Contents Note: Sending a piece of Italian brocade for use in his new home; will have it repaired.
1929 October 08
Box 16, Folder IV.301 Gammell, Eliza Anthony (Hoppin), 1859-1938
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 16
Box 16, Folder IV.301 Gammell, Eliza Anthony (Hoppin), 1859-1938
Contents Note: Sending a gardenia plant; hopes for his speedy recovery.
1925 March 14
Box 16, Folder IV.301 Gammell, Eliza Anthony (Hoppin), 1859-1938
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 16, Folder IV.302 Gammell, Robert Ives, 1852-1915 (1872)
Contents Note: Does not intend to increase his gift of $10,000 to Brown University; suggests resigning from the Governing Board. Brown is not a beneficiary in his will.
1900 May 12
Box 16, Folder IV.303 Gaskill, Francis Almon, 1846-1909 (1866)
Contents Note: Pleased that Faunce has accepted presidency of Brown.
1899 May 25
Box 16, Folder IV.303 Gaskill, Francis Almon, 1846-1909 (1866)
Contents Note: Cannot get away from court to attend Visiting Day.
1907 March 09
Box 16, Folder IV.303 Gaskill, Francis Almon, 1846-1909 (1866)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; going to Albany to visit Gov. Hughes; invites Faunce to stay with him when he comes to Worcester alumni dinner.
1908 November 30
Box 16, Folder IV.304 Gaskill, George Anthony, 1877-1940 (1898)
Contents Note: Accepting invitation to serve on visiting committee of John Hay Library.
undated
Box 16, Folder IV.305 George, Robert Hudson
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; appreciates association with him at Brown.
1928 October 13
Box 16, Folder IV.306 Gibbs, Harold Leslie, 1893-1933 (1915)
Contents Note: Grateful for his encouragement; Faunce's example led him to the ministry; he has been inspiration to Brown men.
1929 March 05
Box 16, Folder IV.307 Gifford, Frank Herbert, 1859-1951 (1881)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; he has been an inspiration.
1929 January 16
Box 16, Folder IV.308 Gifford, Orrin Philip, 1847-1932 (1874)
Contents Note: Calls his attention to Clarence Darrow's article, "The Myth of the Soul."
1928 October 07
Box 16, Folder IV.308 Gifford, Orrin Philip, 1847-1932 (1874)
Contents Note: Thanking him for book; feels like a student in chapel again.
1928 October 29
Box 16, Folder IV.309 Gifford, Seth Kelley, 1854-1933
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter in Providence Journal and for encouragement in 1904 to leave Haverford for Moses Brown.
1924 December 03
Box 16, Folder IV.310 Gill, John Edward, 1872-1934
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; is reading Facing Life; recalls hearing him at convention of Eastern Commercial Teachers Association; Gov. Stokes is an admirer of Faunce; mentions his friend, Frederick L. Ferris of Trenton Times.
1928 October 13
Box 17, Folder IV.311 Godbold, E.
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 29
Box 17, Folder IV.312 Goddard, Robert Hale Ives, 1837-1916 (1858)
Contents Note: Will be pleased to receive book Faunce sent him.
undated
Box 17, Folder IV.313 Goldman, Israel Mordecai (h1949)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 18
Box 17, Folder IV.314 Goodman, Fred S.
Contents Note: Praises his lectures, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry.
undated
Box 17, Folder IV.315 Goodnow, Frank Johnson, 1859-1939 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 September 23
Box 17, Folder IV.316 Goodspeed, Thomas Harper, 1887-1966 (1909)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; does not expect to attend commencement.
1929 May 07
Box 17, Folder IV.317 Goodwin, Daniel, 1835-1922 (1857)
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend Visiting Day on the 25th.
1907 March 09
Box 17, Folder IV.318 Gordon, Edwin Ruthven, 1883-1963 (1907)
Contents Note: Faunce's book, What Does Christianity Mean? restored his lost faith; recalls Faunce's prayers in chapel; his later work in the ministry.
undated
Box 17, Folder IV.319 Gordon, George Angier, 1853-1929 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree; his regard for Brown.
1914 September 22
Box 17, Folder IV.319 Gordon, George Angier, 1853-1929 (h1914)
Contents Note: Admiration of Faunce's performance at Brown University's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 21
Box 17, Folder IV.320 Granberry, R. C.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 27
Box 17, Folder IV.321 Greene, Benjamin Allen, 1851-1922 (1872)
Contents Note: Praising his Yale lectures; will preach his pastoral sermon on Sunday.
1909 May 18
Box 17, Folder IV.322 Greene, Edwin Farnham, 1879-1953 (1901)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.322 Greene, Edwin Farnham, 1879-1953 (1901)
Contents Note: Acknowledging receipt of Faunce's "benedictory."
1929 January 16
Box 17, Folder IV.323 Greene, John Francis, 1868-1933 (1891)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; quotes Dr. J. G. Frazer's leave- taking of Trinity College in connection with Faunce's retirement.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.324 Greene, John Gardner, 1904-1969 (1927)
Contents Note: Concerning a letter from Faunce in regard to "playground situation" and a misunderstanding involving "Bronze Bruno."
1924 October 22
Box 17, Folder IV.325 Greenough, William B.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; will not be able to attend dinner.
1924 May 14
Box 17, Folder IV.326 Griffith, J. P. Crozer
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 25
Box 17, Folder IV.327 Grose, Howard Benjamin, 1851-1939 (h1907)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; recalls being sent thirty years ago to find out if he would consider accepting the presidency of Brown University.
1928 October 11
Box 17, Folder IV.328 Gross, Charles
Contents Note: Will not be present on Visiting Day.
1907 March 09
Box 17, Folder IV.329 Gumb, Irving Turple (1916)
Contents Note: Faunce's address at last alumni dinner in New York gave real hope for international relationships; Brown is an anchorage for scattered alumni.
1924 April 04
Box 17, Folder IV.330 Gurney, Alfred Henry, 1884-1969 (1907)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.330 Gurney, Alfred Henry, 1884-1969 (1907)
Contents Note: Sending resolution passed by Advisory Board. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Feb.23, 1929, expressing gratitude.
1929 February 22
Box 17, Folder IV.331 Hackett, Frank S.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; would like him to address boys at Riverdale Country School.
1928 October 30
Box 17, Folder IV.332 Hadden, Gavin
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; has been pleased to serve the university.
1924 May 17
Box 17, Folder IV.333 Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: As director of New Haven Road, he must attend important meeting and therefore decline honorary degree.
1914 August 21
Box 17, Folder IV.333 Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Gratified to learn that Brown has awarded him an honorary degree; success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 17
Box 17, Folder IV.334 Hagan, Henry B.
Contents Note: Recalls his association with Faunce as Sunday School student, at the organ; as engraver of diplomas and testimonials to Faunce.
1929 June 17
Box 17, Folder IV.335 Hagstrom, G. Arvid
Contents Note: Thanking him for book.
1928 December 21
Box 17, Folder IV.336 Hale, William Barton, 1860-1938
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; has ordered additional copies to give away; regrets that Faunce will retire and Barbour will leave Rochester.
1928 October 30
Box 17, Folder IV.337 Hamlin, Edward Bowen, 1851-1940 (1872)
Contents Note: Sending wishes for his recovery from alumni at "Fifty-plus" dinner.
1925 June 17
Box 17, Folder IV.338 Hammett, Fred Mason, 1858-1941 (1880)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 17, Folder IV.339 Hanihara, Masanao (h1924)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree; considers it a mark of respect for his country rather than recognition of a personal merit.
1924 March 13
Box 17, Folder IV.340 Hanley, Elijah Abraham, d.1943 (a1896)
Contents Note: Considering new work in St. Paul; need for instruction for marriage and parenthood; congratulates Faunce on achievement at Brown.
1929 June 30
Box 17, Folder IV.341 Hapgood, Ernest Granger, 1878-1953 (1901)
Contents Note: Pleased by his address at dinner of Brown men of New England; sends newspaper report of dinner. Clipping with this.
1929 February 02
Box 17, Folder IV.342 Harper, William Rainey, 1856-1906
Contents Note: His illness is incurable; wishes Faunce and Andrews to speak at his funeral.
1905 November 27
Box 17, Folder IV.343 Harris, Arthur M.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; radio address of Secretary Hughes has delayed his reading it.
1928 November 02
Box 17, Folder IV.344 Harris, Cyril, 1891-
Contents Note: Returning a letter from Harold Chidsey with comments; his reason for leaving formal practice of ministry.
1928 May 23
Box 17, Folder IV.344 Harris, Cyril, 1891-
Contents Note: Birthday greetings; appreciation of Faunce.
1929 January 16
Box 17, Folder IV.345 Harthorn, Drew T.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 15
Box 17, Folder IV.346 Hascall, William Chace, 1880-1934 (1905)
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book; hopes Faunce will not retire from active life.
1929?
Box 17, Folder IV.347 Hastings, William Thomson, 1881-1969 (1903)
Contents Note: Comments on Faunce's "benedictory;" opportunities for learning; Faunce has made his years of service more pleasant.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.347 Hastings, William Thomson, 1881-1969 (1903) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Recalls Faunce's favorite quotations from the poets.
1930 February 03
Box 17, Folder IV.348 Hay, Clara S. (Mrs. John)
Contents Note: In regard to placing the St. Gaudens bust of John Hay in the vestibule of the library. Sketch enclosed.
1910 April 17
Box 17, Folder IV.349 Hazard, Caroline, 1856-1945 (h1899)
Contents Note: Concerning Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; regrets that more degrees were not conferred on "she-colleges;" amusing incident involving Mr. Carnegie.
1914 October 16
Box 17, Folder IV.349 Hazard, Caroline, 1856-1945 (h1899)
Contents Note: On anniversary of inauguration as president of Brown; his achievements.
1928 October 16
Box 17, Folder IV.349 Hazard, Caroline, 1856-1945 (h1899)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; plans to place several copies in local libraries.
1928 October 22
Box 17, Folder IV.349 Hazard, Caroline, 1856-1945 (h1899)
Contents Note: Comments on Dr. Barbour's inauguration and recalls Faunce's inauguration thirty years ago.
1929 October 19
Box 17, Folder IV.350 Hazen, Joseph C.
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; congratulates him on good judgement in retiring.
1928 October 25
Box 17, Folder IV.351 Hebert, Felix, 1874-1969
Contents Note: Would like to attend reception for Faunce, but feels his attendance will be required in Congress.
1929 June 12
Box 17, Folder IV.352 Henderson, J. T.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; recalls his visit to Carson-Newman College; congratulates him on achievements at Brown.
1928 December 31
Box 17, Folder IV.353 Herendeen, Frederick W.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement as president of Brown.
1928 October 17
Box 17, Folder IV.354 Herrick, Cheesman Abiah, 1866-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 27
Box 17, Folder IV.355 Herrick, Everett Carleton (h1927)
Contents Note: Mentions financial difficulties of a student at Newton Theological Institution who is taking a course at Brown; has recommended Facing Life to his students; surprised by Barbour's election as president of Brown; his fondness for Newton.
1928 October 11
Box 17, Folder IV.355 Herrick, Everett Carleton (h1927)
Contents Note: Best wishes on his birthday from faculty of Newton Theological Institution.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.356 Hibben, John Grier, 1861-1933 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree to be conferred at Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; has just returned from Europe.
1914 September 14
Box 17, Folder IV.356 Hibben, John Grier, 1861-1933 (h1914)
Contents Note: Desirous of communicating with Sir Walter Raleigh.
1915 March 13
Box 17, Folder IV.356 Hibben, John Grier, 1861-1933 (h1914)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his being honored by Providence Chamber of Commerce.
1924 October 16
Box 17, Folder IV.357 Hill, Claiborne Milton
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; regrets his retirement as president of Brown.
1928 October 29
Box 17, Folder IV.358 Hill, William Austin, 1873-1951 (1902)
Contents Note: Praising his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 08
Box 17, Folder IV.359 Hinrichs, Albert Ford, 1899-
Contents Note: Birthday greetings; feels that Faunce is responsible for "cordial atmosphere" at Brown.
1929 January 16
Box 17, Folder IV.360 Hoben, Allan, 1874-1935
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; compliments him on his service as president of Brown.
1928 October 30
Box 17, Folder IV.361 Hobson, Henry Ramsden, 1885-1957 (1906)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce written on occasion of his last appearance as president at commencement; Hobson last attended commencement in 1921.
1929 June 10
Box 17, Folder IV.362 Hodges, George, 1856-1919 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 September 23
Box 17, Folder IV.363 Holding, Robert Stowe, 1891-1974 (1914)
Contents Note: Appreciates Faunce's letter on his good fortune; wishes him a speedy recovery.
1925 May 13
Box 17, Folder IV.364 Hollington, Richard Deming, 1870-1944
Contents Note: On difficulty of preaching over the radio; has had to regulate his life since illness; Mr. Johnson's departure for China.
1925 November 25
Box 17, Folder IV.365 Holmes, George Sanford, 1883-1955 (1904)
Contents Note: Appreciation of reassuring letter from Faunce at time of his coming to Washington from Denver; regrets Faunce's retirement as president of Brown.
1929 April 08
Box 17, Folder IV.366 Holmes, Samuel F.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement and his achievements; approves selection of Dr. Barbour as his successor.
1928 October 13
Box 17, Folder IV.366 Holmes, Samuel F.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; has used it in his chapel talks at Worcester Academy.
1928 October 29
Box 17, Folder IV.367 Holt, Emmett
Contents Note: Thanks him for recommending himself and his wife as prospective parents; shocked by news of Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 23
Box 17, Folder IV.368 Holt, Hamilton, 1872-
Contents Note: Accepting invitation to dinner to be given by Faunce and his niece Dorothy in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Nitobe and others, Sept.7 at the Grand Hotel Bellevue (?).
1922 September 06
Box 17, Folder IV.368 Holt, Hamilton, 1872-
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; proud of his record at Brown.
1928 October 16
Box 17, Folder IV.369 Holt, Luther Emmett, 1855-1924 (h1914)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1908 November 27
Box 17, Folder IV.369 Holt, Luther Emmett, 1855-1924 (h1914)
Contents Note: About his son Calvert, who has recently entered Brown.
1913 September 30
Box 17, Folder IV.370 Holyoke, Edward, 1858-1940
Contents Note: Delighted that Faunce is to be president of Brown; hopes to welcome him to Friendship Street Church.
1899 June 14
Box 17, Folder IV.370 Holyoke, Edward, 1858-1940
Contents Note: Privileged in his relations to Brown; does not wish to retire from ministry; appreciates his long friendship with Faunce.
1929 February 20
Box 17, Folder IV.371 Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874-1964
Contents Note: Sees little hope that he will be able to be present to receive honorary degree.
1916 March 17
Box 17, Folder IV.372 Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877- (h1919)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Dr. Faunce and his achievements at Brown; pleased that Chamber of Commerce has honored him. With this, A.N.S., William R. White, forwarding the letter to him.
1924 October 08
Box 17, Folder IV.372 Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877- (h1919)
Contents Note: Is recovering from illness; appreciation of relations with Faunce in college president's guild; Faunce's contribution to Brown will be appreciated in future years.
1929 February 26
Box 17, Folder IV.373 Hoppin, Louise C.
Contents Note: Presenting rug for his new home on behalf of RI Society for Collegiate Education of Women; regrets severing of official connection with him. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, May 20, 1929.
1929 May 16
Box 17, Folder IV.374 Hoppin, Mary Bliss
Contents Note: Best wishes on his birthday; her husband's great aunt honored by having Faunce stay at her home when he preached in Shirley, MA as a theological student.
1929 January 16
Box 17, Folder IV.375 Horr, George Edwin, 1856-1927 (1876)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1908 November 27
Box 17, Folder IV.375 Horr, George Edwin, 1856-1927 (1876)
Contents Note: He plans to attend commencement; glad that Faunce has recovered enough to take part, but he regrets that he will not be at Newton Centenary.
1925 June 06
Box 17, Folder IV.376 Howe, Reginald Heber, 1875-1932
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 27
Box 17, Folder IV.376 Howe, Reginald Heber, 1875-1932
Contents Note: Invites him to preach baccalaureate sermon at Belmont Hill School.
1928 October 31
Box 17, Folder IV.376 Howe, Reginald Heber, 1875-1932
Contents Note: Understands that Faunce cannot take time to deliver baccalaureate sermon; hopes he will come the next year.
1928 November 02
Box 17, Folder IV.377 Hubbard, Winfield G.
Contents Note: Includes genealogical record which he has prepared for Faunce's son.
1899 April 09
Box 17, Folder IV.377 Hubbard, Winfield G.
Contents Note: Further information about Faunce's ancestors.
1900 November 19
Box 17, Folder IV.377 Hubbard, Winfield G.
Contents Note: More information about Faunce's family.
1900 December 05
Box 17, Folder IV.377 Hubbard, Winfield G.
Contents Note: Discussion of Faunce family and question of first Faunce to emigrate to America.
1922 November 14
Box 17, Folder IV.378 Huff
Contents Note: Thanking him for copy of his book. Signed by his secretary, Richardson.
1928 October 25
Box 17, Folder IV.379 Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 (1881)
Contents Note: Thought it would be best to retire at end of present administration; he is through with public office.
1925 January 31
Box 17, Folder IV.379 Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 (1881)
Contents Note: Dr. Bumpus read letter from Faunce before Board of Fellows; warns him against premature exertion; his vacation in Bermuda interupted by business in New York; will go to Lake George for the summer.
1925 May 05
Box 17, Folder IV.379 Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 (1881)
Contents Note: Advises against attending dinners until he regains his health.
1925 November 13
Box 17, Folder IV.380 Hughes, Charles Evans Jr., 1889-1950 (1909)
Contents Note: Has attended twentieth reunion; cannot stay for commencement because of duties in Washington and at home.
1929 June 16
Box 17, Folder IV.381 Hughes, Pauline Alverson (Barrows), 1898-1982 (1921)
Contents Note: Extending greetings of Brown Alumnae Club of Providence and wishes for his improved health.
1925 June 09
Box 17, Folder IV.382 Hughes, Ray Osgood, 1879-1959 (1900)
Contents Note: Regrets that he cannot attend dinner in honor of Faunce's 25th anniversary as president of Brown. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, May 17, 1924.
1924 May 12
Box 17, Folder IV.383 Hulley, Lincoln, 1865-1934
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; best wishes for future.
1928 October 26
Box 17, Folder IV.383 Hulley, Lincoln, 1865-1934
Contents Note: Congratulations on his successful guidance of Brown and his moral influence on students.
1929 June 03
Box 17, Folder IV.384 Humphreys, Alexander Crombie, 1851-1927 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 18
Box 17, Folder IV.385 Humpstone, John
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; has had serious heart attack.
1928 November 01
Box 17, Folder IV.386 Hunt, Emory William, 1862-1938
Contents Note: Pleased that Chamber of Commerce honored Faunce on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; Clarence R. Johnson valuable addition to Bucknell faculty.
1924 October 15
Box 17, Folder IV.386 Hunt, Emory William, 1862-1938
Contents Note: Thanking him for Facing Life; hopes he will write after retirement.
1928 October 25
Box 17, Folder IV.387 Hunter, J. M.
Contents Note: First part of letter missing. His daughter at Pembroke; regrets Faunce's retirement.
1929
Box 17, Folder IV.388 Huntington, Henry Barrett, 1875-
Contents Note: Hicks prize fund has lost money available for prize books. Asks corporation to present copies of Bronson's history.
1923 January 09
Box 17, Folder IV.388 Huntington, Henry Barrett, 1875-
Contents Note: Pleased by promotion to full professor; appreciates Faunce's encouragement.
1929 January 09
Box 17, Folder IV.389 Hurley, Margaret Banigan
Contents Note: Appreciation of participation in Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; hopes to send her son to Brown.
1914 October 26
Box 17, Folder IV.389 Hurley, Margaret Banigan
Contents Note: Her son, James Banigan Hurley, will have the privilege of graduating under Faunce, as she prayed.
1928 October 0
Box 17, Folder IV.390 Hyde, T. R.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 06
Box 17, Folder IV.391 Ingalls, Persis (Faunce)
Contents Note: Letters from a niece thanking him for book and mentioning domestic problems.
undated
Box 17, Folder IV.392 Irwin, Maude C.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life, which is being read by her children.
1928 October 29
Box 17, Folder IV.393 Isaac, Alfred Elton, 1870-1950 (1904)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; Dr. Barbour honored by Brown Club of Rochester.
1928 October 26
Box 17, Folder IV.394 Italy--Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Contents Note: Announcing conferring of order of Commendatore of the Crown of Italy upon him. Signed, P. Mameli.
1929 July 18
Box 17, Folder IV.395 Jackson, F. Ellis
Contents Note: Unable to attend dinner honoring Faunce; Brown is fortunate in having his guidance.
1924 May 13
Box 17, Folder IV.396 Jackson, Henry Ezekiel, 1869-1939
Contents Note: Pleased by his book, The Social Aspect of Foreign Missions; approves especially of suggestion regarding Oriental fellowships; thinks Brown University should lead the way; he would be willing to assume lectureship in China; resume of his ministry; contemplates leaving Montclair.
1914 August 05
Box 17, Folder IV.397 Jacobs, Harry Loeb
Contents Note: Congratulations on 25 years as president of Brown.
1924 May 20
Box 17, Folder IV.397a Jacquemaire, Clemenceau to Mister President
Contents Note: Enjoyed speaking at Brown.
undated February 04
Box 17, Folder IV.398 Jameson, John Franklin, 1859-1937 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 August 19
Box 17, Folder IV.398 Jameson, John Franklin, 1859-1937 (h1914)
Contents Note: Appreciation of undeserved honor of honorary degree; success of sesquicentennial celebration; particularly gratified by local interest in Brown, which had been lacking in earlier days.
1914 October 20
Box 17, Folder IV.398 Jameson, John Franklin, 1859-1937 (h1914)
Contents Note: Unable to attend reception for Faunce; sends best wishes for his improved health.
1925 June 12
Box 17, Folder IV.399 Jefferson, Charles Edward, 1860-1937
Contents Note: Congratulations on his achievements at Brown; glad to have been associated with him in Peace Union.
1929 April 30
Box 17, Folder IV.400 Johnson, Clarence Richard, 1886-1946 (1909)
Contents Note: Sending his article on superstition in Turkey; is happy at Bucknell; knows many students personally; Thomas Mott Osborne's address to students.
1925 May 31
Box 17, Folder IV.401 Johnson, Clarke Howard, 1851-1930 (1877)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 August 22
Box 17, Folder IV.402 Johnson, Tillman B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 08
Box 17, Folder IV.403 Jones, John Langdon to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Concerning a tribute to Faunce read at First Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
1930 February 06
Box 17, Folder IV.404 Jones, Nelson Bishop, 1902- (1928)
Contents Note: Pleased to have had Faunce's guidance; accepts with regret his resignation from Brown Union.
1929 August 02
Box 17, Folder IV.405 Jones, Rufus Matthew, 1863-1948
Contents Note: Best wishes on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 13
Box 17, Folder IV.406 Jowett, John Henry, 1864-1923
Contents Note: Declining honorary degree; since he cannot be present to receive it.
1914 October 05
Box 17, Folder IV.407 Judah, Noble Brandon, 1851-1918 (1872)
Contents Note: States his preference in selection of a trustee. Does not object to Julius A. Johnson.
1908 September 15
Box 17, Folder IV.407 Judah, Noble Brandon Jr., 1884-1938 (1904)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.408 Jusserand, Jean Adrian Antoine Jules, 1855-1932
Contents Note: Unable to be present to receive honorary degree from Brown.
1907 March 22
Box 17, Folder IV.408 Jusserand, Jean Adrian Antoine Jules, 1855-1932
Contents Note: Does not know where he will be in June. Will come to receive degree if possible.
1907 November 09
Box 17, Folder IV.408 Jusserand, Jean Adrian Antoine Jules, 1855-1932
Contents Note: Sending copy of his presidential address; admiration of Brown.
1922 April 28
Box 17, Folder IV.409 Kahn, Otto Herman, 1867-1934
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's approbation of The Problems of Leisure; thanks him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 December 04
Box 17, Folder IV.410 Kalloch, Lewis H.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 10
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Notice of copy of letters from Pres. Manning.
1907 March 07
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Stating that the American Philosophical Society will send 5 volumes of the "Calendar of the Franklin Papers" to the library at Brown.
1908 October 10
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; considers it a remedy against narrow mindedness.
1908 December 26
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Sending a photograph of doctors, honoris causa, of the University of Paris.
1924 April 25
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Has attended unveiling of busts at Hall of Fame; delivered an address on Morton and anaethesia; has seen "The Miracle," a medical miracle play; congratulates Faunce on his 25 years as president of Brown; there should be no age limit to his service but some of the burden should be assumed by a vice-president or provost.
1924 May 15
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Pleased by affection shown for Faunce at commencement; his citation for Keen's degree too flattering; Keen is going to Lake Mohonk and Seal Harbor.
1925 June 18
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Recommends Mr. Justice Riddell for an honorary Litt.D. degree; is reading Facing Life and intends to quote from it in his addresses.
1928 November 16
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; asks him to suggest a man for professorship at Crozer Theological Institution; for Fellows of Brown suggest Dr. Fosdick and a non-Baptist layman; prefers a nongraduate of Brown preferably from New England; suggests transfer of Senator Metcalf from trustee to fellow.
1929 January 14
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: Recommending that Dr. Robert A. Millikan be awarded honorary degree.
1929 January 29
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859)
Contents Note: He is ignoring advice and attending his 70th commencement.
1929 April 05
Box 17, Folder IV.411 Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932 (1859) to Dr. Arnold Buffum Chace
Contents Note: Shocked by sudden death of Faunce; regrets that his infirmities and the weather prevented his attendance at the funeral.
1930 February 01
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation; if he still wishes to resign, asks him to allow a year to find a successor; he should be relieved of administrative details to allow for more important activities; suggests that Prof. Everett be made "Dean of Administration;" Everett's success as acting president.
1924 April 16
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness; urges him to take care of himself; recommends a sea voyage.
1925 January 10
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Advises a trip to the South to regain health; pleased by recognition of Walter Hampden; many poor speakers in the U.S.; marvels at Faunce's attainment as a speaker.
1925 March 04
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Sending a book by Wickham Steed; Steed's success as a journalist; describes spring in Augusta; Nicholas Murray Butler and William Lyon Phelps are recuperating there.
1925 March 25
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's recovery; about some books Faunce mentioned; receiving letters from Dr. Keen; impressed by Wickham Steed's education for career in journalism.
1925 April 06
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Describes funeral service for Arthur Lord of Plymouth; regrets that Harvard did not confer LL.D. on him; Brown's opportunity to honor Metcalf and Sackett; he will attend celebration of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill.
1925 April 15
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Forwarding a letter from Rev. "Cap" Landrum; thinks Brown should confer degree upon Sen Sackett; fears Sackett's interest might be diverted to Unversity of Louisville; preparing tribute to Arthur Lord.
1925 April 20
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Dr. Nichols commend Faunce for carrying out physician's orders; Prof. Kittredge to take place of Walter Hampden as commencement speaker; voted that Kittredge's degree should be LL.D.; Mitchell already has Litt.D. from Bowdoin and Columbia; Club of Odd Volumes dined with George A. Plimpton and visied J. P. Morgan's library; Kittredge read witty papers; Morgan's library surpasses John Carter Brown in manuscripts; Wroth has read paper before Colonial Society and is commended by Dr. Nichols.
1925 April 26
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872)
Contents Note: Sending one of six copies printed by Updike of Minutes of Corporation respecting appreciation of Dr. Faunce.
1929 October 03
Box 17, Folder IV.412 Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942 (1872) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Shocked by death of Faunce; had lunch with him only last week; is not permitted by his physician to attend funeral.
1930 February 01
Box 17, Folder IV.413 Kelly, Robert Lincoln, 1865-
Contents Note: Copies of Christian Education have been sent as requested; thanks him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 29
Box 17, Folder IV.414 Kemper, Clarence W.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 26
Box 17, Folder IV.415 Kenerson, William Herbert, 1873-1966 (1896)
Contents Note: Appreciation of 25 years of association with Faunce at Brown.
1924 May 15
Box 17, Folder IV.416 King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 15
Box 17, Folder IV.417 King, Henry Melville, 1838-1919
Contents Note: Psalm 121:8; paraphrase in verse.
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Box 17, Folder IV.417 King, Henry Melville, 1838-1919
Contents Note: Thanking him for his "Yale lectures;" will read them with interest if not approval; has no fear of being affected as Faunce's father was.
1908 November 27
Box 17, Folder IV.418 Kinley, David, 1861-1944
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 24
Box 17, Folder IV.419 Klenze, Camillo von, 1865-
Contents Note: Withdraws acceptance of invitation to dinner in connection with Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; was offended by Principal Peterson's speech and fears similar remarks at dinner.
1914 October 15
Box 17, Folder IV.420 Knight, Albert
Contents Note: Sending flowers on behalf of pastor and deacons of First Baptist Church with hope of his recovery from illness and return to the church.
1925 May 28
Box 17, Folder IV.421 Knox, Raymond Collyer, 1876-
Contents Note: Quotes letter from Bob Ackerman praising Faunce's book, Facing Life. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Oct.22, 1928.
1928 October 19
Box 17, Folder IV.422 Knudson, Albert Cornelius, 1873-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 15
Box 17, Folder IV.423 Koo, Vi Kyuin Wellington, 1887-
Contents Note: Not sure at this time whether he can accept invitation to deliver address at Brown on Washington's birthday.
1915 December 03
Box 17, Folder IV.423 Koo, Vi Kyuin Wellington, 1887-
Contents Note: Business of Chinese legislation so pressing that he must decline invitation to speak at Brown.
1915 December 30
Box 17, Folder IV.424 Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 17, Folder IV.424 Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937
Contents Note: Hallam Tennyson, and not his brother, wrote memoir of their father; Koopman did not write editorial about Faunce in Journal; Palmer probably wrote it.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.424 Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937 to Priscilla H. Leonard
Contents Note: On cost of publication of memorial volume for Faunce. With this, copy of reply by C. A. Barbour, April 16, 1930.
1930 April 08
Box 17, Folder IV.425 Kraus, Charles August, 1875-1967
Contents Note: Difficulty in introducing sciences as a cultural subject; feels that incapable students should be eliminated.
1928 May 26
Box 17, Folder IV.425 Kraus, Charles August, 1875-1967
Contents Note: Recommends conferring honorary degree upon Edward C. Franklin. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Jan. 17, 1929.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.425 Kraus, Charles August, 1875-1967
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; has not met finer spirit than at Brown under Faunce's leadership.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.426 Lamont, Hammond, 1864-1909
Contents Note: Will not attend on Visiting Day.
1907 March 09
Box 17, Folder IV.427 Lamport, Samuel Charles, 1880-1941 (1906)
Contents Note: Praises Faunce's work in connection with Better Understanding Committee.
1928 October 09
Box 17, Folder IV.427 Lamport, Samuel Charles, 1880-1941 (1906)
Contents Note: Referring to discussion with Faunce with reference to problems in college circles.
1929 June 05
Box 17, Folder IV.428 Lamson, Rosalie S.
Contents Note: Use of his book, Facing Life, by students at Shanghai College.
1929 November 20
Box 17, Folder IV.429 Lane, Franklin Knight, 1864-1921 (h1916)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1916 May 08
Box 17, Folder IV.430 Lane, Henry Douglas, 1858-1942 (1880)
Contents Note: Belated congratulations on his 70th birthday; living in Japan a great experience; teaching in the university; hopes to come to 50th reunion of class.
1929 February 11
Box 17, Folder IV.431 Lane, Wallace Rutherford, 1876-1946 (1899)
Contents Note: Pleased that New York alumni have presented clock to Faunce; his address an inspiration to Chicago alumni; enjoyed his radio address.
1924 March 03
Box 17, Folder IV.431 Lane, Wallace Rutherford, 1876-1946 (1899)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday from the Brown Club of Chicago.
1929 January 15
Box 17, Folder IV.432 Lane, William Hoyle, 1852-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 17, Folder IV.433 Langdon, William Chauncy, 1871-1947 (1892)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's address at services for Courtney Langdon; asks if he may have a copy.
1924 December 04
Box 17, Folder IV.433 Langdon, William Chauncy, 1871-1947 (1892)
Contents Note: Thanking him for copy of his address at Courtney Langdon's funeral.
1925 February 09
Box 17, Folder IV.434 Lantz, John P.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life, sent to Newport Y.M.C.A.
1929 February 09
Box 17, Folder IV.435 Lathrop, Edward
Contents Note: He was authorized by the Executive Committee and J. B. Colgate to offer him the presidency of Colgate University; does not understand Prof. Wheeler's position.
1893 March 17
Box 17, Folder IV.435 Lathrop, Edward
Contents Note: Amazed by action taken by J. C. Colgate in regard to the offer of presidency of Colgate to Faunce.
1893 March 23
Box 17, Folder IV.436 Lawson, Albert G.
Contents Note: Mentions Faunce's retirement; thanks him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 23
Box 17, Folder IV.436 Lawson, Albert G.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; thanks him for sermon in King's Chapel.
1929 January 16
Box 17, Folder IV.437 Laycock, Dora Goble
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book, Facing Life; may send it to her nephew in Bulgaria.
1928 November 26
Box 18, Folder IV.438 Leland, Waldo Gifford, 1879-1966 (1900)
Contents Note: Appreciation of honorary degree which Brown will confer upon him; has recently returned to America.
1929 June 12
Box 18, Folder IV.439 Lent, Frederick, 1872-1942 (1900)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; growth in equipment and resources during his administration.
1924 May 28
Box 18, Folder IV.439 Lent, Frederick, 1872-1942 (1900)
Contents Note: Grieved by Faunce's illness; wishes him a speedy recovery.
1925 May 20
Box 18, Folder IV.439 Lent, Frederick, 1872-1942 (1900)
Contents Note: Regrets Faunce's retirement as president of Brown; angered by write-up about Faunce in Time Magazine.
1928 November 01
Box 18, Folder IV.439 Lent, Frederick, 1872-1942 (1900)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 12
Box 18, Folder IV.440 Leonard, Priscilla H.
Contents Note: Thanking him for news from Lake Mohonk; enjoys working for Dr. Barbour, but will miss Faunce.
1929 August 31
Box 18, Folder IV.441 Lerrigo, Peter H. J., 1875-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; has been to Africa to study work of mission with view to reorganization.
1928 December 27
Box 18, Folder IV.442 Letts, Ira Lloyd, 1889-1947 (1913)
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's convalescence; will visit him when he can have callers.
1925 May 08
Box 18, Folder IV.443 Levy, Maurice Ambrose, 1874-1939
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 November 08
Box 18, Folder IV.444 Lewis, Frank Grant, 1865-1945 (1893)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1928 November 09
Box 18, Folder IV.444 Lewis, Frank Grant, 1865-1945 (1893)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; sent it to library of American Baptist Historical Society.
1928 December 14
Box 18, Folder IV.445 Lewis, William Mather, 1878-1945
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; has read some of his chapel talks to students at Lafayette College.
1929 January 18
Box 18, Folder IV.446 Lincoln, Arthur, 1849-1917 (1870)
Contents Note: Will not be able to accept the invitation for the 13th.
1907 March 11
Box 18, Folder IV.446 Lincoln, Arthur, 1849-1917 (1870)
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend on Visiting Day.
1908 February 18
Box 18, Folder IV.447 Lincoln, William Ensign, 1847-1944 (1868)
Contents Note: Disappointed that he cannot attend Faunce's last official commencement.
1929 June 09
Box 18, Folder IV.448 Livingston, James Duane, 1859-1936
Contents Note: Regrets that Faunce cannot attend dinner; hopes he enjoys his retirement.
1929 October 18
Box 18, Folder IV.449 Lockhart, B. W.
Contents Note: Sympathy on Faunce's illness; expects that Faunce will retire.
1925 May 21
Box 18, Folder IV.449 Lockhart, B. W.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; memories of Newton 50 years ago; is satisfied with his own commonplace ministry; serenity of his old age; death of his wife.
1929 June 18
Box 18, Folder IV.450 Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924
Contents Note: Declining invitation to speak.
1916 December 28
Box 18, Folder IV.451 Lord, Arthur, 1850-1925 (h1921)
Contents Note: Congratulations on the success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration and especially on his citations for honorary degrees.
1914 October 20
Box 18, Folder IV.452 Lord, Augustus Mendon, 1861-1941 (h1906)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will use it daily for meditation and inspiration.
1928 October 02
Box 18, Folder IV.452 Lord, Augustus Mendon, 1861-1941 (h1906)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; appreciates his friendship and inspiration.
1929 January 15
Box 18, Folder IV.453 Lowe, John Smith
Contents Note: Asks him to autograph copy of Facing Life; was associated with Faunce as minister of Church of the Mediator in Providence; offices held since leaving Providence.
1929 February 13
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: Letter of introduction for John H. Storer, who wants to talk to Faunce about an industrial school for the Zulus in South Africa.
1913 October 20
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 August 19
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: President Swain can meet them at the World Peace Foundation headquarters on January 7.
1916 January 04
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: Would like to resign as chairman of executive committee of World Peace Foundation. Considers Mr. Cummings or Professor Hudson as possible successor.
1923 December 11
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: Asks names of delegates to meeting of Association of New England Colleges.
1924 November 05
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: Invites Faunce to stay with him during meeting.
1924 November 12
Box 18, Folder IV.454 Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943 (h1914)
Contents Note: Dec. 7 is the best time for meeting.
1929 August 19
Box 18, Folder IV.455 Lucas, Frances
Contents Note: Appreciation of exercises of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration which has brought "renewal of enthusiasm for the educator's task."
1914 October 19
Box 18, Folder IV.456 Luft, Herbert, 1906-1959 (1929)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 18, Folder IV.457 Lull, Herbert W.
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his retirement; his work has made him immortal in Providence; Lull is in 55th year of service in education.
1928 October 14
Box 18, Folder IV.458 Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1898-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; appreciates Faunce's efforts to make him feel at home at Brown.
1928 October 26
Box 18, Folder IV.459 McClellan, Orleana Fisher
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; appreciates his influence on her son, Stephen; Stephen's wedding.
1929 January 17
Box 18, Folder IV.460 MacCombie, Herbert Eden, 1899-1977 (1921)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; appreciates Faunce's interest in him since his graduation from Brown.
1929 January 22
Box 18, Folder IV.461 McConaughy, James Lukens, 1887-1948
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's letter welcoming him to presidency of Wesleyan.
1924 November 14
Box 18, Folder IV.462 McConnell, James E.
Contents Note: Congratulations on 150th anniversary of University; thanks for brotherly interest and gift of book.
1914 October 19
Box 18, Folder IV.463 McCrossen, J. Willard
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; it will have wide influence for good.
1928 December 14
Box 18, Folder IV.464 McDiarmid, A. P.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 04
Box 18, Folder IV.465 McDonald, Henry T.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; Brown students are privileged to have his guidance; best wishes for his retirement.
1928 October 24
Box 18, Folder IV.466 McDonnell, Thomas Francis Irving, 1868-1939 (1891)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; congratulates him on service to Brown, city and state.
1928 October 25
Box 18, Folder IV.466 McDonnell, Thomas Francis Irving, 1868-1939 (1891)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Jan.17, 1929, thanking him for his gift and rejoicing in his returning health.
1929 January
Box 18, Folder IV.467 MacFarlane, H. King
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 08
Box 18, Folder IV.468 McGlothlin, William Joseph, 1867-1933
Contents Note: Thanking him for volume of chapel talks, which he will use in his own chapel talks.
1928 November 01
Box 18, Folder IV.469 McGough, John Henry, 1883-1949 (1905)
Contents Note: Sending review of Faunce's book; praises Faunce's work.
1928 November 12
Box 18, Folder IV.470 MacKenzie, William Douglas, 1859-1936
Contents Note: Thanking him for volume of addresses; Faunce's retirement.
1929 January 07
Box 18, Folder IV.471 McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham, 1861-1947
Contents Note: Congratulates Faunce on his service to Brown; appreciates his affection for Rowland.
1929 June 16
Box 18, Folder IV.472 McLaughry, DeOrmond, 1893-
Contents Note: Glad that his work as a football coach has pleased Faunce; impressed by Faunce's words on sportsmanship in Facing Life.
1928 December 23
Box 18, Folder IV.473 McLean, John Knox, 1834-1914
Contents Note: Thanking him for copy of his lectures.
1908 December 03
Box 18, Folder IV.474 MacLeish, Martha H.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; pleased by election of Dr. Barbour, with whom she served on the Baptist Board of Education; beauty of chapel at University of Chicago.
1928 October 30
Box 18, Folder IV.475 McMillan, George O. to The MacMillan Company
Contents Note: Expressing thanks for Faunce's book; is reading it to students at Westminster College. Letter signed by his secretary.
1929 January 11
Box 18, Folder IV.476 McNutt, William R.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; regrets his resignation as president.
1928 October 30
Box 18, Folder IV.477 McVikar, William Nielson, 1843-1910 (h1914)
Contents Note: Thanks him for sending his Yale lectures.
1908 November 25
Box 18, Folder IV.478 Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 August 29
Box 18, Folder IV.479 Marburg, Theodore, 1862-1946
Contents Note: Invitation to dinner Sept.6 at Hotel Metropole to meet group "who wish to discuss America's relations to the League of Nations."
1922 September 06
Box 18, Folder IV.480 Marston, Edgar Lewis, 1860-
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; Marston is ill and anxious to return to California; invites Faunce to visit there. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Jan. 17, 1929.
1929 January 15
Box 18, Folder IV.481 Marston, Hunter Sylvester, 1885-1979 (1908)
Contents Note: Enjoyed dinner honoring Faunce; Alexander Meiklejohn sincere in his convictions; his father is coming from Pacific coast; will try to get him to come to commencement.
1924 May 19
Box 18, Folder IV.482 Martin, Robert Grant, 1882-1931 (1904)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 11
Box 18, Folder IV.483 Mason, Caroline Atwater, 1853-1939 to Mrs. Sarah Faunce
Contents Note: Enjoyed reports of Faunce's peace speeches.
undated
Box 18, Folder IV.484 Mason, Kenneth Oliver, 1893-1930 (1914)
Contents Note: Report on problems of university finance and admissions; mentions Rockefeller's views on tuition.
1927
Box 18, Folder IV.484 Mason, Kenneth Oliver, 1893-1930 (1914)
Contents Note: Distribution of Faunce's book of chapel addresses to secondary schools valuable in calling attention to Brown; hopes some alumnus will represent Brown at "Go to College Day" in Waterbury, CT.
1928 November 08
Box 18, Folder IV.485 Mathews, Shailer, 1863-1941 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 September 17
Box 18, Folder IV.485 Mathews, Shailer, 1863-1941 (h1914)
Contents Note: Appreciation of honorary degree and success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 17
Box 18, Folder IV.485 Mathews, Shailer, 1863-1941 (h1914)
Contents Note: Pleased that Faunce has been honored; comments on his portrait.
1924 October 18
Box 18, Folder IV.486 Mathewson, Lester Benjamin, 1873-1964 (1898)
Contents Note: Sending copy of Homer which belonged to Henry S. Latham; story of Latham's life.
1928 June 20
Box 18, Folder IV.487 Matsumoto, Julius Kumpei (a1894)
Contents Note: Gratitude to Brown; reception for Dr. Mead in Tokyo; friendship between Japan and U.S.A.; sending a book.
1929 September 16
Box 18, Folder IV.488 Matters, Thomas H.
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's baccalaureate sermon.
1929 June 19
Box 18, Folder IV.489 Matteson, Frank Willington, 1869-1933 (1892)
Contents Note: Concerning Aldrich brothers'gift of $500,000 to Brown provided the university raises the same amount.
1925 April 11
Box 18, Folder IV.489 Matteson, Frank Willington, 1869-1933 (1892)
Contents Note: Mentions bequest to Brown in Maxfield wills.
1928 November 15
Box 18, Folder IV.489 Matteson, Frank Willington, 1869-1933 (1892)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 14
Box 18, Folder IV.490 Mayer, Edwin Bloch, 1888-1947 (1909)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president.
1924 May 16
Box 18, Folder IV.491 Mayo, Ethel G.
Contents Note: Asking Faunce to autograph a copy of Facing Life for her fiance, Kenneth D. Johnson.
n.y. October 31
Box 18, Folder IV.492 Mead, Albert Davis, 1869-1946 (a1891)
Contents Note: On Faunce's progress in recovery from illness; proud of Dr. Burgess; is carrying on his work with help of colleagues.
1925 March 13
Box 18, Folder IV.492 Mead, Albert Davis, 1869-1946 (a1891)
Contents Note: Sending gift during Faunce's illness.
1925 April 18
Box 18, Folder IV.492 Mead, Albert Davis, 1869-1946 (a1891)
Contents Note: Faunce elected president emeritus and resigned from board of J. C. Brown Library; helping Dr. Barbour prepare annual report; the Barbours have visited Mead.
1929 August 31
Box 18, Folder IV.492 Mead, Albert Davis, 1869-1946 (a1891) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Proud of his service at church and radio address on death of Dr. Faunce.
1930 February 03
Box 18, Folder IV.493 Meader, Walter Sidney, 1857-1938 (1880)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 18, Folder IV.494 Meeser, Spenser Byron, 1859-1939 (h1921)
Contents Note: Praising address before Providence Chamber of Commerce.
1924 October 08
Box 18, Folder IV.494 Meeser, Spenser Byron, 1859-1939 (h1921)
Contents Note: Requesting paper for Crozer Quarterly; President Evans to review his book.
1928 October 06
Box 18, Folder IV.494 Meeser, Spenser Byron, 1859-1939 (h1921)
Contents Note: Regrets Faunce's retirement; understands he cannot write paper for Crozer Quarterly; thanks him for his book.
1928 October 31
Box 18, Folder IV.495 Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964 (1893)
Contents Note: Will keep engagement with Faunce; asks if he may talk to boys about plans for a liberal education.
1914 March 02
Box 18, Folder IV.496 Merriam, Edmund Franklin, 1847-1930
Contents Note: Honored by appointment to Committee on the Biblical Literature department; comments on Faunce's Educational Ideal in the Ministry, which he will review.
1908 November 15
Box 18, Folder IV.497 Merrick, John Vaughan, 1894-
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; appreciates Faunce's letter on his election to Headmastership of St. George's School.
1928 October 11
Box 18, Folder IV.497 Merrick, John Vaughan, 1894-
Contents Note: Regrets that Faunce will be unable to attend Prize Day at St.George's School; hopes he will be able to visit school after retirement.
1929 June 06
Box 18, Folder IV.498 Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, 1860-1942 (h1921)
Contents Note: Republican victory in RI hopes to make good as Senator; regrets severing business relations.
1924 November 14
Box 18, Folder IV.498 Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, 1860-1942 (h1921)
Contents Note: He is to be guest of Brown alumni association of Washington; requests that Faunce write a letter to be read on that occasion.
1925 February 03
Box 18, Folder IV.498 Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, 1860-1942 (h1921)
Contents Note: Uncertain as to whether he will be able to attend commencement luncheon.
1929 May 27
Box 18, Folder IV.499 Metcalf, Stephen Olney, 1857-1950 (1878)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry; he is loyal supporter of Faunce despite occasional differences.
1908 November 27
Box 18, Folder IV.500 Miller, Alton L.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 27
Box 18, Folder IV.501 Miller, Harry Edward, 1897-1937
Contents Note: Gratitude for understanding of a personal problem.
1925 June 18
Box 18, Folder IV.501 Miller, Harry Edward, 1897-1937
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; influenced by his serene philosophy.
1929 January 15
Box 18, Folder IV.502 Miner, George Leland, 1875-1966 (1897)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; his admiration shared by class of 1897.
1928 October 13
Box 18, Folder IV.503 Misch, Marion L. Simonds, 1869-
Contents Note: Tribute: "Of all the men I know, you most truly honor the doctorate."
1924 October 27
Box 18, Folder IV.503 Misch, Marion L. Simonds, 1869-
Contents Note: Regrets his absence at a gathering last Saturday, but approves of his thus safeguarding his health.
1928 November 21
Box 18, Folder IV.504 Mitchell, Robert McBurney, 1879-1956 (a1914)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 18, Folder IV.505 Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1938 (h1910)
Contents Note: Regrets being unable to attend sesquicentennial celebration of Brown; his year at Brown an enriching experience.
1914 October 27
Box 18, Folder IV.506 Mixer, Albert Harrison, 1822-1908
Contents Note: Asks if he would consider accepting the presidency of University of Rochester; the university's requirements regarding endowment, coeducation, relations with seminary.
1897 December 02
Box 18, Folder IV.507 Mohler, Mark, 1885-1975 (1911)
Contents Note: Sympathy on his illness; is teaching history in Winthrop, MA; expecting to receive M.A. from Harvard; tries to emulate Faunce's example of ministry in education.
1925 June 13
Box 18, Folder IV.507 Mohler, Mark, 1885-1975 (1911)
Contents Note: Wishes to honor him on occasion of his last commencement; appreciates encouragement on change from parish work to teaching.
1929 June 13
Box 18, Folder IV.508 Mohr, J. C. B. firm, Tubingen
Contents Note: Concerning terms for a German translation of Faunce's book, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry.
1910 January-September
Box 18, Folder IV.509 Montgomery, Helen Barrett, 1861-1934
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, Facing Life.
1928 December 20
Box 18, Folder IV.510 Mooar, Eva Alberta
Contents Note: Greetings from staff of Pembroke on his latest commencement; grateful for his interest in Pembroke.
1929 June 17
Box 18, Folder IV.511 Moody, Paul Dwight, 1879-1947
Contents Note: Asking for summary of what he said at Cambridge concerning value of broad general course for benefit of Middlebury College students.
1924 December 13
Box 18, Folder IV.512 Moore, Edward Caldwell, 1857- to Brown University
Contents Note: Cannot accept the invitation for Visiting Day on March 13.
1907 March 11
Box 18, Folder IV.512 Moore, Edward Caldwell, 1857-
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend Visiting Day and expresses his disappointment.
1908 February 11
Box 18, Folder IV.513 Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 August 29
Box 18, Folder IV.514 Moore, John Milton, 1871-1947
Contents Note: Best wishes for his retirement; thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 27
Box 18, Folder IV.514 Moore, John Milton, 1871-1947
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, Facing Life; best wishes for his retirement.
1928 November 20
Box 18, Folder IV.515 Moreland, James
Contents Note: Thanking him on behalf of Georgetown College for his book, Facing Life.
1929 January 22
Box 18, Folder IV.516 Morrison, Charles Clayton, 1874-
Contents Note: He was not able to come to Providence; best wishes on Faunce's retirement.
1928 November 19
Box 18, Folder IV.517 Morriss, Margaret Shove
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; it has been an inspiration to work with him.
undated
Box 18, Folder IV.518 Morriss, Mary E.
Contents Note: Admiration of community for Faunce shown on his birthday; thanks him for sharing roses with her.
1929 January 16
Box 18, Folder IV.519 Morriss, William H.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Jan. 16, 1929, thanking him for azalea.
1929 January 15
Box 18, Folder IV.520 Morse, Withrow
Contents Note: Commending his baccalaureate sermon.
1929 June 17
Box 18, Folder IV.521 Morton, Norris Thompson
Contents Note: Recalls a sermon preached by Faunce at Newton; best wishes for his retirement.
1929 June 25
Box 18, Folder IV.522 Motley, James Marvin
Contents Note: Best wishes on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; cannot attend reception; building a home in Baltimore.
1924 May 15
Box 18, Folder IV.523 Mott, John Raleigh, 1865- (h1931)
Contents Note: Hopes Faunce's health will permit attendance at October meeting of Institute of Social and Religious Research; acknowledges letter.
1925 June 26
Box 18, Folder IV.524 Mower, Irving B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; his son, Malcolm, has been registrar at Colby since his return from social work in the Philippines.
1928 October 27
Box 18, Folder IV.525 Mullins, Edgar Young, 1860-1928
Contents Note: Acknowledging letter in connection with Mullins'25th anniversary.
1924 October 17
Box 18, Folder IV.526 Mullison, David G.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; plans to use it in his chapel exercises at Hartshorn Memorial College.
1928 November 01
Box 18, Folder IV.527 Murlin, Lemuel Herbert, 1861-1935
Contents Note: Concerning his release as president of Boston University.
1924 September 29
Box 18, Folder IV.528 Murray, Christopher Alexander, 1858-1938 (1897)
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book; best wishes for his retirement.
1928 December 07
Box 18, Folder IV.529 Murray, W. H.
Contents Note: Praises effect of religious books and expresses hope that he will come to MacMillan Company if he needs a publisher.
1929 November 22
Box 18, Folder IV.530 Myers, Harry S.
Contents Note: Has just completed eight week course on Faunce's "The Social Aspect of Foreign Missions."
1915 March 11
Box 18, Folder IV.531 Nagel, Charles, 1849-1940 (h1911)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; pleased by his statement on college of today.
1929 January 23
Box 18, Folder IV.532 Naon, Romulo Sebastian, d.1941 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree; will work for stronger mutual consideration between U.S. and Argentina.
1914 August 21
Box 18, Folder IV.533 Newhard, Chapin Slater (1922)
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book; asks him to autograph copy; his "chapel course" is considered a classic by undergraduates.
1928 November 24
Box 18, Folder IV.534 Newman, Louis Israel, 1894-1972 (1913)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will forward a copy of his addresses at Asilomar.
1928 November 05
Box 18, Folder IV.534 Newman, Louis Israel, 1894-1972 (1913)
Contents Note: Concerning his article in "Jewish Tribune;" unable to attend commencement or visit Lake Mohonk since he will be at Palo Alto for the summer.
1929 June 03
Box 18, Folder IV.535 Nichols, Charles Lemuel, 1851-1929 (1872)
Contents Note: Encouragement in his illness.
1925 February 15
Box 18, Folder IV.535 Nichols, Charles Lemuel, 1851-1929 (1872)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 18, Folder IV.536 Nicholson, Samuel M., 1861-1939
Contents Note: Disappointment that he could not attend 25th anniversary dinner for Faunce. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, May 20, 1924.
1924 May 17
Box 18, Folder IV.537 Nitobe, Inazo Ota, 1862-1933
Contents Note: Faunce's forthcoming visit to Geneve; rejoices at achievements of the Washington Conference.
1922 March 10
Box 18, Folder IV.537 Nitobe, Inazo Ota, 1862-1933
Contents Note: Concerning hotel accommodations in Geneve.
1922 May 15
Box 18, Folder IV.538 Noble, Therese Lownes
Contents Note: Thanking him for book; praises his citations.
undated
Box 18, Folder IV.539 Noguchi, Hideyo, 1876-1928 (h1921)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1920 December 28
Box 18, Folder IV.540 Northrop, Frank
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 17
Box 18, Folder IV.540 Northrop, Frank
Contents Note: Recalls Faunce's illness in his office; will send new supply of "treatment."
1925 January 10
Box 18, Folder IV.541 Norton, Arthur Henry, 1870-1939
Contents Note: Thanks him for his book; his successful service at Brown.
1928 November 02
Box 18, Folder IV.542 Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941
Contents Note: Congratulations on his work at Brown.
1928 December 07
Box 18, Folder IV.543 Nuttle, Charles H.
Contents Note: Gratitude for his book; would like to publish some of his chapel talks in Y.M.C.A. monthly bulletin.
1929 February 22
Box 18, Folder IV.544 O'Brien, Dennis Francis, 1876-1946 (1898)
Contents Note: Intends to be present at Visiting Day at Brown; has given Faunce's book to several people, including Mary Pickford and Mr. Sherwell of the State Department.
1929 February 01
Box 18, Folder IV.544 O'Brien, Dennis Francis, 1876-1946 (1898)
Contents Note: Enclosing a report by his son Paul relative to Brown dinner in Boston. Report with this; describes speeches by Faunce, Mead and Hughes.
1929 February 09
Box 18, Folder IV.545 O'Brien, Robert Lincoln (h1924)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary Litt.D. degree.
1924 January 21
Box 18, Folder IV.546 Oldham, James Roberts Decrevi, d.1953 (1897)
Contents Note: Pres. Andrews persuaded him to attend Brown and gave him financial aid; pleased by Faunce's administration.
1928 November 05
Box 18, Folder IV.547 Olds, George Daniel, 1853-1931
Contents Note: Regrets that Faunce cannot attend his inauguration a president of Amherst College; appreciates his message.
1924 October 27
Box 18, Folder IV.548 O'Neill, E. Frances
Contents Note: Regrets that Brown will lose Faunce's leadership; recalls years in Providence and letter he wrote her with pleasure.
1928 November 13
Box 18, Folder IV.549 Ordway, Samuel Hanson, 1860-1934 (1880)
Contents Note: Will not be present on Visiting Day next Wednesday.
1908 February 23
Box 18, Folder IV.549 Ordway, Samuel Hanson, 1860-1934 (1880)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 18, Folder IV.549 Ordway, Samuel Hanson, 1860-1934 (1880) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Unable to attend Faunce's funeral; his great career.
1930 February 03
Box 19, Folder IV.550 Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 17
Box 19, Folder IV.551 Padelford, Frank William, 1872-1944
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; cannot accept invitation as he must speak at Northern Baptist Convention.
1929 June 10
Box 19, Folder IV.552 Palmer, Henry Robinson, 1867-1943 (1890)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book and complimentary inscription; quotes favorite passage which he would like to use in Alumni Monthly.
1928 October 16
Box 19, Folder IV.553 Palmer, Parker C.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; he was secretary of Home Mission Society when Faunce was on board.
1928 October 30
Box 19, Folder IV.554 Palmer, Ralph Mallory, 1887-1973 (1910)
Contents Note: Suggests that Faunce's book be distributed to freshmen by Brown Christian Association; notes typographical error.
1928 November 08
Box 19, Folder IV.554 Palmer, Ralph Mallory, 1887-1973 (1910)
Contents Note: Suggests publication of cheaper edition of Facing Life for exclusive use in colleges.
1928 November 20
Box 19, Folder IV.555 Park, John Edgar, 1879-
Contents Note: Compliments Faunce on influence on youth during his administration.
1928 October 11
Box 19, Folder IV.556 Parker, Frederick Charles Wesby, 1872-1945 (1900)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; appreciates his influence; Kiwanis Convention will prevent his attendance at commencement.
1928 October 26
Box 19, Folder IV.557 Parkhurst, Charles H.
Contents Note: His high regard for Faunce; Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 21
Box 19, Folder IV.558 Payne, Bruce Ryburn, 1874-1937
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; appreciates an address he made at Peabody College.
1924 October 14
Box 19, Folder IV.559 Peabody, Endicott, 1857-1944
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; his contribution to American education.
1928 November 03
Box 19, Folder IV.560 Peabody, Francis Greenwood, 1847-1936
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; his own early retirement; Faunce's service as preacher at Harvard; his doubt whether to become a musician or a minister.
1929 June 19
Box 19, Folder IV.561 Peabody, Lucy W.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; Dr. Barbour will never fill his shoes; political views.
1928 October 15
Box 19, Folder IV.561 Peabody, Lucy W.
Contents Note: On his 70th birthday; invites him to come to Florida.
1929 January 24
Box 19, Folder IV.562 Peacock, Joseph Leishman, 1873-1954 (1900)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; unable to attend dinner in his honor.
1924 May 10
Box 19, Folder IV.563 Pearce, Edward D.
Contents Note: Asks that his name be dropped from the Committee to visit the Department of Botany.
1908 February 11
Box 19, Folder IV.564 Peck, Annie Smith, 1850-1935
Contents Note: Regrets his resignation; early friendship with Dr. Andrews; she was first woman to ask admission to Brown; her education at Michigan; her writing, teaching and mountain-climbing achievements; her career hampered by being a woman and lack of doctor's degree.
1929 June 03
Box 19, Folder IV.565 Peck, William Thane, 1848-1939 (1870)
Contents Note: On Faunce's 70th birthday, recalls Mrs. Browning's "Reward of Service."
1929 January 14
Box 19, Folder IV.566 Peirce, Arthur Winslow, 1860-1934
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; recalls an address by Faunce at Dean Academy; best wishes for his retirement.
1928 October 26
Box 19, Folder IV.567 Pendleton, Ellen Fitz, 1864-1936 (h1911)
Contents Note: Acknowledging letter; regrets that he could not share in Wellesley College's celebration.
1925 June 05
Box 19, Folder IV.568 Pendleton, J. S.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 October 27
Box 19, Folder IV.569 Perkins, Ada Reed
Contents Note: First part of letter missing. Sentiments she wishes him to convey to his "boys."
undated
Box 19, Folder IV.570 Perkins, Fred Bartlett, 1897-1969 (1919)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 66th birthday.
1925 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.571 Perkins, John Carroll
Contents Note: Asking him to preach at King's Chapel.
1929 September 30
Box 19, Folder IV.572 Perry, Caroline Augusta (Faunce), 1833-1882 to Daniel Worcester Faunce
Contents Note: Local religious news.
1851 August 01
Box 19, Folder IV.573 Perry, H. Francis
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; his own retirement and health; plans to publish Celestial Arithmetic.
1928 October 22
Box 19, Folder IV.574 Perry, James DeWolf, 1871-1947
Contents Note: Will deliver chapel address at Brown on Jan. 30.
1915 January 09
Box 19, Folder IV.574 Perry, James DeWolf, 1871-1947
Contents Note: Unable to attend testimonial dinner for Faunce; his good wishes.
1924 October 01
Box 19, Folder IV.574 Perry, James DeWolf, 1871-1947
Contents Note: Thanking him for volume of his citations.
1924 December 01
Box 19, Folder IV.574 Perry, James DeWolf, 1871-1947
Contents Note: Disappointed by postponement of Dr. Penniman's visit; unable to attend commencement exercises, but will be present at dinner.
1925 June 16
Box 19, Folder IV.575 Perry, Mary G. C., Untitled
Contents Note: Will and "Letter Testamentary," Oct. 1, 1877, and accounts of executors of her estate. Mentions her grandson, WHPF.
1874 May
Box 19, Folder IV.576 Peterson, Sir William, 1856-1921 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 September 08
Box 19, Folder IV.577 Petty, Alonzo Ray, 1887-1932
Contents Note: Mentions Faunce's illness; influence of his leadership.
1929 March 01
Box 19, Folder IV.578 Petty, Carl Wallace, 1884-1932
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; praises it.
1928 November 12
Box 19, Folder IV.579 Pezet, Federico Alfonso, 1859-1929 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 October 10
Box 19, Folder IV.580 Phelan, Warren Waverly, 1869-1935
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1929 January 28
Box 19, Folder IV.581 Phi Beta Kappa--Rhode Island Alpha
Contents Note: Informing him of election to P.B.K. Signed by John H. Appleton, corresponding secretary. On third page of folder, extract from Faunce's diary, giving impression of initiation.
1879 May 29
Box 19, Folder IV.582 Pickford, Mary, 1893-
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, Facing Life. With this, copy of Faunce's reply, Aug. 20, 1929.
1929 August 05
Box 19, Folder IV.583 Plehn, Carl Cropping, 1867-1945 (1889)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree; he will represent President Wheeler at Brown University's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 August 28
Box 19, Folder IV.584 Plimpton, George L.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; mentions Faunce's devotion to cause of international amity.
1928 October 30
Box 19, Folder IV.585 Poland, William Carey, 1846-1929 (1868)
Contents Note: Notes progress of Brown University under Faunce's administration; ill health prevents his attendance at testimonial dinner.
1924 May 14
Box 19, Folder IV.586 Ponton, W. N.
Contents Note: Enclosing clipping on action of McMaster University in regard to Shields' opposition to Faunce; clipping with this.
1924 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.587 Pope, Carey Joseph, 1858-1932
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will use it in class at University of Nebraska.
1929 January 10
Box 19, Folder IV.588 Porter, Elizabeth S.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
n.y. November 28
Box 19, Folder IV.589 Porter, Henry Kirke, 1840-1921 (1860)
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend the meeting on the 26th of Visiting Committees.
1908 February 17
Box 19, Folder IV.590 Poteat, William Louis, 1856-1938 (h1927)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his career at Brown; thanks him for his book.
1928 November 02
Box 19, Folder IV.590 Poteat, William Louis, 1856-1938 (h1927)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his retirement; sends his book, The Way of Victory.
1929 June 27
Box 19, Folder IV.591 Potter, Alfred Knight, 1880-1936 (1902)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 December 15
Box 19, Folder IV.592 Potter, George Milton
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; has heard good reports of his chapel talks; recalls meeting him as preacher at Harvard.
1928 November 01
Box 19, Folder IV.593 Potterton, Thomas Edward, 1868-1933
Contents Note: Considers Faunce among the great preachers of America; inspiration of his talks at Lake Mohonk.
1924 December 19
Box 19, Folder IV.594 Powel, Elsa Putnam
Contents Note: Regrets inability to accept invitation to Faculty Club; best wishes for his retirement.
1929 June 18
Box 19, Folder IV.595 Prentice, Alta Rockefeller to Mrs. Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Death of her grandmother.
1897 September 07
Box 19, Folder IV.595 Prentice, Alta Rockefeller to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Mentions New Year's activities; family receptions; Mrs. Faunce's new home.
1902 January 09
Box 19, Folder IV.595 Prentice, Alta Rockefeller to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce
Contents Note: Description of fire which burned her home.
1902 September 19
Box 19, Folder IV.596 Presbrey, Walter Ackman, 1867-1944 (1890)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 19, Folder IV.597 Pritchett, Henry Smith, 1857-1939
Contents Note: Faunce's contribution to education; recommends Santa Barbara as place for retirement.
1928 October 11
Box 19, Folder IV.598 Providence--Calvary Baptist Church
Contents Note: Signed by six men associated with him at Friendship St Church. Pleasant memories of association with him.
1925 March 09
Box 19, Folder IV.599 Providence--Citizens to the Executive Committee of the Corporation of Brown University
Contents Note: A request for reconsideration of the location of the proposed building on Waterman Street. Signed by Charles Morris Smith and others; three pages of signatures.
undated
Box 19, Folder IV.600 Puffer, H. C.
Contents Note: His feelings on Faunce's resignation as pastor of State Street Baptist Church.
1889 August 04
Box 19, Folder IV.600 Puffer, H. C.
Contents Note: Thanking him for book; also has a sermon by Faunce, which he reads when despondent; Mrs. Puffer's illness.
1908 November 30
Box 19, Folder IV.600 Puffer, H. C.
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter of sympathy; wishes him recovery of illness; suggests that he retire.
1925 February 01
Box 19, Folder IV.601 Purinton, Herbert Ronelle, 1867-1934
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; recalls hearing him speak at Delta Upsilon convention in 1891 or 1892; sends his Achievement of the Master.
1928 October 27
Box 19, Folder IV.602 Putnam, F. W.
Contents Note: Thanking him for book; will look for autograph of President Maxcy.
1918 June 11
Box 19, Folder IV.603 Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 September 14
Box 19, Folder IV.603 Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955 (h1914)
Contents Note: Success of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; honored to receive honorary degree.
1914 October 17
Box 19, Folder IV.604 Raiford, Lemuel Charles, 1872-1944 (1900)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 November 22
Box 19, Folder IV.604 Raiford, Lemuel Charles, 1872-1944 (1900)
Contents Note: Unable to attend commencement; progress of Brown under Faunce's administration.
1929 June 12
Box 19, Folder IV.605 Raines, Richard Campbell
Contents Note: Appreciation of his spiritual leaderboat of community on behalf of Mathewson Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
1929 June 12
Box 19, Folder IV.606 Rakestraw, Norris Watson, 1895- (h1944)
Contents Note: Has just returned from Faunce's baccalaureate sermon; sends a clipping which relates to his words on discouragement.
1929 June 16
Box 19, Folder IV.607 Raleigh, Sir Walter Alexander, 1861-1922
Contents Note: Sending autographs of Queen Victoria and Balfour of Burleigh for collection of Perry E. Faunce, will prepare Chaucer lectures for the press.
1915 June 10
Box 19, Folder IV.608 Randall, Otis Everett, 1860-1946 (1884)
Contents Note: Concerning educational meeting he is attending.
n.y. January 12
Box 19, Folder IV.608 Randall, Otis Everett, 1860-1946 (1884), Address
Contents Note: Presentation and Address...on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the inauguration of President W. H. P. Faunce.
1919 October 15
Box 19, Folder IV.608 Randall, Otis Everett, 1860-1946 (1884)
1929 January 16
Box 19, Folder IV.609 Ranger, Walter Eugene, 1855-1941
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend on Visiting Day.
1908 February 22
Box 19, Folder IV.610 Rauschenbusch, Walter, 1861-1918
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; his family is still in Germany; may come to Providence to address Rhode Island Social Union.
1908 December 31
Box 19, Folder IV.610 Rauschenbusch, Walter, 1861-1918
Contents Note: About prayer; his book of prayers; Prof. Lawton.
1910 December 18
Box 19, Folder IV.610 Rauschenbusch, Walter, 1861-1918
Contents Note: Concerning article he wrote on Germany and public opposition it aroused.
1914 December 10
Box 19, Folder IV.610 Rauschenbusch, Walter, 1861-1918
Contents Note: Defending Germany against American condemnation; with these, copy of Faunce's letter to Rauschenbusch, Jan. 22, 1917.
1917 January 0-February 0
Box 19, Folder IV.611 Reid, William
Contents Note: Regrets that Faunce's illness kept him from centennial gathering of RI Baptist State Convention; conveys resolution of sympathy passed by the convention.
1925 May 22
Box 19, Folder IV.612 Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927 (h1914)
Contents Note: Will return from Europe in time to attend Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 August 30
Box 19, Folder IV.612 Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary degree.
1914 September 26
Box 19, Folder IV.613 Rice, Herbert Howard, 1870-1938 (1892)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 13
Box 19, Folder IV.613 Rice, Herbert Howard, 1870-1938 (1892)
Contents Note: On Faunce's decision to resign presidency of the university.
1928 October 17
Box 19, Folder IV.613 Rice, Herbert Howard, 1870-1938 (1892)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.614 Rice, Vernon, 1887-1938 (1916)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.615 Rich, Raymond Thomas, 1899-1959 (1922)
Contents Note: Mentions Chester Green; unable to attend Brown dinner; difficulty in finding field secretaries for World Peace Foundation.
1929 February 05
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: Concerning Faunce's book, for which he expresses high hopes.
1908 November 28
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's friendship and help; Faunce has exceeded his hopes in his administration of Brown; pleased with his own work.
1924 December 23
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: Refers to Dr. Foster's service to Brown; his friendship and esteem for Robert Ashworth.
1925 February 02
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 September 29
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown.
1928 October 18
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: Thanking him for letter written on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 17
Box 19, Folder IV.616 Richardson, Richard
Contents Note: Impressed by commencement; sorry that he can do so little for Faunce.
1929 June 19
Box 19, Folder IV.617 Richardson, Roland George Dwight, 1878-1949
Contents Note: Has visited Algeria and Tunis in company of a French couple; mentions French animosity toward the Germans; impression of Arab life and Sahara Desert; was guest of Caid of El-Kantara; impressions of Carthage; Prof. and Mrs. Smith are in Greece and their children are in Heyres; congratulates Faunce on his 25 years of service to Brown.
1925 April 11
Box 19, Folder IV.617 Richardson, Roland George Dwight, 1878-1949
Contents Note: On Faunce's 70th birthday; will miss him when he retires.
1929 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.618 Richardson, Willard Samuel, 1866-1952 (1894)
Contents Note: Acknowledges letter; understands his feeling about retirement; thanks him for verses.
1928 October 23
Box 19, Folder IV.619 Richman, Irving Berdine, 1861-1938
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement as president of Brown; recognition by Brown has been of value to him.
1928 December 18
Box 19, Folder IV.620 Richmond, J. Lee, 1857-1929 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th year as president of Brown; best wishes for future.
1924 June 15
Box 19, Folder IV.620 Richmond, J. Lee, 1857-1929 (1880)
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness.
1925 March 16
Box 19, Folder IV.620 Richmond, J. Lee, 1857-1929 (1880)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 31
Box 19, Folder IV.621 Ridgway, Erman Jesse, 1867-1943
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown.
1928 November 08
Box 19, Folder IV.622 Rigler, George William, 1853-1929 (1880)
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's Yale lectures; has been compelled to make his own ministry largely education. On verso, draft of resolution of Barnard Club on death of Benjamin F. Clarke, in Faunce's hand.
1909 March 03
Box 19, Folder IV.622 Rigler, George William, 1853-1929 (1880)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's address in Boston; sympathizes with his feelings on retirement.
1929 February 04
Box 19, Folder IV.623 Riley, Leonard William, 1872-1945
Contents Note: Expressing thanks for his book.
1928 December 29
Box 19, Folder IV.624 Rivenburg, Sidney White, 1857-1936 (1880)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.625 Robinson, David, 1874-1940 (1901)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25 years of achievements at Brown; Robinson's meeting with William Jennings Bryan; his medical practice and life in Oregon.
1924 November 19
Box 19, Folder IV.626 Robinson, Harriet Richards (Parker)
Contents Note: On his election to presidency of Brown; Pres. Robinson would have approved of selection.
1899 June 19
Box 19, Folder IV.627 Rockefeller, Abby Greene (Aldrich)
Contents Note: Pleased that he will be able to speak to foreign students; speech should not be too obviously a plea for better international relations.
1924 December 22
Box 19, Folder IV.628 Rockefeller, Almira Geraldine (Goodsell) to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Women's Club matters; sends money for Women's Foreign Missions; repairs to her home.
1899 March 27
Box 19, Folder IV.629 Rockefeller, John Davison, 1839-1937
Contents Note: Mentions favorable indications in direction of union of two churches.
1896 September 29
Box 19, Folder IV.629 Rockefeller, John Davison, 1839-1937
Contents Note: Acknowledges letter of sympathy.
1915 March 19
Box 19, Folder IV.629 Rockefeller, John Davison, 1839-1937 to Mr. and Mrs. WHPF
Contents Note: Acknowledging message on his eightieth birthday.
1919 July 23
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897) to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Invites her for drive in park.
undated
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897) to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Is sending her his photograph; requests one of her.
1893 December 14
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897) to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Was pleased to play his violin at Armitage House; has arranged to sail for England on the "Paris," accommodations on the "Majestic" being more expensive.
1895 April 21
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897) to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Pleased that she and Dr. Faunce have transferred their passage to the "Paris" and that they can all sail together.
1895 May 08
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: On Faunce's decision to accept presidency of Brown; regrets severing their connection in church, but feels he will do great good for Brown.
1899 July 08
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: On his marriage.
1901 September 11
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Does not hold him responsible for Mr. Storer's letter.
1913 December 01
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary A.M. degree.
1914 August 11
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Personal note of appreciation for honorary degree.
1914 August 11
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Admiration of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; especially Faunce's part in it.
1914 October 17
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Acknowledging letter of sympathy.
1915 April 23
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Is sending him a letter written by a freshman at Brown.
1924 November 03
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: On his daughter's marriage.
1925 June 17
Box 19, Folder IV.630 Rockefeller, John Davison Jr., 1874-1960 (1897)
Contents Note: Cannot attend commencement; no president of Brown has had more completely the support of the people of Providence.
1929 May 28
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman) to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: Invitation for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Dinner invitation.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Will call for her to visit Mrs. Willard, whose husband has died.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Arrangements for going to Mrs. Quinby's.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Cannot go with her this afternoon as planned, but will send carriage.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Concerning money for missionary society.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Invitation to dinner and recital.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Dinner invitation.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Invitation for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Concerning some circulars; has enjoyed the work.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Dinner invitation.
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Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Thanks her and Mr. Faunce for interest in her son John; Mr. Rockefeller's health improving.
1891 June 18
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Places visited on the way to Cleveland; son John teaching Sunday school for the first time; has heard Dr. Behrends preach; Dr. Harper to visit.
1892 July 20
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman)
Contents Note: Will be glad to return to New York and hear of his experiences abroad.
1892 October 17
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Invitation to a visit at Saranac.
1893 February 01
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Hopes that she and Mr. Faunce can stay longer at Saranac with Pres. Andrews taking over church services.
1893 February 03
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Expecting her letter in regard to missionary's outfit; the Faunces' vacation; her visit to the Chicago fair.
1893 July 21
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Has heard rumor of Mr. Faunce's being offered a college presidency; hopes that he will stay at Fifth Avenue Church; hopes they will come to Chicago fair.
1893 August 10
Box 19, Folder IV.631 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Activities at Saranac Lake; pleased that Mrs. Faunce has accepted position on Women's Missionary Board; Mr. Rockefeller will give $16,000 for proposed "Home."
1894 August 24
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Sending check; news of family activities.
1895 March 26
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Family news; Edith's engagement.
1895 June 04
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Family news; Dr. Strong's views on mixed committees on college and society boards; has heard from Dr. Clough, a missionary; John has had photographs taken with beard.
1895 August 06
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Cannot attend missionary meeting because of a cold.
1895 November 01
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Invitation to attend Edith's wedding reception.
1895 November 26
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Is giving her money for silk draperies as Christmas present.
1895 December 20
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Plans to attend University of Chicago convocation; family news.
1896 June 25
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Pleased that Mrs. Faunce's mother is improving; news of her mother, family and friends.
1896 September 24
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Family news.
1897 August 24
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Her mother's death; dinner invitation; plans memorial volume for her mother.
1897 December 06
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman)
Contents Note: Expected to see him Monday night; invitation to Forest Hill; his going to Granville will help the college.
1898 June 15
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: On death of Mrs. Pollard; information about her mother's life at Blandford.
1898 July 11
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Pleased by news that Mrs. Faunce is expecting a child; family news.
1898 July 30
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: On death of Mrs. Pollard and Mrs. Colby; John recovering from a wound.
1898 September 03
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Birth of Edith's second son; Mrs. Duncan to visit.
1898 November 19
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman)
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter; birth of Perry Edson Faunce; invites Dr. Faunce to visit at Lakewood.
1898 December 15
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Anxious to see the Faunce baby; learning to play golf; will give $50 to the church Foreign Mission Society; sends a sermon by Mr. Wedemeyer.
1899 March 25
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Invitation to visit at Forest Hill.
1903 June 05
Box 19, Folder IV.632 Rockefeller, Laura Celestia (Spelman to Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce)
Contents Note: Arrangements for Mrs. Faunce's visit to Forest Hill.
1903 July 20
Box 19, Folder IV.633 Rockefeller, William, 1841-1922
Contents Note: Acknowledging letter of sympathy.
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Box 19, Folder IV.634 Rockwell, Herry Westcott, 1881-1961 (1903)
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness; the State Normal School to become college of which he will be president; his ambition to be a college president inspired by a chapel address by Faunce.
1925 June 10
Box 19, Folder IV.635 Rooney, John H.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; his own birthday is on the same day.
1929 January 15
Box 19, Folder IV.636 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Contents Note: Will do everything in his power for election of Charles Evans Hughes.
1916 July 04
Box 19, Folder IV.637 Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
Contents Note: Withdrawing acceptance of invitation to speak at Brown commencement dinner; tariff legislation makes his attendance in the Senate necessary.
1909 May 31
Box 19, Folder IV.637 Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
Contents Note: Declining invitation to deliver Marshall Woods lectures at Brown.
1919 December 19
Box 19, Folder IV.638 Rosselle, W. Quay
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; mentions his retirement from presidency of Brown and his distinguished record.
1928 October 25
Box 19, Folder IV.639 Rowe, Leo S., 1871-1946
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 11
Box 19, Folder IV.640 Rowe, Louis Earle, 1882-1937 (1904)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; pleased that he will remain in Providence. MC9F
1928 November 07
Box 20, Folder IV.641 Sackett, Frederic Moseley, 1868-1941 (1890)
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's presence at commencement and his message to alumni meeting in Sayles Hall.
1925 June 24
Box 20, Folder IV.642 Sage, Eben Charles, 1855-1927
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 23
Box 20, Folder IV.643 Sagebeer, Joseph Evans, 1861-1940
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; good to know that Brown men have received religious instruction.
1928 November 02
Box 20, Folder IV.643 Sagebeer, Joseph Evans, 1861-1940
Contents Note: Faunce's letter has pleased Dr. Main; will include a quotation from Facing Life in the Bulletin; bringing it to the attention of ministers and superintendents.
1928 November 07
Box 20, Folder IV.644 Samuels, Joseph
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1928 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.645 Sanborn, Ruth Smiley to "Dr. and Auntie Faunce"
Contents Note: Thanking Faunce for his book; has missed his talks at Mohonk; personal difficulties.
1928 October 14
Box 20, Folder IV.646 Sanderson, Edward F.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his Yale lectures; appreciates his sympathy in time of trial.
1908 December 05
Box 20, Folder IV.647 Sauter, J.
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 16
Box 20, Folder IV.648 Savage, Cornelius Samuel, 1851-1929 (1878)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his success as president of Brown.
1929 February 11
Box 20, Folder IV.649 Savage, John Joseph
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 16
Box 20, Folder IV.650 Sayward, Parkman (1925)
Contents Note: As president of Cammarian Club, expresses congratulations of student body on his 66th birthday.
1925 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.650 Sayward, Parkman (1925)
Contents Note: Views of Cammarian Club on chapel, class dues and athletic tax, little theatre for dramatic society.
1925 February 20
Box 20, Folder IV.650 Sayward, Parkman (1925)
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter on his marriage; pleased by his address in NY; congratulates him on Facing Life.
1929 March 14
Box 20, Folder IV.651 Scherck, Louis Edward (1928)
Contents Note: Pleased by his address in Boston; regrets that Faunce must give up active work; congratulates him on his career.
1929 February 06
Box 20, Folder IV.652 Schloss, Berrick, 1883-1938 (1904)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.653 Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 18
Box 20, Folder IV.653 Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942 (h1914)
Contents Note: Agrees to speak to students at chapel services.
1914 October 10
Box 20, Folder IV.653 Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942 (h1914)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1928 December 10
Box 20, Folder IV.654 Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939
Contents Note: Thanking him for letter and invitation.
1902 March 10
Box 20, Folder IV.655 Schwegler, Raymond Alfred, 1874-1952 (1899)
Contents Note: His hopes for Faunce expressed in letter thirty years ago have been fulfilled.
1929 June 24
Box 20, Folder IV.656 Scott, Albert Lyon, 1878-1946 (1900)
Contents Note: Mentions letter by Mr. Foster about his month at Brown; Faunce's health.
1925 February 04
Box 20, Folder IV.656 Scott, Albert Lyon, 1878-1946 (1900)
Contents Note: Happy birthday; appreciates his friendship and confidence during the past few years.
1929 January 14
Box 20, Folder IV.656 Scott, Albert Lyon, 1878-1946 (1900) to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: Shocked by death of Faunce; was unable to attend funeral; will never forget his friendship.
1930 February 03
Box 20, Folder IV.657 Scott, Harriet E.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; has passed it on to her son.
1929
Box 20, Folder IV.658 Scott, John Frank
Contents Note: Regret at Faunce's illness expressed at meeting of Dodeka.
1925 May 26
Box 20, Folder IV.658 Scott, John Frank
Contents Note: Faunce's resignation comes as a shock; recalls his own pleasant associations with Brown while in Providence.
1928 October 17
Box 20, Folder IV.659 Seagrave, Clifford Phetteplace, 1863-1939 (1885)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 14
Box 20, Folder IV.660 Seagrave, Frank Evans, 1860-1934 (h1911)
Contents Note: Happy birthday; hopes to show him the Orion and Andromeda nebulae.
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.661 Sellen, Arthur Godfrey, 1893-1963 (1919)
Contents Note: Cannot attend commencement; appreciation for all Faunce has done for Brown and for him; recalls his chapel talks in his work as dean of Washburn College.
1929 May 30
Box 20, Folder IV.662 Seth, James, 1860-1924
Contents Note: Explaining reasons why he will not be able to attend Brown's sesquicentennial celebration as delegate of University of Edinburgh.
1914 August 27
Box 20, Folder IV.663 Sharpe, Ellen Dexter
Contents Note: Sending flowers and a short story during Faunce's illness.
1925 March 18
Box 20, Folder IV.664 Sharpe, Henry Dexter, 1872-1954 (1894)
Contents Note: Raises questions of the postponement or abandonment of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration in view of seriousness of the war situation.
1914 August 31
Box 20, Folder IV.664 Sharpe, Henry Dexter, 1872-1954 (1894)
Contents Note: Pleased by success of commencement and Faunce's part in it.
1929 June 19
Box 20, Folder IV.665 Sharpe, Lucian, 1871-1931 (1893)
Contents Note: March 20th is Lucian Sharpe senior's 98th birthday.
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Box 20, Folder IV.665 Sharpe, Lucian, 1871-1931 (1893)
Contents Note: Note: "We particularly requested to be removed from these committees last year." On a typed letter from Faunce.
1907 March 11
Box 20, Folder IV.666 Shaw, Avery Albert, 1870-1949
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; which will help him in planning chapel exercises at Denison University.
1928 October 30
Box 20, Folder IV.667 Sherwood, Ralph Atherton, 1880-1949 (1903)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 December 03
Box 20, Folder IV.668 Shorey, Paul, 1857-1934 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary Litt.D. degree.
1914 September 17
Box 20, Folder IV.669 Silver, Edgar
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend on Visiting Day.
1907 March 12
Box 20, Folder IV.669 Silver, Edgar
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend on Visiting Day.
1908 February 25
Box 20, Folder IV.670 Sivercruys, Robert
Contents Note: In absence of Baron de Cartier, conveys congratulations of Belgian embassy on Faunce's 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 14
Box 20, Folder IV.671 Simonds, Philip B.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; his service to Brown and community.
1929 January 0
Box 20, Folder IV.672 Simonds, William Edward, 1860-1947 (1883)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown Simonds has been at Knox for 35 years; hopes Faunce will deliver an address there.
1924 June 19
Box 20, Folder IV.672 Simonds, William Edward, 1860-1947 (1883)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his service to Brown; appreciation of personal association.
1929 July 18
Box 20, Folder IV.673 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936
Contents Note: Declining invitation to address Brown students on Washington's birthday.
1920 January 07
Box 20, Folder IV.674 Sisson, Charles Peck, 1890-1947 (1911)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 20, Folder IV.675 Small, Walter H.
Contents Note: Will not be able to visit Brown on Feb. 26.
1908 February 10
Box 20, Folder IV.676 Smiley, Francis G.
Contents Note: Thanks him for book; mentions Faunce's resignation; Al Smith's responsibility for condition of New York state government.
1928 October 27
Box 20, Folder IV.678 Smith, Edgar Fahs, 1856-1928 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D.; has just arrived in country.
1914 September 01
Box 20, Folder IV.678 Smith, Edgar Fahs, 1856-1928 (h1914)
Contents Note: Pleased by visit to Brown for sesquicentennial.
1914 October 20
Box 20, Folder IV.679 Smith, Gerald Birney, 1868-1929 (1891)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his election a president of Brown; recommends Rev. Herbert A. Youtz to his attention.
1899 June 18
Box 20, Folder IV.679 Smith, Gerald Birney, 1868-1929 (1891)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will arrange for review of it in American Journal of Theology.
1908 December 10
Box 20, Folder IV.679 Smith, Gerald Birney, 1868-1929 (1891)
Contents Note: Comments in detail on Faunce's "credo" with reference to modern thought on man's attachment to cosmic order; suggest book based on his "credo."
1921 August 25
Box 20, Folder IV.679 Smith, Gerald Birney, 1868-1929 (1891)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation; grateful for his emphasis on spiritual, rather than scientific, ideals in college; suggests he write his autobiography.
1929 February 02
Box 20, Folder IV.680 Smith, Kendall Kerfoot, 1882-1932
Contents Note: On his study in Paris; French educational system; French and Greek drama; hopes Merritt will stay at Brown; would like to offer Greek Drama course at Women's College.
1924 December 31
Box 20, Folder IV.680 Smith, Kendall Kerfoot, 1882-1932
Contents Note: Describes Ile de Porquerolles; his villa "Miramar;" his studies and writings; trip to Greece; glad Faunce's health has improved; mentions his illness with typhoid.
1925 May 29
Box 20, Folder IV.681 Smith, Miles W.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his books.
1928 November 06
Box 20, Folder IV.682 Smith, Robert Cooper, 1859-1917 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 September 29
Box 20, Folder IV.683 Snell, Walter Henry, 1889-1980 (1913)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.684 Snow, George W.
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend Visiting Day.
1908 February 08
Box 20, Folder IV.685 Snyder, Nathan G.
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.686 Southworth, Stacy B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will use it at Thayer Academy.
1928 October 29
Box 20, Folder IV.687 Spaeth, John William, 1895-
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.688 Spelman, Lucy M. to Sarah E. Faunce
Contents Note: On illness of Bessie Strong; sightseeing in France; religious atmosphere.
1906 July 05
Box 20, Folder IV.689 Spencer, James Hovey, 1860-1940 (1882)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; annoyed that mispronunciation of English is so widespread.
1929 January 22
Box 20, Folder IV.690 Sprague, Ernest LeGrand, 1876-
Contents Note: Thanking him for address at exercises commemorative of Abraham Lincoln held by R. I. Assembly.
1929 February 13
Box 20, Folder IV.691 Sprague, Levi L., 1884-1936
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 15
Box 20, Folder IV.692 Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church
Contents Note: Minutes of meetings of council on ordination of WHPF; includes list of delegates, order of services; certificates of ordination.
1884 June 24
Box 20, Folder IV.692 Springfield, MA--State Street Baptist Church
Contents Note: Urging him to decline call to Fifth Avenue Baptist Church and remain in Springfield.
1889 July
Box 20, Folder IV.693 Squires, Vernon Purinton, 1866-1930 (1889)
Contents Note: Comments on Brown's sesquicentennial celebration; appreciates courtesy to Miss Vera Kelsey; not anxious for Brown to become a large institution.
1914 October 20
Box 20, Folder IV.693 Squires, Vernon Purinton, 1866-1930 (1889)
Contents Note: Unable to attend celebration of Faunce's 25th anniversary; recalls his first appearance as president-elect in 1899.
1924 May 12
Box 20, Folder IV.694 Stanton, E. M. to the MacMillan Company
Contents Note: Appreciation of gift of Faunce's Facing Life.
1928 December 30
Box 20, Folder IV.695 Stanton, Emma Bradford, 1873-1947 (1896)
Contents Note: Pleased to see him at AAUW meeting; happy birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.696 Stanton, Ralph Evans, 1896-1981 (1920)
Contents Note: Happy birthday; has just finished reading Facing Life.
1929 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.697 Stearns, Charles Falconer, 1866-1946
Contents Note: Unable to attend Brown commencement; other members of Supreme Court plan to attend.
1929 June 11
Box 20, Folder IV.698 Stearns, Howard Bucknell (1921)
Contents Note: Gratitude for inspiration when Stearns was a student.
1929 June 26
Box 20, Folder IV.699 Stedman, Charles Sumner, 1874-1940 (1896)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; has been reading Facing Life and feels that it answers question of need for daily chapel service.
1929 January 14
Box 20, Folder IV.700 Steward, Orlando T.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 October 25
Box 20, Folder IV.701 Stetson, Harlan True (1909
Contents Note: Copy. Completing graduate study at Dartmouth and planning to enter theological seminary.
1910 June 28
Box 20, Folder IV.702 Stewart, George Black, 1854-1932
Contents Note: Has misdirected to Faunce a letter intended for Pres. Peabody; praises his book, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry.
1908 December 14
Box 20, Folder IV.702 Stewart, George Black, 1854-1932
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown.
1928 October 22
Box 20, Folder IV.703 Stidger, William Leroy, 1885-1949 (1912)
Contents Note: Praises Faunce's address before Methodist Social Union.
1928 November 22
Box 20, Folder IV.704 Stifler, Francis Carr
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; hopes his retirement will allow him time for writing.
1928 November 19
Box 20, Folder IV.705 Stifler, James Madison, 1875-1949 (h1925)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 October 21
Box 20, Folder IV.705 Stifler, James Madison, 1875-1949 (h1925)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; mentions his resignation as president of Brown.
1928 November 09
Box 20, Folder IV.706 Stillwell, Margaret Bingham, 1887-1984 (1909)
Contents Note: Appreciation of honorary degree conferred upon her.
1925 June 19
Box 20, Folder IV.707 Stiness, Henry Williams, 1880-1934 (1902)
Contents Note: Mentions Faunce's illness; his assignment as head of Department of Military History at Fort Benning will probably be prevented by requirement of duty with troops; tribute to Charlie Huggins.
1925 May 24
Box 20, Folder IV.708 Stowell, Woodbury Sweetser (1908)
Contents Note: Admiration of his poem "Three Voices;" repeats a comment on Faunce's address at Brown banquet in Boston; mentions death of Prof. Poland.
1929 March 20
Box 20, Folder IV.709 Stranahan, F. Stewart Jr.
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation; he benefited by contact with Faunce through his friendship with Perry.
1928 October 25
Box 20, Folder IV.710 Straus, Oscar Solomon, 1850-1926 (h1896)
Contents Note: Declining invitation to speak at Brown on Washington's birthday; has asked to be relieved from post of Ambassador to Turkey.
1910 December 20
Box 20, Folder IV.711 Strauss, Joseph Loeb, 1907-1976 (1928)
Contents Note: Thanks him for letter and for autographing his book.
1928 November 14
Box 20, Folder IV.712 Streeter, Merrick Lyon, 1881-1967 (1907)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; progress of missionary work in Burma; reports 41 baptisms and plans for girls' school; mentions Faunce's retirement.
1929 January 25
Box 20, Folder IV.713 Stuart, Harland
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will make use of it in work with Philippine Islands.
1928 December 11
Box 20, Folder IV.714 Student, A
Contents Note: Apology for not speaking to Faunce on College Hill.
1924 March 09
Box 20, Folder IV.715 Sturges, Philemon Fowler, 1875-1940 (h1921)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown; invites him to preach at St. Paul's Cathedral.
1928 October 11
Box 20, Folder IV.716 Sutherland, David C.
Contents Note: Congratulations on his birthday; recalls attending prayer meeting with him in 1882.
1928 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.717 Sutherland, John, 1854-1941 (1880)
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness; suggests he come to Black Hills in South Dakota for a visit.
1925 May 09
Box 20, Folder IV.718 Swain, Leslie Earl, 1886-1968 (1908)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement as president of Brown; Swain's friendship with Professor Drury.
1929 January 16
Box 20, Folder IV.719 Sweet, Homer Newton, 1885-1948 (1907)
Contents Note: Urges Faunce to conserve his strength; he need not be concerned about inability to fulfill speaking engagement for Boston Brown Club.
1925 February 05
Box 20, Folder IV.720 Sweets, Henry H.
Contents Note: Has often used Faunce's book The Educational Ideal in the Ministry in preparing addresses on education; has recommended the book to colleges and seminaries.
1924 December 27
Box 20, Folder IV.721 Swift, Edward P.
Contents Note: Confident about Faunce's recovery; loath to accept renumeration for his services.
1925 January 15
Box 20, Folder IV.721 Swift, Edward P.
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement from the presidency of Brown.
1929 July 17
Box 20, Folder IV.722 Taber, Norman Stephen, 1891-1952 (1913)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday and his service to Brown.
1929 January 14
Box 20, Folder IV.723 Taft, Orray, 1862-1950 (1885)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 June 10
Box 20, Folder IV.724 Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Hopes to manifest his high opinion of Andrew J. Montague in some substantial way.
1909 December 29
Box 20, Folder IV.724 Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Engagement in New Haven prevents his attendance at Brown commencement.
1911 April 28
Box 20, Folder IV.724 Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 11
Box 20, Folder IV.724 Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Plans to stay with Senator Aldrich in Warwick; will be glad to speak to Chamber of Commerce; regrets that he will not be able to hear Justice Hughes' speech.
1914 October 08
Box 20, Folder IV.724 Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 (h1914)
Contents Note: Unable to attend banquet of New York alumni of Brown.
1916 October 24
Box 20, Folder IV.725 Taliaferro, Julia
Contents Note: Her mission study class is using his book, The Social Aspects of Foreign Missions; asks about a quotation in the book.
1915 March 12
Box 20, Folder IV.726 Tanner, Harold Brooks, 1887-1968 (1909)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 20, Folder IV.727 Tapley, Hannah S.
Contents Note: Unable to attend reception for Faunce.
1929 June 14
Box 20, Folder IV.728 Taussig, Frank William, 1859-1940
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 19
Box 20, Folder IV.729 Taylor, Benjamin B.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1929 February 13
Box 20, Folder IV.730 Taylor, Harold Murdock, 1894-1959 (1915)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; an address by Faunce convinced him to go to Brown; recalls contacts with him while still a student.
1924 May 12
Box 20, Folder IV.730a Tenney, Charles D.
Contents Note: Sending copy of Pei Yang University catalogue; would like Chinese students who have graduated from University to be admitted to American universities as graduate students. With this, letter by WHPF forwarding the letter to Mr. Guild and seeking his opinion.
1909 May 10
Box 21, Folder IV.731 Terry, Carl Anthony, 1893-1977 (1915)
Contents Note: Unable to attend dinner in Faunce's honor.
1924 May 16
Box 21, Folder IV.732 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 (h1913)
Contents Note: Uncertain whether he will be present at Visiting Day at Brown.
1918 February 20
Box 21, Folder IV.732 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 (h1913)
Contents Note: Regrets being unable to come to Brown.
1918 March 06
Box 21, Folder IV.732 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 (h1913)
Contents Note: Unable to come to Visiting Day at Brown; just returned from lecturing trip to the University of Virginia.
1920 March 01
Box 21, Folder IV.733 Thomas, Esther A.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; will use it in talks to her Sunday school class.
1928 November 07
Box 21, Folder IV.734 Thomas, Martha Carey, 1857-1935 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 22
Box 21, Folder IV.735 Thompson, Daniel Varney, 1867-1932
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, approves of Dr. Barbour as his successor.
1928 October 29
Box 21, Folder IV.736 Thomson, Craig
Contents Note: Letter from a young nephew. With this, drawings for Easter, "The Easter Play."
1925 March 23
Box 21, Folder IV.737 Thomson, Joan
Contents Note: Letter from a young niece. Sorry he is sick.
1925
Box 21, Folder IV.738 Thurston, Benjamin Franklin, 1858-1939 (1880)
Contents Note: Happy birthday; celebrated his own birthday by occupying the pulpit as a layman at Middletown church.
1929 January 15
Box 21, Folder IV.739 Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; is coming to visit him and Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
1928 October 13
Box 21, Folder IV.739 Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 19
Box 21, Folder IV.739 Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937
Contents Note: Thanking him for note and his "benedictory."
1929 January 25
Box 21, Folder IV.739 Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937
Contents Note: Faunce's administration has demonstrated the importance of the office of college president; Thwing has been retired for seven years.
1929 July 01
Box 21, Folder IV.739 Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937 to C. A. Barbour
Contents Note: On death of Faunce; esteem for Faunce as college president.
1930 February 04
Box 21, Folder IV.740 Tinker, Harold Lauren (1921)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation; students of his time were inspired by his prayers in chapel.
1928 October 12
Box 21, Folder IV.741 Tinkham, Frank Luscombe, 1856-1950 (1880)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 14
Box 21, Folder IV.742 Tomkins, Floyd Williams, 1850-1932
Contents Note: Has been at church of the Holy Trinity for 30 years; regrets Faunce's resignation as president of Brown.
1929 April 13
Box 21, Folder IV.743 Trent, William Woodson, 1878-
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 October 31
Box 21, Folder IV.744 Troxell, Johnson M.
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 15
Box 21, Folder IV.745 Tucker, Frances Medhurst
Contents Note: Thanks him for sending a copy of his book to the boys at the infirmary.
1928 October 06
Box 21, Folder IV.746 Tucker, Mary Gertrude
Contents Note: Sending two votes by Corporation in regard to Faunce's retirement as president and resignation as chairman of the Committee of Management of the John Carter Brown Library.
1929 August 22
Box 21, Folder IV.747 Twomey, Michael Joseph, 1871-1948 (1900)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 06
Box 21, Folder IV.747 Twomey, Michael Joseph, 1871-1948 (1900)
Contents Note: On Faunce's wish to resign as a trustee of Board of Hartshorn Memorial College; he has tried to follow Faunce's example; sorry that age limit does not permit Faunce to remain at Brown.
1929 April 13
Box 21, Folder IV.748 Tyler, A. C.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 October 03
Box 21, Folder IV.749 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 (h1914)
Contents Note: Accepting honorary LL.D. degree.
1914 August 22
Box 21, Folder IV.750 Vaughan, Richard Miner, 1870-1954 (1895)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 17
Box 21, Folder IV.751 Vedder, Henry Clay, 1853-1935
Contents Note: Thanking him for his new book; sailing to Italy for research work.
1909 March 13
Box 21, Folder IV.752 Viall, William Angell, 1861-1939 (1884)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 21, Folder IV.753 Vichert, John Frederick, 1874-1948
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; mentions Faunce's proposed retirement.
1928 November 05
Box 21, Folder IV.754 Vincent, Walter B., 1845-1931
Contents Note: Enjoying visit to Florida; thinks Faunce would benefit from trip to the South.
1925 February 01
Box 21, Folder IV.754 Vincent, Walter B., 1845-1931
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; his own illness.
1929 July 01
Box 21, Folder IV.755 Vinton, Anna Isabel
Contents Note: Reports impressions of his talk on freshman women; marvels at his speaking ability.
1928 October 07
Box 21, Folder IV.755 Vinton, Anna Isabel
Contents Note: Happy birthday.
1929 January 15
Box 21, Folder IV.756 Von Tobel, Raymond Goodwin, 1884-1935 (1907)
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, Facing Life.
1928 December 04
Box 21, Folder IV.757 Vose, Robert Churchill, 1873-1964 (1896)
Contents Note: Pleased that Prof. Taylor is doing well in art department; will be glad to assist; thrilled by addresses by Hughes and Faunce at Boston Brown dinner.
1929 February 06
Box 21, Folder IV.758 Wakefield, Mark H.
Contents Note: Reports resolution of sympathy on his illness voted by RI Baptist Ministers Conference.
1925 February 01
Box 21, Folder IV.759 Walker, John W.
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, Facing Life; will use it in his talks at Meadowbrook School; is now cruising about West Indies.
1929 February 21
Box 21, Folder IV.760 Walker, Williston, 1860-1922
Contents Note: Thanking him for his lectures, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry; remembers his visit with pleasure.
1908 November 30
Box 21, Folder IV.761 Wallace, Harry B.
Contents Note: Praising Facing Life.
1928 October 29
Box 21, Folder IV.762 Walter, Herbert Eugene, 1867-1945 (a1893)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; recalls Faunce's kindness on occasion of his mother's death.
1929 January 15
Box 21, Folder IV.763 Ware, Hugh E.
Contents Note: Letter from a student requesting autograph and offering congratulations on his book, Facing Life. Written after Faunce's death.
1933 March 11
Box 21, Folder IV.764 Warren, Andrew McCorrie, 1856-1943 (1885)
Contents Note: Glad that Faunce is recovering from illness.
1925 May 26
Box 21, Folder IV.765 Washburn, Arthur Leverett (h1932)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his volume of honorary degree citations.
undated
Box 21, Folder IV.765 Washburn, Arthur Leverett (h1932)
Contents Note: Hopes Faunce's stay in Florida will be beneficial; will be glad to take a week at chapel.
1925 February 10
Box 21, Folder IV.766 Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
Contents Note: Thanking him for letter written on occasion of unpleasant newspaper publicity of his visit to some white people in New York.
1911 April 08
Box 21, Folder IV.767 Waterman, Thomas W.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; sorry he is leaving Brown.
1928 October 12
Box 21, Folder IV.768 Watson, Arthur Eugene, 1866-1956 (1888)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; pleased to have received greetings from him.
1929 January 0
Box 21, Folder IV.769 Watson, Charles Henry, 1847-1931
Contents Note: Appreciation of his book, Facing Life; admiration of Faunce as president of Brown.
1928 October 26
Box 21, Folder IV.770 Watters, Henry Eugene, 1876-1938
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life; regrets his retirement.
1928 October 27
Box 21, Folder IV.771 Weaver, Charles Hadden Spurgeon, 1905- (1928)
Contents Note: His classmates at reunion appointed a committee to secure a replica of Sam Walter Foss.
1917 July 03
Box 21, Folder IV.772 Weaver, Charles I., 1860-
Contents Note: Delighted with Bermuda; mentions Faunce's 70th birthday and sends a clipping concerning Dr. Francis Patton's 86th birthday.
1929 January 29
Box 21, Folder IV.773 Webb, Robert L.
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; congratulates him on distinguished career as president of Brown.
1928 December 03
Box 21, Folder IV.774 Webster, Brittain
Contents Note: Colby student, who has been helped by Facing Life, expresses his opinions on religion and education.
1929 March 17
Box 21, Folder IV.775 Webster, Hortense
Contents Note: Will meet him in Worcester.
1901 July 21
Box 21, Folder IV.776 Wells, John Mason
Contents Note: Congratulations and praise of his work, which has benefited Brown and the Baptist denomination.
1924 October 16
Box 21, Folder IV.776 Wells, John Mason
Contents Note: Thanking him for Facing Life.
1928 October 30
Box 21, Folder IV.777 West, Andrew Fleming, 1853-1943
Contents Note: Is sending a copy of an official letter from Princeton congratulating Brown on its sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 05
Box 21, Folder IV.777 West, Andrew Fleming, 1853-1943
Contents Note: On WHPF's resignation as president of Brown.
1928 October 11
Box 21, Folder IV.778 West, Thomas Henry, 1875-1936
Contents Note: Regrets missing dinner in Faunce's honor; has received photograph of portrait with his autograph.
1924 October 16
Box 21, Folder IV.779 Westermarck, Edward Alexander, 1862-
Contents Note: Pleased by offer of honorary degree in Litt.D.; cannot come in October, but hopes to come in January.
1914 September 13
Box 21, Folder IV.780 Westfall, Katherine Storey, 1863-
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his 25 years as president of Brown on behalf of Women's American Baptist Home Mission.
1924 October 18
Box 21, Folder IV.781 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927 (1875)
Contents Note: His views on limitations of future of Colgate University; doubts his own fitness for presidency; would be happy to see Faunce as president.
1893 March 03
Box 21, Folder IV.781 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927 (1875)
Contents Note: Distressed by misunderstanding about his being offered presidency of Colgate University; states conditions under which he would accept.
1893 March 16
Box 21, Folder IV.781 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927 (1875)
Contents Note: Regrets missing sesquicentennial celebration; hopes to attend fortieth reunion of his class.
1915 April 14
Box 21, Folder IV.782 Wheeler, Frank Rowland, 1875-1935 (1897)
Contents Note: Expresses appreciation of the Brown Club of Hartford for his services to the club.
1929 May 03
Box 21, Folder IV.783 Whidden, Howard P. to William C. Bitting
Contents Note: Asks a statement in support of McMaster University's conferring an honorary degree upon Dr. Faunce. With this, copy of Bitting's reply, Dec. 27, 1923.
1923 December 20
Box 21, Folder IV.783 Whidden, Howard P.
Contents Note: Thanks him for books; McMaster University Senate will deal with Dr. Shield's letter of protest; Faunce has respect of Canadian Baptists.
1923 December 31
Box 21, Folder IV.783 Whidden, Howard P.
Contents Note: On action of Senate of McMaster University in regard to Dr. Shields' protest against award of honorary degree to Faunce. With this, statement of Honorary Degree Committee and resolution of Senate.
1924 January 15
Box 21, Folder IV.783 Whidden, Howard P.
Contents Note: Has been unable to call upon him in Providence; appreciation of his service to Brown.
1929 May 11
Box 21, Folder IV.784 White, Clinton Chase, 1878-1950 (1900)
Contents Note: Missed Faunce on Visiting Day; wishes him speedy recovery.
1925 March 06
Box 21, Folder IV.784 White, Clinton Chase, 1878-1950 (1900)
Contents Note: Congratulates him on his 70th birthday; has celebrated his own 50th.
1929 January 14
Box 21, Folder IV.785 White, H. Jerome
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown; states his views on evil of traffic in intoxicating beverages.
1928 October 16
Box 21, Folder IV.786 White, Horace
Contents Note: Will not be able to attend Visiting Day.
1908 February 24
Box 21, Folder IV.787 Whitmarsh, Alida E. (Sprague)
Contents Note: Pleased to see him working in his garden again.
1925 May 22
Box 21, Folder IV.788 Whitmarsh, Henry Allen, 1854-1939 (1876)
Contents Note: Pleased by Faunce's congratulations regarding the hospital; wishes him improved health; is leaving for England.
1925 May 26
Box 21, Folder IV.789 Whitney, Warren Appleton, 1883-1944 (1905)
Contents Note: Encloses an editorial from Worcester Gazette in regard to Faunce's retirement; enjoyed visit to Faunce's house.
1928 October 14
Box 21, Folder IV.790 Wiener, Frederick Bernays (1927)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; gratitude for guidance and help he gave him when he was a student at Brown.
1929 January 14
Box 21, Folder IV.791 Wilbur, William Allen, 1864-1945 (1888)
Contents Note: On success of Brown University's sesquicentennial celebration and of Faunce's presidency.
1914 October 23
Box 21, Folder IV.792 Wilcox, Alice Wilson, 1871-1943 (a1909)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown; Dr. Barbour a worthy successor.
1928 October 14
Box 21, Folder IV.793 Williams, Fred Homer, 1857-1932 (1877)
Contents Note: Unable to entertain Advisory and Executive Committee because of his wife's illness; is purchasing and giving away copies of Facing Life.
1928 October 04
Box 21, Folder IV.794 Williams, Henry B.
Contents Note: Appreciation of Faunce's article on New England colleges.
1928 November 10
Box 21, Folder IV.795 Wilson, George Grafton, 1863-1951 (1886)
Contents Note: Happy birthday; mentions Faunce's proposed retirement; suggests a trip to Honolulu.
1929 January 14
Box 21, Folder IV.796 Wing, George Curtis Jr., 1878-1951 (1900)
Contents Note: Congratulations from alumni of western Maine on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown.
1924 May 16
Box 21, Folder IV.797 Winship, Albert Edward, 1845-1933
Contents Note: Praises his Yale lectures; chapter on psychology should be sold as a separate booklet.
1908 November 25
Box 21, Folder IV.798 Winslow, Isaac Oscar, 1856-1949 (1878)
Contents Note: On Faunce's and his own retirement from education.
1929 March 15
Box 21, Folder IV.799 Woelfkin, Cornelius, 1859-1928
Contents Note: Tribute to Faunce on his 25th anniversary as president of Brown; Faunce is to preach for him Nov. 9.
1924 October 14
Box 21, Folder IV.799 Woelfkin, Cornelius, 1859-1928
Contents Note: On Faunce's illness; agrees to preach baccalaureate sermon in his place.
1925 April 02
Box 21, Folder IV.799 Woelfkin, Cornelius, 1859-1928
Contents Note: Honored to preach baccalaureate sermon; reception for Faunce.
1925 June 19
Box 21, Folder IV.800 Woelfkin, Lillie S. (Distler)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book.
1928 November 01
Box 21, Folder IV.801 Wood, Edmund, 1854-1935 (1876)
Contents Note: Happy birthday!
1929 January 16
Box 21, Folder IV.802 Wood, Frederick Lewis, 1904-1972 (1926)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement; has recently received a book as reward for being a James Manning Scholar.
1928 November 24
Box 21, Folder IV.802 Wood, Frederick Lewis, 1904-1972 (1926)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, Facing Life.
1928 December 08
Box 21, Folder IV.803 Wood, Matthew Lawrence, 1858-1932
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book; regrets his retirement; Dr. Barbour well-fitted for presidency.
1928 November 15
Box 21, Folder IV.804 Woods, John Carter Brown, 1851-1930 (1872)
Contents Note: On Faunce's retirement.
1929 May 24
Box 21, Folder IV.804 Woods, John Carter Brown, 1851-1930 (1872)
Contents Note: His family's interest in Brown; values long association with Faunce.
1929 June 01
Box 21, Folder IV.805 Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947 (1894)
Contents Note: Thanking him for his book, The Educational Ideal in the Ministry; sorry he cannot visit Mount Holyoke next year.
1908 November 30
Box 21, Folder IV.805 Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947 (1894)
Contents Note: Impressed by Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 24
Box 21, Folder IV.806 Wright, Peter Clark, 1870-1947 (1895)
Contents Note: Thanks him for personal attention to his son, Stuart; pleased that Faunce could attend commencement.
1925 June 18
Box 21, Folder IV.806 Wright, Peter Clark, 1870-1947 (1895)
Contents Note: On Faunce's resignation as president of Brown.
1928 October 16
Box 21, Folder IV.807 Wroth, Lawrence Counselman, 1884-1979 (h1932)
Contents Note: Congratulations on his 70th birthday; will deliver address at Edgar Allen Poe memorial service in Baltimore.
1929 January 17
Box 21, Folder IV.808 Wyckoff, Walter Cornelius, 1872-1930 (1895)
Contents Note: Unable to attend Executive Committee meeting and Faunce's anniversary dinner.
1924 May 12
Box 21, Folder IV.809 Wyman, Alice
Contents Note: Mr. Rhodes is spending summer abroad; will not forward letter because of present conditions of European affairs.
1914 August
Box 21, Folder IV.810 Yatman, Ellis Laurie, 1888-1978 (1911)
Contents Note: Appreciates Faunce's message on his appointment as Probate Judge; regrets Faunce's retirement.
1928 October 26
Box 21, Folder IV.811 York, Harlan Harvey, 1875-
Contents Note: Appreciation of Brown's sesquicentennial celebration.
1914 October 19

Series V. Publications (Reprints)

Container Description Date
Box V.1 The New England College; its service to humanity
Box V.1 Address of welcome; Brown University Teachers association
Box V.1 Addresses delivered ... eighty-fourth birthday of Dr. William Williams Keen
Box V.1 Celebration of the ninetieth birthday of William Williams Keen
Box V.1 The aim of education
Box V.1 Address at Newton Theological Seminary
Box V.1 Journal of the House of Representatives
Box V.1 America's place amont the nations
Box V.1 Annual survey of moral and religous progress
Box V.1 Quotations from Dr. Faunce's address -- Athenaeum
Box V.1 Baptist organic unity
Box V.1 Christian scienceThe church; a league to create peace
Box V.1 The church and its scholars
Box V.1 Church and religious education
Box V.1 The church of today
Box V.1 The church's treasures
Box V.1 College athletics and college morals
Box V.1 The constitution of the United States of America nd what it contains
Box V.1 The contribution of our higher schools to the life of the nation
Box V.1 Democracy in education
Box V.1 The evolution of human kindness
Box V.1 Expository preaching
Box V.1 Faunce pleads for world of brotherhood
Box V.1 Growth by subtraction
Box V.1 The flux of life
Box V.1 Founders day address (Simmons College)
Box V.1 Freedom in school and church
Box V.1 How shall the young be educated
Box V.1 The humanizing of study
Box V.1 Libraries and life
Box V.1 Charles William Eliot
Box V.1 Church music in old New England
Box V.1 The ethics of study. University of New York
Box V.1 The courtesy of Paul; essay
Box V.1 Sources and resources in modern preaching
Box V.1 The social message of Christianity
Box V.1 [Address] Intellectual integrity
Box V.1 The myth of Prometheus
Box V.1 How Paul took up a collection
Box V.1 International arbitration
Box V.1 [Address] New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
Box V.1 The Baptist principle
Box V.1 Study of the Bible
Box V.1 Leadership in democracy
Box V.1 [Address] Baptist Young People's Union
Box V.1 How science helps faith
Box V.1 Harvard University chapel addresses
Box V.1 The crisis in ethics
Box V.1 Evaluations (notes and excerpts)
Box V.1 The future of New England
Box V.1 Christ's view of His Bible; essay and address
Box V.1 The teacher's discovery of the pupil
Box V.1 The ethics of society: pt. i. the change of emphasis in modern ethics
Box V.1 Contribution of our higher schools to the life of the nation
Box V.1 The moral factor in education
Box V.1 A life or a livelihood?
Box V.1 Two university types-- Virginia and Chicago
Box V.1 How the ship found herself
Box V.1 East and West in education
Box V.1 Roger Williams and his doctrine of soul-liberty
Box V.1 Signs of promise in the cause of peace
Box V.1 Arbitration in the twentieth century
Box V.1 The finality of Jesus
Box V.1 The method and motive of the Y.M.C.A.
Box V.1 Address at the Founders Association
Box V.1 Address: Vassar College Alumnae
Box V.1 Herbert Spencer's influence in education
Box V.1 Coordination (correlation) of the Bible with other subjects of study
Box V.1 Education after school
Box V.1 Character in athletics; college athletics and college morals
Box V.1 Address at peace meeting
Box V.1 The attitude of college men toward the Church
Box V.1 Civic righteousness
Box V.1 Address at municipal dinner
Box V.1 Education after school
Box V.1 Organized charity: address
Box V.1 George Stephen Goodspeed
Box V.1 [Address] Rhode Island Medical Society
Box V.1 William R. Harper: memorial address
Box V.1 The training of teachers
Box V.1 Address at laying of cornerstone of Churchill House
Box V.1 The function of the modern library
Box V.1 International arbitration: address at American Institute of Instruction
Box V.1 Making money (the morality of money-getting)
Box V.1 The ethics of Robert L. Stevenson
Box V.1 Do we need an expurgated Bible? Address to Methodist ministers
Box V.1 Baptist organic unity
Box V.1 Everett D. Burr: memorial address
Box V.1 Every man a producer
Box V.1 The teacher's self-expression
Box V.1 The contribution of Rhode Island to the Republic
Box V.1 Education by contagion
Box V.1 The humanizing of study
Box V.1 Address of welcome
Box V.1 Requisites of the intellectual life
Box V.1 The divinity of Christ
Box V.1 Students club service
Box V.1 Individualism and social progress
Box V.1 General or specific training?
Box V.1 [Address to Y.W.C.A., Women's College] What is it to love Christ?
Box V.1 The creation of value
Box V.1 The development of Providence
Box V.1 The place of the school in the building of character
Box V.1 The higher education of women
Box V.1 the Protestant and citizenship
Box V.1 The Church and religious education
Box V.1 Does the American college course in liberal arts tend to unfit men for practical life?
Box V.1 The evolution of human kindness
Box V.1 Baptist polity
Box V.1 Afraid of that which is high
Box V.1 The religious function of public worship
Box V.1 What the Church has to say through its scholars
Box V.1 The Church educating through the minister
Box V.1 The relation of faculties and fraternities
Box V.1 The unrealized possibilities of the Sunday school
Box V.1 The spiritual life of Providence
Box V.1 The ethics of suicide
Box V.1 The man and the machine
Box V.1 The power of music
Box V.1 Address at inauguration of President Meiklejohn
Box V.1 The human factor in business
Box V.1 The higher education and the new social order
Box V.1 From Cairo to Pekin: Christianity and world progress
Box V.1 Present opportunities of the minister
Box V.1 World peace and how to secure it
Box V.1 Address at old men's home
Box V.1 The aim and scope of the New England college
Box V.1 The war and world peace
Box V.1 Address at Commencement
Box V.1 University extension
Box V.1 The real meaning of preparedness
Box V.1 Preparation for the study of theology
Box V.1 Religious advance in fifty years
Box V.1 The larger meaning of vocation; what makes a teacher interesting?
Box V.1 The Church and internationalism
Box V.1 The meaning of America
Box V.1 Religion: orientation lecture
Box V.1 [Founders Day address] The task of the Pioneers
Box V.1 The challenge of the movement toward international peace
Box V.1 Address before the economic club
Box V.1 Address at all-New England Brown dinner
Box V.1 School days of eminent Americans Review Club
Box V.1 A creed for college men
Box V.1 Why go to college?
Box V.1 Good advice
Box V.1 By-products of the war
Box V.1 She that tarried at home
Box V.1 The contribution of the Church to the winning of the War
Box V.1 Dedication address, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Box V.1 What the war has done to colleges
Box V.1 Christian principles essential to a new world order
Box V.1 [Address] The kernel and husk of Christianity
Box V.1 The Church and social reconstruction
Box V.1 When the colleges went to war
Box V.1 A college man's religion
Box V.1 Coordination of the universities and churches
Box V.1 Thy Kingdom Come
Box V.1 The reason for chapel service
Box V.1 Science and religion
Box V.1 An age of transition
Box V.1 Address at Congress of Mothers
Box V.1 [Address] "Good advice"
Box V.1 Can a Christian be a patriot?
Box V.1 Things seen
Box V.1 What did the Pilgrims achieve?
Box V.1 The function of the teacher in a democracy
Box V.1 Armistice Day address
Box V.1 Address at West Point
Box V.1 [Address] A Christmas message

Series VI. Additions, circa 1874-1968

Container Description Date
Box 22 Correspondences, biographical information, genealogical research, manuscripts and notes for addresses, Brown University administrative business.
Contents Note: Unarranged additions to collection includes correspondeces (letters and telegrams); biographical information and memorials on the death of WHP Faunce; genealogical research materials on the Faunce family; manuscripts and notes for addresses and sermons; Brown University administrative business.