Shinn, Q. H. (Quillen Hamilton), 1845-1907. Papers, 1866-1934.
Overview
Papers of Civil War soldier and itinerant missionary Quillen Hamilton Shinn including diaries, sermons, printed missionary letters, Civil War and temperance writings, letters, and biographical material.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1934.
Extent
20 boxesThis collection consists of diaries, 1866-1907; Shinn's unpublished novel, The Optimist; sermons, 1874-1891; printed missionary letters, 1882-1907; Civil War and temperance writings; letters to his wife, 1875-1907; letters by family members, 1885-1934; and biographical material.
Biographical / Historical
Quillen Hamilton Shinn (1845-1907) served the Union during the Civil War and was a Confederate prisoner of war until the war ended. He graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1870 and served Universalist parishes in Tyngsboro, Dunstable, Lynn, Foxboro, and Mansfield, Massachusetts; Gaysville and Rutland, Vermont; Plymouth and Rochester, New Hampshire; Deering and Westbrook, Maine; and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1891 to 1907 Shinn worked as an itinerant missionary throughout the United States, establishing numerous parishes.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series I. Diaries, 1866-1907
- Series II. The Optimist and writings on the Civil War
- Series III. Sermons and miscellaneous writings
- Series IV. Correspondence
- Series V. Accounts of Shinn's missionary activities and summer work
- Series VI. Family biographical materials
- Series VII. Photographs
Acquisition Information
Gift of Burnell O'Brien and Elena Gardella; received: 1983.
- Title
- Shinn, Q. H. (Quillen Hamilton), 1845-1907. Papers, 1866-1934: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00510
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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