Overview
Henry Ware, Jr. (1794-1843), Unitarian theologian, was Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care at the Harvard Divinity School from 1830 to 1842. His papers include personal correspondence and letters to Unitarian minister Frederic Huidekoper; manuscripts of sermons; and manuscript notes made by students under Ware's supervision in compiling a book, "The Religious Life Delineated."
Dates
- Creation: 1817-1841
Researcher Access
The Papers of Henry Ware, Jr. are open for research.
Extent
.78 cubic feet (7 pamphlet binders, 1 document box, 1 legal half-document box)The Papers of Henry Ware, Jr. include personal correspondence and letters to Unitarian minister Frederic Huidekoper; manuscripts of sermons; and manuscript notes made by students under Ware's supervision in compiling a book, "The Religious Life Delineated."
Biographical note on Henry Ware, Jr.
Henry Ware, Jr. (1794-1843), Unitarian theologian, was Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care at the Harvard Divinity School from 1830 to 1842. His father, Henry Ware, Sr. (1764-1845), was a Unitarian minister and theologian and the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University from 1805 until 1837. Ware, Jr. received his Harvard AB in 1812 and his Doctor of Divinity in 1834. After graduation, he became an assistant teacher at Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Ware was ordained and became minister of Boston's Second Church in 1817, a position he maintained until he was appointed to the newly created position of Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care at Harvard in 1830. Upon his departure from Boston’s Second Church, Ralph Waldo Emerson succeeded him as minister. Ware taught at Harvard until 1842. He died in 1843.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in nine series:
- Sermons, 1824-1827, 1817-1841 (HUG 1872)
- A Sermon delivered at Northborough, October 30, 1816, at the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Allen, circa 1817 (HUG 1872.1)
- The Duty of Usefulness, The Liberal Preacher, Vol. I, No. 8, Sermon to the Fragment Society, 1828 (JUG 1872.1.1)
- Outline of the Testimony of Scripture against the Trinity, 1827? (HUG 1872.2)
- Address delivered at Kennebunk before the York County Unitarian Association, October 24, 1827 (HUG 1872.3)
- Reply of a Unitarian clergyman to the "Letter of a Gentleman in Boston," Fourth edition, 1828 (HUG 1872.4)
- Letters received, 1821, 1835 (HUG 1872.5)
- Two letters to Frederic Huidekoper, 1841 (HUG 1872.10)
- Collection of [manuscript] notes by students under Professor Ware's supervision in compiling a book, "The Religious Life Delineated", 1831-1832 (HUG 1872.14)
Acquisition
Specific acquisition information, when available, is noted at the series level:
- Transferred from Loeb House, June 16, 1980; Accession 08922
- Transferred from the MIT Archives, March 20, 1979; Accession 08616
- Transferred from the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, December 1, 1942
- Gift of Mrs. Winthrop H. Perry, September 22, 1947
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 April 22.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Olivia Mandica-Hart in January 2021. Information in this finding aid was assembled from legacy paper inventories and container management data. The collection was not re-examined by the archivist.
- Title
- Ware, Henry, 1794-1843. Papers of Henry Ware, Jr., 1817-1841 : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Date
- January 10, 2021
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua94020
Repository Details
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