Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1862-1974 (Creation)
Extent
24.4 cu.ft. (28 boxes)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Philadelphia Divinity School (PDS) archive comprises minutes, reports and memoranda, correspondence, financial records, publications, photographs and slides, microfilm, and some artifacts that describe the corporate history of the seminary from its founding in 1857 to its merger with the Episcopal Theological School (ETS) in 1974 to form the Episcopal Divinity School (EDS).
System of arrangement
Trustee’s Records, 1862-1974
Administrative Records, 1864-1974
Financial Records, 1862-1973
Deans’ Records, 1857-1971
Faculty Records, 1862-1974
Library Records, 1874-1974
St. Andrew’s Collegiate Chapel Records, 1783-1974
William Bacon Stevens Missionary Society, 1887-1960
Bohlen Lectures by Joseph Cullen Ayer, 1918
Reverend George C. Foley Papers, 1876-1929
Benjamin Watson Diary, 1863-1864
Collected Historical Materials, 1862-1973
Alumni Records, 1867-1973
Visual Materials and Artifacts, 1857-1974
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Episcopal Theological School. Records
Episcopal Divinity School. Records
Related descriptions
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ayer, Joseph Cullen (Subject)
- Bartlett, George Griffiths (Subject)
- Evans, Allen, Jr. (Subject)
- Foley, George Cadwalader (Subject)
- Hare, George Emlen (Subject)
- Harris, Edward George (Subject)
- Potter, Alonzo (Subject)
- Watson, Benjamin (Subject)