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).

This small collection of materials collected by William Ives Rutter includes genealogy, photographs, and research notes, as well as minutes, correspondence, and member lists for the Church Historical Society and original poetry and writings. Rounding out the collection are glass plate negatives of various historical figures, including Charles Dickens and Sir Henry Hobart, and photographs of the Rutter family.

Seven scrapbook volumes comprise this collection of Samuel F. Hotchkin’s articles and interests. Each volume contains an index. The articles cover a variety of subjects, persons, and places. Of note are a typescript index to the scrapbooks and a copy of Hotchkin’s obituary.