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Name and location of repository
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Titre
Date(s)
- 1958-2012 (Création/Production)
Extent
8 cu.ft. (8 boxes)
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Leonel Lake Mitchell was born on July 23, 1930 in New York. He earned his undergraduate degree in sacred theology from Berkeley Divinity School and his master’s degree from the General Theological Seminary. In 1954 he was ordained as a deacon and a priest of The Episcopal Church. In 1964, Mitchell received a doctorate in liturgics from General Theological Seminary, the first ever awarded by an Episcopal seminary.
In 1971, after eighteen years serving as a parish priest in the dioceses of Albany and New York, Mitchell pursued a full-time teaching career as an assistant professor of liturgics at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He went on to become professor of liturgics, as well as a lecturer in Church history and liturgy at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (1978) and remained on the faculty until his retirement in 2005. An expert in his field, Mitchell not only authored multiple books on liturgy but was also instrumental in revising the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
Leonel Lake Mitchell died on May 23, 2012 in South Bend, Indiana.
Content and structure elements
Portée et contenu
This archive comprises the personal papers of the Rev. Dr. Leonel Lake Mitchell, primarily from his time spent teaching liturgics at The University of Notre Dame and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. It includes: liturgical materials, particularly on baptism and ministry; authored works on the subject of liturgics; correspondence and course materials; and memorabilia.
System of arrangement
Personal Records, 1949-2011
Liturgical Files, 1949-2010
Subject Files, 1952-2010
Sermons, 1952-2007
Authored Works, 1961-1999
Publishing Records, 1976-2011
Works by Others, 1961-2009
Course Materials, 1961-2003
Conferences and Workshops, 1966-1999
Published Works Collected, n.d.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions d’accès
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
- anglais