Guide to the Rev. Robert Emory Papers 1825-1848

Published for Drew University Methodist Library by General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940 3/30/2005

Guide to the Rev. Robert Emory Papers

Robert Emory Papers 1825-1848 1.08 cu. feet drew.ms.2765

The purpose of this finding aid is to help you understand the nature of this collection and to assist you in the retrieval of material from this collection. The following pages contain a brief biographical history of the person, or persons, who created or collected these papers, followed by a general description of the collection in the scope and content note. If more detailed information is warranted then series descriptions also appear. The container listing appears last and is the listing of material in each box, or container, of this collection. To request material you need to turn to the container listing section. It is essentially a listing of file folders, or artifact items, in the collection. Each folder, or item, has a call number associated with it. Each folder also lists the inclusive dates of the material in the folder. On the material request form list both the call number and the folder, or item, title. Use a different line for each folder, or item, requested. When your request sheet is complete, or full, bring it to the archivist and the material will be retrieved. Biographical Note Robert Emory (1814-1848)an American educator, minister, and historian of the Methodist Book of Discipline, was born in Philadelphia, July 29, 1814, the oldest son of Bishop John Emory. Finishing at Columbia University with highest honors in 1831, he studied law, but after three years became professor of ancient languages at Dickinson College from 1834 to 1839. He then entered the Baltimore Conference and rose to a presiding eldership before returning to Dickinson as president in 1844.

Awarded a D.D.by Columbia in 1846, he also went to London as a delegate to the Evangelical Alliance. His Life of the Rev. John Emory (1841) remains the standard work on his father. The History of the Discipline (1843) is a painstaking and still valuable collection of Methodist law up to 1840, more usefully arranged and indexed than the original Disciplines, which were searched out and used by the author.

Emory died of tuberculosis at thirty-four, leaving a wife, two children, and a reputation characterized by his Dickinson colleague, John McClintock, as "the purest and best of all the men I have yet known on earth."

Scope and Contents The collection contains a variety of correspondence, sermons, and addresses. There is correspondence with family members as well as more formal correspondence with colleagues and Dickinson College. It appears that he was working on a Bishop Asbury biography when he died in 1848. Arrangement Material has been arranged in the following manner. Grouped into broad topics and then by date. Access Restrictions Copyright still owned by Drew. Permissions to publish must be directed to Drew. Restrictions on Use Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required. Preferred Citation

Drew University Page 1 Madison, New Jersey Guide to the Rev. Robert Emory Papers

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Robert Emory Papers, Methodist Collection - Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor. Subject Terms Genre Terms Correspondence. Sermons Subject Names - Corporate Dickinson Collge Methodist Episcopal Church Subject Topics Education Itinerancy Subject - Geographic Pennslyvania

Drew University Page 2 Madison, New Jersey Guide to the Rev. Robert Emory Papers

Container List Call Number Folder Title Date(s) 2139-3-1:1 Letters to Father 1832-1864 2139-3-1:2 Letters to Family 1846-1848 2139-3-1:3 Letters to Family 1845-1848 2139-3-1:4 Letters to Family 1842-1845 2139-3-1:5 Letters to Family 1842-1845 2139-3-1:6 Letters to Family 1825-1841 2139-3-1:7 Letters to Dickinson College 1846-1848 2139-3-1:8 Letters to Dickinson College 1846-1848 2139-3-1:9 Letters to Dickinson College 1846-1848 2139-3-1:10 Letters to Dickinson College 1842-1844 2139-3-1:11 Letters to Dickinson College 1832-1844 2139-3-2:1 Guardianship Papers 1850 2139-3-2:2 Honors Certificates 1814-1848 2139-3-2:3 Methodist Bishop Papers 1818-1946 2139-3-2:4 Methodist Bishop Papers: Relating to Alexander McCaine charges 1817-1818 2139-3-2:5 Newspaper Clippings 1844-1848 2139-3-2:6 Miscellaneous Papers 1836-1886 2139-3-2:7 Letters to R. Emory 1832-1846 2139-3-2:8 Letters to R. Emory 1820-1835 2139-3-2:9 Personal Letters to R. Emory 1820-1835 2139-3-2:10 James Nicol's Memorial Letter and Will 1850 2139-3-2:11 Letters of Introduction for Europe trip Undated 2139-3-2:12 Letters to Geo. G. Cookman re: Dickinson 1839 2139-3-2:13 Notes,Discourse and Valedictory speech 1839-1846 2139-3-2:14 Sermons,Addresses and Lectures 1839-1843 2139-3-3:1 Life of Asbury: Folder 1 1814-1848 2139-3-3:2 Life of Asbury: Folder 2 1814-1848 2139-3-3:3 Journal Extracts on Asbury 1814 2139-3-3:4 Memorandum and Journal 1836 2139-3-3:5 Photocopies: Folder 1 1789-1835 2139-3-3:6 Photocopies: Folder 2 1814-1848

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