Correspondence: 1882-98, 14 ff; EMW to parents and brother Ralph (see further corresp. with Ralph Wilbur, Box 12)
Correspondence: 1896-1913, 22 ff; EMW to Dorothea Dix Eliot. Also included are corresp. from members of her family
con't.: 1914-46, 22 ff; 3 ff n.d.
Correspondence: 1892-1920, 32 ff; Dorothea to EMW
con't.: 1921-31, 9 ff
con't.: 1932-40, 5 ff
Correspondence: 1871-1900, 8 ff; EMW and Dorthea to and from Dorthea's family, and some to EMW's family
con't.: 1901-27, 9 ff; also some corresp. to and from the Wilbur children, Elizabeth and Eliot.
con't: 1928-55, 8 ff
Correspondence:
1922, 24, 30-31; to son Eliot (see also Box 9)
1916-17, 21-29, 31-33; to daughter Elizabeth (see also Box 9)
1933-53; to daughter Elizabeth
1935-43; from daughter Elizabeth to EMW and Dorothea
1958; incoming to Elizabeth after the death of Dorothea
Correspondence: incoming from Wilbur and Eliot families.
1886-47; from Ralph Wilbur, EMW's brother
1891-1901; from Alice (Mrs. Ralph) Wilbur, nee Alice D. Heustis
con't.: 1902-50, 14 ff; from Alice Wilbur
1951-52; from Alice Wilbur
1892-1927; from Ellen (Mrs. Fred A. Weil) Eliot, Dorothea's sister, and Rev. Fred A. Weil
1892-1933; from Grace Eliot, Dorothea's sister
1893-1955; from Henrietta M. Eliot, Dorothea's sister
1851-1934; from Henrietta R. Eliot, Dorothea's mother (Mrs. Thomas Lamb Eliot)
1893-1952; from Samuel Ely Eliot
1951-54; from Mrs. Samuel A. Eliot (Frances H. Eliot)
Correspondence:
1881-1935; to Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot (Dorothea's father) from EMW and Dorothea. Some corresp. to Ellen Eliot (see also Box 14). Also incoming correp. to Dr. Eliot from other than family members.
1871-1936; from Dr. Eliot to EMW (for further information on Thomas Lamb Eliot, see Box 20, ff 18)
1918-19, 29, 51; to Tom Eliot (Dorothea's brother) from EMW and Dorothea
1899-1935; from Tom Eliot
1883-1955; to Mr. and Mrs. (nee Minna Lessinghaus) William G. Eliot, Jr. (Dorothea's brother) from EMW and Dorothea
1890-1933; from William Eliot to EMW
1897-1932; from Elizabeth Robins to "Cousin Etta" (Henrietta (Mrs. Thomas Lamb) Eliot)
Correspondence (Incoming):
Additional Note
Alphabetical:
1930-31, 33-53; Roland Bainton
1948-55; Theta Helen Baker
1917, 40; Hurley Begun
1925, 34, 38; Bishop Boroz
1906, 11; Clayton Bowen
1911,29; Richard Boynton
1932-33; Lillian Burt
1919-20,26; Daniel Cady
1936-38; Karel Capek
1912-40; Louis Cornish
1888,90, 1908; Mr. & Mrs. Charles Drew
1923, 33-34; William Drummond
1934; L.H. Duschak
1894-1939; Christopher Eliot
1945-53; Frederick May Eliot
1886-1926; W.W. Fenn
1924-40; Henry Wilder Foote
1891-1919; Mary Hayden Gates
1925-29; Alec Gordon
1925-38; F. HanRusen
1940-55; Karel Haspl.
1918-29; Chauncey Hayden
1936-39, 44-54; Mary Esther Hayden
1950-54; Stanislaus Kot
1947-54; John Lathrop
1914-22; William Lawrence
1925-39, 54-56; H. McLachlan
1906-60; copies of letters to John McLachlan (from EMW and Elizabeth Wilbur Nelson)
1947-53; Arthur Frost Newell
1941-54; Mrs. George Rapall Noyes
1946-53; Geoffrey Nuttall
1912-36; Francis Peabody
1935-37; J. Arthur Pearson
1942-50; John Carroll Perkins
1944-53; Wendell and Ruth Reed
1950-54; Abbie Pease Stewart
1944-52; B. Grant Taylor
1889-93; J.H. Thayer
1919-33; A.W. Vernon
1886-1923; Charles W. Wendte
1948-55; George Huntson Williams
1942-47; J.G. Woodworth
Chronological:
1886-1939
1942; congratulations corresp. on the 50th anniversary of EMW ordination
1940-55
1956; condolence letters to Dorothea after EMW's death
n.d.
newspaper clippings (enclosures removed from letters)
1 letter (G. Martin Allen to Dorothea re: publication of "Extracts from a Long Ministry:, 9/13/57)
Subject Files:
American Unitarian Association
American Unitarian Association Annual Award, May 1953
America's Hall of Fame, 1920
Annals of Science; History of Medicine, 1938-39
Beacon Academy, 1886-87
Berkeley City Taxes, 1921-49
Berkeley Club, 1890-1939
Certificates (various)
Commission on Recruiting the Ministry, 1914-16
Committee on the Ordination of Ministers, 1913
Cutting, Sarah, 1912
"Earl Morse Wilbur: Scholar and Traveler" by H. McLachlan, 1956
El Dorado County Taxes, 1926-49
European Maps and Information
Family Photographs
Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1948
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1925-45
Harvard Divinity School
Items from Individual Churches
Thomas Starr King, 1861, 64
Legal Papers of Dorothea Wilbur, 1871, 1908
Federick Libby, 1954
Memorials to EMW, 1956-57
Mountaineering. 1892-96, 1900, 32
Newspapers clipping about EMW
Newspaper clippings, various
"Off Study Desk" (this was in an envelope: someone had taken the materials off EMW's desk after his death)
150th Anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1953
Pacific Coast Conference of Unitarian Churches
Pacific Unitarian/Starr King School for the Ministry
Pacific Unitarian/Starr King School for the Ministry Library
Passport and Letters of Introduction, c. 1933
Personal Outfit (clothing lists), c. 1923
Phrenological Chart for EMW, 1875
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Newspaper clippings, 1953
Receipts, 1887-1911
Reed College (Thomas Lamb Eliot), 1936-37, 41
Recollections of Eliot, c. 1932
Reminiscences, c. 1934
Sermons (3), Unknown Author, 1848-49
The Case of Arthur Smith, 1914-15
The Stone System of Scientific Physical Culture, 1903
Strawberry Canyon as the UCB Stadium Site, c. 1922
The Times Competition, 1897, 1903
Toward the End of My Father's Life, c. 1917
University of Vermont: Class report, 1911
University of Vermont: Examination Papers, 1884
University of Vermont: Attendance and Scholarship Reports, 1882-86
University of Vermont: Class Essays, 1882-86
University of Vermont: Orations, 1882-86
University of Vermont: Theses, 1885-86
University of Vermont: Class Notes, 1886
Unknown Letter on Parchment, n.d.
Washington University, Honoring T.S. Eliot, 1953
Manuscripts:
A History of Unitarianism: Socinianism and its Antecedents 1944: Original mss. of what EMW commonly refers to as "Unitarian History, Vol. 1"
"Materials for Unitarian History Vol. 1 from European Libraries, 1924-34": These materials were separately wrapped in paper packets tied with string by EMW; each packet numbered (Vol. I - XVI) and titled.
Vol. I Pioneers Before and After Servetus
Vol. II Servetus, A - O
Vol. III Servetus, P - Z
Vol. IV Socinianism, A - B
Vol. V Socinianism, C - F
Vol. VI Socinianism, G - J
Vol. VII Socinianism, K - Lubb
Vol. VIII Socinianism, Lubi - M
Vol. IX Socinianism, N - Red
Vol. X Socinianism, Ref - Ru
Vol. XI Socinianism, Sa - So
Vol. XII Socinianism, Soc - Sz
Vol. XIII Socinianism, T - Wisn
Vol. XIV Socinianism, Wiss - Z
Vol. XV Index of Subjects
Vol. XVI Photos, Memoranda, and Lists
Unitarian History, carbon copy 1
Unitarian History, carbon copy 2
Unitarian History, Notes
Unitarian History, Reviews
Unitarian History, Partial Draft
The Life of Thomas Lamb Eliot, c. 1936
Bibliography of Sociniansim
Bibliography of Socinian-Unitarian Movement in Modern Christianity
Transylvania
A History of the Socinian-Unitarian Movement, A Brief Sketch of a Proposed Work
How the History Came to be Written
A History of Unitarianism: In Transylvania, England, and America, 1952; Original Mss. of what EMW commonly refers to as "Unitarian History, Vol. 2".
Notes on Unitarian History: These materials were separately wrapped in paper packets, tied with string, and titled by EMW.
Transylvania I: Akta - Fretwell
Transylvania II: Gannett - Jokai
Transylvania III: Kanyare - Rosenmuller
Transylvania IV: Salig - Yolland
Notes on England: A - E
Notes on England: F - R
Notes on England: S - Z
England: Salter's Hall
England: Trinitarian Controversy
England: Wales, Dissenters Chaples
Notes on America
Correspondence, 1952-53
1940-42; Correspondence Re: Publications
What is the Essence of Christianity
The Unitarian Church in California, 1950
A Critical Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels
Stanislas Kot. The Political and Social Ideals of the Polish Brethren, Called Socinians. Trans. from the Polish
The Five Ages of the Spiritual Man, 1935
The Unitarians
Notes and Abstracts of Reading on the History of Unitarianism (a bibliography)
Copies of Published Writings
Principles and Methods of Sermon Construction
Notes on New Testament Canon
Scheme for a Greek Primer
Harmony of the Gospels, Unrevised Draft
Stanislas Lubieniecki. A History of the Polish Reformation. Trans.
The Development of Theism
Michael Servetus. On the Errors of the Trinity (seven books); Dialogues on the Trinity (two books); and On the Righteousness of Christ's Kingdom (four chapters). Trans.
Freedom, Reason, and Tolerance in Religion
Sketch of One Old Vermont Town by an Aged Inhabitant
Unitarianism, 1918
A Scheme of Classification for a Theological Library (see also Box 45, ff 1-2)
Reminiscences of a Divinity School Graduate of 1890: Harvard, 1955
Unknown notes
Xeroxed bibliographies
Draft Bibliography of EMW works
Contributions to Unitarian History (bibliography of EMW works)
bound volume: handwritten class notes 1898-99; in German
Additional Note
Class Lectures: (Note: the dates listed here are those found in the lecture notes. It is to be assumed the same lectures were repeated over several years.) (see also Box 45, ff 3-4)
New Testament Introduction, c. 1914, 1928
New Testament I, n.d.
New Testament II, n.d.
Public Worship, c. 1928, 30
Parish Administration, c. 1922, 28
Devotional Classes, c. 1922
Doctrinal Theology, c. 1905, 09, 20
Theology: Theism (1st half), n.d.
Theology: Theism (2nd half), n.d.
Homiletics I, n.d.
Homiletics II, c. 1911, 29
Life and Teaching of Jesus I, c. 1909
Life and Teaching of Jesus II, c. 1916
Life and Teaching of Jesus, Exam Papers and Misc., c. 1922, 30
Introduction to the Study of Theology, c. 1904, 27
ntroduction to Theological Studies, n.d.
Unitarian History: Synopsis, n.d.
Unitarian History, n.d.
Unitarian History: Exams, c. 1905-41
Addresses: Arranged chronologically. Each address is in an individual envelope, with title, date, and place delivered.
29 ff; 1891-1917
1920-53
n.d.
Eulogies delivered by EMW, various dates
Sermons: All the sermons were packaged in individual envelopes by EMW, with the number of the sermon, its title, text, and chronological list of places and dates at which the sermon was preached. (Some envelopes are empty. Some sermon numbers are missing altogether.)
20 ff; No. 1-135; September 1889 - November 1893
19 ff; No. 138-335; November 1893 - January 1900
No. 336-479; January 1900 - November 1937
Children's Sermons 1-184; October 1892 - November 1903
Sermon materials and notes, n.d.
Diaries and Ledgers:
5 daily diaries:
1. 1903-08
2. 1933-37
3. 1938-42
4. 1943-47
5. 1948
6 small ledgers: listing various expenses, various dates
Scrapbooks:
4 scrapbooks, EMW
1. personal mementoes, 1887-99
2. "Scrapbook of things relating to the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon and to Earl M. Wilbur in his capacity as pastor", c. 1892-1901
3. selected clippings concerning mountain-climbing, 1892-1904
4. First Unitarian Church (Church of Our Father), Portland, OR and Independent Congregational Church (Unitarian), Meadville, PA; c. 1889-1913
1 scrapbook, Lafayette Wilbur (EMW's father): c. 1912-21. This appears to be a ledger used by Lafayette in the 1880's, later used as a scrapbook for unrelated newspaper clippings. Since Lafayette died in 1917 (his newspaper obituary is included), and the clippings continue to c. 1921, someone else used the scrapbook in later years.
1 leather zipped attache case (empty), EMW
1 folio: "Ancestral Tablets", EMW family geneology
Pastoral Service Books:
6 notebooks, c. 1899-1943
Photo Album:
1 album; "Views of Places or Scenes of Unitarian Interest in Europe, Taken or collected by Earl Morse Wilbur, 1924-1925, 1932-1934"
Ledgers:
1. "A List of the Books I have Read"; 1873-1921
2. "Book Purchase List"; 1891-1907 (also includes several pictures of famous persons cut from magazines or books)
3. "Accession Book"; 1872-1921 (This begins as a personal accession list, but it may be assumed that after 1906 it is a list for the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry library.)
Card Index:
A Bibliography on the History of Unitarianism; c. 1924-45; a 7,000 item/card bibliography in 5 card index boxes. The first item in Box 1 is a note from EMW "to the users of this Bibliography".
Box 1: Early Church; Arianism; Servetus
Box 2: Socinianism
Box 3: Socinianism in Holland; Transylvania
Box 4: England, A - I
Box 5: England, J - Z
5 rolls of microfilm of the bibliography
Additions to the collection from the Starr King School for the Ministry Library, July 1993.
Scheme of Classification for a Theological School Library, 1904-12 (Copy 1 from the original) (see also Box 29, ff 5)
Subject Index to the Scheme of Classification for a Theological School Library (Copy 1 from the original)
Class Lectures: Elementary Homiletics, 1924, from a student, Harvey Loy (see also Box 31)
Class Lectures: Unitarian History, 1923, from a student, Harvey Loy