Emma Newman papers, 1845-1921

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Summary

Creators:
Newman, Emma, 1838-1922
Abstract:
Papers of American Congregational minister Emma Newman.
Extent:
2.08 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Emma Newman papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers include 16 volumes of Newman's diaries with entries from 1856 to 1897. There are 12 volumes of general notes, many from classes she attended at Andover Seminary and from reading she did in homeopathic medicine and mental healing. There are also 98 sermons, some complete and other in outline, accompanied by an index; 18 manuscripts, including an article on boarding-house life; and several miscellaneous notes and copies of manuscripts. There is one letter written by Emma Newman and 14 letters addressed to her. There are assorted other items including some fragmentary biographical material and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

Emma Emerson Newman (1838-1922) was a Congregational minister as well as a homeopathic practitioner and a "mental healer." She grew up in Massachusetts, where she attended the Abbot Academy in Andover and was allowed to audit lectures at Andover Theological Seminary where her grandfather was a founding trustee. She was a minister at the Congregational Church in Algonquin, Illinois and served in churches in Missouri and Kansas where she was licensed to preach by association. She practiced in the middle-western states before moving, about in 1896, to California, where she lived in Garvanza and Sierra Madre. In 1901, she married her longtime friend and correspondent, Nicholas Emmerson. She was widowed in 1905 and passed away in Sierra Madre in July 1922.

Acquisition information:
Acquired from Martha Caroline Pritchard, December 1949.
Processing information:

Processed by Marisa E. Diehl in March 2001. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: 1. Biographical items, correspondence, ephemera, and miscellaneous items; 2. Diaries; 3. Notes and notebooks; 4. Manuscripts, notes, and sermons.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Emma Newman papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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