Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- MacCauley, Clay, 1843-1925? Karl Christian Friedrich, 1781-1832 Unitarians
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 8 linear feet (19 5" and 2" boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Clay MacCauley Collection. Graduate Theological Union
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection spans the life of Clay MacCauley, from his youth to his last years. His name is spelled MacCauley in some documents, and McCauley in others. Materials include personal correspondence, manuscripts, sermons,lectures, photographs, and personal records.
- Biographical / historical:
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Clay MacCauley was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1843. He was of Scottish - Irish ancestry. MacCauley became a minister of the Presbyterian church in 1859. In 1862 he became a soldier in the Civil War. He was captured at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and was confined to Libby prison, Richmond, Virginia. MacCauley graduated from MacCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1867. His first pastorate was at the Presbyterian church of De Pere, Wisconsin. He gradually changed his thinking on Calvinism and became a "liberal Congregationalist". In 1868 he entered the Unitarian ministry. In 1867 MacCauley married Miss Annie Cleveland. She died in 1887. Clay MacCauley was appointed by the American Unitarian Association to establish a mission in Japan in 1889. Here he worked for the next 25 years.The exact date of Clay MacCauley's death is not certain, but probably occurred in 1925, in Berkeley, California.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection is owned by Starr King School of Ministry.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to the public.
- Preferred citation:
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Clay MacCauley Collection. Graduate Theological Union
- Location of this collection:
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2400 Ridge RoadBerkeley, CA 94709, US
- Contact:
- (510) 649-2523/2501