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  • Conditions Governing Access
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  • Scope and Contents
  • Processing Information
  • Arrangement
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  • Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
    Title: Edward Brown Walsworth papers
    Creator: Walsworth, Edward Brown, 1819-1892
    Identifier/Call Number: mssWW
    Physical Description: 2.34 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1840-1889
    Abstract: A collection of material related to the life and work of American Presbyterian pastor and seminary founder Edward Brown Walsworth.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

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

    Conditions Governing Use

    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]. Edward Brown Walsworth papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased from Edwin Grabhorn, January 1945.

    Biographical / Historical

    Edward Brown Walsworth (1819-1892) was born in Cleveland, Ohio; Walsworth married Sarah A. Pierson (1829-1912) in 1849 and served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in East Avon, New York. In October 1852, the couple sailed to California on the clipper ship Trade Wind; Walsworth was a representative of the American Home Missionary Society. In 1853, he organized the first Presbyterian Church of Oakland, California, but soon left to become pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Marysville, California. At the same time, Walsworth was also filling the post of Yuba County Superintendent of Schools. He established the Female College of the Pacific in Oakland, California, in June 1863. The college was sold to the Pacific Theological Seminary in 1871, and Walsworth was put in charge of the Oakland Seminary before he returned to New York in 1876.

    Scope and Contents

    A collection of 138 items from 1840 to 1889, which consists of letters and documents. The material is related to Edward Brown Walsworth and the Presbyterian Church in New York State for the years 1840 to 1853, the Presbyterian Church in California from 1852 to 1883, and the Female College of the Pacific from 1863 to 1871.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1950. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.

    Arrangement

    Arranged chronologically.

    General

    Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssWW 1-138.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Educators -- California
    Presbyterian Church -- California
    Presbyterian Church -- Clergy -- California -- History -- 19th century
    Presbyterian Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
    Presbyterian Church -- New York (State)
    Marysville (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
    Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
    Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
    Letters (correspondence) -- New York (State) -- 19th century
    Female College of the Pacific