PCA HISTORICAL CENTER
Archives and Manuscript Repository for the Continuing Presbyterian Church

Manuscript Collections :
Synthetic Collections :

Synthetic Collections at the PCA Historical Center, A - L

In describing the collections preserved at the PCA Historical Center, we make the following distinctions:

Synthetic Collections : In archival terminology, a synthetic, or artificial collection is one gathered by the staff of the archives. As such, these are not the papers of these individuals. The synthetic collections preserved here at the Historical Center serve to augment the rest of our collections, thus providing researchers with additional resources. These collections often include items that are available elsewhere, items such as books and other printed materials, though some cases may also include rare or even unique items. Where the actual papers of a given individual reside in another depository, we will cite that archives, when known.

Organizational Records : Organizations produce records, while people produce "papers" or manuscript collections. The PCA Historical Center is the official repository for five conservative Presbyterian denominations
and also houses publicly available records for another several Presbyterian denominations.

Manuscript Collections
: Sometimes called the "papers" of a given individual, these collections have been received directly from either the creator of the collection, or perhaps from a family member or some other person in direct, lawful possession of that collection.

Staff will be working in the coming months to add finding aids (indexes) to each of these collections. All collections are open for use by researchers. Please contact the Historical Center if you need more information about any of these collections.

Synthetic Collections, A - L
[Collections gathered by Historical Center staff] :
Adams, Jay
[01/30/1929 – _________]
MS 113 — Span dates: 1830-1890 — Size: 1.0 cf.
  Alexander, Archibald
[17 April 1772 – 22 October 1851]
MS 159 — Span dates: 1830-1890 — Size: 1.0 cf.
Alexander, Joseph Addison
[24 April 1809 – 28 January 1860]
MS 272 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.

  Alexander, James Waddel
[13 March 1804 – 31 July 1859]
MS 271 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
Allis, Oswald T.
[9 September 1880 – 12 January 1973]
MS 071 — Span dates: 1916-2005 — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Anderson, Samuel James Pierce
[5 December 1814 – 10 September 1873]
MS 160 — Span dates: 1830-1890 — Size: 1.0 cf.
Bahnsen, Greg
[17 September 1948 – 11 December 1995]
MS 161 — Span dates: 1970-1990 — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Baird, Samuel John
[12 September 1817 – 10 April 1893]
MS 162 — Span dates: 18_______ — Size: 0.5 cf.
Black, John, D.D.
[2 October 1768 – 25 October 1849]
MS 149 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Blackburn, John Cavitt
[13 August 1889 – 28 March 1959]
MS 163 — Span dates: 1937-1955 — Size: 0.25 cf.
Boardman, Henry Augustus
[9 January 1808 – 16 June 1880]
MS 108 — Span dates: 1834-1881 — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson
[8 March 1800 – 27 December 1871]
MS 101 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
Brumbaugh, Roy T.
[15 April 1890 – 3 January 1957]
MS 096 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Byrum, Roy Mach & Bertha Stanley
[6 March 1893 – 3 September 1974] - Roy
& [14 June 1888 – 2 February 1964] - Bertha
MS 166 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 1 folder
Chaney, James McDonald
[03/18/1831 – 09/18/1909]
MS 219 — Span dates: 1877-1980s — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Clowney, Edmund Prosper
[30 July 1917 – 20 March 2005]
MS 170 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
Cocke, Alonzo Rice
[7 January 1858 – 23 August 1901]
MS 171 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Converse, Amasa [& family]
[08/21/1795 – 12/09/1872
MS 174 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
Craig, Samuel G.
[1874–1960]
MS 141 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Dabney, Robert Lewis
[03/05/1820 – 01/03/1898]
MS 104 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 1.0 cf.
Dana, Daniel
[24 July 1771 – 26 August 1859]
MS 144 — Span dates: 1805-1857 — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Davies, Samuel
[3 November 1723 – 4 February 1761]
MS 177 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 1.0 cf.
Dodd, Albert Baldwin
[5 February 1877 – 31 July 1972]
MS 180 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
 

Duffield, George [& family]
[4 July 1794 – 26 June 1868]
MS 181 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.

Ely, Ezra Stiles
[13 June 1786 – 17 June 1861]
MS 155 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Foreman, Kenneth J., Jr.
[28 January 1921 – ?_ April 2015]
MS 183 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson
[24 May 1878 – 5 October 1969]
MS 093 — Span dates: 1921-28; 1936 — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Gerstner, John
[22 November 1914 – 24 March 1996]
MS 114 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
Girardeau, John L.
[14 November 1825 - 23 June 1898]
MS 145 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Grafton, Cornelius Washington
[21 December 1846 - 1 August 1934]
MS 115 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
Green, Ashbel
[6 July 1762 – 19 May 1848]
MS 187 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Griffiths, H. McAllister
[16 January 1900 – 18 August 1957]
MS 188 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
Gutzke, Manford George
[20 July 1896 – 1993]
MS 098 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Hodge, Archibald Alexander
[18 July 1823 – 12 November 1886]
MS 117 — Span dates: 1857-1972 — Size: 0.7 cf.
Hodge, Charles
[27 December 1797 – 19 June 1878]
MS 118 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Hodge, John Aspinwall
[12 August 1831 – 23 June 1901]
MS 300 — Span dates: 1882-1890 — Size: 0.5 cf.
Hoge, Moses Drury
[17 September 1819 – 6 January 1899]
MS 119 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Horner, Kenneth A., Jr.
[1918 – 19 August 1975]
MS 144 — Span dates: 1943-1970 — Size: 0.25 cf.
Howe, George
[6 November 1802 – 15 April 1883]
MS 134 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Jacobs, William Plumer
[03/15/1842 - 09/10/1917]
MS 220 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
Janeway, Jacob Jones
[11/20/1774 - 06/27/1858]
MS 112 — Span dates: 1827-1861 — Size: 0.5 cf.
  Johnson, Thomas Cary
[07/19/1859 - 02/15/1936]
MS 226 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
Jones, Charles Colcock
[12/20/1804 - 03/16/1863]
MS 193 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Kik, Jacob Marcellus
[12/24/1903 - 10/22/1965]
MS 225 — Span dates: 1934-1971 — Size: 0.25 cf.
Laird, Harold Samuel
[08/08/1891–08/25/1987]
MS 066 — Span dates: 1933-2003 — Size: 0.25 cf.
  Lee, Francis Nigel
[12/05/1934 - 12/23/2011]
MS 099 — Span dates: _________ — Size: 0.25 cf.
Lingle, Walter Lee
[10/03/1868 - 09/19/1956]
MS 221
  Loetscher, Frederick W.
[05/15/1875 - 07/31/1966]
MS 121