Please excuse any cross-postings of the following announcement/request.
I am pleased to announce that The Papers of Philander Chase is underway!
Though a fairly small project, The Papers of Philander Chase will, in the
coming years, make available thousands of pages of primary material on such
topics as early American history (especially Ohio and Illinois), the early
history of the Episcopal Church, higher education in early America, and many
others.
Philander Chase was the first Episcopal bishop of Ohio and Illinois (he also
served as Presiding Bishop), as well as the founder of Kenyon College in
Gambier, Ohio and Jubilee College near Peoria, Illinois (though now defunct).
His papers (some 4000 letters, hundreds of sermons, dozens of pamphlets,
memoirs, diaries, and other documents) provide a wonderful insight into Chase's
life and work.
I hope that those interested will visit the Chase project homepage at
http://www.kenyon.edu/khistory/chase.
An important aspect of the early part of the project is the search for
documents. Having already performed the basic searches (i.e., NUC, OCLC, LC,
etc.), I am now asking any institutions who know of Chase items that may not be
represented in catalogs to contact me. As I want this edition to be as
complete as possible, I want to find any Chase item I can, no matter how
seemingly insignificant. If you know of any Chase items, please contact me
([log in to unmask]).
Thanks,
Andrew S. Richmond
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Andrew S. Richmond | Proj. Dir. | Editor | The Papers of Philander Chase |
Kenyon College | P.O. Box 141 | Gambier, OH 43022 | Phone: (614)427-5689 |
Email: [log in to unmask]
Please visit! http://www.kenyon.edu/khistory/chase/
"I think you will agree with me that some day
this collection should be made known somehow,
to the friends of the College and to all who
cherish the memory of Bishop Chase."
-Professor Richard G. Salomon
in regards to the papers of Philander Chase
Kenyon College: March 25, 1946
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