Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 2: DEEDS, RECEIPTS, AND OTHER BUSINESS
PAPERS RE: JOAB TYLER
Series 3: MANUSCRIPT ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND
SPEECHES
Series 4: MISCELLANEOUS LECTURES, ACCOUNT
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, GENEALOGY, ETC.
Series 5: SERMONS
Series 6 : ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, NOTES, AND
DIARIES
Series 7 : MISCELLANEOUS: PICTURES,
SUBSCRIPTIONS, MOUNT HOLYOKE CATALOG, REVIEWS, ORDINATION
PROGRAM
Series 8 : PAMPHLETS BY OR ABOUT
TYLER
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William Seymour Tyler (AC 1830)
Papers, 1800-1902
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by .
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon
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Creator:
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Tyler, W.S. (William Seymour), 1810-1897 |
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Title:
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Tyler Papers |
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Dates:
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1800-1902 |
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Abstract:
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This
collection contains a large number of letters both to and
from Tyler and among members of his family; manuscript essays
by Tyler and by his brother Wellington H. Tyler; addresses;
articles; notes; diaries; photographs of Tyler and of his
wife; pamphlets by Tyler; funeral orations; and lectures
given by him throughout his life. |
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Extent:
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9 archives boxes(4.5 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English. |
William Seymour Tyler was born in 1810 in Harford,
Pennsylvania, where he grew up. He went to Hamilton College
before coming to Amherst College for a year and graduating
from Amherst in 1830. Afterwards, he attended Andover
Theological Seminary while intermittently teaching at Amherst
Academy, 1830-1831, and tutoring at Amherst College,
1832-1834. He pursued his theological course until 1836 when
he became professor of Latin and Greek Languages and
Literature at Amherst College, 1836-1847, and subsequently of
Greek Language and Literature, 1847-1893. Following this, he
was professor emeritus until his death in 1897.
Tyler was an ordained preacher and throughout his teaching
career delivered many sermons and eulogies. He was also a
prolific author. Among his works are A History of Amherst
College, Memoirs of Henry Lobdell, Prayer for Colleges,
Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, Histories of Tacitus,
Plato's Apology and Crito, Demosthenes de Corona, Philippics
and Olynthiacs of Demosthenes, Plutarch on the Delay of the
Deity, and Theology of Greek Poets.
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This collection contains a large number of letters both to
and from Tyler and among members of his family; manuscript
essays by Tyler and by his brother Wellington H. Tyler;
addresses; articles; notes; diaries; photographs of Tyler and
of his wife; pamphlets by Tyler; funeral orations; and
lectures given by him throughout his life.
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This collection is organized into eight series:
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1. Correspondence, 1817-1902
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2. Deeds, Receipts, and Other Business Papers Related to Joab Tyler
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3. Manuscript Articles, Essays, and Speeches, 1827-1874
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4. Miscellaneous: Lectures, Account Books, Pamphlets, Genealogy, etc., 1800-1837
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5. Sermons, 1837-1884
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6. Addresses, Articles, Notes and Diaries, 1864-1892
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7. Miscellaneous: Pictures, Subscriptions, Mount Holyoke Catalog, Reviews, Ordination Program, 1855-1877
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8. Pamphlets By or About Tyler, 1834-1897
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Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE
Box
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Folder
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Incoming family correspondence
1832-1833
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Incoming family correspondence
1835
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Incoming family correspondence
1836
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4 |
Incoming family correspondence
1837
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5 |
Incoming family correspondence
1838
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6 |
Incoming family correspondence
1839
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7 |
Incoming family correspondence
1840
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8 |
Incoming family correspondence
1841-1842
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9 |
Incoming family correspondence
1843-1844
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10 |
Incoming family correspondence
1845-1846
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11 |
Incoming family correspondence
1848
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12 |
Incoming family correspondence
1850-1851
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13 |
Incoming family correspondence
1852
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14 |
Incoming family correspondence
1853
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15 |
Incoming family correspondence
1856
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16 |
Incoming family correspondence
1857
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17 |
Incoming family correspondence
1859
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18 |
Incoming family correspondence
1860-1861
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19 |
Incoming family correspondence
1862-1863
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20 |
Incoming family correspondence
1864
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21 |
Incoming family correspondence
1865-1866
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22 |
Incoming family correspondence
1867-1868
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Box
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Folder
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Outgoing family correspondence
n.d.
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2 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1829
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3 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1832
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Outgoing family correspondence
1833
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Outgoing family correspondence
1834
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6 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1835
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7 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1836
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8 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1837
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9 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1840
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10 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1844
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11 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1845
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12 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1846
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13 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1847
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14 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1849
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15 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1850
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16 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1851
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17 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1853-1854
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Outgoing family correspondence
1855
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19 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1856
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20 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1857
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21 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1859-1861
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22 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1862-1863
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23 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1864
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24 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1865
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25 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1866-1868
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26 |
Outgoing family correspondence
1870
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Box
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Letters to and from Tyler's sons - John,
Henry, Mason, and William
1877
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
n.d.
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1837
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1840
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1841
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1842
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1843-1845
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1849
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1851
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1853
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11 |
Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1855
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1873
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1898-1899
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Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)
1901-1902
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Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her
son John
1876
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Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her
son John
1877
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Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her
son John
1878
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Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her
son John
1879
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Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her
son John
1894
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
n.d.
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1817
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1822
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1830-1831
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1835
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25 |
Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1836-1837
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26 |
Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1843
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27 |
Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1845
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28 |
Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1846
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1845
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1846
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29 |
Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1847
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Box
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1848
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1850
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1853-1854
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1855-1856
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1858-1860
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1861-1862
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1864-1866
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1868
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1872
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Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W.
S. Tyler)
1876-1877
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Letters among the Whiting Family (Mrs.
Tyler's parents)
1840-1872
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Letters of Condolence on Death of Tyler
1897
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Letter to Mrs. Mary Tyler from her brother
N. Peabody
1820
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Letters with no date among the Tyler family
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - A
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - B
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - C
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - D, E
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - F, G
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - H
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - J, K, L
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - M
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - O, P, Q
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - R, S, T
n.d.
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Incoming correspondence - W
n.d.
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Letters sending contributions to the
Congregational Church at Packardsville
1869
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Outgoing correspondence - A-Z
n.d.
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Series 2: DEEDS, RECEIPTS, AND OTHER BUSINESS
PAPERS RE: JOAB TYLER
Box
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Folder
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Deeds and receipts
n.d.
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Deeds and receipts
n.d.
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Series 3: MANUSCRIPT ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND
SPEECHES
Box
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Folder
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Article about the Amherst Sabbath School
1833-1834
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"The Relation of the Church to the
Educational Institutions of Amherst"
n.d.
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Article for
The Sabbath School Visitor
No. 5, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine
1834 May
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Article for
The Sabbath School Visitor
No. 6, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine
1834 Jun
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Article for
The Sabbath School Visitor
No. 8, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine
1834 Aug
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Article for
The Sabbath School Visitor
No. 9, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine
1834 Sep
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Box
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Folder
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Reply to the
Boston Recorder
on "Retrenchment"
n.d.
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Chapel Dissertation: Salutatory Oration
1830
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"Radicalism" (Master's Oration)
1833
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"Metaphysical Reasoning in Theology"
(Andover)
n.d.
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Address on Colonization
1832 Jul 4
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Speech on the 50th anniversary of Tyler's
professorship
n.d.
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Notes on Mathematics taught by Tyler as
tutor
1832-1835
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Sermon - Amherst College
1874 Nov
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Group of essays by Wellington H. Tyler
(Tyler's brother) written at Amherst College
1829-1830
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Series 4: MISCELLANEOUS LECTURES, ACCOUNT
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, GENEALOGY, ETC.
Box
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Folder
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Book review of
The Land and the Book
by W. M. Thompson
n.d.
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Outline of Greek lectures at Amherst College
n.d.
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Miscellaneous pamphlets
n.d.
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Genealogical material on Tylers
n.d.
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Railroad papers (stock certificates, etc.)
Joab Tyler
n.d.
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Copy of
The Religious Intelligencer
, New Haven
1837 Jan 14
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Bill to Josiah Dwight
1800
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Page of Advertising for Harford Academy and
Confession of Faith of Harford Congregational Church
1835 Sep 1
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Newspaper clippings
n.d.
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Series 5: SERMONS
Box
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Folder
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The "Corn Sermon" (typewritten, 2 copies)
n.d.
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John 13, 34.35. Amherst College
1851 Jun
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2 Corinthians 7: 10, College
1837 Feb
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Psalms 53, 2.3. Amherst College
1853 Jan
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John 1, 11.12., Amherst College
1866 Jan
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Matthew 6: 5., Amherst College (2 sections)
1841 Apr
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Psalms 97: 2, Amherst College
1845 Apr
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John 15, 11. Amherst College
1845 Apr
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Ecclesiastes 12, 13. Williston Seminary
Anniversary
1851
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Ecclesiastes 12, 13. Hadley
1841
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Daniel 5: Amherst College
1848 Mar
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Luke 12. 56.57., Amherst College
1852 Jan
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Ecclesiastes 11.9. College
1839 Mar
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Phil. 3.8. Amherst College Lecture
1846 Nov
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Luke 9.25. Amherst College
1849 Feb
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Romans 13: 8, Conway. National Fast
1841 May 14
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Exposition of Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7. Amherst
College lecture
1846 Jul
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2 Corinthians 12.2 Amherst College lecture
1857 Mar
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Proverbs 28.25. Amherst College
1846 Jun
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Psalms 51.6. Amherst College
1856 Nov
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Romans 5:1. East Hadley
1843 Jan
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Genesis 16.13. Amherst College
1852 Feb
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Matthew 25:21. Amherst College lecture
1841 Mar
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Romans 8:7, Amherst College lecture
1843 Oct
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Timothy 3:16. Amherst North Parish
1846 Jul
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Romans 11:36. Amherst College
1846 May
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No title, Amherst College
1884 Nov 30
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Acts 20, 31. North Amherst
1863 Jan
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Luke 14.18. Amherst College
1876 Mar
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"Intemperance" North Hadley
1857 Jul
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Mark 2, 27. "The Sabbath Was Made For Man",
Amherst College
1871 May
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several incomplete pages
n.d.
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Series 6 : ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, NOTES, AND
DIARIES
Box
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Address to Philological Club
1892 Oct 11
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Julius Hawley Seelye, D.D., L.L.D. In
Memoriam
n.d.
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Reminiscences (written for the Amherst
Student)
n.d.
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Article in
Springfield Republican
1871 Jul 14
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"Captain Samuel Fiske", article in the
New Haven Weekly Palladium
1864 Jul 7
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Printed address on William A. Stearns
(Commemorative)
n.d.
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Funeral discourse on Rev. Prof. Edward
Hitchcock
1864 Mar 20
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"Our Wife and Mother", Funeral Discourse on
Orra White Hitchcock (Mrs. Edward Hitchcock)
n.d.
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Synopsis of Esquire Frost's lectures
n.d.
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Address at Amherst College Alumni Dinner,
from the
Amherst Record
1886 Jul 7
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Notes on Greek Philosophy
n.d.
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Typewritten diaries of Tyler
1877-1881
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Series 7 : MISCELLANEOUS: PICTURES,
SUBSCRIPTIONS, MOUNT HOLYOKE CATALOG, REVIEWS, ORDINATION
PROGRAM
Box
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Pictures of Tyer and his wife
n.d.
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Subscriptions and correspondence about
History of Amherst College
by Tyler
n.d.
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41st annual catalog of Mt. Holyoke Female
Seminary
1877-1878
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Reviews of
Plato's Apology and Crito
and
Memoirs of Henry Lobdell
by Tyler
n.d.
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Program for Tyler's Ordination Service
1859 Oct 5
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Series 8 : PAMPHLETS BY OR ABOUT
TYLER
Box
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"Representative Cities. I. Damascus; or the
Pearl of the Orient and the Earthly Paradise," In:
Hours at Home, a Popular Monthly Devoted to
Religious and Useful literature
, New York, Charles Scribner and Co. p. 314
1867 Feb
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"Representative Cities No. III. Jerusalem:
The Mountain Sanctuary, or Revealed Religion and the
Kingdom of God on Earth and Heaven." In:
Hours at Home, a Popular Monthly of Instruction
and Recreation
, New York, Charles Scribner and Co.
1867 May
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"Representative Cities No. IV. Athens: The
Diamond of the Occident or the Fine Arts and Aesthetic
Culture." In:
Hours at Home, a Popular Monthly of Instruction
and Recreation
. New York, Charles Scribner and Co. p. 193
1867 Jul
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The Great Commission
, a sermon, November 23, 1856. Amherst, Press of John
H. Brewster
1857
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"Colleges: Their Place Among American
Institutions," An address before the Society for the
Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at
the West November 12, 1856. Reprinted from the
American Journal of Education and College
Review
for February, 1867. New York, Calkins and Stiles, 348
Broadway
1867 Feb
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Integrity, the Safeguard of Public and Private
Life
. A Sermon Preached in the Amherst College Chapel.
Springfield, Samuel Bowles and Co., Printers
1857 Oct 17
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The Men of Issachar
. A discourse delivered in Whately, Massachusetts, 1858
Nov 15 at the funeral of Rev. John Ferguson. Amherst:
Press of John H. Brewster
1858
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The Wise Men of the Scriptures; of Science and
Religion
. A discourse at the funeral of Rev. Prof. Edward
Hitchcock, D.D., L.L.D. Springfield, Samuel Bowles and
Co. Printers
1864
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The Life and Character of the Righteous or, the
Palm- tree and the Cedar in Lebanon
. A sermon commemorative of Joseph Adams, preached in
the East Church in Amherst. Northampton: Printed by
Metcalf and Co.
1864
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A Discourse Commemorative of Rev. Lewis Sabin,
D.D.
, preached at his funeral in Templeton, Massachusetts,
June 11, 1873. Springfield, Mass.: Clark W. Bryan and
Co., printers
1877
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The Higher Education of Women
, an address before the Trustees, Teachers and pupils
of Mount Holyoke Seminary, July 3, 1873. Northampton,
Mass.: Bridgman and Childs
1874
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Opening of Lyman Williston Hall. Address and
Exercises of Dedication
, Springfield, Mass: Clark W. Bryan and Co., printers
1877
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Discourse Commemorative of the Late President
Stearns
. Delivered in Amherst College Church, June 26, 1877.
Springfield, Mass: Clark W. Bryan & Co. printers
1877
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"Address" In:
Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
Ministry of Rev. Adam Miller in the Congregational
Church in Hartford, P.
, Oct. 3, 1878. Amherst, Mass., McCloud and Williams,
printers
1879
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"The Article in the Revised Version," (2
copies)
1882 Jan
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Address. In:
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Society for the
Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at
the West
. New York, John F. Trow, printer
1856
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"The Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration"
from
The New Englander
, July, 1844. New Haven: Printed by B.L. Hamlen,
1844
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"The Teaching of Christ Respecting the
Duration of Future Punishment", New York: Anson D.F.
Randolph and Company, Reprinted from
The New Englander
for March, 1878
1878
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Biblical Criticism - Questions on the Old
Testament
n.d.
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Questions on the New Testament
n.d.
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Questions in Biblical Criticism
n.d.
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"A Discourse Commemorative of the Hon.
Samuel Williston"
1874 Sep 13
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Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Daniel
Dickinson at Amherst, Mass., Dec 29, 1874
. Marlboro, Mass., Pratt Bros., printers and
publishers.
1875
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"Article II. The Theology of Sophocles"
1861
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Rules for Pronouncing Latin and Greek; and a
Method of Logical Analysis Applied to Greek
Composition
. Amherst, J.S. and C. Adams
1834
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A Discourse Commemorative of Mrs. Emily Graves
Williston, wife of Hon. Samuel Williston
, delivered in the Payson Church, Easthampton
1885 May 31
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Article on Tyler, "William Seymour Tyler",
by H.H. Neill, In:
Amherst Literary Monthly
Vol. 12, No. 6
1897 Dec
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How Much is a Man Better Than a Sheep
, a sermon preached April 30, 1863. Northampton,
Trumbull and Gere, Printers
1863
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