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Universities and colleges -- Religious life

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ebenezer Dickey Junkin Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0425
Scope and Contents Presbyterian minister Ebenezer Dickey Junkin's pocket sized bound scrapbook of articles submitted to the Presbyterian Watchman and Observer newspaper by his father, George Junkin, D.D. between 1853-1856. George Junkin, under the pen name Theophilus, wrote the series of letters to the Richmond, Virginia publication on the role of the church in higher education. They include his commentary on the relationship between chuch and government. Junkin penned the letters during his tenure as...
Dates: Inclusive 1853-1856

George Junkin letter

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0440
Scope and Contents

This autographed letter signed by George Junkin, dated January 11, 1848, was written to Francis McFarland. Junkin writes about the current unrest on Washington College's campus among faculty and students related to the future of the institution's religious affiliation. He mentions that he previously wrote McFarland inquiring about the history of Liberty Hall Academy and Washington College but had not yet received a reply.

Dates: 1848-01-11

William G. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0480
Scope and Contents

Handwritten manuscript draft of William Brown's protest to the Washington and Lee University Board of Trustees related to issues of religious life on campus and a handwritten response from Rev. F. B. Converse (Francis Bartlett Converse) to Brown.

Dates: 1866