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Edward Chipman Guild Papers,
1859-1899
3.0
linear feet.
Catalog Number:
M79
Series List:
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Edward Chipman Guild, clergyman and lecturer on English and American
literature, served as pastor of a Brunswick Congregationalist church from 1885 to 1894. During
this time he also presented Sunday evening lectures at Bowdoin and
occasionally taught in the English Department. An 1857 graduate of
Harvard Divinty School, Guild also served churches in Marietta, Ohio, Canton,
Mass., Ithaca, N.Y., Baltimore, Md., and Waltham, Mass. Guild gave a series
of lectures at the Lowell Institute while serving in Waltham. His scholarly
topics ranged from English poetry to Icelandic languages.
Scope and Content:
The bulk of the collection consists of approximately 450 sermons dated from
1859-1891, the Lowell Institute lectures, and class and lecture notes on
English literature from 1885-1894.
Also included are Guild's notes on German dialects and Icelandic languages
and a few pieces of correspondence.
Cite as:
Edward Chipman Guild Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special
Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
Access Restrictions:
None.
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