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Paterson, William Paterson, 1860-1939 (Scottish theologian)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1860
  • Existence: 1939

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lecture for the Diagnostic Society, titled 'The Art of Public Speaking', 25 October 1927

 Item
Identifier: MS PAT 1/3/6
Scope and Contents

Bundle of manuscript lecture notes with frequent ammendments in the same hand as the body. Note on the wrapper indicates that a version of the same lecture was given to the Edinburgh Diagnostic Society (25 October 1927), to Aberdeen Literary Society (1900), and to Edinburgh Literary Society (1906).

Dates: 25 October 1927
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / Papers of the Very Rev. Professor William P. Paterson (1860-1939) / General Addresses

Lecture titled 'The Meaning of Human History', [undated]

 Item
Identifier: MS PAT 1/3/3
Scope and Contents

Typescript lecture notes with manuscript additions. Spans 25 typescript pages, with additional torn half-pages laid in. Frequent annotations in Paterson's hand and in several inks, suggesting prolonged revision. Argument draws from rhetoric, moral philosophy, European history, and scientific evolution.

Dates: [undated]
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / Papers of the Very Rev. Professor William P. Paterson (1860-1939) / General Addresses