McCheyne, Robert Murray, 1813-1843 (Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee)

Scope and Contents Autograph book belonging to Elizabeth Janet Murray (1851-1935). The volume is pre-signed on the verso pages, with lithograph prints of quotes from poets. Entries on the recto pages are manuscript autographs, either written directly on the page or cut and pasted from letters. The written autographs seem to be from those in Murray's social circle, including her sister, Mary Armstrong, who moved to Elmira, Illinois. The autographs pasted in are from further...

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: notebooks containing a variety of material including sermon outlines, poems, letters while on a trip to Palestine, class notes, diary and sketches of Palestine trip, outlines of talks, convocation notes, and poetry scrapbooks of others; a packet of miscellaneous cards such as Edinburgh University class tickets for history, philosophy, and theology, library ticket, and General Assembly ticket; references to McCheyne's probity, and certificates of attendance and...