|
|
Drew University Archives
36 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Phone: 973-408-3532
Fax: 973-408-3770
http://www.drew.edu/deptslibrary/libraryspecial-collections/university-archives.aspx
Also available in PDF.
Summary Information
Creator
Hough, Lynn Harold, 1877-1971
...
Related Archival Materials
Copies of published books written by Lynn Harold Hough are contained with in the Faculty/Alumni Publications Collection, located in the Drew University Archives. These titles are accessible through the Drew University Online Catalog: httpshttp://catalogLibraryCat.drew.edu
Processing and Other Information
Processing Information
Collection processed by Emily Andresini in April 2006. Finding aid written by Emily Andresini in April 2006. Accrual of Paul Elmer More letters added by Matthew Beland in November 2016.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content follows the guidelines suggested by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
...
Hough, Lynn Harold
Drew University
Methodism
The Bible
America
Religion
Evolution
Heresy
World War II
Robert Browning
Contents List
Series 1: Sermons, Correspondence, Newspaper Articles and Brochures, 1912-1986
Series Description
The Sermons, Correspondence, Newspaper Articles, and Brochures series is comprised of published and unpublished sermons, chapel brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, diplomas, and ephemera. Hough's sermons address issues of concern to the Methodist and national communities, including the state of Methodism, the Bible, how the Methodist community could lead in society by example, civil rights, evolution, and World War II. Hough's essays include a 1933 critical analysis of the literary critic Irving Babbit, a 1934 address on George Washington, and Robert Browning and his poetry. Correspondence between Hough and the New York Browning Society emphasize Hough's involvement with secular organizations.
The bulk of correspondence is between Hough and ministers and scholars, and addresses Hough's sermons as well as his changes in employment. This Among the noteworthy correspondents is the Humanist critic and philosopher Paul Elmer More, from whom Hough received thirteen letters between December 1932 and November 1934. This series contains a copy of One Hundred Years of Methodism, with the foreword written by Hough, diplomas from Drew University, the College of Puget Sound, and Boston University. There are newspaper articles and letters that document the charges of heresy brought against Hough for expressing his views of evolution. The majority of newspaper articles address Hough's national popularity while tracking his career moves, and often reprint excerpts from his lectures and sermons on humanity, American democracy, and religion.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order, save for the group of Paul Elmer More letters at the end of folder 5. Items without dates grouped by topic.
...