Summary Information
Edward Dwight Eaton Papers
1826-1947
- Eaton, Edward Dwight, 1851-1942
Wis Mss ON
3.8 c.f. (18 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Correspondence, diaries, and sermons of Edward Dwight Eaton, a native of Lancaster, Wisconsin, who was a Congregational minister and president of Beloit College, 1886-1917, and 1923. The greater part of the collection consists of correspondence between Eaton and members of his immediate family, including his father, Samuel Witt Eaton, and his wife's parents, J. Allen Barber and Elizabeth Banfill Barber.
English
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Scope and Content Note
The letters contain information on the history of Beloit College and on trips Eaton made to Europe and to China between 1892 and 1908; also occasional commentary on American social and economic developments.
Among the family papers dated prior to 1875 are a few letters of his father, Samuel W. Eaton, who came to Wisconsin as an American Home Missionary in 1846 and served as chaplain of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; among his correspondents were Aratus Kent and Stephen Peet and other clergymen of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. A few papers relate to Edward D. Eaton’s wife, Martha Barber Eaton, and to her father, J. Allen Barber, and her mother, Elizabeth Banfill Barber.
The correspondence after 1920 consists primarily of notes of condolence written after Mrs. Eaton’s death and messages congratulating Eaton upon the publication of his autobiography and other books on the history of Beloit College and on his family. The collection also includes a representative selection of Dr. Eaton’s sermons, in manuscript, illustrating his views on a variety of topics during the years of his ministry. Eighteen volumes of assorted diaries, notebooks, and personal financial records kept by members of the family supplement the correspondence.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Martha J. Meyer and Mrs. Henry W. Hincks, March and August, 1947; October 1956.
Contents List
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Correspondence
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Box
1
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1826, April-1863, June
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Box
2
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1863, July-1865, March
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Box
3
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1865, April-1875, October
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Box
4
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1876, January-1877, May
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Box
5
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1877, June-1880, December
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Box
6
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1881-1885
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Box
7
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1886-1889
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Box
8
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1890-1899
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Box
9
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1900-1904
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Box
10
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1905-1909
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Box
11
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1910-1917, 1920-1925, August 15
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Box
12
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1925, August 16-1936, December
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Box
13
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1937, January-1939, April
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Box
14
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1939, May-1942, December
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Box
15
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Undated
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Box
15
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Miscellaneous, including programs, newspaper clippings, etc., 1856-1945
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Box
16
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Sermons, 1876-1929, undated
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Box
17
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Papers, lectures, poetry, 1864-1934, undated
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Box
17
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Notes by Edward D. Eaton and a bibliography of his published material
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Mrs. Samuel W. Eaton - notes on trip east from Roscoe, Illinois, undated; Samuel W. Eaton - notes on sermons, , 1842-1843
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Samuel W. Eaton - diary of European trip, 1857
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Edward D. Eaton
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Box
18
Folder
3-12
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Diaries, 1865, 1875-1878, 1881-1883, 1885-1886
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Box
18
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13
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Notebook of sermons, accounts and miscellaneous, 1872-1879
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Box
18
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14
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Household accounts, February-September, 1877
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Box
18
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15
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Notes on China, 1898
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Box
18
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16
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Diary of a European trip, (1901)-1902
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Box
18
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17
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Along Life's Pathway, 1941
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Box
18
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21
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Notes for memoirs, undated
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Box
18
Folder
22
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Notes and a bibliography of published material; Elizabeth Banfill Barber (Mrs. Joel Allen Barber) - reminiscences of girlhood - typewritten copy prepared by her granddaughter, Mrs. Kincks, from notes, 1860-1900, undated
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Box
18
Folder
18-19
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Mrs. Edward Eaton - notebooks, 1901-1902, undated
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Box
18
Folder
20
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Ethelwyn Eaton - journal, August 1883 - kept (with the aid of an adult) while visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rogers
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