COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Papers consist primarily of manuscript sermons (1908-1935) by Hardin, including one preached at a memorial service (1914) for his father-in-law, U.S. Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson. Also included is correspondence concerning his reasons for entering the ministry (1894), a call to the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C. (1903), his opinion concerning the views of William Jennings Bryan on evolution (1922), and life aboard the ocean liner Espagne during a voyage to Europe, where he was a lecturer for the American Red Cross (1918); correspondents include his father, Parker Watkins Hardin, his wife, Julia Stevenson Hardin, Joseph Quincy Adams, William C. Covert, Anna Camp Edwards, William T. Ellis, Parker C. Hardin, Arthur S. Hoyt, Duncan Campbell Lee, John B. Ross, Hoy W. Smith, Louis P. Smith, and John W. Stagg. Additional items include a scrapbook containing photographs of his portraits of Hugh A. Moran, Adlai E. Stevenson, Mynderse Van Cleef, Woodrow Wilson, and Roger B. Williams, an unpublished typescript (carbon) of "A Kentucky Hardin in the Ministry" written by Richard Henry Edwards, notes for an address broadcast from Glasgow, printed copies of sermons, and pamphlets.
Dates
- 1881-1963,-1881-1946 (bulk).
Creator
- Hardin, Martin D., 1873-1935. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Martin D. Hardin was a Presbyterian clergyman, lecturer, and portrait artist. He seved as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, New York, 1920-1935.
Extent
5 cubic feet. (5 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Papers of Martin D. Hardin, a Presbyterian clergyman, lecturer, and portrait artist. He seved as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, New York, 1920-1935.
Physical Description
Manuscript sermons, correspondence, a scrapbook, a manuscript, printed materials, and other items.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- M. Morrison
- Date completed:
- April 1978
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, January 2004
- Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946.
- American National Red Cross
- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
- Clergy.
- Covert, William Chalmers, 1864-1942.
- Edwards, Anna Camp, 1876-1956.
- Edwards, Richard Henry, 1877-1954.
- Ellis, William T.
- Espagne (Ship)
- Hardin, Julia Stevenson.
- Hardin, Parker C.
- Hardin, Parker Watkins.
- Hoyt, Arthur Stephen, 1851-1924.
- Lee, Duncan Campbell, 1869-1943.
- Moran, Hugh Anderson, 1881-1977.
- Ross, John B.
- Second Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Sermons.
- Smith, Hoy W.
- Smith, Louis P.
- Stagg, John W.
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
- Van Cleef, Mynderse, 1853-1935.
- Williams, Roger B.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M. Morrison
- Date
- January 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu