White, Charles Lincoln Papers
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1941
Creator
- White, Charles Lincoln, Rev. Dr. , 1863-1941 (Person)
- White, Mary Dodge (Person)
Language of Materials
All materials within this collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.
Biographical / Historical
Rev. Dr. Charles Lincoln White was born on January 22, 1863 in Nashua, New Hampshire. His parents were George and Harriett White. He received his education from Brown University (BA), Newton Theological Seminary (BD), Bowdoin College (D. Div.), and Denison University (LL.D). He was ordained as a minister on October 13, 1890 at FBC in Somersworth, New Hampshire and later became pastor of that church from 1890-1894. He later became pastor of FBC in Nashua, New Hampshire from 1894-1900. He married Margaret Donalda Dodge on April 29, 1891 and they had five daughters, Jessie, Harriett, Katherine, Clarissa, and Mary. The two were married for 37 years until Margaret’s death in 1928. Dr. White was the corresponding and executive secretary for the American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS) from 1908-1929 and later retired in 1929. From 1911-1941, he was a contributor to The Watchman Examiner. Dr. White was also one of the founders and officer of the Golden Rule Foundation of New York City. Dr. Charles Lincoln White died on April 19, 1941 at the age of 78.
Extent
2.8 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
File Plan
Box 1 Biography, Draft autobiography, Articles about C.L.White, Family History Richardson, C.L. White’s notes about Colby, Mrs. White’s obituary, Marriage announcement for Dodge/White 1929, Tributes and obituaries of CL. White, Letters of Condolence to Mrs. Ann Dodge White, Estate Matters, Letters to C.L. White concerning resignation as Exec. Secretary, Letters from C.L. White concerning resignation as Exec. Secretary, Letters about C.L. White’s resignation as Exec. Secretary, Programs with C.L. White as speaker, Hampton Community Church New Hampshire, Photographs, Clippings C.L White saved, Golden Rule Mother, Notes on Cuba, Things C.L. and M.A say. (grandchild)
Box 2 Writings
Published Articles by C.L. White
Typed religious writings A-N:
1. Aftermath of Prayer
2. The Age of Transformation
3. The Altar Boy
4. Analysis of an Address Delivered at Augusta, Maine, before the Maine Society
5. Apostolic Preaching
6. As Is
7. Below and Beyond
8. Building the Road
9. Can True Success Be Accidental?
10. Canker and its Cure
11. The Contented Life
12. Courage to Live America
13. A Crack in the Wall
14. The Cure of Souls
15. A Day in the Desert
16. Denominational Dynamics
17. The Dependents among Us
18. Don’t Go to Sleep On Duty
19. An Ecclesiastical Ice Box
20. The Edge of the Cliff
21. The Every Other Day Life
22. Eyes That See
23. Fair Chances
24. Faith in the Forest
25. For Such a Time as This
26. A Fruitage of the Clifton Conference
27. The Fruitage of Wisdom
28. God’s Call
29. The Hidden Talent
30. Home Training
31. How Large Will Our Nation Be?
32. Imports and Exports of the Kingdom
33. The Issues of Life
34. The Life Saving Crew
35. A Logical Layman
36. Looking and Seeing
37. The Losses at the Top
38. Marching Forward
39. A Meditation on America
40. A Midwinter Night’s Dream
41. A Militant Woman at Church
42. The Minister’s Discovery
43. The New Magnetic Test
44. No Place like Home
Typed religious writings O-Z:
1. Open Air Fruit
2. Our Missionary Dirigible
3. Paper Profits
4. The Passion for Service
5. The Path Ahead
6. Personal Evangelism
7. The Practice of Missions
8. The Process of Redemption
9. Race Tension
10. The Reach of Our Responsibility
11. Religion in the Home
12. Sawing Wood
13. Searching for Work
14. Serious Situations
15. Shall the Vision Vanish?
16. A Significant Investigation
17. The Spirit of Criticism
18. Spiritual Sleep
19. The Spring on the Hillside
20. The Strangers within Our Gates
21. A Talk above the Hudson
22. Tangled Fish Lines
23. The Tapestry Weavers
24. The Temptations and Tasks of the Seminaries
25. A Test of Faith
26. Training Converts
27. The Three Angels of the Riverbend Church
28. Three Minutes before Eleven
29. Three (Tests?)
30. The Training of a Race for a Nation’s Life Where the Path Began
31. Transfigured Lives
32. Two Rich Men
33. Two Worlds
34. Under the Singing Pines
35. Visions That Did Not Vanish
36. Watching the Stars
37. Westward Thoughts Three Days for Thinking
38. What Will the Ministers of Peace Say?
39. When He Discovered Himself
40. When the Minister Is Tired
41. Where the Lilies Grow
42. Where the Tides Meet
43. Widow Who Died When
44. The Wise Men of the West
45. A Wise Minister of the Old School
46. Why Not Be Logical
47. The Women Led the Way
48. The Worth of a Program
49. Zeal and Its Opposite
Lecture 1924 “Spiritual Conquest of America," Review by C.L. White, C.L.W. Sayings, Sermon notes by C.L.W., Speeches by C.L.W., Stories by C.L.W., Story Fragments by C.L. White
Box 3 Writings and correspondence, Handwritten poems, Printed (typed) poems A-N, Printed (typed) poems O-Z, Printed fragments of poems, Book Chapters, Letters concerning C.L. White’s book “Century of Faith," Business letters from C. L. White, Business letters to C.L. White, Draft of letter to Mr. Colgate, Official correspondence from others to others, Minutes, Typed Personal Writings, No title, not clearly identified, some fragments C.L.W.
Box 4 Manuscripts - Crystal Clear Vol. 1, Crystal Clear Vol. 2, Other Manuscripts
Box 5 Family letters and related papers, To Alfred (Harriet’s son) from Aunt Jessie, Letter to Mr. White from Frances, Letter to Clarissa from Mary D. White, Letter to Clarissa, Letters to Harriett, Letter to Harriett from Clarissa, Letter to Harriett from Father, Letter to Harriett from Jessie, Letter to Harriett from Aunt Mary, Letter to Jessie from ?, Letter to Jessie from Harriett, Letter to Jessie White from Russell Colgate, Letter to Jessie from Parents, Letter fragments from Jessie and Frances Cook, Letter to Joy (Harriett’s daughter) from Mary D. White, Letter to Aunt Kate from Jessie, Letter to Kay (C.S. Sutterland), Letter to Katherine from Frances, Letters to Margaret, Letters to Martha, Letter to Muriel Day from Frances Cook (husband of Jessie), Letter to Susan E. Brown (family friend) from Charles L. White, Letter fragment from father, “What Happened to Bill” by Harriet White, Story by Margaret Sutherland, Katherine’s daughter, Miscellaneous family letters
Box 6 Mary Dodge White (1904-? )Letter Collection, Letters to Mary from Father 1917-1932, Letters to Mary from Father 1923-1934, Letters to Mary from Father 1938, Letters to Mary from Father 1939, Letters to Mary from Father 1940-1941, Letters to Mary from Father no date, Letters to Jessie from mother, Margaret D. Dodge, Letters to Mary from Nana, stepmother Ann H. Dodge, Personal papers of Mary Dodge White, Miscellaneous correspondence not family, Correspondence from Miss Susan Elizabeth Brown (Brownie), Correspondence from Othlie P. Gust
Box 7 Mary Dodge White letter collection
Letters to Mary from: sister Clarissa, and to sister Harriett and Lloyd Blackadar, Sister Jessie and Frances, Sister Katherine, nephews and nieces, Kay, Aunt Clarissa, Aunt Helen and Henry Topping, Aunt Madge
Aunt Mary, Miscellaneous family to Mary 1916-41, Miscellaneous unidentified to Mary, Miscellaneous printed material (Mary’s collection)
Subject
- White, Charles Lincoln, Rev. Dr. , 1863-1941 (Person)
- White, Mary Dodge (Person)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
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