Batten, Samuel Zane

File

Identifier: RG-1012

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Essays by Batten on various social and theological issues (such as temperance, "Brotherhood in Industry," The League of Nations, and "The Kingship of Christ"); published articles; clippings of articles Batten saved in the course of his reading and research; sermon notes; letters from Batten's fellow members of The Brotherhood of the Kingdom, Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918; RG 1003) and George Dana Boardman (1828-1903, RG 1016).

Dates

Creation: 1870-1933

Creator

Batten, Samuel Zane (Person)

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Baptist minister. Pastor in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Nebraska. Chairman Social Service Commission, Northern Baptist Convention, 1908-1925. A founder and Secretary, Brotherhood of the Kingdom, 1886-1899.

Extent

14.0 Linear Feet (32 manuscript boxes, 3 flat boxes and 2 boxes of damaged materials that cannot be handled without preservation)

Language of Materials

Multiple languages

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jeannette P. (Batten) Hartwig, 1982.

Appraisal

Acquired by Curator Edward C. Starr, 1970. 1982 deed of gift signed by Executive director William H. Brackney.

Related Materials

See also Rauschenbusch Family, RG 1003, and George Dana Boardman, RG 1016.

Processing Information

L.B. Davis, 1971, provides a carton list. Folder level processing took place later, no date given, and handwriting of the notes was identified as Jan Ballard, Archivist, American Baptist Historical Society. In that inventory, folders and boxes are labeled as being removed for conservation. Those boxes were found in 2020 as the inventory was being readied for inclusion in ArchivesSpace. In 2020 Head of Archives and Special Collections Jill Sweetapple added Boxes 31 and 32, made up of many of the removed materials, however, two manuscript boxes are too damaged to handle. She also removed oversized material from their original locations and organized them separately.