Martin D. Hardin papers, 1881-1963,-1881-1946 (bulk).
Collection Number: 3291
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Martin D. Hardin papers, 1881-1963,-1881-1946 (bulk).
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3291
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.
Creator:
Hardin, Martin D., 1873-1935.
Quanitities:
5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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an unpublished typescript (carbon) of "A Kentucky Hardin in the Ministry" written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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Martin D. Hardin papers, #329l. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
Hardin, Parker Watkins.
Hardin, Julia Stevenson.
Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946.
Covert, William Chalmers, 1864-1942.
Edwards, Anna Camp, 1876-1956.
Ellis, William T.
Hardin, Parker C.
Hoyt, Arthur Stephen, 1851-1924.
Lee, Duncan Campbell, 1869-1943.
Ross, John B.
Smith, Hoy W.
Smith, Louis P.
Stagg, John W.
Moran, Hugh Anderson, 1881-1977.
Van Cleef, Mynderse, 1853-1935.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Williams, Roger B.
Edwards, Richard Henry, 1877-1954.
Second Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Espagne (Ship)
American National Red Cross
Subjects:
Clergy.
Form and Genre Terms:
Sermons.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to his father explaining why he is entering the ministry (photocopy)
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May 4, 1894 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Julia Stevenson Hardin to her parents
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Aug. 1897 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson
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Aug. 13, 1897 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Julia Hardin and Martin to her parents
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Aug. 26, 1897 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Julia Hardin to Martin
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July 2, 1903 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
John B. Ross, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Pastorate of the Second Presbyterian
Church, Charlotte, N.C., informing Martin of his call to their pastorate
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July 22, 1903 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
John W. Stagg, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, urging Martin
to accept the call to Charlotte
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July 22, 1903 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Julia
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1908 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Julia
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Jan. 1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Julia
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Feb. 23, 1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Julia
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Mar. 17, 1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to daughter Laetitia at Vassar
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1916-1918, Jan. 18 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Julia
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Mar. 10, 1920 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Julia
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Mar. 1920 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to William Jennings Bryan opposing Bryan's articles in evolution
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Mar. 16, 1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Arthur S. Hoyt re: Bryan
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Apr. 27, 1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
William Thomas Ellis re: Martin's address, "Mr. Bryan and Evolution"
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May 3, 1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
LPS (Louis P. Smith) to Julius Steele, Kenwood Church, Chicago, recommending Martin
as Churchman, Rotarian, and American (photostat of a carbon)
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Oct. 27, 1927 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to daughter "Blessed Girlie"
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Jan. 31, 1930 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to daughter Julia at Emma Willard School
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Oct. 4, 1930 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to daughter Julia
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Nov. 5, 1930 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to daughter Julia
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May 17, 1931 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Hoy Watson Smith, Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock, Ark. re: a letter written
in 1903 by Dr. Walter W. Moore to Dr. Alexander McKelway
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Aug. 3, 1931 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to wife Julia
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1932 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Joseph Quincy Adams, The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
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Nov. 13, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Anna P. Edwards to Julia
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Dec. 15, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
John Timothy Stone to Julia
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Dec. 16, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Duncan Campbell Lee to Julia
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Jan. 2, 1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Parker Calhoun Hardin to his mother, Julia
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1938, Apr. 18 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Martin to Adlai E. Stevenson about his (Martin's) visit to Charlotte and of speakers
for the Sunday Evening Club
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Frank Graham, United Nations, to Judy Hardin Baumgarten re: biographical material
of her father (photocopy)
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Apr. 19, 1963 |
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Miscellaneous
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Small notebook of sketches, (pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor) by Martin, age 7
1/2
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Jan. 1881 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Carbon typescript, two pages 18 and 26; speech or sermon re: World War I in Europe
- possibly lecture for Red Cross
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1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Notes for broadcast address from Glasgow on Sunday, May 22, 1927, by Martin; subject,
The Modern Man's Neighbor (typescript)
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1927 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Passport; includes photograph of Martin and Julia
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1927 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Prayer on Memorial Day, in memory of Martin (carbon typescript)
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1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Newsclipping from Ithaca Journal; illustration and short article about portrait of
Roger B. Williams, painted by Martin
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Jan. 3, 1933 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Carbon typescript of "Mr. Bryan, Martin Hardin and the Moderatorship of the Presbyterian
General Assembly," signed by Hugh Moran, Palo Alto, Cal.
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Nov. 24, 1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Scrapbook of photographs of paintings mostly made from photographs by Martin; includes
Woodrow Wilson, Vice President Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Mrs. Richard Edwards, Roger
B. Williams, Hugh A. Moran, Mynderse Van Cleef
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Mss. volume: "A Kentucky Hardin in the Ministry" by Richard Henry Edwards; this is
a carbon typescript of unpublished manuscript written "to perpetuate the memory..."
of Martin
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1945 |
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Manuscript sermons
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| Box 2 | 1908-1912 | ||
| Box 3 | 1913-1914 | ||
| Box 4 | 1915-1920 | ||
| Box 5 | 1920-1922 | ||
| Box 6 | 1922-1923 | ||
| Box 7 | 1924-1925 | ||
| Box 8 | 1926-1927 | ||
| Box 9 | 1928-1929 | ||
| Box 10 | 1930-1931 | ||
| Box 11 |
1932-1935 , and printed material: sermonds, church publications,
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1932-1935, 1908-1927, 1940 | |
| Box 12 | undated | ||
| Box 13 | undated | ||
| Box 14 | undated | ||
| Box 15 | undated | ||
| Box 16 | undated | ||
| Box 17 | undated | ||
| Box 18 | undated | ||
| Box 19 | undated | ||
| Box 20 | undated | ||
| Box 21 | undated | ||
| Box 22 | undated | ||
| Box 23 | undated | ||
| Box 24 | undated | ||