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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 480 items) |
Abstract | Joseph Rennie (1860-1943) was a Presbyterian pastor in Chase City, Va.; Oxford, N.C.; Louisville, Ky.; Covington, Ky.; Norfolk, Va.; Greenwood, Miss.; St. Joseph, Mo.; and High Point, N.C.; 1888-1935. The collection includes family and personal correspondence of Joseph Rennie. Letters are concerned chiefly with family and personal matters with some allusions to church affairs and the welfare of Southwestern College, Memphis, Tenn. Also included are letters of congratulation and of sympathy, sermons, a notebook, clippings, biographical sketches, and a clergyman's record of services. |
Creator | Rennie, Joseph, 1860-1943. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Joseph Rennie (1860-1943) was a Presbyterian pastor in Chase City, Va.; Oxford, N.C.; Louisville, Ky.; Covington, Ky.; Norfolk, Va.; Greenwood, Miss.; St. Joseph, Mo.; and High Point, N.C.; 1888-1935. Rennie was born in Richmond, Va., and was educated at Richmond College, Hampden-Sydney College, Union Theolgical Seminary, Richmond, Va., and Central University (later Centre College) in Kentucky. He married Ellen Eugenia Goodall, 1888, and had four children, Mary Christian (Mrs. Robert Job Wyatt); Edith Cecil (Mrs. H. V. Carson); Eugenia Christian (Mrs. L. L. Rose); and Joseph Rennie. Rennie retired from the ministry in 1935 and spent his last years in Raleigh, N.C.
Back to TopThe collection includes family and personal correspondence of Joseph Rennie. Letters are concerned chiefly with family and personal matters with some allusions to church affairs and the welfare of Southwestern College, Memphis, Tenn. Also included are letters of congratulation and of sympathy, sermons, a theology student's notebook, clippings, biographical sketches, and a clergyman's record of services.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1855-1892 |
Folder 2 |
1893-1899 |
Folder 3 |
1900-1906 |
Folder 4 |
1907-1911 |
Folder 5 |
1912-1916 |
Folder 6 |
1917-1922 |
Folder 7-9
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1923 |
Folder 10 |
1924-1926 |
Folder 11 |
1927-1930 |
Folder 12 |
1931-1936 |
Folder 13 |
1937-1942 |
Folder 14 |
Undated |
Folder 15-16
Folder 15Folder 16 |
Clippings |
Folder 15Folder 16 |
Biographical sketches |
Folder 17-18
Folder 17Folder 18 |
Clergyman's records |
Folder 19 |
Volume 1: Theological notebook |
Folder 20 |
Volume 2: Clergyman's record book |
Folder 21-23
Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23 |
Sermons, notes, and other items |