Wilbur Fisk Tillett Collection
Scope and Contents Note
This.21 linear feet collection, in 23 file folders, contains family correspondence Wilbur Tillett received from several family members, postcards, poems, and a pamphlet. The correspondence is arranged in chronological order.
Dates
- Creation: 1875 - 1936
Language of Materials
English
Biographical/Historical Note
Wilbur Fisk Tillett (1854-1936) was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He graduated from, Randolph-Macon College (now Duke University) in 1877; In 1879, he received a Master of Arts from Princeton University, and graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1880. Subsequently, he received doctor’s degrees from Randolph-Macon, Wesleyan, Southwestern and Northwestern.
In 1882, he began his teaching career at Vanderbilt as the first Chaplain of the University as well as teacher of Systematic Theology. He later became Dean of the Vanderbilt School of Religion
During his lifetime, he published many books on Christian doctrine and Methodism.
Full Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 half-Hollinger, 1 artifact box)
Physical Location
Special Collections & Archives
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Wilbur Fisk Tillett Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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