Daniel Patte Papers
Dates
- Creation: 1971 - 2013
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Daniel Patte (1939-2024) received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France, and a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Faculté de Théologie Protestante in Montpellier, France. He received a master’s degree in theology from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and a doctorate degree in theology from the Jewish Christian Center at Chicago Theological Seminary. Patte worked at the Reformed Church of Meyrin in Geneva for a year as an assistant minister before beginning his teaching career in 1964 at the Collége Hammar in Dolisie in the Republic of Congo. He also taught at Syracuse University before joining Vanderbilt in 1971 as a professor of religious studies. Patte taught at Vanderbilt until 2013.
Full Extent
9 Linear Feet (9 Paige boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Daniel Patte Papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- 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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