Scofield Papers
Scope and Contents
Correspondance, sermons, speeches, historical and literary writing, genealogy
Dates
- Creation: 1840-1950
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1910-1940
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is open for use
Biographical / Historical
George Hamilton Scofield was born April 6, 1888 in Newark, NJ and died on November 15, 1950 in Walla Walla, Washington. He followed into the ministry after his father and grandfather both named Edward Scofield. After graduating from New York University and Union Theological Seminary (Academic degrees include the M.A. and Ph. D.) he served as pastor of Presbyterian churches in Highland, New York (1913-1922) and Goshen, New York (1922-) before coming to the First Presbyterian Church of Walla Walla, Washington (1929-1950). Scofield served as a Chaplain in the Organized Reserves of the U.S. Army. He traveled extensively in the United States and abroad and wrote many accounts about his travels, important historical persons and historical sites.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of sermons written by the Rev. George H. Scofield who was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Walla Walla from 1929-1950. He also traveled extensively and wrote about his experiences giving speeches to civic and fraternal groups and radio programs. It also includes letters, poetry and tributes written by his father Rev. Edward Scofield Jr. mostly from the 1920’s. The collection also includes publications, letters and miscellaneous from Rev. Edward Scofield Sr. The final notable piece is the transcriptions of Civil War letters of Edward B. Smith done by his grandson G.H. Scofield.
- Title
- Scofield Papers, Three generations of ministry
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections Repository