Edwin Post papers
Collection Statement
This collection consists mainly of letters, clippings, Post diaries and journals. Also included are financial Latin Department Funds reports, a Latin alumni fund report, a speech by Post and a DPU President's file. Student reminiscences are also included in this collection.
Dates
- 1862 - 1932
Creator
- Post, Edwin (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Post was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, November 7, 1851. He attended Dickinson College receiving his A.B. degree there in 1872. His A.M. degree came from the same institution in 1875, the Ph.D. degree in 1884, and the LL.D. degree in 1927. He also studied abroad for two years in the Universities of Berlin and Bonn. He had been ordained a Methodist minister in 1875 and from 1877-79 was pastor of the Hammonton, N.J., M.E. Church. At the end of this pastorate he became a member of the DePauw faculty. He came to DePauw in 1879 as full professor of Latin.
Extent
0.78 Cubic Feet (2 document cases (14 folders, 14 volumes))
Language of Materials
English
List of miscellaneous writings by Edwin Post
Methodist Review, Nov. 1906, p. 859 Post, the Small College The Daily Banner, June 11, 1937 Post "Latin Pagan side-lights on Judaism" reprint from Methodist Review, Jan-Feb 1897
- Title
- Edwin Post papers Professor of Latin, Librarian
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Paxton Stephenson
- Date
- 10/8/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
