Joseph Tingley papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Tingley family correspondence, two scrapbooks compiled by Ellen Tingley, papers written by Joseph Tingley while a professor at Indiana Asbury, an 8x10 color photograph of a painting by Theodore C. Steele of the children of Professor Tingley, deed to the Ellenwood home, a few photographs and ephemera.
Dates
- 1845 - 2000
Creator
- Tingley, Joseph (class of 1846) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to DePauw University.
Biographical Note
Joseph Tingley (1822-1892) graduated from Indiana Asbury University in 1846, married Ellen Rebecca Webb in 1853, and taught natural sciences at Indiana Asbury for 30 years from 1849-1879. After Joseph's death, Ellen married another famous Asbury graduate, Elijah Evans Edwards (1831-1915) on June 8, 1899 in Greencastle, Indiana. They separated sometime around 1910, but there is no record of a divorce. Joseph Tingley and Ellen Tingley Edwards are buried side by side in Greencastle's Forest Hill Cemetery, which he platted.
Extent
0.93 Cubic Feet (2 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
A student's summary of Joseph Tingley is located in the DePauw Archives Alumni Register Quinquennial 1900. An obituary clipping for Joseph Tingley is located in the DePauw Archives Alumni File for Nellie Hammond. Other data about Joseph Tingley is located in the DePauw Archives 1873 Asbury Review, vol. 1, no. 2-6: Reminiscences of Thirty Years in Asbury.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Wesley Wilson
- Date
- 1/30/2018
- 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
