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Oliver William Means papers

 Collection
Identifier: M125

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains twelve sermons, sermon notes, clippings, including mixed college materials, printed ephemera focused on "Great Missionaries of the Church" and miscellaneous.

Dates

  • Creation: 1890-1908

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Oliver William Means (Bowdoin 1884), a Congregational minister in Enfield, Connecticut (1888-1902), and in Springfield, Massachusetts (1904-1913), was born October 9, 1860 in Perry Center, New York. He was a graduate of Hartford Theological Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut (1899). Rev. Means was the son of George Jarvis Means (Bowdoin 1847), a Congregational minister in Perry Center (1858-1863), and Howells, New York (1863-1877); and the nephew of John Oliver Means (Bowdoin 1843), a clergyman in Millis, Massachusetts (1851-1855), and Roxbury, Massachusetts (1857-1877). Oliver William Means died June 6, 1939 in Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains twelve sermons, sermon notes, clippings, including mixed college materials, printed ephemera focused on "Great Missionaries of the Church" and miscellaneous.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Oliver William Means Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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