bMS 505
Wendte, Charles William. Papers, 1883-1927.
Summary Information:
- Call Number: bMS 505
- Title: Charles William Wendte. Papers, 1883-1927.
- Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
- Quantity: 2 boxes
Administrative Information:
- Acquisition Information: Gift of Unitarian Universalist Association, 1981.
- Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Biographical Note:
Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1867 and Harvard Divinity School in 1869. Ordained to the Unitarian ministry, he served parishes in Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; and Los Angeles and Oakland, California. From 1900 to 1920, he served as the general secretary of the International Council of Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers. He also served as the secretary of the Foreign Relations Department of the American Unitarian Association from 1905 to 1915. Additionally, he served as the secretary of the National Federation of Religious Liberals from 1908 to 1920, and as president of the Free Religious Association from 1910 to 1914. He published Thomas Starr King, Patriot and Preacher (1921), The Transfiguration of Life (1930), and his autobiographical work The Wider Fellowship (1927).
For related collection, please see bMS 67.
Scope and Content Note:
This collection consists mainly of lectures and articles by Wendte, arranged by chapter, unless no chapter is given; then it is listed alphabetically by title. There are also materials relating to the 400th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, as well as notes from a lecture by Rev. F.L. Hosmer.
Container List:
Lectures and Articles
- bMS 505/1 (1) Wendte, C.W. "Afoot and Afloat in Holland."
- bMS 505/1 (2) Wendte, C.W. "The Angels."
- bMS 505/1 (3) Wendte, C.W. "Art in the Service of Religion"; I - The Shrines and Statues of Ancient Greece, 1890.
- bMS 505/1 (4) Wendte, C.W. II - The Roman Arch and Vault.
- bMS 505/1 (5) Wendte, C.W. III - From the Catacombs to the Cathedrals.
- bMS 505/1 (6) Wendte, C.W. IV - Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals, 1900.
- Note: Lecture V is missing in this series.
- bMS 505/1 (7) Wendte, C.W. "Bonnie Scotland."
- bMS 505/1 (8) Wendte, C.W. "German Religion."
- bMS 505/1 (9) Wendte, C.W. "Heroes of Free Thought - John Huss."
- bMS 505/1 (10) Wendte, C.W. "John Wyclif."
- bMS 505/1 (11) Wendte, C.W. "The Isle of Peace..." (Newport, R.I.) 1907.
- bMS 505/1 (12) Wendte, C.W. "Luther the Father of Protestant Church Song."
- bMS 505/1 (13) Wendte, C.W. Martin Luther."
- bMS 505/1 (14) Wendte, C.W. "Our American Church Music," in Christian Register, March 15, 1883.
- bMS 505/2 (1) Wendte, C.W. "Romantic Composers," 1897.
- bMS 505/2 (2) Wendte, C.W. "Sentiment & Song in the Sunday School," 1908.
- bMS 505/2 (3) Wendte, C.W. "Worship - Music and the Classic Composers" I - The Genius and Mission of Music.
- bMS 505/2 (4) Wendte, C.W. II - George Frederick Handel.
- bMS 505/2 (5) Wendte, C.W. III - John Sebastian Bach.
- bMS 505/2 (6) Wendte, C.W. IV - Joseph Haydn.
- bMS 505/2 (7) Wendte, C.W. V - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- bMS 505/2 (8) Wendte, C.W. VI - Ludwig von Beethoven.
- bMS 505/2 (9) Wendte, C.W. VII - Mendelssohn and Epilogue.
- bMS 505/2 (10) Wendte, C.W. "The Sympathy of Religions," in Christian Register.
- bMS 505/2 (11) Wendte, C.W. "A Wonderful House of Worship," in Christian Register, July 21, 1921. (Dedication of new Bahai Temple, Chicago, 1921).
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Miscellaneous
- bMS 505/2 (12) Protestant Reformation - Commission on 400th Anniversary of (letters, clippings, 1917) (Wendte was member).
- bMS 505/2 (13) Hosmer, Rev. F.L. Notes for Lecture: "A Visit to Vesuvius and Pompeii, 1889-90."