Finding aid for the Marius Racine Robinson Papers
Title:
Marius Racine Robinson Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Robinson, Marius Racine
Dates:
1830-1897
Quantity:
0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Marius Racine Robinson (1806-1878) was a Presbyterian clergyman and editor of the Anti-Slavery Bugle (Salem, Ohio). The collection consists of correspondence (1836-1839) of Robinson with his wife, Emily; lectures and speeches (1830-1865), notes, journal, newspaper clippings, and biographical material on Robinson. Relates to the American Anti-Slavery Society in Ohio for which Robinson was lecturer, the American Colonization Society, the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, abolitionism, emancipation, slavery, and theological subjects.
Identification:
MS 1660
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Marius Racine Robinson Papers, 1830-1897 and undated, consist of correspondence (1836-1839) of Robinson with his wife, Emily; lectures and speeches (1830-1865), notes, journal, newspaper clippings, and biographical material on Robinson. Relates to the American Anti-Slavery Society in Ohio for which Robinson was lecturer, the American Colonization Society, the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, abolitionism, emancipation, slavery, and theological subjects.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the anti-slavery/abolitionist movement in Ohio in general and in Salem, Ohio, in particular. Those studying the activities of the American Colonization Society, and the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, will find this collection useful. Those studying the history of religion and the Presbyterian church in Ohio, particularly the effects of Presbyterian theology in the anti-slavery movement, will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Abolitionists -- Ohio.
American Anti-Slavery Society.
American Colonization Society.
Anti-Slavery Society (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Lane Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Robinson, Marius Racine, 1806-1878.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1660 Marius Racine Robinson Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gifts of William Pendleton Palmer in 1921 and W. C. Boyle in 1927.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Marius Racine Robinson Papers, 1830-1897; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Correspondence, including correspondence between Marius Robinson and his wife, Emily, 1836-1882




Box 1 / Folder 2
Speeches and writings, including topics such as slavery, abolitionism, and emancipation, 1830-1865




Box 1 / Folder 3
Volume of newspaper clippings and notes, primarily relating to the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary and the American Colonization Society, 1830-1850




Box 1 / Folder 3
Volume of notes on the Bible, including arguments and refutations concerning theological subjects, 1834-1840




Box 1 / Folder 4
Volume of newspaper clippings and notes, primarily relating to the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary and the American Colonization Society, 1830-1850




Box 1 / Folder 5
Loose items from volume in Folder 4, 1830-1850




Box 1 / Folder 6
Volume of notes on various theological topics, 1834-1860




Box 1 / Folder 7
"An Appreciation of M. R. Robinson,", 1877




Box 1 / Folder 8
Biographical and miscellaneous papers, including typescript copy of an article on Robinson by Homer C. Boyle which was published in the Daily News, Salem, Ohio, 1897