Guide to the Henry Jackson Van Dyke Papers
Open for research.
Henry Jackson Van Dyke was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1852. He attended Princeton University for undergraduate, graduate, and seminary studies, completing his courses in 1877. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Brooklyn in 1879 and served as pastor at churches in Rhode Island and New York City until 1900, when he returned to Princeton as a professor of English literature. He held this post until 1923. From 1913 to 1917 he served as U.S. minister to the Netherlands. After 1923 he held the status of Professor Emeritus at Princeton, where he died in 1933.
In 1902 Van Dyke served as moderator of the General Assembly, and he was also an author of several books.
This collection consists of Van Dyke's sermons, notes, and addresses. They are arranged chronologically, with undated material at the back. There are also two biographical essays and a copy of one of Van Dyke's poems.
Henry Jackson Van Dyke Papers, RG 64, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 64 | |
| 1 | 2 | Biographical Essays, undated | |
| Sermons, Notes, and Addresses | |||
| 1 | 3 | 1875-1877 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1878 | |
| 1 | 5 | 1879 | |
| 1 | 6 | 1879 | |
| 1 | 7 | 1880 | |
| 1 | 8 | 1880 | |
| 1 | 9 | 1881 | |
| 1 | 10 | 1881 | |
| 1 | 11 | 1882 | |
| 1 | 12 | 1882 | |
| 1 | 13 | 1883 | |
| 1 | 14 | 1883 | |
| 1 | 15 | 1884 | |
| 1 | 16 | 1884 | |
| 1 | 17 | 1884 | |
| 1 | 18 | 1885 | |
| 1 | 19 | 1885 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1886 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1886 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1887 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1887 | |
| 2 | 5 | 1888 | |
| 2 | 6 | 1888 | |
| 2 | 7 | 1888 | |
| 2 | 8 | 1889 | |
| 2 | 9 | 1889 | |
| 2 | 10 | 1890 | |
| 2 | 11 | 1890 | |
| 2 | 12 | 1890 | |
| 2 | 13 | 1891 | |
| 2 | 14 | 1891 | |
| 2 | 15 | 1892 | |
| 2 | 16 | 1893 | |
| 2 | 17 | 1894 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1895 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1895 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1896 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1897 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1897 | |
| 3 | 6 | 1898 | |
| 3 | 7 | 1898 | |
| 3 | 8 | 1899 | |
| 3 | 9 | 1900-1903 | |
| 3 | 10 | 1904-1906 | |
| 3 | 11 | 1908-1910 | |
| 3 | 12 | 1911-1912 | |
| 3 | 13 | 1913-1917 | |
| 3 | 14 | 1918-1919 | |
| 3 | 15 | 1920-1923 | |
| 3 | 16 | 1924-1931 | |
| 3 | 17 | Undated | |
| 3 | 18 | Undated | |
| 3 | 19 | Miscellaneous [includes a manuscript sermon (undated) and a newspaper containing a reprinted sermon (1922)], 1922, undated | |
| 3 | 20 | Poem, 1912 |