Guide to the David Olyphant Irving Papers
Open for research.
David Irving was born in Scotland. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1846 and later that year sailed for Futtehgurh in northern India to work under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. He and his family returned to the United States in 1849. Irving served as pastor of churches in New York and New Jersey until he was appointed Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions in 1865. He served in this post until his death in 1885.
This collection includes selected official correspondence from Irving's tenure at the BFM; letters he wrote to the North India, Punjab, and Siam missions. It also includes the manuscript of a biography written by Irving's son.
SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1857-1884
SERIES 2: BIOGRAPHY, undated
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: January 1994
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 386 | |
| SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1857-1884 | |||
| 1 | 2 | To Punjab and North India Missions, 1857-84 (transcript) | |
| 1 | 3 | To Siam Mission, 1868-84 | |
| SERIES 2: BIOGRAPHY, undated | |||
| 1 | 4 | Memoirs of Life and Work, Volume 1 | |
| 1 | 5 | Memoirs of Life and Work, Volume 2 | |
| 1 | 6 | Memoirs of Life and Work, Volume 3 |