Guide to the William Mitchell Paden Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

William Mitchell Paden Papers

Inclusive Dates

1874-1931

Call Number

RG 195

Creator(s)

Paden, William Mitchell, 1854-1931.

Quantity

5.00 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

After graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1883, William Mitchell Paden served as pastor of Philadelphia's Hollond Memorial Church. In 1898 Paden's interest in Mormon Utah led him to Salt Lake City, where he was involved in local political and community affairs while serving as pastor for the First Presbyterian Church as as Superintendent of Presbyterian Missions in Utah. Until his death in 1931, Paden was active in equalizing political and social power between Mormons and non-Mormons in Utah.

Collection Overview

Record Group 195 consists of Paden's correspondence, addresses, an essay, reports, clippings and journals, 1874-1931.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1896-1931

SERIES 2: ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, REPORTS, 1874-1931

SERIES 3: CLIPPINGS, UNDATED

SERIES 4: JOURNALS, 1878-1931

Administrative Information

Processing Information

A portion of Paden's collected papers on the history of Mormon Utah and the Presbyterian Missions in Utah are on deposit in Westminster College, Salt Lake City.

Collection Processed and finding aid prepared: 1985
Laura E. Taylor, Archival Intern

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Utah.

First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church Pennsylvania.

Presbyterian Church Utah.

Presbyterian Church Clergy.

Presbyterian Church Missions Utah.

Home missions Utah.

Missions to Mormons.

Mormons Utah History.

Genre-form

Diaries. aat

Essays. aat

Clippings. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 195
	2	Biographical Material


		SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1896-1931

1	3	1896-1931

		SERIES 2: ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, REPORTS, 1874-1931

1	4	Addresses, Essays
	5	Notes, Reports, Essays, 1874-1931
	6	Travel Log, Russia, 1888

		SERIES 3: CLIPPINGS, UNDATED

1	7	Clippings, nd

		SERIES 4: JOURNALS, 1878-1931

1	8	1878
	9	1878-79
	10	1880
	11-13	1883
	14	1885
	15	1885-87
	16	1886
	17	1888-90
	18	1890-96
	19-20	1891
	21	1892
	22-23	1893

2	1	1895-1900
	2	1896
	3-4	1897
	5	1898-1902
	6	1898-1925
	7-8	1901
	9	1903
	10	1906
	11	1908
	12	1910
	13	1913
	14	1914
	15	1914-15
	16-18	1915
	19-20	1916

3	1-2	1916
	3-5	1917
	6-8	1918
	9	1919
	10	1920
	11	1920s
	12	1920-21
	13	1920
	14	1920-22
	15	1922
	16	1922-23

4	1	1922-28
	2	1923
	3	1923-24
	4	1924
	5-6	1925
	7	1925-26
	8-9	1926
	10-11	1927
	12-13	1928

5	1-2	1928
	3-6	1929
	7-9

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