Descriptive Summary
Creator(s)
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Biographical Note / Administrative History
David Jewett Waller was born in Wilkes Barre, PA., in 1815. After graduating from Williams College in 1834, Waller entered Princeton Theological Seminary. He graduated in 1837, and in that same year was granted licensure by the Presbytery of New Castle. He was ordained in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, on May 1st 1839, where he served as pastor for the next thirty-three years. Waller married Julia Ellmaker of Philadelphia in 1839. The surviving children at the time of his death in 1893 were: Rev. Dr. David Jewett Jr., Levi E. Esq., Laura P., Mrs. Charles W. Hand, and Dr. George P.
Waller was active in all levels of the Church during his life. He served as counsel in ecclesiastical trials. He attended the General Assemblies of 1844, 1853, 1861, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1876, 1886, and 1890. In 1865 he was elected a member of the Board of Foreign Missions by the General Assembly. The Synod of Philadelphia appointed him a Trustee of Lafayette College in 1849 where he served until 1879.
In 1834 he began the successful campaign to open a classical school in Bloomsburg and also instrumental in the formation of the State Normal School in Bloomsburg. From 1880 to 1881 Waller played an active role in the construction of the North and West Branch Railway, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad System, connecting Bloomsburg to the Wyoming Coal Fields. Waller was President of the Railroad from its inception until his death. Waller was also the Vice-President of the State Agricultural Society.
David Jewett Waller, Jr., was born in Bloomsburg PA., in 1846. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1870 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1874. Waller was the pastor of the Logan Square Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and of the Orangeville, Rohasburg, and Raven Creek Churches in Columbia County until 1878 when he become principal of Bloomsburg State Normal School. In 1891 he became the State Superintendent of Public Education, and after serving an interval as head of the State Normal School in Indiana Pa. He returned to Bloomsburg State Normal School in 1906 and served as principal until 1920. He died in 1941.
Collection Overview
The Waller family collection consists of correspondence from family and clergy. Legal documents pertaining to ecclesiastical trials, establishment of the railroad in Bloomsburg, agreements of sale, and selected sermons are included in the collection.
The main body of the collection is the family correspondence of David Jewett Waller, Sr. There are gaps in the correspondence.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged accordingly:
SERIES I: FAMILY AND GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1819-1875, n.d.
Subseries 1: Family Correspondence
Subseries 2: General Correspondence
SERIES II: TRAVEL DIARY, 1844
SERIES III: SERMONS, 1838-1874
SERIES IV: MISCELLANY, circa 1740's, 1824-1912, n.d.
Alternative Formats
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Administrative Information
Fran Carol Thomas-Buch, Archivist Intern
Finding aid revised: 2012
Margo Szabunia, Manager of Technical Services
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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1 | 1 | Finding Aid to record Group 262 | |
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| SERIES I: FAMILY AND GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1819-1875, n.d. | |
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1 | 2 | 1819, 1827-1829 | |
1 | 3 | 1830-1831 | |
1 | 4 | 1833-1834 | |
1 | 5 | 1835 | |
1 | 6 | 1836, 1837, 1839 | |
1 | 7 | 1842, 1844, 1845 | |
1 | 8 | 1846, 1849 | |
1 | 9 | n.d. | |
1 | 10 | Letters from Julia Ellmaker Waller, 1838 | |
1 | 11 | Letters from Julia Ellmaker Waller, 1839 | |
1 | 12 | Letters from Julia Ellmaker Waller, 1843-1856 | |
1 | 13-14 | Letters from Julia Ellmaker Waller, n.d. | |
1 | 15 | Letters to Julia Ellmaker Waller, 1845-1849 | |
1 | 16 | Letters to Julia Ellmaker Waller, 1851, 1852, n.d. | |
1 | 17 | Letters to David Jewett Waller Jr., 1870-1871 | |
1 | 18 | Letters to David Jewett Waller Jr., 1875 | |
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1 | 19 | 1831, 1833, 1835, 1838, 1843, 1844 | |
1 | 20 | 1845, 1849 | |
1 | 21 | 1850 | |
1 | 22 | 1851-1854 | |
1 | 23 | 1858-1861 | |
1 | 24 | 1870-1871, 1874-1875, n.d. | |
1 | 25 | Typewritten Copies, 1845, 1848-1851, n.d. | |
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1 | 26 | Travel Dairy, General Assembly, 1844 | |
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1 | 27 | Sermons of David Jewett Waller, Sr., 1838-1861 | |
1 | 28 | Sermons of David Jewett Waller, Sr., 1873-1874 | |
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1 | 29 | Notes, Wilkes Barre Academy, 1828 | |
1 | 29 | Notes, Princeton Seminary, Lectures of Drs. Alexander and Miller, n.d. | |
1 | 30 | Bloomsburg Sabbath School Minutes 1839-1840 | Digital |
1 | 31 | Records Relating to Case of John Dieterick, 1850 | |
1 | 32 | Protest Against Action of Presbytery of Northumberland, 1852 | |
1 | 33 | Appointment of David Jewett Waller Sr. Attorney by Board of Trustees, Board of Education, 1859 | |
1 | 34 | Address to Classes, David Jewett Waller, Jr., 1879, 1896, 1910, 1912 | |
1 | 35 | Account of Julia Ellmaker Waller, 1840, 1841, 1844, 1845 | |
1 | 36 | Receipts, Bills of Sale, Diagrams, 1824-1870 | |
1 | 37 | An Account (fragment), circa 1740's | |
1 | 38 | Account Book, 1839-1867 |