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Collection Overview
Title: Ward - Lewis Family Papers, 1866-1886
ID: MS/1947.1
Primary Creator: Ward, James Thomas (1820-1897)
Extent: 31.0 Diaries. More info below.
Arrangement: Chronological, alphabetical, by accession number.
Date Acquired: 10/24/1946. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Administrators, Baker, Daniel, Baker, Joseph, Baker, William G., Baltimore (Md), Billingslea, Charles, Billingslea, J. Levine, Buell, Fayette R., Educators, Maryland, Maryland Annual Conference (Methodist), McDaniel College, Methodist Protestant Baltimore Annual Conference, Ward, James Thomas (1820-1897), Washington (D.C.), Wesley Theological Seminary, Western Maryland College, Westminster (Md), Westminster Theological Seminary (Westminster, Md.), Yingling, Anna
Forms of Material: Diaries
Languages: English
Abstract
Thirty-nine diaries of James Thomas Ward, Clipping file of James Thomas Ward, and family papers, photographs and scrapbooks.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Thirty-one personal diaries of James Thomas Ward, Methodist Protesant minister and president of Western Maryland College, written during his term as College President.
Diaries contain James Thomas Ward's personal comments and document his day to day life. Mostly he writes about his domestic life, wife, daughter and her husband Thomas H. Lewis, grandchildren, servants, and interaction with people from Westminster and Carroll County, Maryland. Written during his tenure as president of Western Maryland College, these diaries also focus on his worries and experiences in initiating and building the college. He also comments on local, regional, and national events and writes about the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, which he usually attended.
Ward began writing about the events and people that surrounded his life in the 1830s. It was in 1847 that he took these writings, notes, and early remembrances and put them together in volumes. His daily writings begin in 1841 and continue throughout his life with his last diary entry on February 17, 1897 just two weeks before his death on March 4.
Writtings and diaries written from 1840-1866, April 4, 1894-December 14, 1894, and October 3, 1895-1897 are in the Library of Congress Manuscript collection (Call Number 0452J). Diaries from June 23, 1890-April 2,1894 and December 15, 1894-October 2, 1895 are in the Ward Diaries 1890-1895 collection in the McDaniel College Archives. Diaries from September 19, 1862-September 25, 1864 have not been located.
Collection Historical Note
James Thomas Ward was born August 21, 1820 in Georgetown, D.C., the son of Ulysses Ward, prominent in the temperance movement in the United States, and Susan Beall Ward. In the late 1820s, when the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States split, J. T. Ward’s father converted to the Methodist Protestant religion. J. T. Ward followed his father and converted in 1833. J. T. Ward attended Columbian Academy in D.C. and Brookville Classical Academy in Montgomery County, Maryland, where he graduated in 1838 with the classical prize. He continued to read and study Greek, Latin, philosophy, and history. He was about 20 years old when he decided to become a minister. He studied with prominent Methodist Protestant ministers Augustus Webster and Andrew Lipscomb. For the next 26 years he would preach in churches and circuits from Philadelphia to Alexandria, Virginia including two stations in Westminster, MD.
When he was in Cumberland, Maryland in 1845 he married Catherine Light (1823-1899) of Virginia. They had two daughters Clara (1849-1854) and Mary (1854-1934). For health and political reasons, Ward retired from active ministry and moved to Westminster in 1866. He met Fayette Buell and helped him found a small college dedicated to the equal education of men and women. In 1886 after twenty years as President of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) Ward retired and switched positions with his son-in-law Thomas Hamilton Lewis and became president of Westminster Theological Seminary (Now Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.). He died in March 4, 1897. His diaries cover his life from 1840 to 1897 in 104 volumes. They are descriptive of his beliefs, his religion, his family, and the times he lived in.
Biographical Note
James Thomas Ward was born August 21,1820 in Georgetown, D.C. the son of Ulysses Ward, prominent in the temperance movement in the United States, and Susan Beall Ward. In the late 1820s when the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States split, his father converted to the Methodist Protestant religion. Ward followed his father and converted in 1833. He attended Columbian Academy in D. C. and Brookville Classical Academy in Montgomery County, Maryland, where he graduated in 1838 with the classical prize. He continued to read and study Greek, Latin, philosophy, and history. He was about 20 years old when decided to become a minister. He sought and studied with prominent Methodist Protestant ministers Augustus Webster and Andrew Lipscomb. For the next 26 years he would preach in churches and circuits from Philadelphia to Alexandria Virginia including two stations in Westminster, MD. When he was in Cumberland, Maryland in 1845 he married Catherine Light (1823-1899) of Virginia. They had two daughters Clara (1849-1854) and Mary (1854-1934). For health and political reasons, Ward retired from active ministry and moved to Westminster in 1866. Here he met Fayette Buell and helped him found a small college dedicated to the equal education of men and women. In 1886 after twenty years as President of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) Ward retired to become president of Westminster Theological Seminary (Now Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.). He died in March 4, 1897. His diaries cover his life from 1840 to 1897 in over 104 volumes of which 55 are in the Library of Congress Manuscript Collection. They are descriptive of his beliefs, his religion, his family, and the times he lived in.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
McDaniel College
Accruals:
Accessions: 2006.38; 2006.40; 2006.41; 2013.38
Alternate Extent Statement:
31 Diaries
Use Restrictions:
Copyright: McDaniel College may hold copyright to sections of this material.
McDaniel College makes no representation that it is the owner of any copyright or other literary property in the materials contained in its archives and special collections, (b) that in providing access to or permitting the reproduction of any such materials, McDaniel Archives does not assume any responsibility for obtaining or granting any permission to publish or use the same, and (c) that the responsibility 9i) for determining the nature of any rights, and the ownership or interest therein, and for obtaining the appropriate permissions to publish or use and (ii) for determining the nature of any liabilities (including liabilities for defamation and invasion of privacy or publicity) that may arise from any publication or use, rest entirely with the researcher.
Copying: Papers may be copied in accordance with the Archives' usual procedures.
Acquisition Source:
Accession 1946 from Lewis Family- Accessions 2006.38, 2006.40, 2006.41, and 2013.51 from Dr. Edwin Lewis
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
The Library of Congress contains another 58 volumes of James Thomas Ward's writings including 47 diaries.
Preferred Citation:
James Thomas Ward Diaries, 1866-1886, MS1947.1, McDaniel College Archives
Other Note:
In 2009, conservation treatment was provided through an American Heritage Preservation and Institute of Museum and Library Services(IMLS) conservation grant.
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- Accession 1947.1: James T. Ward Diaries, 1866-1886
- Gift of Thomas Hamilton Lewis's children.
- Creators:
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Ward, James Thomas (1820-1897)
- Box 1: James T. Ward Diary, 02/10/1866-12/24/1868
- 5 volumes.
- Box 2: James T. Ward Diary, 12/25/1868-02/17/1871
- 4 volumes.
- Box 3: James T. Ward Diary, 03/4/1871-10/20/1874
- 4 volumes.
- Box 4: James T. Ward Diary, 10/21/1874-11/20/1877
- 6 volumes.
- Box 5: James T. Ward Diary, 11/21/1877-12/31/1880
- 5 volumes.
- Box 6: James T. Ward Diary, 01/01/1881-12/31/1884
- 5 volumes.
- Box 7: James T. Ward Diary, 01/01/1885-12/31/1886
- 2 volumes.
- Accession 2006.38: 1905-1928
- Given by Edwin H. Lewis in memory of Hamilton Ward Lewis.
- Book 1: The Good Life, 1905
- Book by Thomas H. Lewis, publishied by Methodist Protestan Book Concern, Baltimore, Maryland. A collection of sermons preached before the students of Western Maryland College.
- Book 2: Western Maryland College Commencement 1911: The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of President Lewis, 1911
- Souvenier book printed for Thomas Lewis's 25th Anniversary as President of Western Maryland College. Contains programs and speeches given at the Anniversary Banquet.
- Book 3: "College Ideals: Baccalaureate Sermon", 1911
- Copy of sermon given at the baccalaureate class of 1911.
- Book 4: Methodist Protestant Church 1928: Centennial Memorial Volume, 1928
- Edited by Thomas Hamilton Lewis
- Book 5: Methodist Union Addresses in Its Initial Stages, After 1928
- James H. Straugh edited this compilation of addresses given by Thomas H. Lewis in favor of the uniting of the Methodist Protestant and Methodist Episcopal churches.
- Book 6: "A Tribute: 1887-1917", 1917
- Tributes to Thomas H. Lewis from the 31 classes that graduated while he was president of Western Maryland College
- Item 7: "The True American Doctrine of Public Education as Expounded by Washington", 1918
- Pamphlet of an address delivered by Thomas Hamilton Lewis before the Maryland Society of Sons of the American Revolution on February 22, 1918. Pamphlet was published by the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
- Accession 2006.40: James T. Ward Diaries, 1890-1895
- Gift of Ewin H. Lewis in memory of Hamilton Ward Lewis.
- Creators:
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Ward, James Thomas (1820-1897)
- Box 1: James T. Ward Diary, 10/14/1889-06/23/1890
- Diary, 100 folders (one leaf per folder), 223 pages; bindings; CD of diary.
- Box 2: James T. Ward Diary, 06/24/1890-02/22/1891
- Diary, 100 folders (one leaf per folder) 174 pages, bindings, and CD of diary
- Box 3: James T. Ward Diary, 02/23/1891-10/24/1891
- Diary, 97 folders (one leaf per folder), 192 pages, binding, CD of diary.
- Box 4: James T. Ward Diary, 10/25/1891-01/19/1892
- Diary, 40 folders (one leaf per folder), 76 pages; binding, CD of diary.
- Box 5: James T. Ward Diary, 01/20/1892-06/29/1892
- Seventy-five folders, one leaf per folder. Two folders - binding and case. CD with images of each page of diary.
- Box 6: James T. Ward Diary, 06/30/1892-11/02/1892
- Firlst half of diary, 56 folders (one leaf per folder), pages 1-105, binding and two CD of diary.
- Box 7: James T. Ward Diary, 11/03/1892-04/12/1893
- Second half of diary (June 30, 1892-April 12, 1893), 69 folders (one leaf per folder), pages 107-242. for bindings and CD see Box 6.
- Box 8: James T. Ward Diary, 04/13/1893-04/02/1894
- Diary, 284 pages.
- Box 9: James T. Ward Diary, 12/15/1894-04/22/1895
- diary, 65 folders (one leaf per folder), pages 1-128; binding, two CDs of diary.
- Box 10: James T. Ward Diary, 04/23/1895-10/02/1895
- Secon half of Diary December 15, 1894-October 2, 1895, 79 folders, pages 129-286. See box 9 for binding and CDs.
- Accession 2006.41
- Gift of Edwin H. Lewis in memory of Hamilton Ward Lewis.
- Item 1: Portrait: Thomas Hamilton Lewis, Circa 1925
- Oil on canvas by R. S. Meryman. This portrait was painted after Thomas Lewis retired and moved to Washington. Portrait is in original frame. Sticker on stretcher is Geo. F. Muth & Co. 13th Street, N,.W., Washington, D.C. Canvas size: 24" 28"; framed size: 30" x 34.5 ".
- Accession 2013.51
- Given by Edwin H. Lewis, MD and Hamilton Ward Lewis, Jr. in memory of Hamilton Ward Lewis, Sr.
- Box B00655: Photographic Portrait of James T. Ward, Circa 1860
- Photograph portrait of James T. Ward, circa 1860. Wood frame, black and gold insert with wheat sheave decoration
- Box B00656: Portrait of Catherine Light Ward, circa 1860
- Unsigned pen and ink portrait of Catherine Light Ward, circa 1960. Wood frame, wheat sheave decoration on inner frame, oval mount with gold reveal.
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