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No restrictions. Open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Theodore B. Lyman Papers, #4274, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

Acquisitions Information

Gift 1981

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Sensitive Materials Statement

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Clergy--United States--History--19th century.
• Episcopal Church--Doctrines.
• Episcopal Church--Maryland--History--19th century.
• Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
• Europe--Description and travel.
• Family--United States--Social life and customs.
• Lyman, Theodore B. (Theodore Benedict), 1815-1893.
• Middle East--Description and travel.

Theodore Benedict Lyman was rector of St. John's Church, Hagerstown, Md., 1841-1850, and of Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850- 1860; he was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, 1881-1893.

Correspondence, financial material, printed matter concerning Lyman, and family photographs. Letters, chiefly 1842-1873, between Theodore Lyman and family members, friends, and colleagues, are personal and professional in nature, and cover a range of topics, including parish and family matters, theological questions, Lyman's travels in Europe and the Middle East, and anecdotes about Lyman.