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Briggs: Song of Songs Papers, 1913-1939? 7.25 linear feet
Charles Augustus Briggs projected a commentary on the Song of Songs; after his sudden death, his children Alanson and Emilie Grace took over the project. Collection consists of introduction, extensive commentary on the Song of Songs, notes on a variety of topics; concordance; Hebrew words; location and archaeological notes; and sketches.
Collection contains family and publishers correspondence, doctoral dissertation, drafts of books and articles, research notes, bibliography notebooks, collections of devotional quotations, clippings, material relating to her father, memorabilia, and educational certificates.
Correspondence, sermons, Hebrew-English lexicon, research notes, scrapbooks of clippings, letters copied into journals by Emilie Grace Briggs, books, pamphlets, Bibles, University of Virginia papers, University of Berlin papers, Union Theological Seminary papers, material relating to the Presbyterian Church, articles and miscellaneous. Also included is heresy material relating to Briggs' trial before the Presbytery of New York, 1892, and record of trial proceedings.