Box 2

Scope and Contents This series contains 22 diaries authored by Theodore Gardiner documenting his life as a student at Alfred University, as an emerging and active member of the Seventh-Day Baptist Church and the Eastern Association, and as President of Salem College. Most diary entries date from circa 1870-1910. The diaries also include information about his family, and his time spent living in Westerly, Rhode Island (RI), Greenmanville, Connecticut (CT), and Shiloh, New Jersey (NJ). There are various items...

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This series contains notes, sermons, and information regarding duties as pastor at various Seventh-Day Baptist Churches in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

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This series includes 297 local death records collected by Gardiner during his time as Pastor of churches in Plainfield, New Jersey, and Salem, West Virginia.

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This series contains eight numbered ledgers that include yearly expenses and accounts for Salem College. Other topics mentioned in the ledgers include fundraising, upkeep, and building expansion. Diaries also served as grade books for Gardiner during academic years 1892-1897. One of the ledgers in folder 4 documents personal as well as professional expenses.