William Seymour Tyler (AC 1830) Papers, 1800-1902

Tyler Papers, 1800-1902

9 archives boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

Abstract:

This collection contains a large number of letters both to and from Tyler and among members of his family; manuscript essays by Tyler and by his brother Wellington H. Tyler; addresses; articles; notes; diaries; photographs of Tyler and of his wife; pamphlets by Tyler; funeral orations; and lectures given by him throughout his life.

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Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the William Seymour Tyler Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

William Seymour Tyler was born in 1810 in Harford, Pennsylvania, where he grew up. He went to Hamilton College before coming to Amherst College for a year and graduating from Amherst in 1830. Afterwards, he attended Andover Theological Seminary while intermittently teaching at Amherst Academy, 1830-1831, and tutoring at Amherst College, 1832-1834. He pursued his theological course until 1836 when he became professor of Latin and Greek Languages and Literature at Amherst College, 1836-1847, and subsequently of Greek Language and Literature, 1847-1893. Following this, he was professor emeritus until his death in 1897.

Tyler was an ordained preacher and throughout his teaching career delivered many sermons and eulogies. He was also a prolific author. Among his works are A History of Amherst College, Memoirs of Henry Lobdell, Prayer for Colleges, Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, Histories of Tacitus, Plato's Apology and Crito, Demosthenes de Corona, Philippics and Olynthiacs of Demosthenes, Plutarch on the Delay of the Deity, and Theology of Greek Poets.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

This collection is organized into eight series:

1. Correspondence, 1817-1902
2. Deeds, Receipts, and Other Business Papers Related to Joab Tyler
3. Manuscript Articles, Essays, and Speeches, 1827-1874
4. Miscellaneous: Lectures, Account Books, Pamphlets, Genealogy, etc., 1800-1837
5. Sermons, 1837-1884
6. Addresses, Articles, Notes and Diaries, 1864-1892
7. Miscellaneous: Pictures, Subscriptions, Mount Holyoke Catalog, Reviews, Ordination Program, 1855-1877
8. Pamphlets By or About Tyler, 1834-1897

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the William Seymour Tyler Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in William Seymour Tyler (AC 1830) Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Processing Information

Processed:	ca. 1974
Finding Aid:	ca. 1974
Revised:	2001
Edited by:	Peter A. Nelson, Assistant Archivist

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Contents List

Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE

Incoming family correspondence	1832-1833	Box 1: folder 1

Incoming family correspondence	1835	Box 1: folder 2

Incoming family correspondence	1836	Box 1: folder 3

Incoming family correspondence	1837	Box 1: folder 4

Incoming family correspondence	1838	Box 1: folder 5

Incoming family correspondence	1839	Box 1: folder 6

Incoming family correspondence	1840	Box 1: folder 7

Incoming family correspondence	1841-1842	Box 1: folder 8

Incoming family correspondence	1843-1844	Box 1: folder 9

Incoming family correspondence	1845-1846	Box 1: folder 10

Incoming family correspondence	1848	Box 1: folder 11

Incoming family correspondence	1850-1851	Box 1: folder 12

Incoming family correspondence	1852	Box 1: folder 13

Incoming family correspondence	1853	Box 1: folder 14

Incoming family correspondence	1856	Box 1: folder 15

Incoming family correspondence	1857	Box 1: folder 16

Incoming family correspondence	1859	Box 1: folder 17

Incoming family correspondence	1860-1861	Box 1: folder 18

Incoming family correspondence	1862-1863	Box 1: folder 19

Incoming family correspondence	1864	Box 1: folder 20

Incoming family correspondence	1865-1866	Box 1: folder 21

Incoming family correspondence	1867-1868	Box 1: folder 22

Outgoing family correspondence	n.d.	Box 2: folder 1

Outgoing family correspondence	1829	Box 2: folder 2

Outgoing family correspondence	1832	Box 2: folder 3

Outgoing family correspondence	1833	Box 2: folder 4

Outgoing family correspondence	1834	Box 2: folder 5

Outgoing family correspondence	1835	Box 2: folder 6

Outgoing family correspondence	1836	Box 2: folder 7

Outgoing family correspondence	1837	Box 2: folder 8

Outgoing family correspondence	1840	Box 2: folder 9

Outgoing family correspondence	1844	Box 2: folder 10

Outgoing family correspondence	1845	Box 2: folder 11

Outgoing family correspondence	1846	Box 2: folder 12

Outgoing family correspondence	1847	Box 2: folder 13

Outgoing family correspondence	1849	Box 2: folder 14

Outgoing family correspondence	1850	Box 2: folder 15

Outgoing family correspondence	1851	Box 2: folder 16

Outgoing family correspondence	1853-1854	Box 2: folder 17

Outgoing family correspondence	1855	Box 2: folder 18

Outgoing family correspondence	1856	Box 2: folder 19

Outgoing family correspondence	1857	Box 2: folder 20

Outgoing family correspondence	1859-1861	Box 2: folder 21

Outgoing family correspondence	1862-1863	Box 2: folder 22

Outgoing family correspondence	1864	Box 2: folder 23

Outgoing family correspondence	1865	Box 2: folder 24

Outgoing family correspondence	1866-1868	Box 2: folder 25

Outgoing family correspondence	1870	Box 2: folder 26

Letters to and from Tyler's sons - John, Henry, Mason, and William	1877	Box 3: folder 1

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	n.d.	Box 3: folder 2

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1837	Box 3: folder 3

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1840	Box 3: folder 4

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1841	Box 3: folder 5

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1842	Box 3: folder 6

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1843-1845	Box 3: folder 7

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1849	Box 3: folder 8

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1851	Box 3: folder 9

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1853	Box 3: folder 10

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1855	Box 3: folder 11

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1873	Box 3: folder 12

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1898-1899	Box 3: folder 13

Letters to Mrs. William S. Tyler (Amelia)	1901-1902	Box 3: folder 14

Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her son John	1876	Box 3: folder 15

Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her son John	1877	Box 3: folder 16

Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her son John	1878	Box 3: folder 17

Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her son John	1879	Box 3: folder 18

Letters from Mrs. William S. Tyler to her son John	1894	Box 3: folder 19

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	n.d.	Box 3: folder 20

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1817	Box 3: folder 21

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1822	Box 3: folder 22

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1830-1831	Box 3: folder 23

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1835	Box 3: folder 24

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1836-1837	Box 3: folder 25

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1843	Box 3: folder 26

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1845	Box 3: folder 27

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1846	Box 3: folder 28

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1845	Box 3: folder 27

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1846	Box 3: folder 28

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1847	Box 3: folder 29

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1848	Box 4: folder 1

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1850	Box 4: folder 2

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1853-1854	Box 4: folder 3

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1855-1856	Box 4: folder 4

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1858-1860	Box 4: folder 5

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1861-1862	Box 4: folder 6

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1864-1866	Box 4: folder 7

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1868	Box 4: folder 8

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1872	Box 4: folder 9

Letters to and from Joab Tyler (father of W. S. Tyler)	1876-1877	Box 4: folder 10

Letters among the Whiting Family (Mrs. Tyler's parents)	1840-1872	Box 4: folder 11

Letters of Condolence on Death of Tyler	1897	Box 4: folder 12

Letter to Mrs. Mary Tyler from her brother N. Peabody	1820	Box 4: folder 13

Letters with no date among the Tyler family	n.d.	Box 4: folder 14

Incoming correspondence - A	n.d.	Box 4: folder 15

Incoming correspondence - B	n.d.	Box 4: folder 16

Incoming correspondence - C	n.d.	Box 4: folder 17

Incoming correspondence - D, E	n.d.	Box 4: folder 18

Incoming correspondence - F, G	n.d.	Box 4: folder 19

Incoming correspondence - H	n.d.	Box 4: folder 20

Incoming correspondence - J, K, L	n.d.	Box 4: folder 21

Incoming correspondence - M	n.d.	Box 4: folder 22

Incoming correspondence - O, P, Q	n.d.	Box 4: folder 23

Incoming correspondence - R, S, T	n.d.	Box 4: folder 24

Incoming correspondence - W	n.d.	Box 4: folder 25

Letters sending contributions to the Congregational Church at Packardsville	1869	Box 4: folder 26

Outgoing correspondence - A-Z	n.d.	Box 5: folder 1

Series 2: DEEDS, RECEIPTS, AND OTHER BUSINESS PAPERS RE: JOAB TYLER

Deeds and receipts	n.d.	Box 5: folder 2

Deeds and receipts	n.d.	Box 5: folder 3

Account books	n.d.	Box 5: folder 4

Series 3: MANUSCRIPT ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND SPEECHES

Article about the Amherst Sabbath School	1833-1834	Box 5: folder 5

"The Relation of the Church to the Educational Institutions of Amherst"	n.d.	Box 5: folder 6

Article for The Sabbath School Visitor No. 5, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine	1834 May	Box 5: folder 7

Article for The Sabbath School Visitor No. 6, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine	1834 Jun	Box 5: folder 8

Article for The Sabbath School Visitor No. 8, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine	1834 Aug	Box 5: folder 9

Article for The Sabbath School Visitor No. 9, Vol. 2, with copy of the magazine	1834 Sep	Box 5: folder 10

Reply to the Boston Recorder on "Retrenchment"	n.d.	Box 6: folder 1

Essays	1827-1830	Box 6: folder 2

Chapel Dissertation: Salutatory Oration	1830	Box 6: folder 3

"Radicalism" (Master's Oration)	1833	Box 6: folder 4

"Metaphysical Reasoning in Theology" (Andover)	n.d.	Box 6: folder 5

Address on Colonization	1832 Jul 4	Box 6: folder 6

Speech on the 50th anniversary of Tyler's professorship	n.d.	Box 6: folder 7

Notes on Greek	n.d.	Box 6: folder 8

Notes on Mathematics taught by Tyler as tutor	1832-1835	Box 6: folder 9

Sermon - Amherst College	1874 Nov	Box 6: folder 10

Group of essays by Wellington H. Tyler (Tyler's brother) written at Amherst College	1829-1830	Box 6: folder 11

Series 4: MISCELLANEOUS LECTURES, ACCOUNT BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, GENEALOGY, ETC.

Book review of The Land and the Book by W. M. Thompson	n.d.	Box 6: folder 12

Account books	n.d.	Box 6: folder 13

Outline of Greek lectures at Amherst College	n.d.	Box 6: folder 14

Miscellaneous pamphlets	n.d.	Box 6: folder 15

Genealogical material on Tylers	n.d.	Box 6: folder 16

Railroad papers (stock certificates, etc.) Joab Tyler	n.d.	Box 6: folder 17

Copy of The Religious Intelligencer , New Haven	1837 Jan 14	Box 6: folder 18

Bill to Josiah Dwight	1800	Box 6: folder 19

Page of Advertising for Harford Academy and Confession of Faith of Harford Congregational Church	1835 Sep 1	Box 6: folder 20

Newspaper clippings	n.d.	Box 6: folder 21

Series 5: SERMONS

The "Corn Sermon" (typewritten, 2 copies)	n.d.	Box 7: folder 1

John 13, 34.35. Amherst College	1851 Jun	Box 7: folder 1

2 Corinthians 7: 10, College	1837 Feb	Box 7: folder 1

Psalms 53, 2.3. Amherst College	1853 Jan	Box 7: folder 1

John 1, 11.12., Amherst College	1866 Jan	Box 7: folder 1

Matthew 6: 5., Amherst College (2 sections)	1841 Apr	Box 7: folder 1

Psalms 97: 2, Amherst College	1845 Apr	Box 7: folder 1

John 15, 11. Amherst College	1845 Apr	Box 7: folder 1

Ecclesiastes 12, 13. Williston Seminary Anniversary	1851	Box 7: folder 1

Ecclesiastes 12, 13. Hadley	1841	Box 7: folder 1

Daniel 5: Amherst College	1848 Mar	Box 7: folder 1

Luke 12. 56.57., Amherst College	1852 Jan	Box 7: folder 1

Ecclesiastes 11.9. College	1839 Mar	Box 7: folder 1

Phil. 3.8. Amherst College Lecture	1846 Nov	Box 7: folder 1

Luke 9.25. Amherst College	1849 Feb	Box 7: folder 1

Romans 13: 8, Conway. National Fast	1841 May 14	Box 7: folder 1

Exposition of Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7. Amherst College lecture	1846 Jul	Box 7: folder 1

2 Corinthians 12.2 Amherst College lecture	1857 Mar	Box 7: folder 1

Proverbs 28.25. Amherst College	1846 Jun	Box 7: folder 1

Psalms 51.6. Amherst College	1856 Nov	Box 7: folder 1

Romans 5:1. East Hadley	1843 Jan	Box 7: folder 1

Genesis 16.13. Amherst College	1852 Feb	Box 7: folder 1

Matthew 25:21. Amherst College lecture	1841 Mar	Box 7: folder 1

Romans 8:7, Amherst College lecture	1843 Oct	Box 7: folder 1

Timothy 3:16. Amherst North Parish	1846 Jul	Box 7: folder 1

Romans 11:36. Amherst College	1846 May	Box 7: folder 1

No title, Amherst College	1884 Nov 30	Box 7: folder 1

Genesis 13: 8.9.	n.d.	Box 7: folder 1

Acts 20, 31. North Amherst	1863 Jan	Box 7: folder 1

Luke 14.18. Amherst College	1876 Mar	Box 7: folder 1

"Intemperance" North Hadley	1857 Jul	Box 7: folder 1

Mark 2, 27. "The Sabbath Was Made For Man", Amherst College	1871 May	Box 7: folder 1

several incomplete pages	n.d.	Box 7: folder 1

Series 6 : ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, NOTES, AND DIARIES

Address to Philological Club	1892 Oct 11	Box 7: folder 2

Julius Hawley Seelye, D.D., L.L.D. In Memoriam	n.d.	Box 7: folder 3

Reminiscences (written for the Amherst Student)	n.d.	Box 7: folder 4

Article in Springfield Republican	1871 Jul 14	Box 7: folder 5

"Captain Samuel Fiske", article in the New Haven Weekly Palladium	1864 Jul 7	Box 7: folder 6

Printed address on William A. Stearns (Commemorative)	n.d.	Box 7: folder 7

Funeral discourse on Rev. Prof. Edward Hitchcock	1864 Mar 20	Box 7: folder 8

"Our Wife and Mother", Funeral Discourse on Orra White Hitchcock (Mrs. Edward Hitchcock)	n.d.	Box 7: folder 9

Synopsis of Esquire Frost's lectures	n.d.	Box 7: folder 10

Address at Amherst College Alumni Dinner, from the Amherst Record	1886 Jul 7	Box 7: folder 11

Notes on Greek Philosophy	n.d.	Box 8: folder 1

Typewritten diaries of Tyler	1877-1881	Box 8: folder 2

Series 7 : MISCELLANEOUS: PICTURES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, MOUNT HOLYOKE CATALOG, REVIEWS, ORDINATION PROGRAM

Pictures of Tyer and his wife	n.d.	Box 8: folder 3

Subscriptions and correspondence about History of Amherst College by Tyler	n.d.	Box 8: folder 4

41st annual catalog of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary	1877-1878	Box 8: folder 5

Reviews of Plato's Apology and Crito and Memoirs of Henry Lobdell by Tyler	n.d.	Box 8: folder 6

Program for Tyler's Ordination Service	1859 Oct 5	Box 8: folder 7

Series 8 : PAMPHLETS BY OR ABOUT TYLER

"Representative Cities. I. Damascus; or the Pearl of the Orient and the Earthly Paradise," In: Hours at Home, a Popular Monthly Devoted to Religious and Useful literature , New York, Charles Scribner and Co. p. 314	1867 Feb	Box 9

"Representative Cities No. III. Jerusalem: The Mountain Sanctuary, or Revealed Religion and the Kingdom of God on Earth and Heaven." In: Hours at Home, a Popular Monthly of Instruction and Recreation , New York, Charles Scribner and Co.	1867 May	Box 9

"Representative Cities No. IV. Athens: The Diamond of the Occident or the Fine Arts and Aesthetic Culture." In: Hours at Home, a Popular Monthly of Instruction and Recreation . New York, Charles Scribner and Co. p. 193	1867 Jul	Box 9

The Great Commission , a sermon, November 23, 1856. Amherst, Press of John H. Brewster	1857	Box 9

"Colleges: Their Place Among American Institutions," An address before the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West November 12, 1856. Reprinted from the American Journal of Education and College Review for February, 1867. New York, Calkins and Stiles, 348 Broadway	1867 Feb	Box 9

Integrity, the Safeguard of Public and Private Life . A Sermon Preached in the Amherst College Chapel. Springfield, Samuel Bowles and Co., Printers	1857 Oct 17	Box 9

The Men of Issachar . A discourse delivered in Whately, Massachusetts, 1858 Nov 15 at the funeral of Rev. John Ferguson. Amherst: Press of John H. Brewster	1858	Box 9

The Wise Men of the Scriptures; of Science and Religion . A discourse at the funeral of Rev. Prof. Edward Hitchcock, D.D., L.L.D. Springfield, Samuel Bowles and Co. Printers	1864	Box 9

The Life and Character of the Righteous or, the Palm- tree and the Cedar in Lebanon . A sermon commemorative of Joseph Adams, preached in the East Church in Amherst. Northampton: Printed by Metcalf and Co.	1864	Box 9

A Discourse Commemorative of Rev. Lewis Sabin, D.D. , preached at his funeral in Templeton, Massachusetts, June 11, 1873. Springfield, Mass.: Clark W. Bryan and Co., printers	1877	Box 9

The Higher Education of Women , an address before the Trustees, Teachers and pupils of Mount Holyoke Seminary, July 3, 1873. Northampton, Mass.: Bridgman and Childs	1874	Box 9

Opening of Lyman Williston Hall. Address and Exercises of Dedication , Springfield, Mass: Clark W. Bryan and Co., printers	1877	Box 9

Discourse Commemorative of the Late President Stearns . Delivered in Amherst College Church, June 26, 1877. Springfield, Mass: Clark W. Bryan & Co. printers	1877	Box 9

"Address" In: Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ministry of Rev. Adam Miller in the Congregational Church in Hartford, P. , Oct. 3, 1878. Amherst, Mass., McCloud and Williams, printers	1879	Box 9

"The Article in the Revised Version," (2 copies)	1882 Jan	Box 9

Address. In: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West . New York, John F. Trow, printer	1856	Box 9

"The Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration" from The New Englander , July, 1844. New Haven: Printed by B.L. Hamlen,	1844	Box 9

"The Teaching of Christ Respecting the Duration of Future Punishment", New York: Anson D.F. Randolph and Company, Reprinted from The New Englander for March, 1878	1878	Box 9

Biblical Criticism - Questions on the Old Testament	n.d.	Box 9

Questions on the New Testament	n.d.	Box 9

Questions in Biblical Criticism	n.d.	Box 9

"A Discourse Commemorative of the Hon. Samuel Williston"	1874 Sep 13	Box 9

Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Daniel Dickinson at Amherst, Mass., Dec 29, 1874 . Marlboro, Mass., Pratt Bros., printers and publishers.	1875	Box 9

"Article II. The Theology of Sophocles"	1861	Box 9

Rules for Pronouncing Latin and Greek; and a Method of Logical Analysis Applied to Greek Composition . Amherst, J.S. and C. Adams	1834	Box 9

A Discourse Commemorative of Mrs. Emily Graves Williston, wife of Hon. Samuel Williston , delivered in the Payson Church, Easthampton	1885 May 31	Box 9

Article on Tyler, "William Seymour Tyler", by H.H. Neill, In: Amherst Literary Monthly Vol. 12, No. 6	1897 Dec	Box 9

How Much is a Man Better Than a Sheep , a sermon preached April 30, 1863. Northampton, Trumbull and Gere, Printers	1863	Box 9

The Germania and Agricola of Caius Cornelius Tacitus . New York, D. Appleton & Co.	1859	Box 9

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Subjects

Amherst College--Faculty.
Amherst College--Students.
Congregational churches--Clergy--Biography--Sources.
Greek literature--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Amherst.
Sermons, American--Massachusetts.
Tyler, W. S. (William Seymour), 1810-1897.

Contributors

Amherst College. Class of 1830. Tyler.
Tyler, William Hart.

Genre terms

Lecture notes--Amherst College.
Sermons.

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