Earlham School of Religion (ESR)
Biography
Ever since many American Friends adopted a pastoral system of ministry in the late nineteenth century, they had carried on discussions of a seminary to train Quaker ministers. The Earlham School of Religion, the world’s first Quaker graduate seminary, opened in 1960, using buildings at the northeast corner of the campus. The Hugh Maxwell house, built before the Civil War, which had long been owned by the college and had once been used as the presidential residence, and the adjacent Jenkins house, provided the first quarters for the new school. In 1988-1989, the Jenkins house was demolished and a new ESR classroom building was built on its site.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
D. Elton Trueblood Papers
The Papers of D. Elton Trueblood.
Historic Stamps of America: William Penn
Wilmer Cooper Papers
The collection contains writings by Wilmer Cooper, papers of various Quaker organizations of which Cooper was active, Earlham School of Religion materials, personal correspondence, and some miscellaneous material.