Scope and Contents Scrapbook 4, 1867-1899 includes primarily correspondence between Pratt and Henry Clay Trumbull of the Sunday School Times. This correspondence contains information regarding church and Sunday School matters, the death of Trumbull's son and mother, matters pertaining to the Sunday School Times, and clippings of Trumbull's articles and publications in the Sunday School Times. The scrapbook also contains a reprint from Gorgias Press titled, "Studies in Oriental Social Life and Fleams from the...

Scope and Contents Scrapbook 5, 1879-1899 correspondence concering book sales with rare book dealers from New York, Leipzig, Constantinople, Calcutta, Jaffina Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Jerusalem. The scrapbook also contains clippings on Tremont Temple and Mount Holyoke College, photographs of pastors and Church leaders, such as Fanny Crosby, birthday greetings from Pratt's 70th birthday, and a circular for "The Bible on Exhibit" in London and Berkeley Temple.Correspondents present in scrapbook 5...

Scope and Contents Scrapbook 6, 1875-1902 includes correspondence concerning individual items in Pratt's collection, a petition from the Bible Societies' Committee for Japan, lithographs of Christian history, the obituary of Dr. Henry A. Hazen, an anniversary pamphlet on Martin Luther and the Reformation along with an undated manuscript of a sermon by Martin Luther, a copy of the Peking Gazette dated 1874, and clippings concerning Pratt's second wife, inlcuding her poem "No Souls: Women have no souls"...

Scope and Contents Scrapbook 7, 1883-1899 includes materials pertaining to the Civil War, the elite in New England society, and Sunday School Union leaders. Also included are obituaries of Christian businessmen and philanthropists, an article on the Deep Sea Mission for Fishermen, a letter from Booker T. Washington, and clippings regarding the papacy, the Frieze of Prophets by John Singer Sargent in the Boston Public Library, and Pratt himself. The scrapbook also contains photographs and engravings of Lady...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The objects series consists of various artifacts related to Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Eastern cultures. Notable artifacts from this series include Hebrew scrolls, Chinese printing blocks, and palm books. Unless otherwise indicated, scope and contents notes for individual objects are derived from the orginal inscriptions by S. Brainard Pratt found on the objects themselves.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The objects series consists of various artifacts related to Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Eastern cultures. Notable artifacts from this series include Hebrew scrolls, Chinese printing blocks, and palm books. Unless otherwise indicated, scope and contents notes for individual objects are derived from the orginal inscriptions by S. Brainard Pratt found on the objects themselves.