THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

STUDY THE MOST APPROVED AUTHORS:
THE ROLE OF THE THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN PROTESTANT MINISTERIAL EDUCATION

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO
THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL
IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY


BY
NORMAN J. KANSFIELD

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
AUGUST, 1981


CONTENTS

Front Matter (acknowledgements, list of illustrations, list of tables, abstract, introduction)

Chapter I: "Anxious to Edify and Persuade:" the Image of the Protestant Pastor in Nineteenth-Century America ...... (File 1; File 2)

Chapter II: "It Will Also be Advisable to Procure Some Books:" Seminary Library Ideals in the Nineteenth Century (File 1; File 2)

Chapter III: "A Valuable Library Has Been Procured:" Seminary Library Development in the Nineteenth Century (File 1; File 2)

Chapter IV: "Read and Study the Most Approved Authors:" Student Use of Nineteenth Century Seminary Libraries (File 1; File 2)

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

SOURCES CONSULTED