urn:taro:apts.00027 Robert Lewis Dabney publications collection, 1852-1892 Encoded in EditX 2010 by Kristy Sorensen, January 17, 2012. Descriptive Summary Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898 Robert Lewis Dabney publications collection 1852-1892 Materials are in English. 2011-003 6 inches manuscript material Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) was a Southern Presbyterian theologian and educator. This collection consists of six inches of photocopies of published writings by Dabney from various sources as well as several reviews of his writings by other authors. Biographical note

Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) was a Southern Presbyterian theologian and educator. He was born in Virginia in 1820 and studied theology at Union Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1847 and served several churches in Virginia before becoming a professor at Union Theological Seminary. In 1883, he moved to Austin, Texas to serve as a professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Texas. He was a cofounder of the Austin School of Theology, now Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and was a professor there from 1884-1895.

In addition to his work regarding theology, Dabney briefly served as a chaplain to the Stonewall Brigade due to his marriage to Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s wife’s first cousin. He authored an early biography on Jackson and lectured frequently about the Civil War and the Confederacy until his death in 1898.

 Scope and Content Note

The Robert Lewis Dabney publications collection is an artificial collection compiled in 1993 by former Stitt librarian Genevieve Luna. This collection consists of six inches of photocopies of published writings by Dabney from various sources as well as several reviews of his writings by other authors. Dabney’s works generally concern Southern Presbyterianism during the Civil War era or the Confederacy and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The writings are arranged in chronological order by date of publication.

Organization of Collection Publications by Dabney Reviews of Dabney’s writings Access Restrictions

Materials are available by appointment only. Contact the archivist for details.

 Processing Information

Processed by Elizabeth Garber, Archives Assistant, in September 2009.

 Related Material

See also the Robert Lewis Dabney Correspondence at the Austin Seminary Archives.

Larger collections of Robert Lewis Dabney’s papers are available at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA and at the University of Virginia Alderman Library in Charlottesville, VA.

 Preferred Citation

Robert Lewis Dabney publications collection, 1852-1892, Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

 Index Terms Personal Names Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898. Detailed Description of the Collection Publications by Dabney: E005 Principles of Christian Economy, 1852 E005 Address to the Society of Alumni at Union Theological Seminary, 1853 E005 A Discourse on the Uses and Results of Church History, 1854 E005 A Discussion of Some of the Changes Proposed by the Committee of the General Assembly in Their Revised Book of Discipline, 1859 E005 Morality of the Legal Profession, 1859 E005 The Sin of the Tempter: A Sermon, 1860 E005 Letter to Reverend S. J. Prime on the State of the Country, 1861 E005 The Christian Soldier: A Sermon Commemorative of the Death of Abram C. Carrington, 1862 E005 True Courage: A Discourse Commemorative of Lieutenant General Thomas J. Jackson, 1863 E005 The Crimes of Philanthropy, 1866 E005 The Duty of the Hour, 1868 E005 The Presbyterian Reunion, North, 1871 E005 Women’s Rights Women, 1871 E005 Stonewall Jackson [lecture], 1872 E005 The Caution Against Anti-Christian Science Criticized by Dr. Woodrow, 1873 E005 Dr. Dabney on Immediate Imputation, 1873 E005 Hodge’s Systematic Theology, 1873 E005 Lay-Preaching, 1876 E005 The Pan-Presbyterian Alliance, 1876 E005 The Philosophy of Dr. Bledsoe, 1876 E005 Prelacy A Blunder, 1876 E005 The Sensualistic Philosophy of the Ninteenth Century Considered, 1876 E005 Dr. Bledsoe’s Philosophy of Volition, 1877 E005 The Sabbath Was Made for Man, 1877 E005 Wilson’s Slave Power in America, 1877 E005 Endless Punishment, 1878 E005 The Dancing Question, 1879 E005 The Public Preaching of Women, 1879 E005 An Examination of the Leading Points of the System of Alexander Campbell, 1880 E005 Parental Obligation, 1880 E005 The Sabbath of the State, 1880 E005 The General Assembly of 1881, 1881 E005 The Influence of the German University System on Theological Literature, 1881 E005 The Revised Version of the New Testament, 1881 E005 Professor W. Robertson Smith, 1882 E005 The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, 1882 E005 The Metaphysical and Theological Applications of Induction and Analogy, 1883 E005 The Nature of Physical Causes and their Induction, 1883 C110 What Is Inductive Demonstration?, 1883 C110 The Emotions, 1884 C110 Doctrine of Original Sin, 1884 C110 The Depression of American Farming Interests, 1892 C110 General T. J. Jackson: An Elegy, undated C110 A Review of George W. Cable in the Century Magazine, undated Reviews of Dabney’s writings: C110 Critical Notice of A Defence of Virginia, (and through her of the South,) in Recent and Pending Contests against the Sectional Party, 1867 C110 Critical notice of Sacred Rhetoric, or a Course of Lectures on Preaching, 1870 C110 Book review of Syllabus and Notes of the Course of Systematic and Polemic Theology, taught in Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1879