Descriptive Summary
Lovejoy, Elijah P. (Elijah Parish),
1802-1837
Elijah P. Lovejoy,
Papers,
1804-1891
S
585.1
The papers of Elijah
Parish Lovejoy, born in 1802 near Albion, Maine, was a preacher, editor, and
abolitionist.
Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University
4 small boxes (1.3
linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Elijah Parish Lovejoy, born in 1802 near Albion, Maine, was a
preacher, editor, and abolitionist. He studied theology at Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1832, and served as a preacher in St. Louis, Missouri.
He became editor of the Observer, a reform newspaper. In 1835, he moved to
Alton, Illinois, and established a newspaper that met with opposition in the
town. Three of his presses were destroyed by mobs, and Lovejoy died in 1837
while defending his fourth press.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, sermons, lectures, newspapers,
news clippings, and family memorabilia created by, or related to, Lovejoy and
his family. The collection bulks with correspondence (1824-1853) and concerns
abolition, temperance, religion, and theology. The first two files contain
transcripts of some of the correspondence and poems compiled by college
students for a class project from 1973-1974.
Due to the fragil nature of the materials, the Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library has digitized this collection to protect
the original materials while maintaining access. All files are .PDF files and
require Abode Acrobat Reader 3.0 or later to view. To view the materials,
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Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Lovejoy, Elijah P.
(Elijah Parish), 1802-1837
Lovejoy family
Places
Alton
(Ill.)--History
Alton (Ill.)--Riot,
1837
Subjects
Abolitionists--Illinois
Abolitionists--Illinois--Alton
Abolitionists--United
States
Antislavery
movements
Freedom of the
press--United States
Riots--Illinois--Alton--History--19th century
Acquisition
Gifts, 1959-1961
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, 2000
Additional Sources
Dillon, Merton Lynn.
Elijah P. Lovejoy:
Abolitionist Editor. Urbana: University of Illinois Press,
1961.
Beecher, Edward.
Narrative of Riots at
Alton in Connection with the Death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy. Alton,
Illinois: G. Holton, 1838.
Gill, John.
Tide Without Turning:
Elijah P. Lovejoy and Freedom of the press. Boston: Starr King Press,
1958.
Lovejoy, Joseph Cammet and Owed Lovejoy.
Memoir of the Rev. Elijah
P. Lovejoy. New York: Arno Press, 1969.
Moore, Richard Ray.
Elijah P. Lovejoy: the
Making of a Reformer. Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Technological College,
1960.
Simon, Paul.
Freedom's
Champion--Elijah Lovejoy. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University
Press, 1994.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Merton Lynn Dillion Papers, 1960-1961
- Austin Wiswall Papers, 1863-1912
- Harriet Wiswall Papers, 1863-1865 and undated
Collection Inventory
Transcriptions compiled by Students,
1973-1974
1
1
Correspondence and Poems,
1824-1885
1
2
Correspondence,
1839-1850
Lovejoy Family,
1804-1891
1
3
Correspondence,
1804
1
4
Correspondence,
1805
1
5
Correspondence,
1807
1
6
Correspondence,
1810
1
7
Correspondence,
1812
1
8
Correspondence,
1815
1
9
Correspondence,
1816
1
10
Correspondence,
1817
1
11
Correspondence,
1820
1
12
Correspondence,
1822
1
13
Correspondence,
1823
1
14
Correspondence,
1824
1
15
Correspondence,
1825
1
16
Correspondence,
1826
1
17
Correspondence,
1827
1
18
Correspondence,
1828
1
19
Correspondence,
1829
1
20
Correspondence,
1830
2
1
Correspondence,
1831
2
2
Correspondence,
1832
2
3
Correspondence,
1833
2
4
Correspondence,
1834
2
5
Correspondence,
1835
2
6
Correspondence,
1836
2
7
Correspondence,
1837
2
8
Correspondence,
1838
3
1
Correspondence,
1839
3
2
Correspondence,
1840
3
3
Correspondence,
1841
3
4
Correspondence,
1842
3
5
Correspondence,
1843
3
6
Correspondence,
1844
3
7
Correspondence,
1845
3
8
Correspondence,
1846
3
9
Correspondence,
1847
3
10
Correspondence,
1848
3
11
Correspondence,
1849
3
12
Correspondence,
1850
3
13
Correspondence,
1852
3
14
Correspondence,
1853
3
15
Correspondence,
1854
3
16
Correspondence,
1856
3
17
Correspondence,
1857
3
18
Correspondence,
1861
3
19
Correspondence,
1862
3
20
Correspondence,
1863
3
21
Correspondence,
1864
3
22
Correspondence,
1865
3
23
Correspondence,
1867
3
24
Correspondence,
1869
3
25
Correspondence,
1870
3
26
Correspondence,
1871
3
27
Correspondence,
1872
3
28
Correspondence,
1879
3
29
Correspondence,
1881
3
30
Correspondence,
1885
3
31
Correspondence,
1886
3
32
Correspondence,
1890
3
33
Correspondence,
1891
General Files,
1831-1959 and
undated
4
1
Essays, Manuscripts, and Sermons,
undated
4
2
Clippings, Photographs, and Pamphlets,
1831-1959 and undated
4
3
Sermons, Poems, and Correspondence,
undated