PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu03490::Papers of Collins Denny)//EN" "viu03490.xml" A Guide to the Papers of Collins Denny, 1886-1958 and n. d.Denny, Papers of Collins 2672-i Special Collections, University of Virginia Library © 2003 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2003 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of Collins Denny 1886-1958 and n. d. 2672-i This collection consists of 500 items. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672-i, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

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Collection contains journals, 1880 & 1886-87 of Denny's trips to Europe & around the world, correspondence, 1886-87 regarding the trip & correspondence, 1939-40 regarding Denny's refusal to become a bishop in the United Methodist Church, reports, clippings, photographs, scrapbook, 1931 from his 50th wedding anniversary, personal notebook, 1893-1910 and Denny family Bible records.

 Contents List 6 letters from Bishops McTyerie, Hendrix, and W. R. Denny re: Trip around the world. 1886 8 letters of introduction for Collins Denny. ca. 1886 7 invitations to Collins Denny while on his trip around the world. ca. 1886-1887 6 letters of Recommendation for Collins Denny to Chancelor Garland. 1890 6 membership cards, N. S. D. A. R., of various members of the Denny family. 1895-1932 Newspaper clippings and typescript re: Collins Denny's aid in World War I. ca. 1923 AMSs, "A Joint Statement By Five Bishops" signed by Collins Denny, U. V. W. Darlington, et al ca. 1924 11 pp. 19 letters to and from various church officials re: Unification and publication of articles on Unification. 1936-1937 20 letters to and from officials in Methodist Church and Unification Conference. 1939 May-Sept. AM, with mimeographed and printed copies: Collins Denny's letter to the Methodist Unification Conference. 1939 April 28 letters and telegrams to and from the Unification Conference re: refusal to become a Bishop. 1939 Jan.-May 15 letters to and from the General Conference re: refusal to become a Bishop. 1940 April June 3 TL copies, Collins Denny, Jr. to various Methodist Church officials concerning his father. 1943 May 20, July 23, Aug. 10 TL (carbon copy), [Collins Denny, Jr.] to R. H. Woody re: disposition of papers of Collins Denny. 1947 July 8 AMS, "Provisional Plan of Organization for purpose of pertuating the Methodist Episcopal Church...in South Caroline..." n. d. AMSs, "Minority Report of the Committee on the Status of the Negro" by Collins Denny and H. H. White. n. d. AM, Floor plan of a house n. d. 2 pp. Journal of a trip through Europe by Collins Denny 1880 July-Oct. 1 vol. 231 pp. Vol. I of a Journal of a trip around the world by Collins Denny 1886-1887 276 pp. Vol. II of a Journal of a trip around the world by Collins Denny 1886-1887 223 pp. Photograph of Collins Denny, William H. Baker, J. Montgomery MacFarland, William J. Manning, and William H. Whittlesey. 1872 Dec. 25 Docket of Collins Denny 1877 6 pp. Cash Book of Collins Denny 1877 Sept. 20 pp. 3 Account Books of Collins Denny. ca. 1881-1886 Diary of [W. R. Denny] containing genealogical notes and accounts of a trip to Europe. ca. 1893-1910 "Catalogue of the Vanderbilt Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa", 85 pp., with notice of Collins Denny, p. 66. 1914 1 vol. Scrapbook of Wedding Anniversary cards ca. 1931 ca. 30 pp. Biographical sketch of Oswald Thomas Denny, 1849-1927 1949 1 pamphlet, 30 pp. "The First Hundred Years of Braddock St. Methodist Church." (Home church of Collins Denny in his youth.) 1958 1 vol. 2 photocopies of Denny Bible records.