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Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c01_c01_c36"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c02_c18","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Family Correspondence \n                  1891-1897","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c02_c18#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. 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R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series II: Family\n               Correspondence"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series II: Family\n               Correspondence"],"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":1161,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"containers_ssim":["Box-folder 61:18"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. 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Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas"],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#17","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. 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Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. 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Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c02_c18"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c10_c11","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Law suits of Denny \n                  Bros.in Tenn.\n                  and Texas Courts \n                  1897","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c10_c11#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c10_c11","ref_ssm":["viu_viu03319_c10_c11"],"id":"viu_viu03319_c10_c11","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319_c10","parent_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c10","parent_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu03319","viu_viu03319_c10"],"title_filing_ssi":"Law suits of Denny \n                  Bros.in Tenn.\n                  and Texas Courts \n                  1897","title_ssm":["Law suits of Denny \n                  Bros.in Tenn.\n                  and Texas Courts \n                  1897"],"title_tesim":["Law suits of Denny \n                  Bros.in Tenn.\n                  and Texas Courts \n                  1897"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Law suits of Denny \n                  Bros.in Tenn.\n                  and Texas Courts \n                  1897"],"text":["Law suits of Denny \n                  Bros.in Tenn.\n                  and Texas Courts \n                  1897","Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers","Box-folder 86:11","Bros."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers"],"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":1734,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"containers_ssim":["Box-folder 86:11"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"_nest_path_":"/components#9/components#10","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c10_c11"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career, drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles, memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. 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Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c01","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c01","ref_ssm":["viu_viu03319_c01"],"id":"viu_viu03319_c01","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","parent_ssi":"viu_viu03319","parent_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu03319"],"title_filing_ssi":"Collins Denny\n               Correspondence","title_ssm":["Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence"],"title_tesim":["Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence"],"text":["Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence","Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Bros."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":5,"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"_nest_path_":"/components#0","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c01"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c02","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series II: Family\n               Correspondence","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c02","ref_ssm":["viu_viu03319_c02"],"id":"viu_viu03319_c02","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","parent_ssi":"viu_viu03319","parent_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu03319"],"title_filing_ssi":"Family\n               Correspondence","title_ssm":["Series II: Family\n               Correspondence"],"title_tesim":["Series II: Family\n               Correspondence"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series II: Family\n               Correspondence"],"text":["Series II: Family\n               Correspondence","Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Bros."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1143,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":117,"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"_nest_path_":"/components#1","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c02"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c10","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c10#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c10","ref_ssm":["viu_viu03319_c10"],"id":"viu_viu03319_c10","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","parent_ssi":"viu_viu03319","parent_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu03319"],"title_filing_ssi":"Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers","title_ssm":["Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers"],"title_tesim":["Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers"],"text":["Series X: Denny and Collins Family\n               Papers","Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Bros."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1723,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":83,"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"_nest_path_":"/components#9","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. 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R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c10"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c01_c01","type":"Sub-Series","attributes":{"title":"Sub-Series One: 1872-1899","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c01_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c01_c01","ref_ssm":["viu_viu03319_c01_c01"],"id":"viu_viu03319_c01_c01","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319_c01","parent_ssi":"viu_viu03319_c01","parent_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu03319","viu_viu03319_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"1872-1899","title_ssm":["Sub-Series One: 1872-1899"],"title_tesim":["Sub-Series One: 1872-1899"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sub-Series One: 1872-1899"],"text":["Sub-Series One: 1872-1899","Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence","Bros."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","Series I: Collins Denny\n               Correspondence"],"level_ssm":["Sub-Series"],"level_ssim":["Sub-series"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":2,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":144,"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#0","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03319","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03319","_root_":"viu_viu03319","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03319","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03319.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"text":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","2672","This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \u0026gt;Episcopacy, election and\n                     congratulations\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNorthern Methodist\n                     Church\u003c/title\u003e--Invasion by, 1904-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case \u0026amp; University\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Vanderbilt case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Personal Finances\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Historical Commissions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eRe: Prohibition, 1907-1933\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Free Transportation of the Clergy\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003e\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Book Agents and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: N. R. A. and Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Rules for General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bible of 1911\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Proposed move to St. Louis\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Barnes Hospital\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Votes on change of name of church\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Meetings of College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Ashbury Tablet\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop James Cannon and Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodist Church Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Carolina Conferences\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Bishop Cannon Case\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church Law Questions\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Alabama\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: California\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Florida\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Georgia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Louisiana\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Maryland Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mexico Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; A-D\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference; F-O\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mississippi Conference: P-Z\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Missouri Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: North Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: South Carolina\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Tennessee\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eW. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. Boyle\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eDissenting opinion in College of Bishops\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003econtaining sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Standards of Doctrine\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"persname_ssim":["Bros."],"names_ssim":["Bros."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1832,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:37:31.622Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cchronlist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1854 May 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eBorn in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c01_c01"}},{"id":"viu_viu03319_c10_c10","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"William R. 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Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.","Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.","This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026 Ohio","re: Lay Delegations and the General Conference","re: Dickinson College","re: his death in Phillipines","re: Unification","re: Mercerburg Academy Football","re: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches","re: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress","re: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","Bros.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2672"],"unitid_tesim":["2672"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_ssim":["Gary L. Cardwell and Phillip\n         Rosen"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bros."],"creators_ssim":["Bros."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The first portion of the Denny papers was received by\n            the Library in 1947 as a gift from Collins Denny, Jr., and\n            several additions were made by Mr. Denny before his death.\n            The largest and most important group (#2672-c) included\n            some 6,000 items received in 1951. In 1969, Mr. Denny's\n            sons, Collins Denny III and Clifford M. Denny, presented\n            all the remaining files of their grandfather which could be\n            located in the storage areas of the family farm near\n            Richmond."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection\n         consists of 30,000 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSeries I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWithin each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAll the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondents\u003c/emph\u003eare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ein only one place in the papers\u003c/emph\u003e.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026amp; 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection\u003c/emph\u003e. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The general arrangement of the Collins Denny, and Denny and\n         Collins Family Papers, is in ten major series, as follows: \n         Series I: Collins Denny Correspondence: Boxes 1-60.\n         Denny's own filing system has been preserved intact for the\n         most part. Incoming and outgoing letters are segregated and\n         filed alphabetically, within a chronological framework. This\n         last consists of five sub-series as follows: \n         Sub-Series One: 1872-1899, Boxes 1-17 \n         Sub-Series Two: 1900-1910, Boxes 8-19 \n         Sub-Series Three: 1911-1922, Boxes 20-43 \n         Sub-Series Four: 1923-1943, Boxes 44-52 \n         Sub-Series Five: By states, Boxes 53-60.","Within Denny's own correspondence, subseries Five is an\n         exception. Letters here are filed according to states. The\n         correspondence is designated \"official\" because Denny was\n         acting as Secretary of the College of Bishops.","Within each of the chronological series there are isolated\n         correspondents. These major correspondents are filed within\n         the alphabeticall order but prior to the alphabetical folder\n         itself. The general arrangement of each chronological series\n         is: (for ex.) A. W. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Wi's (incoming),\n         Wi's (outgoing).","All the letters of each of the isolated\n         correspondentsare placed in one folder or a group of\n         folder \n         in only one place in the papers.\n         Thus there is only one folder of Woodrow Wilson's incoming\n         correspondence. Similarly, all of Bishop W. A. Chandler's\n         correspondence to Denny is in Series One (Boxes 1 \u0026 2)\n         despite the fact that seven of the eight such folders lie\n         outside the series chronologically. \n         The place of any group of letters has been\n         determined, chronologically, by the first letter in the\n         collection. Denny's outgoing letters to each individual\n         must be sought in the alphabetically arranged outgoing files\n         in series.","Series II: Family correspondence, Boxes 61-65.","Series III: Collins Denny: Speeches, articles, and other\n         writings, Boxes 66-70, chronologically arranged.","Series IV: Collins Denny: Sermons and Sermon notes, Box\n         71.","Series V: Collins Denny: Personal documents, certificates,\n         and items useful for biographical purposes, Box 72.","Series VI: Collins Denny: Notes--academic and on church\n         history, Boxes 73-75.","Series VII: Collins Denny and church matters: Clippings,\n         Boxes 76-80.","Series VIII: Collins Denny: Memorabilia, Box 81, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series IX: Collins Denny Collection: Boxes 82-85,\n         subdivided topically into Methodist Collection; Civil War and\n         Reconstruction; and Miscellaneous, arranged\n         chronologically.","Series X: Denny and Collins Family Papers: Boxes 86-87.\n         Miscellaneous: Box 88."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Chronology\n        \n          1854 May 28\n          Born in Winchester, Va., son of William\n               Ritenour and Margaret Ann (Collins) Denny.\n               Collins' grandparents were William and Margaret\n               (Hotsenpeller) Denny, descendants of David and\n               Margaret (?) Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\n        \n        \n          [1872?]\n          After a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\n        \n        \n          1876 June 28\n          Graduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\n        \n        \n          1876-1877\n          Studied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\n        \n        \n          1877\n          Admitted to the Maryland Bar\n        \n        \n          1877-1879\n          Practiced Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\n        \n        \n          1879\n          Received an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\n        \n        \n          1886\n          Appointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\n        \n        \n          1889-1891\n          Served as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\n        \n        \n          1891\n          Appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\n        \n        \n          1894\n          Appointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\n        \n        \n          1898-1910\n          Appointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\n        \n        \n          1902 June\n          Received membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\n        \n        \n          1908\n          Received an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Received L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026\n               Henry College and Emory University\n        \n        \n          1910\n          Elected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\n        \n        \n          1910-1927\n          Served as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\n        \n        \n          1915\n          Appointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\n        \n        \n          1917-1919\n          Served as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\n        \n        \n          1939\n          Denny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\n        \n        \n          1943 May 12\n          Died in Richmond, Virginia","Genealogical Information\n        Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.","Linna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            Bros.in San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Collins Denny, Accession #2672 , Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlthough the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Although the collection comprised five groups of papers\n            received at different times, for the convenience of the\n            researcher, and because all the groups were originally part\n            of one archive, the groups have been interfiled."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Deductive Logic\u003c/title\u003eand\n         his \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElements of Psychology\u003c/title\u003e. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Denny \n                     \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e(San\n                     Marco, Texas)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church trial of Harry W. Druit\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFaurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.\u003c/title\u003eCase\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026amp;\n                     1910\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: McKelden vs. Hildt\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ealso copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Baltimore Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House, 1902-1906\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ere: Books of Noah K. 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R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003e, San\n                  Marcos, Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of John H. Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: R. L. Denny--imposter\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003epublished letters to Bro. 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Government\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Move to Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Church matters--Bishop Cannon\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere; Richmond and Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: History of Methodist ritual and discipline\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference of 1894\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: mission work in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Theological Seminary in Mexico\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Oklahoma City University\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: China Publishing House\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Methodism\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Merger of Winchester \u0026amp; Potomac R. R. Co.\n                  and Balimore \u0026amp; Ohio\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Lay Delegations and the General Conference\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Dickinson College\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: his death in Phillipines\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Unification\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: Mercerburg Academy Football\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: history of Strawbridge and Sam's Creek\n                  Churches\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: General Conference accepting money from\n                  Congress\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ere: affairs of Methodist Publishing House in\n                  China\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, filling about eighty-eight Hollinger\n         storage boxes comprises the papers of Collins Denny, prominent\n         Southern Methodist Bishop, teacher, author, and lawyer. The\n         collection contains a very complete file of Denny's incoming\n         correspondence, together with some carbons of the outgoing\n         correspondence, (there are gaps in this file), both personal\n         and official, as well as newspaper clippings about his career,\n         drafts of his books, speeches, sermons, and articles,\n         memorablilia, and materials and correspondence of the Collins\n         and Denny families.","The collection is rich in letters from Bishop Warren A.\n         Candler; from Bishop James Canon, Jr., the \"Dry Messiah\"; and\n         from Noah K. Davis, about whose writings Denny wrote his most\n         prestigious work, an analysis of Davis' \n         Elements of Deductive Logicand\n         his \n         Elements of Psychology. The\n         collection will also provide an excellent basis for studies of\n         any of the following topics: the organization and governance\n         of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the protracted\n         struggle over the unification of the Methodist Episcopal\n         Chruch, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the bitter\n         court and church struggle over the trusteeship of Vanderbuilt\n         University; and the Congressional controversy over the conduct\n         of the Book Agents of the Publishing House of the Methodist\n         Episcopal Church, South. As indicated by these suggested\n         topics, the collection seems to hold the most for the\n         historian particularly interested in the first quarter of this\n         century.","re: Church trial of Andrew Jackson Davis\n                     (Salem, Va.), 1887","re: Denny \n                     Bros.(San\n                     Marco, Texas)","re: Church trial of Harry W. Druit","re: \n                     Faurot vs. Winchester Paper\n                     Co.Case","Letters re: Honorary Degrees, 1892, 1909 \u0026\n                     1910","re: Letters of \n                     Introduction","re: McKelden vs. Hildt","also copy of legal brief--Pendleton vs. State\n                     of Maryland and City of Baltimore","re: Letters of Recommendation from\n                     Princeton","re: Action as President of Trinity, [1894?]","re: Chaplaincy of University of Virginia,\n                     1888-1899","re: Professorship at Vanderbilt, 1890","re: Baltimore Conference","re: China Publishing House, 1902-1906","re: Condolences on death of father (William R.\n                     Denny)","re: Books of Noah K. Davis, 1907-1909","re: \u003eEpiscopacy, election and\n                     congratulations","re: \n                     Northern Methodist\n                     Church--Invasion by, 1904-1910","re: Peabody Chancellorship, 1900, 1901","re: Dallas Publishing House, 1899-1908","re: Randolph Macon College, 1902-1909","re: The Southern Society of Philosophy and\n                     Psychology, 1904-1905","re: University of Virginia Presidency,\n                     1904-1905","re: Professorship of University of Virginia,\n                     1905","re: Vanderbilt case \u0026 University","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Vanderbilt case","re: Personal Finances","re: Historical Commissions","Re: Prohibition, 1907-1933","re: Free Transportation of the Clergy","\"To all my friends in Lewisburg, West\n                     Virginia\"","re: Methodist Episcopal Church, South\n                     Conference","re: Book Committee and Publishing House\n                     case","re: Publishing House","re: Publishing House in China, Book\n                     Committee","re: Publishing House","re: Book Agents and Publishing House","re: N. R. A. and Publishing House","re: Rules for General Conference","re: Methodist books in Methodist Discipline","re: Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference","re: Bible of 1911","re: Proposed move to St. Louis","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Barnes Hospital","re: Case of W. H. H. Joyce of Baltimore\n                     Conference","re: Votes on change of name of church","re: Meetings of College of Bishops","re: Woman's Laity League and Laity Rights","re: Requests on assignments to College of\n                     Bishops","re: Decision of law given at Kentucky\n                     Conference","re: Ashbury Tablet","re: Minutes of College of Bishops and Church\n                     Boards","re: Minority report of Bishops on Unification;\n                     appeal to the Offical Records","re: Bishop James Cannon and Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Methodist Church Unification","re: Unification","re: Unification","re: Carolina Conferences","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Bishop Cannon Case","re: Church Law Questions","re: Alabama","re: Arkansas","re: California","re: Florida","re: Georgia","re: Kentucky","re: Louisiana","re: Maryland","re: Maryland Conference","re: Mexico Conference","re: Mississippi Conference; A-D","re: Mississippi Conference; F-O","re: Mississippi Conference: P-Z","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: Missouri Conference","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: North Carolina","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: Oklahoma","re: South Carolina","re: South Carolina","re: Tennessee","re: Texas","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: Virginia","re: West Virginia","W. R. Denny, A. S. Denny and others re: Denny \n                  Bros., San\n                  Marcos, Texas","re: Death of John H. Denny","re: Death of Mrs. Collins Denny","re: R. L. Denny--imposter","re: Influence of race and climate on the arts,\n                  politics and religion","published letters to Bro. Boyle","Dissenting opinion in College of Bishops","re: Unification","containing sermon drafts and an \"analysis of the\n                  epistle to the Romans\"","re: \"Standards of Doctrine\"","re: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church,\n                  South vs. U. S. Government","re: Richmond mass meeting about Police\n                  Commissioners","re: Move to Richmond, Virginia","re: \"Report of Commission on the Constitution of\n                  the Methodist Episcopal Church, South\"","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Church matters--Bishop Cannon","re: Unification","re: Unification","re; Richmond and Nashville","re: History of Methodist ritual and discipline","re: General Conference of 1894","re: mission work in Mexico","re: Unification","re: Theological Seminary in Mexico","re: Oklahoma City University","re: China Publishing House","re: Methodism","re: Merger of Winchester \u0026 Potomac R. R. 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Denny, who emigrated from\n               Londonderry, Ireland about 1720 and settled in\n               Frederick County, Va. William R. Denny, his father\n               was a manufacturer, President of the Winchester\n               and Potomac Railroad, and a former Lt. Col. in the\n               Confederate Army during the Civil War.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e[1872?]\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAfter a preparatory education at Shenandoah\n               Valley Academy in Winchester, Va., Collins Denny\n               attended the College of New Jersey (later,\n               Princeton University) where he was active in\n               debating and captain of the 1875 football team.\n               His major interests appear to have been courses in\n               history, philosophy, ethics, and English\n               literature (see notes: also Physics and\n               Mathematics). He also participated in\n               gymnastics.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876 June 28\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eGraduated from the College of New Jersey\n               with an A.B. His oration, \"Failure an Element of\n               Success,\" was a part of the program.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1876-1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eStudied law at the University of Virginia\n               Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1877.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAdmitted to the Maryland Bar\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877-1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePracticed Law in Baltimore, Md.,\n               specializing in real estate, banking and patent\n               matters.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an A.M. from the College of New\n               Jersey. Left law practice to enter the ministry of\n               the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Baltimore\n               Conference. Served nine years under Bishop A. W.\n               Wilson as a circuit and station preacher in that\n               conference (1880-89).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1886\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed by the College of Bishops to\n               accompany Bishop A. W. Wilson on a tour of\n               visitation to missions in Asia, at which time he\n               made a tour around the World. (He later would\n               twice spend months in Europe).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1889-1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as chaplain at the University of\n               Virginia. He also took post graduate work in\n               Anglo-Saxon, Philosophy, the English language and\n               literature.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1891\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at\n               Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and\n               served 19 years.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1894\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to the Book Committee of the M.E.\n               Church, S. and served as editor, etc. of the\n               Nashville, Tennessee, branch of the Methodist\n               Publishing House.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898-1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed as Chairman of the Book Committee\n               by the College of Bishops, and served 12\n               years\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1902 June\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived membership in Phi Beta\n               Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1908\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived an honorary degree (D.D.) at\n               Washington and Lee University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eReceived L.L.D. degrees at Emory \u0026amp;\n               Henry College and Emory University\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eElected Bishop of the M.E. Church, S. with\n               residence at Richmond, Va.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1910-1927\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary to the church's college\n               of Bishops\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1915\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed to go to Mexico to investigate\n               and oversee church affairs\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1917-1919\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as member of the Virginia state\n               council of defense and the Virginia History\n               Commission\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDenny doubted the legality and disapproved\n               of the final Plan of Unification which resulted in\n               the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\n               the M.E. Church, South. Until his death he\n               considered himself a bishop at the latter\n               denomination only\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003cchronitem\u003e\n          \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943 May 12\u003c/date\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      ","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eGenealogical Information\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLinna, Irene and Fanny (Fitch) are daughters of\n            Alexander Denny (William R.'s half-brother). They were\n            half-nieces. Agnes Barton Collins is Benson Collins' wife.\n            Susanna, their daughter. \"Belle\" Denny is John Henry\n            Denny's wife (Collins Sr.'s sister-in-law). Roscoe White is\n            Edith Allen (Denny) White's husband. Denny, Lou, and Marvin\n            their children. Melancthon (\"Doc\") James is Margaret (or\n            Peggy) Denny James' husband. Donald, Marguerite and Helen\n            their children. Harvey Campbell is Mary Brown (Denny)\n            Campbell's husband. James W. Denny is a half-cousin of\n            Collins, Sr. The same applies to Denny \n            \u003cpersname normal=\"Brothers\"\u003eBros.\u003c/persname\u003ein San Marcos,\n            Texas. James W. was the son of Robert Lewis Denny, the\n            sixth child of William of Stevensburg by his first wife.\n            William R. Denny (12th child) was a child by the second\n            wife. The Chapman Family is not included in this family\n            tree but is isolated in the correspondence. Lillie Chapman\n            is Lucy Chapman Denny's sister; W.C. Lowndes is her\n            husband; Andrew and W.C., Jr. their children. William\n            Chapman is Lucy Denny's cousin.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu03319_c10_c10"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.","value":"University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.","hits":9},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Bros.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Virginia%2C+Special+Collections+Dept.\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Bros.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","value":"Papers of Collins Denny \n         \n         1872-1943","hits":9},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Papers+of+Collins+Denny+%0A+++++++++%0A+++++++++1872-1943\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Bros.\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Bros.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Gary L. 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