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Atlanta Theological Seminary was organized by the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States in 1901 and closed in 1929. It was the only theological school operated by the Congregational Church in the Southern United States.[1] It was absorbed into Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee in 1929.[2][3]

A photo of professors and students was published in 1909.[4]

F. R. Shipman served as president for several years.[5] J. Edward Kirbye was president in 1906.[6] Edmund Lyman Hood served as president.[7][8] In 1912, his wife wrote a note on the school's delegate to Princeton's centennial.[9] G. Floyd Zimmerman was Dean at the school.[3]

In 1905, Alexander W. Farlinger served as Secretary of it board of trustees and H. B. Wey as the board's president.[10] Dobbs & Wey was a retailer of fine china and cut glasswares in Atlanta.[11]


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  1. ^ "1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Atlanta - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org.
  2. ^ "History – Evangeline Booth College".
  3. ^ a b "The Congregationalist". Pilgrim Press. June 27, 1929 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Professors and students, Atlanta Theological Seminary". NYPL Digital Collections.
  5. ^ "REV. F. R. SHIPMAN, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD; Former President of Atlanta Theological Seminary -- Was u Pastor Previously". The New York Times. 22 July 1934.
  6. ^ "Report of the Commissioner of Education". June 27, 1906 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Education, United States Bureau of (June 27, 1911). "Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia". Newspapers.com. October 8, 1916.
  9. ^ Seminary, Princeton Theological (June 27, 1912). "The Centennial Celebration of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, at Princeton, New Jersey, May Fifth, May Sixth, May Seventh, Nineteen Hundred and Twelve". At the Theological Seminary – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Association, American Missionary (June 27, 1905). "Proceedings..." – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Pottery, Glass & Brass Salesman". O'Gorman Publishing Company. June 27, 1912 – via Google Books.