Title: Peter MacQueen Papers, 1871-1922
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 5 sections:
1. Letters and mss. by Peter MacQueen (Items 1-5)
2. Letters and mss. to and about Peter MacQueen (Items 6-159)
3. Printed Material (Items160-161)
4. Photograph (Items 162)
5. Miscellaneous (Items 163-183)
Administrative/Biographical History
Peter MacQueen (1865-1924) was born in Scotland and came to the United States when he was 17 years old. He graduated from Princeton University in 1887 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1890. His first church was in New York. He moved to Boston in 1892 where he preached at the Day Street Church, the First Parish Congregational Church in Charlestown, and the West Somerville Congregational Church. In 1898, he became a war correspondent and went to Cuba with Theodore Roosevelt. He went to the Transvaal in 1900 to cover the guerilla war. After that, MacQueen traveled extensively throughout Russia, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa, and he wrote about and gave lectures on his experiences.
Peter MacQueen Papers
