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- 1839-1977 (Creation)
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47pp and 1 microfilm reel
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Archival history
The University of Michigan Library provided Kerby A. Miller with a microfilm from which letters were extracted. Gary R. Baker provided genealogical information to Miller per letter of 9 May 1977.
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[This series contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Materials pertaining to Kerby A. Miller's typed abstracts and excerpts of letters and sermons by Reverend William Lyster (1805-1877).
Per https://parkers-history.orgfree.com/William_N_Lyster.html: 'Born in County Wexford, Ireland, as the youngest child of William John Lyster and Martha Hatton, William Narcissus Lyster attended college in Dublin and seminary in Edinburgh. Developing a passion for missionary work, he moved to the United States after being ordained an Anglican priest, taking up the role of a traveling preacher in the rural Michigan frontier, interrupted by a brief stint as the first rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Detroit. Though the stay in Detroit was beneficial to his health, which he always claimed was quite fragile, and to his finances, he could not bear being able to devote so little time to the missionary work that was his true love. After leaving Detroit, he was to remain in Michigan, where he founded a number of churches. He died in Mapleton, at the home of his nephew.'
The series includes: Miller's excerpts and abstracts of poems and sermons written by Lyster, a 1977 letter from Lyster family descendant Gary Baker containing family information, and a microfilm reel from the University of Michigan containing the letters, poems, and sermons.