Box: 1 Fold: 103 Genealogical Box: 1 Fold: 104 Gettysburg College Seminary Box: 1 Fold: 105 Horn Papers Box: 1 Fold: 106 Lectures Box: 2 Fold: 1 Liturgy Box: 2 Fold: 2 Local History Box: 2 Fold: 3 "Long Beach Affair" Box: 2 Fold: 4 Lutheran Letters: 1926 - 1935 Box: 2 Fold: 5 Lutheran Letters: 1936 - 1938 Box: 2 Fold: 6 Lutheran Letters: 1939 - 1940 Box: 2 Fold: 7 Lutheran Letters: 1941 - 1942 Box: 2 Fold: 8 Lutheran Letters: 1943 - 1949, undated Box: 2 Fold: 9 Martinsburg, Va. - Veterans Admin. Medical Center Box: 2 Fold: 10 Mendeli Plantation Box: 2 Fold: 11 Music Box: 2 Fold: 12 Potomac Trails Box: 2 Fold: 13 Publishing Box: 2 Fold: 14 Saint Peter's Church, Oakland, Md. Box: 2 Fold: 15 "Schola Cantorum" Box: 2 Fold: 16 Special Events Box: 2 Fold: 17 Special Events - Notes Box: 2 Fold: 18 United Service Organizations Box: 2 Fold: 19 Miscellaneous Personal: 1940 - 1946 Box: 2 Fold: 20 Miscellaneous Personal: 1950 - 1954 Box: 2 Fold: 21 Miscellaneous Personal: 1955 - 1959 Box: 2 Fold: 22 Miscellaneous Personal: 1960 - 1962 Box: 2 Fold: 23 Miscellaneous Personal: 1963 - 1964 Box: 2 Fold: 24 Miscellaneous Personal: 1965 Box: 2 Fold: 25 Miscellaneous Personal: 1966 Box: 2 Fold: 26 Miscellaneous Personal: 1967 Box: 2 Fold: 27 Miscellaneous Personal: undated Box: 2 Fold: 28 Bank Receipts Box: 2 Fold: 29 Appalachia Box: 2 Fold: 30 "Appendix" Box: 2 Fold: 31 Ballad of Yough Box: 2 Fold: 32 Bayard, West Virginia Box: 2 Fold: 33 "Beekeepers" Box: 2 Fold: 34 "Benbush & Pierce, (Maryland)" Box: 2 Fold: 35 "Bibliography" Box: 2 Fold: 36 "Bloomington, Maryland" Box: 2 Fold: 37 "C & O Canal" Box: 2 Fold: 38 Caves Box: 2 Fold: 39 Civil War Box: 2 Fold: 40 "Coal on the Potomac" Box: 2 Fold: 41 "Conclusion" Box: 2 Fold: 42 Cumberland, Maryland Box: 2 Fold: 43 Davis, Jefferson Box: 2 Fold: 44 "Description of Land & River" Box: 2 Fold: 45 Elk Garden, West Virginia Box: 2 Fold: 46 Fairfax Stone Box: 2 Fold: 47 Frostburg, (Maryland?)
DATE SPAN: 12/13/1942 - 03/07/1967
DESCRIPTION: 25 letters to and from FGR regarding the genealogies of various families. Includes references to the following families: Robinson, Heimbach, Arbogast, Ford, Hart, Friend, Glotfelty, Frazee and Michael.
DATE SPAN: 03/10/1918 - 01/31/1925
DESCRIPTION: 14 letters to FGR received while he was at Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg and at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. Includes 1 TLS from William A. Granville, 1 ALS from Adam Geibel and 1 TLS from Sigmund Spaeth.
DATE SPAN: [08/01/1952]? - 10/10/1954
DESCRIPTION: 11 letters to and from FGR regarding the authenticity of the Horn Papers (the diaries of Jacob Horn from the 1730's). Much of the dialogue is held with the Greene County Historical Society. Includes a typescript about the Papers (not by FGR) and 2 sets of notes.
DATE SPAN: 04/06/1964 - 05/08/1964
DESCRIPTION: 7 letters to and from FGR regarding a lecture tour given by FGR in 1964 on religion. Includes 1 TLS from William G. Connare, Bishop of Greensburg, Pa. and 1 TLS from Sam Hazo.
DATE SPAN: 03/22/1928 - 09/03/1957
DESCRIPTION: 10 letters to and from FGR regarding liturgy, mainly Lutheran. Includes 2 TLSs from G. U. Wenner, 1 TLS from the Archbishop of Upsala and 1 TLS from Karl J. Alter, Archbishop of Cincinnati.
DATE SPAN: 07/04/1950 - 07/07/1967
DESCRIPTION: 67 letters to and from FGR regarding local history, most of the correspondence is by people requesting information from FGR. Includes 1 TLS from the Washington County Historical Society.
DATE SPAN: 07/05/1932 - 08/10/1933
DESCRIPTION: 77 letters to and from FGR regarding "the Long Beach Affair," wherein FGR was pastor at a church in Long Beach Long Island and got into an altercation with a trustee of the church. FGR's ordination papers were temporarily taken away from him while the United Lutheran Synod of New York reviewed his case. Includes 11 TLSs from Samuel Trexler, 1 TLS from Christian Korell, 2 TLSs from FGR's brother Ralph Robinson, 1 TLS from Frank Weller and from numerous fellow Lutheran pastors in New York. See Box 14, Folder 16 for an in depth discussion of the events at Long Beach.
DATE SPAN: 03/15/1926 - 03/27/1935
DESCRIPTION: 16 letters to FGR mostly from fellow Lutheran pastors regarding religion and the church. Includes 3 letters from the Lutheran Quarterly, 2 TLSs from Vosburgh Lyons and several letters from the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Gettysburg, Pa. This category of "Lutheran Letters" was created by FGR, and while letters in the following folders may have been arranged elsewhere, they have been kept in FGR's category.
DATE SPAN: 10/09/1936 - 12/16/1938
DESCRIPTION: 54 letters to FGR, mostly from Lutheran pastors regarding religion and the church. Includes many letters sent out by FGR when he left the Westminster Choir School. Includes 1 TLS from Agnes B. Jardine, 2 TLSs from FGR's brother Ralph Robinson, 3 TLSs from F. H. Knubel, 3 TLSs from Harry Daniel Hoover and 1 TLS from Allen Lambert.
DATE SPAN: 01/08/1939 - 09/07/1940
DESCRIPTION: 33 letters to and from FGR, mostly from fellow Lutheran pastors, mostly regarding religion and the church. Includes 2 TLSs from F. H. Knubel, 1 ALS from Harry Daniel Hoover, 1 TLS from FGR's brother Ralph Robinson and 1 TLS from Alfred Lee Klaer.
DATE SPAN: 01/07/1941 - 11/22/1942
DESCRIPTION: 51 letters to and from FGR, mostly from fellow Lutheran pastors, mostly regarding religion and the church. Includes 1 TLS from F. H. Knubel and 2 TLSs from FGR's brother Ralph Robinson.
DATE SPAN: 05/04/1943 - 12/17/1949
DESCRIPTION: 40 letters to and from FGR, mostly from fellow Lutheran pastors, moslty regarding music, religion and the church. Includes 2 TLSs from Allen Lambert and 1 TLS from Franklin Fry. Includes many letters concerning the Mountain Choir Festival.
DATE SPAN: 04/05/1966 - 03/23/1967
DESCRIPTION: 6 letters to and from FGR regarding an article written by FGR on the Vetrans Administration Medical Center in Martinsburg, Va.
DATE SPAN: 02/12/1962 - 09/21/1965
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS and 1 TLS to FGR regarding his residence, Mendeli Plantation. Also includes a brief survey of the tree farming done on the property.
DATE SPAN: 08/30/1932 - 06/26/1967
DESCRIPTION: 14 letters to and from FGR, all regarding music, with many references to a manuscript of a song entitled, "West Virginia." Includes 1 TLS from William Wallace Barron, Governor of West Virginia.
DATE SPAN: 04/24/1964 - 07/27/1967
DESCRIPTION: 31 letters to and from FGR, all regarding the publication and sale of "Potomac Trails," a book on Maryland history by FGR. Includes 1 TLS from Patrick A. O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washington.
DATE SPAN: 08/20/1952 - 05/15/1967
DESCRIPTION: 35 letters to and from FGR, all regarding publication of articles by FGR. Includes 2 manuscripts of articles by FGR which he sought to publish.
DATE SPAN: 02/18/1940 - [12/31/1966]?
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS from William Sauer of the Church of St. Peter the Apostle, Oakland, Md. to FGR and annual reports of the church from 1953 to 1961. Includes a few other pieces of ephemera from the church.
DATE SPAN: 10/26/1961 - 11/02/1966
DESCRIPTION: 29 letters to and from FGR, all concerning Schola Cantorum, a summer choir institute run by FGR and Rev. John C. Selner, S.S. in the early 1960's.
DATE SPAN: 01/27/1949 - 07/18/1967
DESCRIPTION: 29 letters to and from FGR, all regarding special events set up or attended by FGR, such as the centennial celebration of Oakland, Maryland (1949), and the New York World's Fair 1964 - 1965.
DATE SPAN: 12/01/1963 - 10/15/1966
DESCRIPTION: 50 pages of typed notes about various special event set up by FGR, including Schola Cantorum.
DATE SPAN: 02/02/1951 - 11/21/1952
DESCRIPTION: 23 letters to and from FGR, all regarding his employment with the National Catholic Community Service wherein he worked for the USO in Long Branch, New Jersey.
DATE SPAN: 02/10/1940 - 05/23/1946
DESCRIPTION: 7 letters to FGR on various subjects, including local history. Includes 1 TLS from Harper's Magazine regarding Rebecca Harding Davis.
DATE SPAN: 02/13/1951 - 12/21/1954
DESCRIPTION: 25 letters to and from FGR, regarding various matters, including local history. Includes 1 ALS from Ninnian U. Bond and 1 TLS from the National Speleological Society.
DATE SPAN: 01/11/1955 - 09/27/1959
DESCRIPTION: 24 letters to and from FGR, regarding various topics, including local history. Includes 2 TLSs from Elizabeth Fairall and 1 TLS from Robert B. Garrett.
DATE SPAN: 10/02/1960 - 09/25/1962
DESCRIPTION: 21 letters to and from FGR, regarding various topics, including local history, but mostly personal. Includes 4 ALSs from a Cistercian monastery in Virginia.
DATE SPAN: 04/23/1965 - 12/14/1964
DESCRIPTION: 31 letters to and from FGR, regarding various topics, mostly personal. Includes 1 TLS from the Veterans Administration and 1 TLS from David C. Mearns of the Library of Congress.
DATE SPAN: 01/08/1965 - 12/09/1965
DESCRIPTION: 14 letters to and from FGR, regarding various topics, mostly personal or regarding Oakland, Md. affairs. Includes 2 TLSs from Frederick Gutheim, President of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1966]? - [12/01/1966]?
DESCRIPTION: 18 letters to and from FGR, regarding various topics, mostly personal. Includes 1 TLS from Egidio Vagnozzi, the Apostolic Delegate.
DATE SPAN: 01/03/1967 - 08/15/1967
DESCRIPTION: 22 letters to and from FGR, mostly personal. Includes 1 TLS from Daniel G. Brewster, U.S. Senator, and 1 TLS from Charles McC. Mathias, Congressperson.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1920]? - [12/31/1967]?
DESCRIPTION: 38 letters to FGR, mostly personal, all undated. Includes 1 TLS from Robert Dwyer, Bishop of Reno.
DATE SPAN: 04/17/1962 - 05/04/1967
DESCRIPTION: Monthly bank receipts received and collected by FGR from 1962 to 1967.
DATE SPAN: 03/02/1964 - 03/02/1964
DESCRIPTION: 3 TMss by FGR on Appalachia. Includes 1 carbon by FGR to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. about Appalachia and his mss.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1920]? - 12/31/1967
DESCRIPTION: 3 TMss by FGR, the contents of a folder he marked "Appendix;" possibly an appendix for "Potomac Trails." Subjects include Fraternal Societies of Allegheny County, a history of the Maryland Assembly and the origins of Anthracite Coal.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1920]? - 12/31/1967
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs of the "Ballad of Yough" by FGR, 22 pp.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1920]? - 12/31/1967
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR(?), "Bayard West Virginia," 8 pp.
DATE SPAN: 02/23/1967 - 02/23/1967
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR, "Beekeepers," 3 pp. Includes 2 photos and 2 clippings about beekeeping.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1920]? - 12/31/1967
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR, "Benbush & Pierce (Maryland?)," 3 pp.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1920]? - 12/31/1967
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR, "Bibliography," possibly for "Potomac Trails," 7 pp.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - 01/01/1960
DESCRIPTION: 2 TMss by FGR, "Bloomington (Maryland)," 35 pp.
DATE SPAN: [05/01/1966]? - 05/01/1966
DESCRIPTION: 2 TMss by FGR, "The C & O Canal" and "A Brief History of the C & O Canal," 50 pp.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1958]? - 01/01/1958
DESCRIPTION: 7 TMss by FGR on caves, mainly consisting of excerpts from books about caves. Also includes many clippings about caves.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - 01/01/1960
DESCRIPTION: 2 TMss by FGR, "The Potomac and the Civil War," 25 pp.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - 01/01/1960
DESCRIPTION: 4 TMss by FGR on coal in the Potomac River Valley, 30 pp.
DATE SPAN: [10/10/1960]? - 10/10/1960
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR in a folder he marked "Conclusion;" possibly the conclusion to "Potomac Trails."
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1964]? - 01/01/1964
DESCRIPTION: 2 TMss by FGR about Cumberland, Maryland, probably written for "Potomac Trails."
DATE SPAN: [02/01/1955]? - 02/01/1955
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR about Jefferson Davis, with 7 pamphlets about Davis.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - 01/01/1960
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR about the Potomac River Valley, placed in a folder labeled "Description of Land & River."
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - 01/01/1960
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR about Elk Garden, West Virginia.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - 01/01/1960
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR, "The Significance of Fairfax Stone." Also includes 1 clipping about the stone.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [01/01/1960]?
DESCRIPTION: 1 TMs by FGR, "Frostburg, (Maryland?);" probably used in "Potomac Trails."
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