Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Abstract
S. Sterling McMillan discusses the Mather family of New England and Ohio and their influence on various institutions in the United States over the course of 300 years including Richard Mather’s Congregational Puritan Parish, Yale College, and the Cleveland Clinic. The author focuses on the concept of “competitive partnerships” as a manifestation of the Puritan ethic embodied by the Mathers. Conference paper; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (10th:1995 : Cleveland, Ohio)
Keywords
Puritans--United States--History, Philanthropists--United States--History, Social ethics
Publication Title
Western Reserve Studies Symposium
Volume
10
Rights
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Recommended Citation
McMillan, S. Sterling III, "The Mathers: The Role of Competitive Partnership in the Evolution of the Puritan Ethic" (1995). Western Reserve Studies Symposium. 142.
https://commons.case.edu/wrs-symposium/142