Palmer Theological Seminary
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Palmer Theological Seminary, formerly Eastern Baptist Theologial Seminary is a seminary founded in 1925. It was originally located on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1940 it moved to its present location in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. The collegiate division became a separate institution, Eastern Baptist College which grew over the years and eventually became Eastern University. Eastern University re-merged with the seminary in 2004 and in 2005 the seminary changed its name to Palmer Theological Seminary in honor of its longest serving president, Gordon Palmer.
The Seminary is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, but is multidenominational.
[edit] Musical Discoveries at the Seminary
In July 2005 an 80-page Beethoven manuscript was discovered [1] in the library archives by one of the librarians. The manuscript was authenticated by Dr. Jeffrey Kallberg at the University of Pennsylvania and by Dr. Stephen Roe, head of Sotheby's Manuscript Department. Lost from view for well over 100 years, it is thought by some to be one of the most important musicological finds in recent years. This event strangely parallels an earlier find on July 31, 1990 of a Mozart manuscript, that had been given to the seminary in 1951, and was rediscovered along with some lesser manuscripts of the same time period. The Beethoven manuscript was auctioned by Sotheby's in London on December 1, 2005 for US $1.72 Million to an anonymous bidder.
