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{{Infobox person
|name=Paul Buttterfield Freeland
(Louisiana minister, historian, and philanthropist)
|birth_date=September 15, 1904
|birth_place=Crowley, Acadia Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=November 1, 1976 (aged 72)
|death_place=<br>
Resting_place=Crowley Protestant Cemetery
religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}
''Paul Butterfield Freeland''' (September 15, 1904 – November 1, 1976) was a [[Presbyterian]] [[clergy]]man, [[historian]], [[philanthropist]], and genealogist in his native Crowley in Acadia Parish, [[Louisiana]].
Freeland was the son of Charles J. Freeland, Sr., and the former Almyra Butterfield. He graduated in 1921 from Crowley High School and then attended the Presbyterian-affiliated Davidson College in Davidson, [[North Carolina]], where [[Woodrow Wilson]] had studied in the early 1870s. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Davidson in 1925 and obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1928 from Union Presbyterian Seminary in [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. He did postgraduate study at New College in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=dict>Paul Butterfield Freeland, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 1 (1988), p. 321.</ref>
He pastored Presbyterian churches in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Covington in St. Tammany Parish, and Duncan in Stephens County, [[Oklahoma]], near Lawton. He was also the secretary of Overseas Relief for the Presbyterian Churc and served on the board of the Presbyterian Historical Foundation at Montreat, North Carolina.<ref name=dict/> In 1951, he wrote a letter to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[magazine]] in which he decried "the forgotten [[Arab]] [[refugee]]s." In remarks some might consider still relevant in the 21st century, Freeland referred to a "neglected" situation which has led to "deterioration not only in the physical and [the] moral condition of the Arab refugees but also of our international relations . . . "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,815576,00.html|title=Letters|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=October 22, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
Freeland wrote ''The First Presbyterian Church of Crowley, Louisiana, 1890-1965'' and coauthored ''Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1900''. His collection of [[photograph]]s and memorabilia of the Crowley area is located in the [[archives]] of the Acadia Parish Library.<ref name=dict/> He also donated a collection to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Stamp Alliance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623230509/http://www.csalliance.org/csa-1.htm|title=A concise history of the Confederate Stamp Alliance|publisher=Web.archive.org|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
At his death, Freeland left a stamp collection which sold for $2 million to four Presbyterian churches. A fourth of that amount financed the building of a library annex at the Presbyterian Historical Foundation at Montreat, North Carolina. Dedicated on August 15, 1982, the annex was named "Paul B. Freeland Hall". <ref name=dict/> The "Paul B. Freeland Professorship" is given in his honor at Davidson College, in [[biology]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203144442/http://www2.davidson.edu/academics/acad_depts/premed/contact.asp |title=Pre-medicine at Davidson|publisher=Archive.org|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0199259747.001.0001/acprof-9780199259748|title=From and Ontological Point of View|author=John Heil|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
He is interred at the Crowley Protestant Cemetery.<ref name=dict/>
==References==
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|name=Paul Buttterfield Freeland
(Louisiana minister, historian, and philanthropist)
|birth_date=September 15, 1904
|birth_place=Crowley, Acadia Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=November 1, 1976 (aged 72)
|death_place=<br>
Resting_place=Crowley Protestant Cemetery
religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}
''Paul Butterfield Freeland''' (September 15, 1904 – November 1, 1976) was a [[Presbyterian]] [[clergy]]man, [[historian]], [[philanthropist]], and genealogist in his native Crowley in Acadia Parish, [[Louisiana]].
Freeland was the son of Charles J. Freeland, Sr., and the former Almyra Butterfield. He graduated in 1921 from Crowley High School and then attended the Presbyterian-affiliated Davidson College in Davidson, [[North Carolina]], where [[Woodrow Wilson]] had studied in the early 1870s. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Davidson in 1925 and obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1928 from Union Presbyterian Seminary in [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. He did postgraduate study at New College in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=dict>Paul Butterfield Freeland, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 1 (1988), p. 321.</ref>
He pastored Presbyterian churches in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Covington in St. Tammany Parish, and Duncan in Stephens County, [[Oklahoma]], near Lawton. He was also the secretary of Overseas Relief for the Presbyterian Churc and served on the board of the Presbyterian Historical Foundation at Montreat, North Carolina.<ref name=dict/> In 1951, he wrote a letter to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[magazine]] in which he decried "the forgotten [[Arab]] [[refugee]]s." In remarks some might consider still relevant in the 21st century, Freeland referred to a "neglected" situation which has led to "deterioration not only in the physical and [the] moral condition of the Arab refugees but also of our international relations . . . "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,815576,00.html|title=Letters|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=October 22, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
Freeland wrote ''The First Presbyterian Church of Crowley, Louisiana, 1890-1965'' and coauthored ''Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1900''. His collection of [[photograph]]s and memorabilia of the Crowley area is located in the [[archives]] of the Acadia Parish Library.<ref name=dict/> He also donated a collection to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Stamp Alliance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623230509/http://www.csalliance.org/csa-1.htm|title=A concise history of the Confederate Stamp Alliance|publisher=Web.archive.org|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
At his death, Freeland left a stamp collection which sold for $2 million to four Presbyterian churches. A fourth of that amount financed the building of a library annex at the Presbyterian Historical Foundation at Montreat, North Carolina. Dedicated on August 15, 1982, the annex was named "Paul B. Freeland Hall". <ref name=dict/> The "Paul B. Freeland Professorship" is given in his honor at Davidson College, in [[biology]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203144442/http://www2.davidson.edu/academics/acad_depts/premed/contact.asp |title=Pre-medicine at Davidson|publisher=Archive.org|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0199259747.001.0001/acprof-9780199259748|title=From and Ontological Point of View|author=John Heil|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
He is interred at the Crowley Protestant Cemetery.<ref name=dict/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freeland, Paul}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:North Carolina]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Philanthropists]]
[[Category:American Authors]]