Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

Report on study conducted by the Institute of Pacific Relations in Japan.

Manuscript notes on lectures on "Dogmatik der evangelisch-christlichen Kirche.".

Pamphlets, reports, correspondence, and minutes collected by prominent American church leader, author, and missionary statesman who served on the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States for 46 years and was a founding member of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America.

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes and reports, and miscellaneous printed materials including pamphlets, articles, and clippings. Among topics included are the Auburn Affirmation; Committee on Protestant Liberties; protest against the action of the 1927 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy within the New York Presbytery; and the Presbyterian Advance.

Collection contains correspondence, textual materials reflecting Shinn's academic and military experience, family life, and activities in retirement, materials relating to Shinn's leadership in religious and civic organizations, sermons and lectures, working papers and final drafts of publications in books and journals, as well as a small amount of realia including military regalia, certificates and licenses, photographs, and graphic materials.

The collection includes: journal and newspaper articles; sermons and addresses; audio taped lectures; conference notes; course outlines; correspondence; bibliography; awards; photos; artwork; and miscellaneous material.

Source material and questionnaires.