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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

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The Burke Library is one of the largest theological libraries in North America, with holdings of over 700,000 items, including extensive special collections. The mission of the Burke Library is to identify, acquire, organize, provide access to, interpret, and preserve for the future information in the field of theology and contextually related areas of study.

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Robert T. Handy papers, circa 1930 -- 1986

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Robert T. Handy (1918-2009) was a Union Theological Seminary Professor of Church History and Academic Dean and Adjunct Columbia University Religion Department faculty member, and published a history of UTS in 1987. The collection contains a typescript of Handy's History of Union Theological Seminary, as well as correspondence and administrative materials of organizations that Handy was involved in: the Fellowship of Socialist Christians (FSC) and Christian Action (CA).

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Administration, 1951 -- 1955 Box 2b.1, Folder 1-4

Administration: Lists, circa 1930 -- 1939 Box 2a.2, Folder 6

Administration: Minutes, 1933 -- 1935 Box 2a.2, Folder 7

Missionary Research Library collection on higher education institutions in China, 1857 -- 1957

0.5 linear feet

This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library on a variety of missionary higher education projects in China, including Christian Missionary education. Materials include publications, reports, clippings, correspondence, minutes, surveys, and book lists.

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Administration of Education in West China Questionnaire, 1922 Box 1, Folder 1

American Efforts to Supply Book Needs of Chinese Universities, by Joy Hume, 1940 Box 1, Folder 2

Application of Woman's Medical College Report, 1925 Box 1, Folder 3

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America records, 1905 -- 1971

1.5 linear feet

The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (FCC), officially founded in 1908, differed from other Christian Unity movements due to its emphasis on cooperation between denominations through service rather than an attempt to unite upon definitions of theology and polity. In 1950 the FCC was integrated into the National Council of Churches. This collection contains newspaper and magazine articles, journals, pamphlets, booklets, correspondence, minutes, reports, and position papers.

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Administrative Committee, 1924 -- 1928 Box 1, Folder 11-12

American Council of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, 1920 Box 1, Folder 2

Christian Unity Foundation, 1910 -- 1917 Box 1, Folder 3

International Missionary Union records, 1849 -- 1932

3.25 linear feet

The International Missionary Union was an organization of international evangelical missions dedicated to diffusion of missionary intelligence, discussion of missionary topics, and increase of mutual acquaintance among missionaries of different churches and countries. The collection contains photographs, articles, member rolls, pamphlets, minutes and administrative records, correspondence, and one Syriac language journal.

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Administrative records, 1886 -- 1927 Box 3, Folder 5

Administrative records and photographs, 1920 -- 1932 Box 3, Folder 6

Christrosen pamphlet, circa 1900 -- 1932 Box 2os

The Re-Imagining Community records, 1988 -- 2016

4.75 linear feet

The Re-imagining Community was a grassroots, ecumenical movement (centered in Minneapolis, Minnesota) that was organized to challenge what it saw as a patriarchal church hierarchy, promoting justice and equality in the church and society as a whole. The collection contains newsletters and other publications, audio recordings of annual conferences and video recordings of responses to the 1993 conference, records relating to the planning of the annual conferences, and administrative records of the organization.

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Administrative records, 1993 -- 2003 2 linear feet

Abstract Or Scope: This series contains administrative records of the Re-Imagining Community, including a Certificate of Incorporation, an Article of Dissolution, correspondence, minutes, publicity materials, and other records. The majority of records concern the Coordinating Council, the governing body of the Community, including press, personal, and denominational responses to the 1993 conference.

Article of Dissolution, 2003 1 folder Box 7, Folder 2

Audio and video materials, 1993 -- 2016 0.75 linear feet

Abstract Or Scope: This series contains audio cassette recordings of the Re-Imagining Conference from 1993 through 2003 (no conference was held in 1997; audio files not available for the 2000 conference but can be found at the Minnesota Historical Society), responses to the 1993 Re-Imagining Conference on two video cassettes titled "General Assembly Report concerning Re-Imagining Conference" and "Ted Koppel (Nightline); MacNeil/Lehrer," and a DVD titled, "Interviews by Sherry Jordon."

Letty Mandeville Russell papers, 1947 -- 2005

51.5 linear feet

Letty Mandeville Russell was a renowned theologian and Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School (YDS) and an alumna of Harvard Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary, who worked in East Harlem Protestant Parish, was a director of Religious Education at Church of the Ascension, and a PCUSA home missionary. The collection includes syllabi, notes and course material relating to her tenure at YDS; manuscripts, notes and correspondence relating to her publications; reports, minutes and correspondence concerning work on denominational bodies, ecumenical task forces and committees, nonprofit organizations, and professional associations; correspondence; and memorabilia.

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Admissions Committee, 1984 Box 1b: 5, Folder 6

Admissions Committee, 1987 -- 1988 Box 1b: 7, Folder 1

Admissions Study on Non-Residential Students, 1984 Box 1b: 1, Folder 17

Henry Smith Leiper papers, 1921 -- 1949

4.75 linear feet

Henry Smith Leiper (1891-1975) was a Congregational minister, church official, and UTS student from 1914-1917. The collection contains materials related to Leiper's work against Nazism in Germany before, during, and after World War II, including correspondence, news clippings, and publications. The bulk of the records were created when Leiper was Secretary of the Federal Council of Churches (FCC).

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Adolf Hitler Public Speeches, 1933 -- 1939 Box series 1 box 2, Folder 2

A-L on German Church Situation, 1933 -- 1938 Box series 1 box 2, Folder 7-9

Anti-Semitism, 1932 -- 1941 Box series 1 box 1, Folder 1-2

Henry Preserved Smith papers, 1864 -- 1925

4.25 linear feet

Henry Preserved Smith (1847-1927) was a Presbyterian minister in Ohio and New York and a scholar with specializations in Hebrew and Cognate Languages, historical and critical interpretations of the Bible who was tried for heresy by the Presbyterian Church, 1892-1894, and was subsequently Professor of Church history and Davenport Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages at Union Theological Seminary, 1917-1925. The collection contains scrapbooks as they were assembled by Smith to document his heresy trial, as well as the contemporaneous trial of Charles Augustus Briggs, and three scrapbooks on Hebrew literature, as well as other writings and notes including nine of Smith's notebooks, correspondence, speeches, trial materials, lecture notes, and other materials maintained by Smith during his work as a professor and librarian.

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Advanced Course – English Bible, circa 1910 -- 1919 Box 2.2, Folder 5

Biblical Literature Lectures, 1898 Box 2.2, Folder 2

Charges and Rulings – Presbytery of Cincinnati v. H.P. Smith, 1891 -- 1892 Box 2.1, Folder 6

Hannah Elizabeth Gough Stannard papers, 1913 -- 2006

1.25 linear feet

Hannah (Betty) Elizabeth Gough Stannard was secretary to Harry Emerson Fosdick when he worked at Riverside Church. The collection contains information on activities that Betty Gough Stannard was involved with as one of Fosdick's secretaries, as well as information on other secretaries that Fosdick employed, correspondence, and books given to Betty by Fosdick.

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Adventurous Religion and Other Essays, 1926 Box 2, Folder 1

A Form for Service for the Solemnization of Marriage, circa 1944 Box 1, Folder 16

Correspondence and Notes --BG/HEF, 1944 Box 1, Folder 10

Marvin D. Markowitz papers, 1962 -- 1973

1.75 linear feet

Marvin D. Markowitz is a social science scholar and psychologist who carried out field research in Africa. The collection contains publications focusing on the Belgian Congo and Africa as well as two social science publications; Markowitz's writings on the Belgian Congo, including drafts and the final publication of a book review submitted to Africa Today; general writings on psychology and Markowitz's correspondence with several academic institutions; teaching materials; and psychological reports written by Markowitz.

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