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Union Theological Seminary Library Records, 1883- 1950

136 boxes 47 volumes
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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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Dietrich Bonhoeffer primary sources, 1926-2004, bulk 1930-1946

1.5 linear feet 4 boxes

The collection consists of primary source material (correspondence, photographs, administrative files) related to the life and activities of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran theologian, professor, and member of the German resistance. Includes unique material related to Bonhoeffer's residence at Union Theological Seminary in 1930-1931, such as transcripts, correspondence, and Bonhoeffer's "Deceased Alumnus file" a collection transferred from the UTS Alumnae/i Office. Other highlights include: photographs of Bonhoeffer and the concentration camp at Flossenburg where he was imprisoned; remembrances of Bonhoeffer (correspondence and articles) by his friends and family (mostly copies of originals from Princeton Theological Seminary and the National Lutheran Council); and Bonhoeffer's correspondence with Richard Ern and his family from 1930-1931; Gift Books inscibed by Bonhoeffer and an account by Paul Buesing of his study and contact with Bonhoeffer at the Finkelwalde Seminary.

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Bertha E. Davis papers, 1892 -- 1960

1.5 linear feet
Bertha E. Davis was an American Baptist foreign missionary to Burma from 1899 to 1931, where she helped establish schools. The collection contains diaries, address books, expense records, photographs, a copy of the 1946 Anglican Bishops Report from the Diocese of Rangoon, and other personal items relating to Davis's life before, during, and after her missionary work.
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Missionary Research Library questionnaire collection, 1955

2.5 linear feet
This collection contains completed questionnaires from foreign missionaries, churches, and mission boards compiled by the Missionary Research Library in 1955 to research factors related to selection, training, placement, and withdrawal of missionary personnel.
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United China Relief records, 1941 -- 1949

0.5 linear feet
United China Relief, known from 1946 as United Service to China, was a cooperative association of aid agencies active in China during the Second World War and the immediate post-war era. The collection includes transcripts, reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence.
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William Edward Smith papers, 1897 -- 1936

2.75 linear feet
Diaries and notebooks written by Dr. William Edward Smith while living in Sichuan, China as a medical missionary for the Canadian Methodist Mission, later known as the West China Mission. Includes correspondence and ephemera inserted into the diaries.
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Christian Unity Foundation records, 1907 -- 1921

2 linear feet
This collection contains minutes, a constitution, by-laws, reports, treasurers accounts, member lists, correspondence, and pamphlets of an Episcopal organization founded in 1910 to support Christian unity through research and conferences.
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Church World Service records, 1925 -- 1969

1.75 linear feet
The Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946, merging three pre-existing organizations, and continues to provide aid and support worldwide after merging with the National Council of Churches in 1965. The collection contains administrative material, including meeting minutes, by laws, reports, and financial papers; publications, including newsletters, published and unpublished articles, promotional materials, reports, and correspondence; as well as personal stories from those who worked for CWS.
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Margaret H. Brown papers, circa 1940 -- 1969

1.25 linear feet
Margaret H. Brown was a missionary in China under the auspices of the United Church of Canada, and worked as an editor for the Society of Christian Literature in Shanghai. The collection consists of a typewritten manuscript entitled "History of the Honan (North China) Mission [Presbyterian] of the United Church of Canada," compiled over a period spanning the 1940s to the 1960s, and chronicling the history of the Canadian mission to central China from the 1880s to 1951.
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