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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

burke@library.columbia.edu
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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Christian evangelistic and religious education posters and Christian scrolls and Bible verses, 1930-1949

8 boxes
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Posters and scrolls produced as visual aids to education and proselytization by Protestant missionaries working in China. Most scrolls include Chinese text and use images specifically designed for the Chinese mission field.
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Frank Joseph Rawlinson papers, 1924 -- 1937

0.5 linear feet
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Frank Joseph Rawlinson was a Baptist missionary and lecturer in China, and for over two decades served as editor of The Chinese Recorder. The collection contains notes and drafts of his lectures and research on Christianity in China and Chinese religious culture, correspondence with Abbe Livingston Warnshuis, and other materials.
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Matilda Calder Thurston papers, 1902-1956, bulk 1902-1945

12 linear feet
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The collection consists of correspondence and materials relating to Ginling College including addresses, bulletins, reports, newsletters and conferences, as well as maps of Nanjing and glass lantern slides of missionary work.

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Abbe Livingston Warnshuis papers, 1877-1963, bulk 1910-1958

1 Linear Feet
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Includes correspondence; diaries; notes for lectures; sermons; articles, minutes, memoranda, and other papers related to Warnshuis' work with the International Missionary Council, the National Council of Churches of China, the World Council of Churches and the Reformed Church in America; and numerous international committees on religious liberty.

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Edwin Carlyle Lobenstine album, 1935

2 linear feet
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This collection contains a commemorative album presented to Presbyterian missionary Edwin Carlyle Lobenstine and his wife, Susan Clark Lobenstine, on the occasion of his retirement from the National Christian Council of China.
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National Christian Council of China records, 1919 -- 1950

2.75 linear feet
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The Council was an interdenominational consultative and advisory organization for Protestant Christian groups in China, founded in 1922 as a successor to the China Continuation Committee. The collection contains correspondence, publications, and organizational records including meeting reports.
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Miner Searle Bates papers, 1927 -- 1984

0.25 linear feet
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Miner Searle Bates taught history at Nanking University 南京大學, was a member of the International Committee for Nanking Safety Zone in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and Professor of Missions at Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1950-1965. The collection contains papers, meeting minutes, articles, reports, and other publications collected or created by Bates regarding missions in 20th century China.
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Edward Hicks Hume papers, 1914 -- 1959

0.25 linear feet
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Edward Hicks Hume was a Protestant medical missionary in China and the founder of the Yale-Hunan Medical College. The collection contains monographs, a memorial pamphet for son T.C. Hume, correspondence and notes regarding T. C. Hume's appointment to a World Council of Churches post in Stockholm, a book list, and Chinese paper coins.
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Catholic University of Beiping Art Department papers, 1937

0.25 linear feet
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Two copies of a book, titled 基督教聖蹟圖 (Christian Sacred Pictures), of 13 photographs of ink paintings produced by students in the Art Department of the Catholic University of Beiping, and exhibited at the California College in China in February 1937. Paintings depict Christian scenes using traditional Chinese artistic motifs and techniques.
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James Whitford Bashford diaries, 1905 -- 1918

2 linear feet
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James Whitford Bashford was a resident Methodist bishop in Shanghai and Peking, China, and former president of Ohio Wesleyan University. The collection contains diaries which include notes on religion, lands, people, and history of China; and index to the diaries; as well as photographs and collection notes.
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