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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

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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Frank Joseph Rawlinson papers, 1924 -- 1937 0.5 linear feet

Religious education -- China
Rawlinson, Frank Joseph, 1871-1937
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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John R. Mott Papers, 1904-1955 10 boxes

Christian education -- Asia
Includes letters, minutes, reports, memoranda, articles related to Christian education and missions
Includes letters, minutes, reports, memoranda, articles related to Christian education and missions
Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

Includes letters, minutes, reports, memoranda, articles related to Christian education and missions in Korea, China, Japan, and India, 1908-1939, and Germany and German missions, 1913-1922.

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Matilda Calder Thurston papers, 1902-1956, bulk 1902-1945 12 linear feet

Ginling College was founded in 1915; registered with Chinese Ministry of Education in 1930; it
Thurston, Matilda Calder, 1875-1958

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

. Missionary work and education in China, 1915-1950; 18. Presbyterian Church Union and Church of Christ in
Warnshuis, A. L (Abbe Livingston), 1877-1958

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

Nankai University; Earl Herbert Cressy, who worked with the Council on education; C.Y. Cheng 誠靜怡, the
was educated in Europe before graduating from Yale University in 1895. He studied at Union Theological
Lobenstine, E. C. (Edwin Carlyle), 1872-1958
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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Isaac Taylor Headland papers, circa 1890 -- 1939 0.5 linear feet

. Headland was associated with the Education Association of China, the Peking Missionary Association, and the
Headland, Isaac Taylor, 1859-1942
Isaac Taylor Headland was a missionary and educator in China. The collection contains correspondence, and photographs and clippings, including both formal portraits and street scenes of everyday life in China, as well as images of Beijing, military forces involved in the Boxer Rebellion, and the Qing Imperial family.
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Miner Searle Bates papers, 1927 -- 1984 0.25 linear feet

, the China Council of Higher Education, the Nanking International Relief Committee, and the executive
Bates, M. Searle (Miner Searle), 1897-1978
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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Elwood G. and Donald G. Tewksbury papers, 1872 -- 1959 2.5 linear feet

Donald George Tewksbury was born in 1894. He became professor of Comparative Education at Teachers
Tewksbury, Elwood G., 1865-1945
Elwood G. Tewksbury was a missionary and college teacher in China. He and his wife and two sons, Donald G. and Malcolm G. Tewksbury, were besieged in the British legation during the Boxer Rebellion. Donald George Tewksbury later became a professor of Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Malcom Gardner Tewksbury authored two textbooks on speaking Chinese. The collection contains clippings and correspondence documenting Elwood Tewksbury's ordination, missionary activities in China, and role in the Boxer Siege of Peking in 1900, as well as papers of his sons relating to China.
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David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant papers, 1827 -- 1851 0.25 linear feet

typewritten. In 1914 these copies were lent to Henry Blair Graybill, 1880 - 1951, a missionary educator
Olyphant, David W. C., 1789-1851
This collection contains typewritten copies of letters originally written by David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant between 1827 and 1851. Olyphant was an American trader with offices in New York and Guangzhou, and a prominent supporter of the American missionary enterprise in China.
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