Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

James Morris Whiton (1833-1920) was a Congregational minister, teacher, and author, recognized as a writer on theological and ethical themes, and a preacher of the social gospel. The collection contains writings, correspondence, journals, material on the New York State Conference of Religion, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893; Episcopalian clergyman of Boston. The collection consists of two manifestations of his sermon entitled "For We Can Do Nothing against the Truth but for the Truth, based on II Corinthians 12:8:" a manuscript with pencil emendations dated 1872, and a typed copy dated 1958.

William Channing Gannett (1840-1923) served as minister of the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, N.Y., from 1889-1908, and then pastor emeritus until his death. He was the son of Ezra Stiles Gannett. The collection contains approximately 1261 sermons and talks given by Gannett at Rochester, NY, Salem, MA, East Lexington, MA, St. Paul, Minnesota, and elsewhere between 1872 and 1921 (with a gap from 1889 through 1906).

Hervey De Witt Griswold was a Presbyterian missionary in Lahore, Punjab, India (now Pakistan) from 1890-1926. The collection includes Griswold's diaries, sermons, published essays, council notes, prayer books, and Bible studies.

Arthur C. McGiffert Sr. was a Presbyterian Congregational minister, church historian, and UTS President (1917-1926). The collection consists of correspondence, sermons, addresses, personal and professional papers, and two photographs.

Katie Geneva Cannon, the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church, was a minister, professor, and foundational voice of womanist theology. The collection contains professional and personal materials including coursework, biographical material, artwork, teaching resources including syllabi, writing and research materials including drafts and notes, sermons, lectures and documentation of speaking engagements, correspondence, and publicity materials.

Thomas Samuel Hastings was a Presbyterian pastor of New York City and professor and president of Union Theological Seminary. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and scrapbooks relating to activities of the seminary and the debate concerning the Presbyterian Creed. Included in the collection are also a notebook of his father, Thomas Hastings (1784-1872), and a travel diary that may be of his son, Thomas Hastings (1860-1920).

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.

The East Harlem Protestant Parish (EHPP) was an interdenominational ministry seeking to provide leadership in the development of community life, and was an excellent example of an ecumenical ministry in a local, inner-city setting. The collection contains documents and photographs of the churches, individuals, programs, and committees of the EHPP.

Samuel Macauley Jackson (1851-1912) was a UTS alum of 1873, Presbyterian minister, church historian, and New York University professor. The collection contains notes on the lectures of Roswell Dwight Hitchcock and Henry Boynton Smith taken by Jackson while at Union, as well as translations of the sermons of Swiss thinker Huldrich Zwingli, with additional correspondence of Robert Handy on the index of Jackson's translations.