Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

This series contains records of the All Africa Christian Conference that illustrate the early organization, composition, and goals of the Conference, as well as other directed programs such as Urban Africa, and Religion and Education in Africa. Records include correspondence, photographs, memos, publications, and meeting minutes and supplemental materials.

This series contains papers related to the reports produced by Sadler for the LFMI. Sadler was born in 1896 in North Carolina, and earned his Ph.D. from Yale in 1929. He was selected as president of Texas Christian University in 1941, a position he held until 1959, when he became chancellor. He retired in 1965 and died the following year. Sadler contributed a chapter on religious education to the Supplementary Series of the LFMI's report. His papers are held in the Special Collections of Texas Christian University. Further material on religious education produced for the LFMI can be found in the main LFMI archival holdings at the Burke Library Archives, subseries 1D, box 1 and box 2 folders 1-9.

This series contains records (largely collected by Talcott Williams) which show the expanded mission of the organization, including bulletins, cablegrams and other correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases and fundraising materials, Executive Committee dockets, and minutes from other committees as well as reports on topics such as education in orphanages and religious education. Notable members of the organization, such as Cleveland Dodge and Charles Vernon Vickrey, Executive Secretary of Near East Relief, are represented, as is the plight of many displaced groups, such as Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians. These records show aid extended to Armenia, Syria, Persia, Beirut, Greece and other locations in Asia Minor. The series concludes with information from the Golden Rule Society, also collected and owned by Williams.

This series contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document mission work in North America during the 19th and 20th centuries, including material pertaining to Christianity, churches, and religion; committees and conferences; reports and bulletins; education; three-dimensional objects and photographs; and subject files.

This series contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Africa during the early and mid 20th century, including material pertaining to committees, conferences, education, churches, Christianity, religion, missions, missionaries, and other subjects and topics in Africa. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, and a drum.

This series contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in South and Southeast Asia largely during the early 20th century, including committee and conference records, photographs, a diary, manuscript material, reports, correspondence, clippings, and other publications. Topics include missions and missionaries; Christianity, churches, and religion; and education.

This series contains materials created by or for the City Councils of Churches, including administrative materials (such as constitutions, by-laws, and policies), annual reports and meetings records, bulletins and newsletters, pamphlets, event programs, and informational brochures. The materials address a variety of issues common across the cities represented in the collections, including religious education, social welfare and action, youth, and race relations.