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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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World Missionary Conference Records, 1883-2010, bulk 1908-1918 20.50 linear feet

, Scotland, 14-23 June, 1910, including those from the Continuation Committees established to continue work
World Missionary Conference (Location of meeting: Edinburgh, Scotland). Date of meeting or treaty
World Missionary Conference (Location of meeting: Edinburgh, Scotland). Date of meeting or treaty
World Missionary Conference (Location of meeting: Edinburgh, Scotland). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1910 :.)

Records from a worldwide ecumenical conference of Protestant missionaries taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland, 14-23 June, 1910, including those from the Continuation Committees established to continue work beyond the 1910 meeting: Questionnaires, missionary responses from the field, originals, transcripts; administrative correspondence, area reports and reports to Commissions, minutes; published findings and administrative records of the Area Conferences of the Continuation Committees. Also includes anniversary records.

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Conference papers, 1900-04-25 -- 1900-05-01 Box 5

Includes conference papers A-Z: "Scotland and Bible Diffusion, 1860-1900"; "Notes on Some Recent

Includes conference papers A-Z: "Scotland and Bible Diffusion, 1860-1900"; "Notes on Some Recent Developments in Bible Society Methods"; General Conference Papers

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  2. Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions records, 1900-04 -- 1900-05
  3. Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions records, 1900-04 -- 1900-05

David Livingstone papers, 1856, 1957 0.25 linear feet

Scottish National Memorial to Livingstone in Blantyre, Scotland.

This series contains an original letter from Livingstone to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) at the Mission House in London, and a poster depicting reproductions of postcards from the Scottish National Memorial to Livingstone in Blantyre, Scotland.

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  2. David Livingstone papers, 1856, 1957

Teaching, circa 1920 -- 1970 Box 38

"; "The Church of Scotland"; "History of the Scottish Church"; "The Pre-Reformation Church in Scotland

Notes on P. Schaff; Notes on Samuel Rutherford; Notes on Philipp Spener; "Theory and Practice of the Four Ministries…"; "Structure of the Church"; Notes on Jeremy Taylor; Notes on Watts; john DeWitt; "Advocates of the Church Reform"; "Repression and Emigration of the Puritans"; "The Reformation in Ireland"; "The Church of Scotland"; "History of the Scottish Church"; "The Pre-Reformation Church in Scotland"; Notes on Henry Scougal; "Separatists Movements in Elizabeth's Reign"; Richard Stauffer—Cougar on Luther; Christian Classics Prefatory note; "William Robertson as a Church Historian"; "Church History s152"; "Political Organization in Europe around 1501; Notes on Fred William Robertson

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  2. John T. McNeill papers, circa 1904 -- 2000
  3. Series 4: Teaching, circa 1920 -- 1970

James Shepard Dennis papers, 1873 -- 1916 0.5 linear feet

States, India, Japan, Turkey, Madagascar, Scotland, and Burma, among others, and are in response to a

This series contains correspondence; a notebook of meeting minutes of the Theological Seminary Committee of the Syrian Mission, 1873 – 1874, as well as a list of students of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Beyrout (Beirut); an address book with a typed index of names categorized by country of residence; a Book of Particulars noting letters and date sent; and a brief statement by Malbone Watson Graham detailing circumstances leading to the publication of Christian Missions and Social Progress (by Dennis). Correspondence includes letters to Dennis from missionaries in China, Korea, England, the United States, India, Japan, Turkey, Madagascar, Scotland, and Burma, among others, and are in response to a call by Dennis for updated information and images on missions to be used in a reprint of Christian Missions and Social Progress. Also included with the correspondence are newspaper clippings and photographs.

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  2. James Shepard Dennis papers, 1873 -- 1916

David Livingstone papers, 1856, 1957 0.25 linear feet

David Livingstone was born in 1813 to Agnes and Neil Livingstone in Scotland. From an early age
Scottish National Memorial to Livingstone in Blantyre, Scotland.
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
David Livingstone was a Congregationalist medical missionary assigned to Africa by the London Missionary Society. The collection contains a letter written to the London YMCA and a poster of reprodutions of postcards from the Scottish National Memorial to Livingstone in Blantyre, Scotland.
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Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast records, 1908 -- 1942 0.25 linear feet

Free Church of Scotland to arrive and continue missionary work in Africa. A Synod of 1918 was organized
Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast
This collection contains records relating to the educational aims of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, including memorandums to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church that address integrating the church and Christian doctrine with the customs and society of the local tribes.
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Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Japan, 1902 -- 1981 2.25 linear feet

Conference, held in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1910. It was created to be a resource for missionaries and to
Missionary Research Library (New York, N.Y.)
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that largely document mission work in Japan during the 20th century, including information on missions and religious work, education work, subject files, committees and reports, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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