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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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YMCA and YWCA records, 1925 -- 1949

4.25 linear feet 4.25 linear feet; 9 boxes
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The Young Mens and Womens Christian Associations were founded as a response to unhealthy social and living conditions in cities at the end of the Industrial Revolution. The collection contains pamphlets, reports, and correspondence regarding the YMCA 19th World Conference in Helsinki, Finland; pamphlets, correspondences, minutes, and questionnaires related to the YMCA Constantinople Branch in Turkey between 1926-1928; reports regarding the history and progress of the YMCA and YWCA in different countries; and pamphlets, questionnaires, records, and history of the YMCA in different parts of the world including Japan, Czechoslovakia, Poland, China and Belgium.
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YMCA and YWCA records, 1925 -- 1949 4.25 linear feet 4.25 linear feet; 9 boxes

Worship Office Audio tape collection, 1953-1997

204 audiocassettes 204 audio cassettes
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World Missionary Conference Records, 1883-2010, bulk 1908-1918

20.50 linear feet 20.50 linear feet 43 boxes
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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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World Missionary Conference Records, 1883-2010, bulk 1908-1918 20.50 linear feet 20.50 linear feet 43 boxes

World Council of Churches Records, 1893-1997

117 boxes 117 boxes
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Records and documents relating to commissions, committees, conferences, and General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches including pre-Amsterdam, 1948 World Council of Churches in process. Includes various committees and commissions, including Life and Work, Faith and Order, Evangelism, World Council of Churches and International Missionary Council merger, Churches and International Affairs, Laity, Women in the Church, World Christian Youth, Church and Society, Churches Participation in Development, Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service, and History of the Ecumenical Movement.

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World Council of Churches Records, 1893-1997 117 boxes 117 boxes

Woman's Board of Missions records, 1862 -- 1927

2.75 linear feet 2.75 linear feet; 6 boxes
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The Woman's Board of Missions was a Congregationalist organization from Boston associated with American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), focusing on the benefit of women and children throughout the world, disseminating missionary intelligence, and supporting single women missionaries. The collection contains correspondence from members of the New Haven Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions; detailed minutes from the New Haven Branch and the New York State Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions Executive, Public, and Annual meetings; programs from the Norwich and New London Society and the Brookfield Association of the Auxiliary Foreign Missionary Society; as well as records of the branch officers' conference papers, programs and reports from individual branch meetings, and historical sketches of some branches.
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Woman's Board of Missions records, 1862 -- 1927 2.75 linear feet 2.75 linear feet; 6 boxes

Series 4: Auxiliary Foreign Missionary Society, 1862 -- 1879 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

Series 3: Programs and Events, 1883 -- 1926 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

William Wilberforce Chapin papers, 1860 -- 1865

0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
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William Wilberforce Chapin was a Congregational American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary to India. The collection contains journals, correspondence, and field notes.
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William Wilberforce Chapin papers, 1860 -- 1865 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

William Wilberforce Chapin papers, 1860 -- 1865 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

William Weston Patton papers, circa 1830 -- 1940

3.25 linear feet 3.25 linear feet; 6 boxes
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William Weston patton (1821-1889) was a UTS Alumnus (1842); Presbyterian minister; abolitionist; and the son of William Patton (a faculty member and director at Union Theological Seminary). The collection contains family photographs, books written or owned by members of the family, and newsletters, service programs, and other materials relating to the Congregational Church of Christ in Westfield, NJ.
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William Weston Patton papers, circa 1830 -- 1940 3.25 linear feet 3.25 linear feet; 6 boxes

William W. Bell papers, 1941 -- 1945

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
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This collection contains reports and newsletters created or compiled by Reverend William W. Bell, a Methodist missionary working in India and Burma, and relating to his work with British prisoner of war camps during WWII through the YMCA.
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William W. Bell papers, 1941 -- 1945 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

William W. Bell papers, 1941 -- 1945 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

William Walker Rockwell Papers, 1906-1952, bulk 1946-1952

6 boxes 6 boxes 3.0 linear feet
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Includes letters, documents, pamphlets, and many manuscript notes by Rockwell.

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William Walker Rockwell Papers, 1895-1988, bulk 1915-1942

5 boxes 1.75 linear feet
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Includes letters, documents, pamphlets, clippings and ephemera collected by Rockwell and relating to his teaching, research, and library careers. Roll books, lecture materials, student papers related to his teaching on Congregational history and polity, and his work in the Union Theological Seminary library.

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William Walker Rockwell Papers, 1895-1988, bulk 1915-1942 5 boxes 1.75 linear feet

William H. Hornblower notebooks, circa 1849 -- 1852

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
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William H. Hornblower was a Presbyterian minister based in Paterson, New Jersey. The collection contains two notebooks, labeled Alpha and Beta, of manuscript sermon notes attributed to Hornblower.
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William H. Hornblower notebooks, circa 1849 -- 1852 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

William H. Hornblower notebooks, circa 1849 -- 1852 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

William Edward Smith papers, 1897 -- 1936

2.75 linear feet 2.75 linear feet; 6 boxes
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Diaries and notebooks written by Dr. William Edward Smith while living in Sichuan, China as a medical missionary for the Canadian Methodist Mission, later known as the West China Mission. Includes correspondence and ephemera inserted into the diaries.
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William Edward Smith papers, 1897 -- 1936 6 boxes

William Edward Smith papers, 1897 -- 1936 2.75 linear feet 2.75 linear feet; 6 boxes

William Channing Gannett sermons, 1872 -- 1921

5 linear feet 5 linear feet; 12 boxes
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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).
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William Channing Gannett sermons, 1872 -- 1921 5 linear feet 5 linear feet; 12 boxes

William Channing Gannett sermons, 1872 -- 1921 5 linear feet 5 linear feet; 12 boxes

William Carey letter, 1800-12-09

2 linear feet 2 linear feet; 1 OS box
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William Carey was an English Baptist missionary in England, known as the "father of modern missions," who founded the English Baptist Missionary Society (1792). He translated the Bible into Bengali, and was subsequently appointed Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali at Fort William College in Calcutta. He founded the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India (1820), as well as hundreds of schools and churches. This collection contains one handwritten letter by William Carey, written in December 9, 1800, soon after Carey had relocated from Bengal to Serampore. The letter addresses an individual who Carey calls "My Dear Bro."
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William Carey letter, 1800-12-09 2 linear feet 2 linear feet; 1 OS box

William Carey letter, 1800-12-09 2 linear feet 2 linear feet; 1 OS box

William Ashmore Papers, undated

1 box 1 box
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Newspaper articles on and letter from China.

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William Ashmore Papers, undated 1 box 1 box

William Adams papers, 1830 -- 1909

14.25 linear feet 14.25 linear feet; 29 boxes
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William Adams was a Presbyterian minister, pastoral theologian, UTS professor and president, and maternal grandfather of William Adams Brown. The collection contains bound "In Memoriam" books, as well as sermons written by Adams from the 1830s through the mid-1870s.
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William Adams papers, 1830 -- 1909 14.25 linear feet 14.25 linear feet; 29 boxes

William Adams Brown Papers, 1900-1942

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet 1 box
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The collection consists of manuscripts and reports.

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William Adams Brown Papers, 1900-1942 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet 1 box

William Adams Brown Papers, 1865-1938

7.5 linear feet 7.5 linear feet 17 boxes
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The collection consists of scrapbooks, lectures, sermons and correspondence; much of the correspondence is between various members of the Brown family, including W.A. Brown's parents, wife, and children.

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William Adams Brown Papers, 1865-1938 7.5 linear feet 7.5 linear feet 17 boxes

William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library general records, 1944 -- 1972

0.50 linear feet 0.50 linear feet; 1 box
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The William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library (WAB) was founded by the Union Theological Seminary (UTS) Board of Directors as a response to the increasing demand for materials in the field of ecumenicity. The collection contains general information and material relating to ecumenism, Henry Pitney Van Dusen, and the William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library, including papers, notes, clippings, and correspondence.
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William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library general records, 1944 -- 1972 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library general records, 1944 -- 1972 0.50 linear feet 0.50 linear feet; 1 box

Wilhelm Pauck notes, 1922 -- 1923

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
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Wilhelm Pauck was a German-American church historian and professor at Union Theological Seminary, among other institutions. The collection contains Pauck's notes, written in German, relating to biblical exegesis and New Testament theology, as well as the original folder and an acid-free copy of all notes.
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Wilhelm Pauck notes, 1922 -- 1923 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

Wilhelm Pauck notes, 1922 -- 1923 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box