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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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John Franklin Goucher papers, 16??-1962, bulk 1880-1922

14 linear feet 14 linear feet 22 boxes

Correspondence; minutes; and reports regarding missions and Christian colleges in China, India, Japan, and Korea, 1880-1922; also manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia from his estate.

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John Franklin Goucher papers, 16??-1962, bulk 1880-1922 14 linear feet 14 linear feet 22 boxes

Goucher, John Franklin, 1845-1922

Correspondence; minutes; and reports regarding missions and Christian colleges in China, India, Japan, and Korea, 1880-1922; also manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia from his estate.

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    Samuel Smith papers, circa 1772 -- 1817

    0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 2 boxes
    Reverend Samuel Smith (1768-1801) graduated from Columbia College in 1786 and became a Presbyterian minister who lived and preached throughout upstate New York and New Jersey. The collection contains personal and ministry-related correspondence, sermons, a manuscript notice issued by Yale regarding income increases for professors of divinity employed there, as well as Smith's diplomas from Columbia University.
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    Yale University manuscript notice, 1775

    This file contains one unbound manuscript notice dated 1775 issued by Yale University (then Yale College) calling for income increases for professors of divinity employed there. This item's relationship to Smith is uncertain, but it is likely that Smith either taught, preached, or had affiliates at Yale during this time.

    1. Samuel Smith papers, circa 1772 -- 1817
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    Missionary Research Library collection on ecumenical and world-wide mission work, 1792 -- 1990

    14 linear feet 14 linear feet; 30 boxes
    This collection contains material related to ecumenical and world-wide mission work and committees and conferences, education, churches and religion, and missionaries, as well as photographs and maps and subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, negatives and maps.
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    Series 6: Subject and Topic Files, 1792 -- 1990 6.25 linear feet 6.25 linear feet; 13 boxes

    This series contains subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly.

      Missionary Research Library collection on ecumenical and world-wide mission work, 1792 -- 1990 14 linear feet 14 linear feet; 30 boxes

      Missionary Research Library (New York, N.Y.)
      This collection contains material related to ecumenical and world-wide mission work and committees and conferences, education, churches and religion, and missionaries, as well as photographs and maps and subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, negatives and maps.
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        Marsh Family manuscripts, 1795 -- 1810, 1978

        0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
        John Marsh the Elder was an ecclesiastical leader and alumnus of Harvard College (1761); his sons Ebenezer Grant Marsh (Yale, 1795) and John Marsh the Younger (Yale, 1804) were educated and served in Protestant communities in New England, Ebenezer as a Hebrew scholar and John Marsh the Younger as a preacher and active member of the Temperance movement. The collection contains biographical, historical, and religious manuscripts written by these three Marsh family members.
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        Marsh Family manuscripts, 1795 -- 1810, 1978 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

        This series contains three study notebooks written at different points by the three members of the Marsh family, as well as correspondence and notes dated 1978 between John M. Cox (then the seminary library archivist's assistant) and the Curator of Manuscripts at Harvard's Houghton Library, concerning the provenance of the manuscripts when they were uncovered in the Union Theological Seminary's vault in 1976. The first manuscript was written by Ebenezer Grant in 1795, and contains biographical and regional information on civic and religious leaders in New England. The Ebenezer Grant notebook is entitled, "Lists of the Governors, Lt. Governors, Counsellors/Judges and Members of Congress/ in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, as far as can be ascertained from the first settlement of the country. Likewise the names of all the Ministers in the same states – the times when they were ordained when they were dismissed or when they died and the times when the churches were first gathered. Compiled from various sources, by Eben.r G. Marsh, N Haven, Sep. 1795." The second volume consists of notes written by John Marsh the Younger entitled "Observations upon the Bible/Began June 1807/by John Marsh." The final notebook contains biographical entries of New England civic and religious leaders before and contemporaneous to John Marsh the Elder's time; this manuscript was likely written by Marsh the Elder.

          Marsh Family manuscripts, 1795 -- 1810, 1978 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

          Marsh, John, 1742-1821
          John Marsh the Elder was an ecclesiastical leader and alumnus of Harvard College (1761); his sons Ebenezer Grant Marsh (Yale, 1795) and John Marsh the Younger (Yale, 1804) were educated and served in Protestant communities in New England, Ebenezer as a Hebrew scholar and John Marsh the Younger as a preacher and active member of the Temperance movement. The collection contains biographical, historical, and religious manuscripts written by these three Marsh family members.
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            Robert E. Speer Papers, 1795-1947

            38 linear feet 38 linear feet 38 boxes

            Pamphlets, reports, correspondence, and minutes collected by prominent American church leader, author, and missionary statesman who served on the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States for 46 years and was a founding member of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America.

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            Robert E. Speer Papers, 1795-1947 38 linear feet 38 linear feet 38 boxes

            Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947

            Pamphlets, reports, correspondence, and minutes collected by prominent American church leader, author, and missionary statesman who served on the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States for 46 years and was a founding member of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America.

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              Ezra Hall Gillett papers, 1797 -- 1906

              6.75 linear feet 6.75 linear feet; 15 boxes
              E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett (1823-1875) was a UTS alum, Presbyterian minister in Harlem, N.Y., and a Professor of political science at New York University. The collection consists of sermons by Gillett and his father, other writings including diaries, and teaching and class notes.
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              Series 1: Sermons, 1797 -- 1875 4.5 linear feet 4.5 linear feet; 10 boxes

              This series contains numbered, handwritten sermons; the numbering system is not always complete. Gillett kept various groupings of sermons together, and gave some of the groupings volume numbers. The titles of the sermons as well as the location the sermon was given are often written onto the cover of the sermon booklets. This series also contains the sermons of Ezra's father, Ely H. Gillett.

                Ezra Hall Gillett papers, 1797 -- 1906 6.75 linear feet 6.75 linear feet; 15 boxes

                Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall), 1823-1875
                E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett (1823-1875) was a UTS alum, Presbyterian minister in Harlem, N.Y., and a Professor of political science at New York University. The collection consists of sermons by Gillett and his father, other writings including diaries, and teaching and class notes.
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                  Ebenezer Grant Marsh Papers, 1800

                  1 box 1 box
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                  William Carey letter, 1800-12-09

                  2 linear feet 2 linear feet; 1 OS box
                  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

                  This series 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." The letter is difficult to read and is in some areas illegible.

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

                    Carey, William, 1761-1834
                    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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                      John Marsh Papers, 1807-1820

                      1 Volumes 1 volumes
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                      Lorenzo Warriner Pease papers, 1811 -- 1896

                      3 linear feet 3 linear feet; 7 boxes
                      Lorenzo Warriner Pease was a Presbyterian missionary in Cyprus. The collection contains diaries and correspondence by Pease and his family, sermons, essays and notes, linguistic manuals, and studies, as well as surrogate photocopies of some collection material.
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                      Series 1: Diaries, 1811 -- 1896 1 linear feet 1 linear foot

                      This series contains diaries written by Pease, and three others penned by other members of his family including his mother, Persis Chapin Pease; his daughter, Sarah Ann Pease Wadsworth; and his wife, Lucinda Leonard Pease. The diaries give in great detail the life and experience of Pease in Cyprus, discussing events, other people, meteorological observations and everyday life as a missionary. Some diaries have poems, theatrical plays, sermons, letters, newspaper clippings, notes from his classes while at Auburn Theological Seminary and other ephemera pasted in the pages.

                        Lorenzo Warriner Pease papers, 1811 -- 1896 3 linear feet 3 linear feet; 7 boxes

                        Pease, Lorenzo Warriner
                        Lorenzo Warriner Pease was a Presbyterian missionary in Cyprus. The collection contains diaries and correspondence by Pease and his family, sermons, essays and notes, linguistic manuals, and studies, as well as surrogate photocopies of some collection material.

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