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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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Darley Downs papers, circa 1942 -- 1959

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
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Darley Downs was a missionary in Japan before World War II, and was interned at the Los Banos camp in the Philippines between 1942 and 1945. The collection contains a handwritten diary and a typed partial transcription of his internment experience, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
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Darley Downs papers, circa 1942 -- 1959 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

Daughters of Sarah records, circa 1974 -- 1979

15.5 Linear Feet 15 record cartons, 1 document box
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Daughters of Sarah administrative and financial records and copies of Daughters of Sarah magazine.

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Daughters of Sarah records, circa 1974 -- 1979 15.5 Linear Feet 15 record cartons, 1 document box

David Chamberlin papers on John Eliot, 1882 -- 1958

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John Eliot, 1604-1690, was a Puritan minister and translator of the Bible into the Native American Algonquian language, originally published in 1663. His translation was the first Bible printed in North America. The collection, gathered by Eliot biographer David Chamberlain, includes articles, illustrations, photographs, pamphlets and correspondence related to Eliot's work, as well as the 300th Anniversary of Massachusetts.
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David Chamberlin papers on John Eliot, 1882 -- 1958 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

David Chamberlin papers on John Eliot, 1882 -- 1958 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

David Dudley Field papers, circa 1820 -- 1869

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David Dudley Field was a Congregational minister and local historian. The collection includes four notebooks containing historical and ecclesiastical notes, minutes, journal entries, biographical and genealogical documents, and Church meeting summaries.
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David Dudley Field papers, circa 1820 -- 1869 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

David Dudley Field papers, circa 1820 -- 1869 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

David Langston papers, 1968 -- 1971

1.5 linear feet 1.5 linear feet; 3 boxes
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David J. Langston; M.Div, UTS 1971; Ph.D. English-American Literature, Stanford 1977; student member of Union's Core Experimental Program 1968-1970. The collection includes primary drafts, proposals, memoranda, ephemera, photographs, and published matter concerning Core programming at Union during the late 1960s-early 1970s as well as student activities in and around Union on issues such as anti-war activism, racial justice, and anti-apartheid organizing.
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David Lecour Parker papers, 1947 -- 1948

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David Lecour Parker was a Union Theological Seminary alumnus and former secretary to UTS President Henry Pitney Van Dusen, as well as a Methodist minister who served congregations throughout New York and New Jersey, and an activist for civil rights and women's rights. The collection contains notes from Parker's UTS coursework from 1947 and 1948.
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David Lecour Parker papers, 1947 -- 1948 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

David Lecour Parker papers, 1947 -- 1948 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

David Livingstone papers, 1856, 1957

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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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David Livingstone papers, 1856, 1957 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

David Livingstone papers, 1856, 1957 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant papers, 1827 -- 1851

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This collection contains typewritten copies of letters originally written by David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant between 1827 and 1851. Olyphant was an American trader with offices in New York and Guangzhou, and a prominent supporter of the American missionary enterprise in China.
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David Willard Lyon papers, 1904-1950, bulk 1920-1941

1.5 linear feet 1.5 linear feet 3 boxes
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This collection largely consists of reports and writings related to the work of the YCMA in China, although other missionary enterprises are represented as well. It also contains unpublished material on Lyon's study of Confucianism.

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David Willard Lyon papers, 1904-1950, bulk 1920-1941 1.5 linear feet 1.5 linear feet 3 boxes

Department of Church Planning and Research records, 1855-1985, bulk 1930-1980

58 linear feet 58 linear feet 99 boxes
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Includes materials from Church Planning and Research Department; and materials from states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut organized by borough, city, metropolitan region, and its counterparts including census reports, church community studies, demographic monographs, evaluative reports, denominational histories, minutes, publications of data, and Regional Plan Association publications.

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Department of Church Planning and Research records, 1855-1985, bulk 1930-1980 58 linear feet 58 linear feet 99 boxes