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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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China Continuation Committee records, circa 1912 -- 1922

9 linear feet 9 linear feet; 2 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize tube
This collection contains the records of local and national committees and conferences established in China in 1913 to continue the ecumenical work started by the World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910
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William Weston Patton papers, circa 1830 -- 1940

3.25 linear feet 3.25 linear feet; 6 boxes
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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Anson Phelps Atterbury papers, 1871 -- 1893

4 boxes 4 boxes; 2 linear feet
UTS Alumnus of 1879 and Presbyterian minister at Park Church, and later West-Park Church, New York. Four volumes of scrapbooks containing biblical text accompanied by brief bibliographic annotations of additional sources.
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Anson Phelps Atterbury papers, 1871 -- 1893 4 boxes 4 boxes; 2 linear feet

Atterbury, Anson Phelps, 1854-1931
UTS Alumnus of 1879 and Presbyterian minister at Park Church, and later West-Park Church, New York. Four volumes of scrapbooks containing biblical text accompanied by brief bibliographic annotations of additional sources.
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    Mark Lundeen papers, circa 1962 -- 1975

    1.25 linear feet 1.25 linear feet; 1 document box, 1 oversize box
    Mark Gillette Lundeen (1941-2018) was a 1968 BD graduate of UTS who participated in anti-war activism regarding the Vietnam War, as well as civil rights and social justice initiatives including Freedom Summer. The collection contains UTS coursework; material related to anti-war organizing and resistance efforts; reports written by Lundeen documenting voter registration campaigns in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during Freedom Summer, as well as reports documenting social justice work Lundeen took part in under the auspices of the Delta Ministry largely in Natchez and Edwards, Mississippi; notes and supplemental materials from organizations including SNCC, the Delta Ministry, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; and photographs and other materials that Lundeen compiled documenting neighborhoods and people in Natchez, Mississippi, towards producing a Natchez poverty report.
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    Anti-war flyers, publications, clippings, 1967 -- 1968

    This file contains flyers, publications, and clippings related mainly to New York-based, student and religious movement-led anti-war actions, including rallies and draft card returns. Organizations referenced include the Peacemaker Movement, the War Resistors League, Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam, The Resistance, the Joint Strategy and Action Committee of the Episcopal, Methodist, and United Presbyterian Churches and United Church of Christ, and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.

    1. Series I: Anti-war activism, 1966 -- 1968

    Correspondence: return of selective service cards, 1967 -- 1968

    This file contains Lundeen's correspondence with the Selective Service Local Board #21 in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin regarding his decision to return his selective service cards, and includes the cards themselves. This file also contains correspondence with organizations, publications, and individuals regarding this action, as well as an open letter to President Johnson.

    1. Series I: Anti-war activism, 1966 -- 1968
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    Byung Hun Choi papers, 1908 -- 2008

    1.50 linear feet 1.50 linear feet; 4 boxes
    Byung Hun Choi, also referred to as Taksa, was a Korean philosopher and theologian and one of the first Methodist ministers in Korea, who assisted in translating the New Testament and the Book of Genesis to Korean. The collection contains primary and secondary source materials on the biographical history of Choi, his theological philosophies and writings, correspondence, as well as detailed descriptions of the Methodist movement in Korea.
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    Samuel Dodd and Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd papers, circa 1925 -- 2014

    0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
    Samuel Dodd was an American United Presbyterian missionary in Ningbo, China and Hangzhou, China; Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd was his eldest son, born in Ningbo, China. The collection contains a copy of Samuel Dodd's 1861-1877 journal typed and with notes by his son, as well as correspondence and photographs.
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    Henry Boynton Smith papers, 1834 -- 1890

    7 linear feet 7.0 linear feet; 15 boxes
    Henry Boynton Smith (1815-1877) was a Congregational Presbyterian minister, theologian, and Union Theological Seminary professor and librarian. The collection contains correspondence, clippings and scrapbooks, notebooks from his studies in Germany, notes for his courses as well as student notes, and sermons.
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    A report on the chief religions in Malaya and Sumatra, 1943

    2 items 2 items

    Report.

    1 result in this collection
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    Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in the Near/Middle East, 1911 -- 1941

    0.75 linear feet 0.75 linear feet; 2 boxes
    This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in the Near/Middle East during the early 20th century, including reports, pamphlets, minutes, clippings and publications, and educational records pertaining to the Near East School of Theology (transcribed by the Syria-Palestine Translation Service) and Robert College in Constantinople.
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    Joseph Kingsbury Greene papers, 1857 -- 1917

    5 linear feet 5 linear feet; 10 boxes
    Joseph Kingsbury Greene was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Congregational missionary in Turkey for fifty-one years, stationed in Nicodemia, Bursa, and Manisa. He was fluent in Armenian and Turkish languages. The collection contains Greene's diaries from 1859 through 1917, Greene's correspondence with members of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and others, and Greene's handwritten English and Armenian dictionaries.
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    Correspondence, 1859 -- 1872 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

    This series contains handwritten copies of correspondence sent to various people, including other members of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It also includes newspaper articles which Greene copied into the book and which are written in Armenian.

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