Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

This series contains records kept by the executive board of the IAWM, including correspondence, executive board meeting minutes, a copy of the constitution, and organizational by-laws. The correspondence in this series is primarily between the executive officers of the IAWM. Also included are planning notes for assembly preparation, subject files, financial records, and reports from the IAWM historian.

This series contains records kept by the IAWM secretary concerning the membership of the organization, including membership directories, prayer calendars, and individual and institutional membership records. The bulk of files record the payment of dues and a brief biography for each member, including the activities and accomplishments of members as noted in newspaper clippings, bulletins, photographs, and obituaries.

This series contains the records of the Pittsburgh Regional Association, including financial records, membership lists, board minutes, newsletters, clippings, and correspondence. IAWM, though a national association, was an organization designed to support the efforts of women in ministry and was comprised of smaller, regional chapters. These local chapters were governed by elected boards, collected dues, and held monthly activities such as luncheons and retreats.

This series contains consent forms and correspondence pertaining to Isasi-Díaz's publications, article reprints and journals, and reviews of her books. There are also unpublished articles and Bible studies in this series. Some materials are in Spanish, Dutch, and German.

This series contains notes, correspondence, committee minutes, resource articles, proposals, and reports relating to Isasi-Díaz's work as a member of the Women's Ordination Conference and the Rochester Regional Task Force. It also contains some reports prepared for the organization Las Hermanas.

This series contains notes taken by Murray while attending Union Theological Seminary, including notes from lectures and from exegetical and Biblical exercises. Notes are arranged by either professor or by subject; professors with whom Murray took classes include Thomas Harvey Skinner, Henry Boynton Smith, Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, and William Greenough Thayer Shedd.

This series 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. Materials include conference records, minutes, papers, pamphlets, maps, and publications. Two sub-committees are represented: the Social and Moral Welfare Committee, and the Phonetic Promotion Committee.

This series contains materials created by or for the City Councils of Churches, including administrative materials (such as constitutions, by-laws, and policies), annual reports and meetings records, bulletins and newsletters, pamphlets, event programs, and informational brochures. The materials address a variety of issues common across the cities represented in the collections, including religious education, social welfare and action, youth, and race relations.

This series contains correspondence and reports written by Newell during his tenure in Fuzhou and relating to his mission work in Fujian province. The maps and short publications were likely collected by Newell during his time in China, and focus on Fuzhou and the work of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

This series contains one 46 page bound manuscript handwritten in English by an unknown author, describing the activities of the Netherlands Missionary Society (Nederlands Zendeling Genootschap) by geographic region and sub-regions (including Indonesian Archipelago: Amboina, Timor, Ceram, Banda, Celebe, Boono, Java; Hindustan: Palliacatta, Sadras, Chinfurab; South Africa; and Suriname) and covering the period of 1823-1825. This series also contains an index and supplementary material of the Old Missionary Archives of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Netherlands Reformed Church (Raad voor de Zending der Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk). The index was compiled in Dutch by Rev. F. Slump in 1963 in an effort to publicize the materials held within the organization's archives. The index alphabetically lists materials found in the records of Dutch missionary corporations from 1797-1927, the papers of Professor Hendrik Kraemer, 1921-1947, and the records of women's missionary work from 1928-1958. The supplemental material is written in Dutch and includes a list of corrections to the original index and indexes to the papers of influential missionaries: Hendrik Kraemer, Dr. Albert C. Kruyt, Rev. J. Kruyt and Rev. I. J. Kijne. Additional material includes correspondence written in English between the Board of the Foreign Missions of the Netherlands Reformed Church and the Missionary Research Library/

This series contains material related to the American Marathi Mission, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) first Protestant mission in Western India, founded in 1813. Materials were compiled in 1962 by Louise Gliem Fisher, who had worked as a public health nurse in the Satara District beginning in 1934, and include general background information and reports on various mission stations, as well as typescript material pulled together from minutes, reports, diaries, brochures, and correspondence.

This series contains books from Konstam's private collection as well as numerous newsletters, magazines, and other denominational publications that are no longer in print. Much of the material illustrates the efforts of religious professional and lay women to reconcile the women's liberation movement with their faith and concerns such topics as: women in the church; women's liberation; and social justice issues. Titles include Genesis II, Lilith, The Jewish Women's Quarterly, Network Quarterly, and the Yellow Ribbon.

This subseries contains material related to Russell's administrative responsibilities and community involvement at YDS. It documents faculty meetings, committee participation, tenure reviews, and ad-hoc activities. Materials that may be of particular interest in this sub-series are: Save our Quad, a campaign to preserve the YDS Quadrangle, Shalom Meals, an activity for which Russell was well known among YDS students, and the Women's Reunion, a program reconnecting alumnae with one another and the current YDS female community.

This series documents Russell's public service, advocacy and activism with religious, academic and political organizations and coalitions. The scope of these materials encompasses local grassroots initiatives, denominational efforts and international ecumenical projects, many of which played key roles in changing theological dialogue and praxis – for example the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT), committees of the World Council of Churches, and the Women's Theological Center in Boston. Included here are also papers and children's ministry materials from Russell's work at East Harlem Protestant Parish, and some general employment and consulting records.

This subseries contains material relating to LMR's work with students, including both formal advisee and informal mentoring relationships, her curriculum research and reading files, and her taught courses, including guided readings, introductory and specialized offerings, field-based practicums and Third World Travel Seminars (usually components of practicums in liberation theology). Co-teachers among her courses included Katie Cannon, Shawn Copeland, and Kwok Pui Lan. This sub-series consists of general records related to course materials (semester offerings, course descriptions, bibliographies, etc.) and student advisement (advisee lists, recommendation letters, correspondence, etc.). Additionally, there is extensive material related to specific courses, such as syllabi, lecture notes, and handouts.