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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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William Carey letter, 1800-12-09

2 linear feet

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 Box 1

William Carey letter, 1800-12-09 2 linear feet

Abstract Or Scope: 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 Channing Gannett sermons, 1872 -- 1921

5 linear feet

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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Sermons 103-130, 1872 -- 1921 Box 3

Sermons 1101-1210, 1872 -- 1921 Box 11

Sermons 1211-1261, 1872 -- 1921 Box 12

William Edward Smith papers, 1897 -- 1936

2.75 linear feet

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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Correspondence, 1912 -- 1936 Box 6, Folder 4

Diaries, 1897 -- 1898 Box 1, Folder 1

Diaries, 1903 -- 1906 Box 2, Folder 1-2

William H. Hornblower notebooks, circa 1849 -- 1852

0.25 linear feet

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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Sermon notebooks, circa 1849 -- 1852 Box 1

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

Abstract Or Scope: This series contains two notebooks, labeled Alpha and Beta, of manuscript sermon notes attributed to the Rev. W. H. Hornblower.

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

5 boxes

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, 1906-1952, bulk 1946-1952

6 boxes

Includes letters, documents, pamphlets, and many manuscript notes by Rockwell.

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William W. Bell papers, 1941 -- 1945

0.25 linear feet

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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Newsletters, 1942 -- 1945 Box 1, Folder 2

Reports, 1941 -- 1945 Box 1, Folder 1

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

Abstract Or Scope: This series 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. Reports are typed and detail Bell's efforts to introduce creative activities to prisoners of war from Axis countries in order to "prevent boredom;" some notes of thanks from prisoners of war are also included. Newsletters include the "Y.M.C.A. War Prisoners' Aid Commentator," "War Prisoners Aid Reporter," and "Y.M.C.A. War Prisoners Aid News."

William Weston Patton papers, circa 1830 -- 1940

3.25 linear feet

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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Annual reports, 1893 -- 1905 Box 3.1, Folder 1

Caroline D. Smith, 1881 Box os1.1, Folder 9

Compilation of photographs of the Patton family on a single card Mount, circa 1888 Box os1.1, Folder 15

William Wilberforce Chapin papers, 1860 -- 1865

0.5 linear feet

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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Courtship correspondence with Isabel Hayes, 1862 -- 1863 Box 1, Folder 2-8

Field notes, 1864 -- 1865 Box 1, Folder 10

Labrador journal, 1860 Box 1, Folder 1

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

2.75 linear feet

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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Branch Officers Conference Papers, 1916 -- 1926 Box 5, Folder 1

Historical Sketches of Branches, 1898 -- 1922 Box 5, Folder 22

Mary Brown to Dr. Bush, 1871-11-30 Box 1, Folder 1

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