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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

burke@library.columbia.edu
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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American Encyclopaedia of Christianity records, 1920 -- 1927

4.75 linear feet 4.75 linear feet; 8 boxes including 1 OS box
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The American Institute for Christianity was incorporated in 1923 to enable the planning and production of a proposed 12 volume American Encyclopaedia of Christianity. Denominational councilors, writers, editors and supporters were contacted across the USA. The Institute was unable to attract adequate funding to produce the Encyclopaedia. The bulk of the Records consist of planning documents and correspondence.
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American Constantinople Relief Committee records, 1912 -- 1914

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
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The American Constantinople Relief Committee formed in 1912 to raise money for war refugees in Turkey and surrounding area, and disbanded in 1914 after questions of integrity were raised against the secretary's fundraising practices. The collection contains correspondence, committee minutes, reports sent to missionaries in the field, news clippings, photographs, and publicity materials.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Southern Rhodesia Mission Records, 1900-1949

5 boxes 5 boxes
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Annual reports, 1900-1949; minutes, 1902-1947; index to minutes, 1909-1939; and constitution, bylaws, and standing order rules.

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions records, 1878 -- 1958

3.25 linear feet 3.25 linear feet; 7 boxes
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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), organized in 1810, was the first successful North American agency dedicated to foreign missions. ABCFM existed until 1961 when it merged with the Board of International Missions to form the United Church Board for World Ministries. The collection concerns missions in South Africa in Rhodesia and Zulu; missions in Asia including Turkey, India, Japan, and China; missions in the Philippine Islands; and ABCFM organization in general.
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American Bilateral Conversations records, 1932 -- 1975

3 linear feet 3 linear feet; 6 boxes
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This collection details conversations discussing topics such as unity, baptism, women in the Church, the Eucharist and intercommunion, mixed or intermarriage, the nature of sin, and the purpose and role of the Church, and includes papers written by experts of all faiths including Peter Day, an ecumenical officer for the Episcopal Church, Bishop Arthur A. Vogel of the Anglican Church, Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of the Roman Catholic Church, and Robert T. Handy, a Baptist pastor and Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary. The collection also contains records of minutes, reports, correspondence, position papers, and books and news statements drafted at bilateral meetings of the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant churches.
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Series 2: Protestant Conversations, 1932 -- 1972 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

Series 1: Roman Catholic Conversations, 1964 -- 1975 2.5 linear feet 2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes

Allison Stokes papers, circa 1900 --2015

14 Linear Feet 13 record cartons, 1 OS flat box
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Personal and professional papers, including research materials for "Ministry After Freud" and for writings on Helen Flanders Dunbar, as well as other projects.

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Allison Stokes papers, circa 1900 --2015 14 Linear Feet 13 record cartons, 1 OS flat box

Allen Macy Dulles papers, 1930

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
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Allen Macy Dulles was a theologian, a pastor, and a professor at Auburn Theological Seminary. This collection contains lectures and notes on the history and nature of apologetic.
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Allen Macy Dulles papers, 1930 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

Allen Macy Dulles papers, 1930 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

All Africa Christian Conference records, 1959 -- 1972

0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
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This collection contains records of the All Africa Christian Conference, including correspondence, photographs, memos, publications, and meeting minutes and supplemental materials.
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Alison Palmer papers, 1937-2010, bulk 1960-2010

27.25 linear feet 27.25 linear feet 48 boxes
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This collection contains liturgies, correspondence, litigation, ordination and Foreign Service documents, photographs, awards, newspaper articles, autobiography and books.

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Alison Palmer papers, 1937-2010, bulk 1960-2010 27.25 linear feet 27.25 linear feet 48 boxes

Alison Cheek papers, circa 1927-- 2019

11 linear feet 10 record cartons, 1 oversized box
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This collection contains professional and personal materials of Reverend Alison Cheek (1927 - 2019), an Australian-born American religious leader. One of the first women ordained into the Episcopal priesthood on July 29, 1974 beside ten other women, Cheek and her collaborators became known as The Philadelphia Eleven. Materials contained in this collection detail women's roles in the priesthood during Cheek's lifetime and document Cheek's involvement in feminist and liberation theology.
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