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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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Robert Tobias papers, circa 1960 -- 1961

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Robert Tobias was a scholar, professor and leader of the ecumenical movement. The collection contains files pertaining to the potential founding of a World Association of Theological Schools, including correspondence, draftts, and catalogues and course descriptions from seminaries.
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Lorenzo Warriner Pease papers, 1811 -- 1896

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Lorenzo Warriner Pease was a Presbyterian missionary in Cyprus. The collection contains diaries and correspondence by Pease and his family, sermons, essays and notes, linguistic manuals, and studies, as well as surrogate photocopies of some collection material.
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Series 3: Manuscripts, circa 1830 -- 1839 0.5 linear feet

other information on topics such as politics, education and physical geography.

This series contains sermons, essays, notebooks, and research Pease hand-wrote while a missionary in Cyprus. The sermons and sermon sketches deal with a specific passage from the Bible, such as Job 11:7 or Matthew 26:41. The essays give a glimpse into missionary life during Pease's time. The notes and research involve a more in-depth look at the Cyprus that Pease knew through handdrawn maps and other information on topics such as politics, education and physical geography.

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Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in South and Southeast Asia, 1897 -- 1970

4.25 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in South and Southeast Asia largely during the early 20th century, including committee and conference records, photographs, a diary, manuscript material, reports, correspondence, clippings, and other publications.
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Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in South and Southeast Asia, 1897 -- 1970 4.25 linear feet

publications. Topics include missions and missionaries; Christianity, churches, and religion; and education.

This series contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in South and Southeast Asia largely during the early 20th century, including committee and conference records, photographs, a diary, manuscript material, reports, correspondence, clippings, and other publications. Topics include missions and missionaries; Christianity, churches, and religion; and education.

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Ann Robb Smith papers, 1970 -- 2004

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Ann Robb Smith was a member of the women's ordination planning group prior to the ordination of the first women Episcopal priests at the Church of the Advocate, in Philadelphia, July 29, 1974 ["the Philadelphia 11"]. She was the lay presenter for the ordination of Sue Hiatt, and a member of the National Advisory Committee of Women's Ordination Now. She was an ordained Assistant at the Church of the Advocate. The collection contains working papers, correspondence, clippings, and other related materials which tell the story of the ordination of the Philadelphia 11, from the planning stage to the immediate responses and later anniversaries of the event, including papers relating to Women's Ordination Now.
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Pre-1974 Statements and Addresses on ordination of women, 1970 -- 1972 Box 1, Folder 1

Episcopal Consortium for Theological Education in the Northeast, Oct 12, 1972.

63rd General Convention, Report of the Joint Commission on ordained and licensed ministers, 1970; Address to NY Diocesan Convention by Rev. J. Robert Wright, May 9, 1972 Statement by Faculties of the Episcopal Consortium for Theological Education in the Northeast, Oct 12, 1972.

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Arthur C. McGiffert Sr. papers, 1882 -- 1926

3.75 linear feet
Arthur C. McGiffert Sr. was a Presbyterian Congregational minister, church historian, and UTS President (1917-1926). The collection consists of correspondence, sermons, addresses, personal and professional papers, and two photographs.
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Daniel Johnson Fleming papers, circa 1900 -- 1949

0.25 linear feet
Daniel Johnson Fleming was a Presbyterian missionary to India and Professor of Missions at Union Theological Seminary from 1918-1944. The collection includes a Buddhist primer, correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs.
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Daniel Johnson Fleming papers, circa 1900 -- 1949 0.25 linear feet

Occupation of India" from 1918 details Christian missionary presence in India, and his booklet "Education

This series contains a handwritten manuscript in the Telugu language, thought to be a Buddhist primer, as well as correspondence from 1936 written by Fleming and Missionary Research Library staff regarding this primer. Two of Fleming's shorter writings are also included: his pamphlet "The Missionary Occupation of India" from 1918 details Christian missionary presence in India, and his booklet "Education through Stone and Glass" circa 1949 discusses the religious symbolism of the architecture of UTS. Also included are two photographs, one of Booker T. Washington and C. F. Andrews, and the other of Deaconess Ellen Lakshmi Goreh, the daughter of Nehemiah Nilankantha Goreh, an early convert in India.

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Council for the Clinical Training of Theological Students records, circa 1923 -- 1949

1.5 linear feet
The Council for the Clinical Training of Theological Students (CCTTS) was founded in 1925 by Anton T. Boisen. In later years, Dr. Helen Flanders Dunbar became the organization's Medical Director and Henry Pitney Van Dusen became a member of the CCTTS board of governors. The records reflect the development of the concept for CCTTS from Anton Boisen's initial proposal through the project's early activities in lively "Hospital Pictorials" to more formal administrative documents of the incorporated organization and the spread of the program to other hospitals and areas. The collection also contains some typescript writings by Anton Boisen and CCTTS board correspondence from Henry Pitney Van Dusen.
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Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast records, 1908 -- 1942

0.25 linear feet
This collection contains records relating to the educational aims of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, including memorandums to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church that address integrating the church and Christian doctrine with the customs and society of the local tribes.
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Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast records, 1908 -- 1942 0.25 linear feet

This series contains records relating to the educational aims of the Presbyterian Church of the

This series contains records relating to the educational aims of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, including memorandums to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church that address integrating the church and Christian doctrine with the customs and society of the local tribes.

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James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey papers, 1920 -- 1927

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James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, 1875-1927, was a distinguished scholar and educator from the Gold Coast, West Africa. The collection contains materials gathered by the Missionary Research Library documenting the life and work of Dr. Aggrey, including letters, newspaper clippings, a biographical sketch, and a bibliography.
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Missionary Research Library collection on Latin American churches' response to social movements, 1962 -- 1973

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This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that describe the Latin American churches' response to the social movements that emerged during the years 1962-1973, including reports, pamphlets, essays, press statements, quarterly reports and a study by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA).
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Series 5: U.S. Educational Materials on Latin America, 1967 -- 1972 12 folders

Series 5: U.S. Educational Materials on Latin America, 1967 -- 1972
This series contains four educational packets produced by various church organizations during the
school. They represent popular efforts to educate the U.S. public on the poor-living conditions of people

This series contains four educational packets produced by various church organizations during the years 1967-1972. These packets were especially intended for use by children and young adults in Sunday school. They represent popular efforts to educate the U.S. public on the poor-living conditions of people in Latin America and to raise awareness of how U.S. foreign policy had caused extreme poverty in "developing" nations.

Mixed materials, 1968 -- 1969 Box 1, Folder 23

24-Sept. 6, 1968, Final document of commission three: education, unofficial translation; Andrews

Catholic bishops in Latin America hold third assembly. The Christian Century, Nov. 28, 1968 The Latin American episcopate and the Latin American reality. Reprinted from Fichas de ISAL Vol 1 No 1, July 1968; 2 nd General Conference of the Latin American Roman Catholic Episcopate. Medellin, Colombia: Aug 24-Sept. 6, 1968, Final document of commission three: education, unofficial translation; Andrews, James F. "Consciousness of Oppression," National Catholic Reporter, Fall Oct 1, 1969, Book review of A Theology of Human Hope by Ruben A. Alves; Cartoons: "Rocky's Gatherings"

  1. Series 3: Latin American Organizations: Iglesia y Sociedad en América Latina (ISAL) and Latin American Division of the National Council of Churches (LAD of NCC), 1965 -- 1970

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