Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

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.
Start Over Repository Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Church World Service records, 1925 -- 1969

1.75 linear feet 1.75 linear feet; 5 boxes
The Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946, merging three pre-existing organizations, and continues to provide aid and support worldwide after merging with the National Council of Churches in 1965. The collection contains administrative material, including meeting minutes, by laws, reports, and financial papers; publications, including newsletters, published and unpublished articles, promotional materials, reports, and correspondence; as well as personal stories from those who worked for CWS.
29 results in this collection view all
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

City Councils of Churches records, 1909 -- 1970

3 linear feet 3 linear feet; 6 boxes
The various City Councils of Churches were ecumenical organizations that focused on Christian and church unity at the local level. Among the materials included in the collection are annual reports, bulletins and newsletters, and pamphlets.
106 results in this collection view all
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Clarence Richmond Thayer papers, 1947 -- 1974

3 linear feet 3 linear feet; 7 boxes
Clarence Richmond Thayer was a United Presbyterian Psychologist who spent his life studying and testing missionaries in attempts to predict the success of potential missionaries. Various boards and thousands of missionaries from Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA) participated in studies. The collection includes correspondence about studies as well as information about the donation of the collection to the Missionary Research Library; annotated copies of Dr. Thayer's PhD Thesis from the University of Pittsburgh; as well as records from the studies including results and data tables and the complete set of computer cards from the 1972 study.
53 results in this collection view all
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940 -- 1949

0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
Clark Bouwman was a founding faculty member of Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), where he served as professor and dean from 1960 until 1983. The collection contains a manuscript draft of an essay on Protestant ecumenism and labor relations in the United States.
3 results in this collection

Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940 -- 1949 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains one typed manuscript of an essay entitled "Ecumenical Protestantism and Labor Relations," written while Bouwman was a student at The New School for Social Research. The essay is eighty pages in length, along with a title page and a three-page bibliography. The first page of the essay is missing. Copyedits and critical feedback have been marked in pencil throughout by an unknown editor, possibly a professor at the New School. The essay contributes to an analysis of ecumenical Protestantism in America by showing the differences between sectarian religious groups and what Bouwman calls "churchly" groups, or mainline churches, in terms of their relationship to the "Social Gospel," and to labor laws in particular.

    Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940 -- 1949 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

    Bouwman, Clark H., 1920-2012
    Clark Bouwman was a founding faculty member of Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), where he served as professor and dean from 1960 until 1983. The collection contains a manuscript draft of an essay on Protestant ecumenism and labor relations in the United States.
      Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

      Clark P. Hard papers, 1863 -- 1923

      2.25 linear feet 2.25 linear feet; 5 boxes
      Clark P. Hard was a Methodist Episcopal missionary in South India beginning in 1874. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and personal items relating to Hards life and missionary work.
      41 results in this collection view all

      Addresses, circa 1893 -- 1923

      "At the feet of John Ruskin," Proverbs 13:22, [18??] [142] "Environments of Native Convert: Cast; Polygamy and other Hereditary Customs" Read at Parliament of Religions, Chicago, IL, 1893 [143] "My times are in Thy hand!" Psalm 31:15, [Elkhart, IL?], [18??] [144] "George Washington," Proverbs 2:20, [18??] [145]

      1. Series 3: Addresses and Essays, circa 1871 -- 1923

      B-C, 1918 -- 1923

      Barnes, V.V., Zion, IL, June 7, 1922 [1] Bennett, Fred E., The Family Altar League, Chicago, IL, October 2, 1923 [2] Chapin, Lillian H., Chicago, IL, May 31, 1923 [3] Chenoweth, A.G., Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, NY, January 21, 1920 [4] Clark, Allison F., Chicago Northern District, Chicago, IL, July 30, 1918 [5] Collins, Ada M., Bombay, India, June 1, 1923 [6] Collins, Alex [I?], Bombay, India, December 22, 1922 [7] Crouse, Margaret D., Khandva, India, January 27, 1923 [8]

      1. Series 1: Correspondence, 1914 -- 1923
      Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

      Clifford Green and Victoria Barnett collection of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works in English records, 1984 -- 2013

      6 linear feet 6 linear feet; 12 boxes
      This collection contains administrative records pertaining to the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Translation Project, helmed by members of the International Bonhoeffer Society under the leadership of Clifford Green, Victoria Barnett, and others. Materials relate to the writing, publication, and reception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works and include correspondence, editorial and working draft files, grantwriting and fundraising documentation, and DBWE research files organized according to their final volume number.
      87 results in this collection view all
      Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

      Clippings from the North-China Daily News, 1890

      30 pages 30 pages

      Clippings concerning Conference, May 6, 1890.

      1 result in this collection

      Clippings from the North-China Daily News, 1890 30 pages 30 pages

      General Missionary Conference (Location of meeting: Shanghai, China). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1890 :.)

      Clippings concerning Conference, May 6, 1890.

        Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

        Commission on Christian Education in Japan Records, 1931

        1 box 1 box

        Minutes, reports, ca. 1931, and other materials; and Japanese Christian school survey.

        1 result in this collection
        Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

        Committee on Cooperation in Latin America (CCLA) and Congress on Christian Work in Latin America (CCWLA) records, 1914 -- 1956

        6 linear feet 6 linear feet; 13 boxes
        The Committee on Cooperation in Latin America began in 1913 as a result of the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference of 1910. The Committee held the Congress on missionary work in Latin America in Panama in 1916. Records include newspaper articles, questionnaires, field reports and final reports of the eight commissions, correspondence, and minutes.
        94 results in this collection view all
        Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

        Committees' records, 1950-1965

        1 box 1 box
        1 result in this collection

        Committees' records, 1950-1965 1 box 1 box

        National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Foreign Missions

          Refine your search

          Available Online

          • Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary 9,142

          more »

          more »

          Current results range from 1600 to 2024

          more »

          more »

          more »

          more »