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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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Scrapbook on Christianity in Japan, undated

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Catalogs of Christian middle schools in Japan collection, undated

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Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo ; : the Sutra of the lotus flower of the wonderful law/ / translated into English from the Chinese for the first time by Kato Bunno, and revised by W.E. Soothill, undated

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William Ashmore Papers, undated

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Newspaper articles on and letter from China.

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Buddhism, undated

3 Volumes
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History of Siam, undated

2 Volumes
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The action of the General Conference concerning missions from 1792-1909, undated

175 pages
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Missionary Biographical Records, undated

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Missionary Research Library created collection including detailed information on missionaries in the field. Includes diaries; correspondence; pamphlets; and photographs.

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List of 18th and 19th century sermons given before missionary societies, undated

71 pages
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Julius August Bewer Papers, undated

2 Volumes
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Edward Robinson papers, 1826 -- 1838

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Edward Robinson (1794-1863) was a Presbyterian minister, Biblical scholar, Union Theological Seminary professor, and its first librarian. This collection contains the manuscript originally entitled "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South," appendices of English-Arabic lists and language exercises, travel itineraries, a guide to Arabic pronunciation, and supplementary materials relating to travel; galley proofs of the Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius lexicon with handwritten annotations by Robinson and possibly others; as well as two plastic-bound transcripts, indexed, of letters exchanged between Edward Robinson and Moses Stuart between 1826 and 1830.
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Richard Rothe Papers, undated

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Manuscript notes on lectures on "Dogmatik der evangelisch-christlichen Kirche.".

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Sam Kok or three cities, undated

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A history of China.

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Book of Daniel, undated

68 pages

Manuscript of Chinese translation.

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James Hal Cone papers, circa 1945 -- 2019

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This collection contains professional and personal materials of Reverend Doctor James Hal Cone, a pioneering voice in American religious history and founder of Black Liberation Theology. Materials include writings, notes, teaching materials such as syllabi and student work, lectures and documentation of speaking engagements, supporting research for and manuscripts of publications, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, documentation of committee and other work at UTS, AV materials used for research and documenting speaking engagements, books, and awards and memorabilia.
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Bertha E. Davis papers, 1892 -- 1960

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Bertha E. Davis was an American Baptist foreign missionary to Burma from 1899 to 1931, where she helped establish schools. The collection contains diaries, address books, expense records, photographs, a copy of the 1946 Anglican Bishops Report from the Diocese of Rangoon, and other personal items relating to Davis's life before, during, and after her missionary work.
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Joseph Kingsbury Greene papers, 1857 -- 1917

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Joseph Kingsbury Greene was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Congregational missionary in Turkey for fifty-one years, stationed in Nicodemia, Bursa, and Manisa. He was fluent in Armenian and Turkish languages. The collection contains Greene's diaries from 1859 through 1917, Greene's correspondence with members of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and others, and Greene's handwritten English and Armenian dictionaries.
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Theological audiocassette collection, circa 1968 -- 1990

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This is an artifical collection composed of audiocassette recordings, held by the Burke Library, of various theological conferences and events, including the Evangelical Women's Caucus, the First International Congress on the Meaning of Human Suffering, God's Call to a New Beginning Conference, and the 1986 and 1987 National Workshop on Christian Unity, among others.
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Near East College Association records, 1928 -- 1943

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The Near East College Association formed in 1927 to combine financial and administrative work in a joint office for efficiency in management and to help raise endowment funds for institutions from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Bulgaria, and Iraq. The collection contains administrative records, correspondence, publications, and records related to partner institutions.
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Theological Discussion Group papers, 1934 -- 1961

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The Theological Discussion Group, meeting twice yearly in weekend retreat initially at Yale University, included Reinhold Niebuhr, Richard Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, Henry Van Dusen, James Luther Adams, Georgia Harkness and many other leading Christian thinkers. Papers were presented and critiqued, and issues concerning the evolution of Christianity and the modern world discussed. The collection contains typescript addresses presented to the Theological Discussion Group, as well as a small amount of administrative correspondence, including lists of members.
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The Social Strategy of the Christian, 3 rd Meeting, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, Oct. 26-28, 1934 Box 1, Folder 3

Addresses: Cavert, Samuel Resources of Churches for Economic Change Farmer, Herbert H. Strategy of Christians in Present Threat of War Henson, Francis A. Christian Attitude towards Marxist Strategy Van Dusen, Henry P. Limits of Compromise and Asceticism Administrative Papers from Henry Van Dusen: Correspondence to members, June 12 -Oct 12, 1934

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Lesley Armstrong Northup papers, circa 1987 -- 1994

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This collection contains the working papers, correspondence, publications, and other related materials of Lesley Northup, a writer, teacher, and Episcopal priest, and Associate Professor of Religion and Culture and Associate Dean of the Honors College, Florida International University, including manuscripts, notes and clippings, correspondence related to Northup's choice to become a single parent by artificial insemination, and responses to the Forms of Address for Episcopal Women Clergy survey.
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E. Allen Mellen collection on St. Mary's Episcopal Church and the ordination of women, 1973 -- 2012

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This collection contains correspondence and other materials relating to the sponsorship by St. Mary's Episcopal Church of two women deacons of the parish, Carter Heyward and Emily Hewitt (Union Theological Seminary alumnae), for Episcopal ordination in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Diocese of New York, in December 1973.
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Mark Lundeen papers, circa 1962 -- 1975

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Mark Gillette Lundeen (1941-2018) was a 1968 BD graduate of UTS who participated in anti-war activism regarding the Vietnam War, as well as civil rights and social justice initiatives including Freedom Summer. The collection contains UTS coursework; material related to anti-war organizing and resistance efforts; reports written by Lundeen documenting voter registration campaigns in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during Freedom Summer, as well as reports documenting social justice work Lundeen took part in under the auspices of the Delta Ministry largely in Natchez and Edwards, Mississippi; notes and supplemental materials from organizations including SNCC, the Delta Ministry, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; and photographs and other materials that Lundeen compiled documenting neighborhoods and people in Natchez, Mississippi, towards producing a Natchez poverty report.
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Natchez poverty report photographs and materials, circa 1964 -- 1975 Box 2

This file contains photographs, negatives, proof sheets, slides, and accompanying descriptive captions and notes, as well as informal census information and maps, that Lundeen compiled documenting neighborhoods and people in Natchez, Mississippi, towards producing a Natchez poverty report. Also included are slides marked as of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and notes and photographs taken on Lundeen's circa 1974-1975 trip to Mississippi to document some of the same places.

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American Constantinople Relief Committee records, 1912 -- 1914

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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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Missionary Research Library collection on the establishment of the Baha'i faith in the United States, 1901 -- 1944

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This collection contains English translations of two letters written by Badiullah and Muhammed Ali to the newly-established House of Justice in the United States, as well as correspondence from 1944 between Ruth White, Grace Provost Bestedo, and Union Theological Seminary regarding controversies about the Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler branch of Bahai.
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Missionary Research Library collection on the establishment of the Baha'i faith in the United States, 1901 -- 1944 0.25 linear feet

This series contains five letters that relate to the establishment of the Baha'i faith in the United States. Folder 1 contains the English translations of two letters co-signed by Badi'u'lláh and Muhammad Ali on March 31, 1901, approximately two years prior to the falling out between the two brothers. One is addressed generally to the newly organized Baha'i House of Justice in the United States and contains encouragement for the community. The second is addressed more specifically to the House of Justice president, and praises Dr. Ibrahim George Kheiralla for bringing the "true knowledge" of Bahai to the United States and for setting up an organization there. The authors also respond to queries about the nature of religious divisions in the world. Folder 2 contains three letters: the first from Ruth White to Union Theological Seminary regarding her complaint that the Burke Library had incorrectly categorized her books as being against Baha'i; the second from the librarian in response to Ruth; and a third letter to the librarian, written by Grace Provost Bastedo, which offers an alternative analysis of the various positions put forth in Ruth's letter regarding the Baha'i faith.

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Samuel Dodd and Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd papers, circa 1925 -- 2014

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Samuel Dodd was an American United Presbyterian missionary in Ningbo, China and Hangzhou, China; Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd was his eldest son, born in Ningbo, China. The collection contains a copy of Samuel Dodd's 1861-1877 journal typed and with notes by his son, as well as correspondence and photographs.
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Jacalyn Shelley papers, 2002 -- 2007

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Jacalyn Shelley is an Episcopalian layperson and poet based in New Jersey. The collection contains a donation letter, her Master's thesis on the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church, as well as her research in the form of transcripts of her oral history interviews with seven Episcopal Women priests from the Diocese of New Jersey (the first generation of women priests in Diocese of New Jersey).
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Madeleine Sue Seid-Martin papers, 1988 --1998

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Madeleine Sue Seid-Martin was a music liturgist, worship director, composer, and lay leader, and taught at the University of Notre Dame and at the University of St. Thomas School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota. The collection contains manuscript music, notes, publications, correspondence, papers related to the 1993 Reimagining Event, lecture notes and drafts, works by others, and clippings from magazines and newspapers.
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Robert Ernest Hume palm leaf book, January 1817

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This collection contains a palm leaf book with Buddhist ordination vows from Thailand, donated by Robert Ernest Hume, a missionary to India and later the Professor of the Philosophy and History of Religion and Missions at Union Theological Seminary.
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Robert Ernest Hume palm leaf book, January 1817 1.5 linear feet

This series contains a palm leaf book with a mirror glass cover from Chiengmai, Siam (Thailand). The book is written in Lao characters, and contains karmacacha, the ordination vows for a bhiksu (a Buddhist monk). It is dated on Friday, the 3rd of the waxing moon, in the fourth month of Julasakarat Era 1179 (January 1817 A.D.).

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Paul Edwin Spiecker papers, 1933 -- 1938

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Reverend Paul Edwin Spiecker was a Union Theological Seminary student and Methodist minister, and Pastor of Trinity Church in Stony Point, NY. The collection contains manuscript and typescript notes for term papers and lectures at Union Theological Seminary, as well as booklets from the NJ Temperance Society, The Scientific Temperance Federation Bulletin from 1938, and a booklet on "Alcohol Problems Visualized" published by the National Forum.
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Joseph H. Odell papers, circa 1905 -- 1906

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Joseph H. Odell (1871-1929) was an English Primitive Methodist and then Presbyterian preacher, who became pastor of Presbyterian churches in Fulton, NY (1894-1902), Scranton, PA (1902-1914), and Troy, NY (1915-1918), and was known for his writings during World War I. The collection contains a diary kept by Odell during his trip around the world in 1905-1906 visiting missions and YMCAs, as well as an introducution to and transcription of the diary, a photo album with pictures taken along the trip, a one-page biographical timeline of Odell's life, and a list of his printed articles.
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Katie G. Cannon papers, 1955 -- 2018

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Katie Geneva Cannon, the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church, was a minister, professor, and foundational voice of womanist theology. The collection contains professional and personal materials including coursework, biographical material, artwork, teaching resources including syllabi, writing and research materials including drafts and notes, sermons, lectures and documentation of speaking engagements, correspondence, and publicity materials.
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Emilie M. Townes papers, 1960 -- 2022

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Emilie M. Townes is a womanist ethicist and an author and speaker on African American women and the church, specializing in themes such as the oppressive forces of race, sex, and sexuality in the church and society. She has held appointments at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, the Yale Divinity School, and Union Theological Seminary. The collection contains addresses and sermons, publications, correspondence, coursework and teaching material, memorabilia, and other related materials that reflect her life, work, and thought as a womanist theologian.
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2018 accession, circa 2016 -- 2018 0.5 linear feet Box series 9 box 4

Event materials, largely consisting of presentations/speeches given at conferences/meetings, and associated material including notes, programs, and travel receipts and documentation. Also includes Vanderbilt programs and other materials relating to annual ceremonies such as convocation and orientation, and memorial service programs.

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2016 and 2022 accessions, circa 2015 -- 2022 1 linear feet Box series 9 box 5

Event materials, largely consisting of presentations/speeches given at conferences/meetings, and associated material including notes, programs, and travel receipts and documentation. Also includes Vanderbilt programs and other materials relating to annual ceremonies such as convocation and orientation, and memorial service programs.

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2018-2019 accession, circa 2012 -- 2019 0.75 linear feet Box series 9 box 1

Event materials, largely consisting of presentations and speeches given at conferences/meetings, and associated material including notes, programs, and travel receipts and documentation. Also includes Vanderbilt programs and other materials relating to annual ceremonies such as convocation and orientation, and memorial service programs for Katie Cannon, among others.

  1. Series 9: Accessions, circa 1984 -- 2022
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Missionary Education Movement records, 1910 -- 1931

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The Missionary Education Movement was created in 1902 to carry out missionary education through the United States and Canada. The collection includes photographs and reports.
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Missionary Research Library collection on the inauguration of the Church of South India, or "A Church is Born", 1947 -- 1948

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This collection, compiled by the MRL, contains filmstrips and commentary on the Church of South India's inauguration in 1947, as well as CD copies. This film and commentary, entitled "A Church Is Born" and presented by the India Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA), provides a brief overview of the history of Christian missions to India, explains the appeal for unity amongst Protestant denominations in India, and shows the inauguration of the Church of South India.
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Elizabeth A. Clark collection of research materials, circa 2000 -- 2020

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Elizabeth A. Clark was the John Carlisle Kilgo Professor Emerita of Religion and Professor of History at Duke University, and a scholar of Late Antiquity and early Christian history. The collection contains handwritten subject notes and working materials from Clark's research for her book "Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America" (2011), including notes from significant time spent at Burke Library pursuing this research; reviews and publicity about "Founding the Fathers;" as well as papers, presentations, and later work.
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Elizabeth A. Clark collection of research materials, circa 2000 -- 2020 0.75 linear feet

This series contains handwritten subject notes and working materials from Clark's research for her book "Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America" (2011), including notes from significant time spent at Burke Library pursuing this research; reviews and publicity about "Founding the Fathers;" as well as papers, presentations, and later work.

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Christopher Morse papers, 1960 -- 2012

6.75 linear feet
Christopher L. Morse (1935-) graduated from Union Theological Seminiary with an S.T.M in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1976, and is a Presbyterian minister, Biblical scholar, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor Emeritus at Union. This collection contains correspondence, research files, publications, administrative materials, and audio cassettes.
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Ainslie Embree papers, circa 1936 -- 2017

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Ainslie Embree (1921-2017) was a leading scholar of modern South Asian history and notable for his influence on the introduction of the field into United States university curricula. He was Professor of History at Columbia University and Director of the Southern Asia Institute. The collection contains material related to Embree's scholarly work, including teaching, research, and writing and publishing, as well as some personal materials.
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Ada María Isasi-Díaz papers, circa 1960 -- 2010

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Ada María Isasi-Díaz was an activist, theologian, UTS alumna, and Professor of Ethics and Theology at Drew University. The collection contains lectures, correspondence, working papers, publications and manuscripts, sermons, liturgies, syllabi and teaching notes, conference materials, AV materials, professional awards, and other related materials from the files of Ada María Isasi-Díaz and related to her work with women's organizations.
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Milton Gatch papers, circa 2007

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Research papers for talk: "Reformation Pamphlets and Reformation Research: Union's First Church Historians" on March 7, 2007.

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Thomas Harvey Skinner papers, circa 1832 -- 2005

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Thomas Harvey Skinner (1791-1871) was a Presbyterian minister, pastoral theologian, and founding faculty member and professor at Union Theological Seminary. The collection contains a commonplace book, as well as lecture notes, ministerial and personal correspondence, clippings, memorials, and biographical and family genealogical material.
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Thomas Harvey Skinner papers, circa 1832 -- 2005 0.5 linear feet

This series contains a commonplace book, including scholarly notes, sermon drafts, autobiographical passages, and an copious index; as well as lecture notes, ministerial and personal correspondence, clippings, memorials, and biographical and family genealogical material.

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

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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.
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Paul F. Knitter papers, 1959 -- 2013

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Paul F. Knitter (b. 1939) was a UTS faculty member from 2007-present (emeritus), and is an author and theologian invested in pluralism and interfaith dialogue. The collection contains books and notes from his time in Germany and Rome, textual materials for courses by Knitter and about his travels, lectures, published and unpublished articles by Knitter, Vatican problematta, certificates and plaques, photographs, graphic materials, and audiovisual materials.
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Letha Dawson Scanzoni papers, 1963 -- 2019

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Letha Dawson Scanzoni is an evangelical feminist activist and writer specializing in topics of gender, marriage, sex education, theology, women's subordination, and lesbian and gay rights. She was a founding member of the Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus (EWC/EEWC) and editor of EEWC Update and the EEWC-CFT website from their inception to her retirement in 2013. The collection contains her research materials, publications, correspondence, and EWC/EEWC administrative and conference materials.
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Aisha H. L. Al-Adawiya and Women in Islam, Inc. collection, circa 1960 -- 2020

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This collection contains the papers and records of Sister Aisha al-Adawiya, co-founder and executive director of Women In Islam, Inc., documenting her various efforts relating to Islam, gender equity, conflict resolution, cross-cultural understanding, and social justice, as well as Muslim and Black community life in New York City, interfaith organizing for social justice causes in New York City, small scale Muslim women's publications (newsletters, magazines); and local and small scale Muslim newsletters across North America. Includes correspondence, administrative and organizational materials, published materials, mixed media, and personal materials.
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Letty Mandeville Russell papers, 1947 -- 2005

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Letty Mandeville Russell was a renowned theologian and Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School (YDS) and an alumna of Harvard Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary, who worked in East Harlem Protestant Parish, was a director of Religious Education at Church of the Ascension, and a PCUSA home missionary. The collection includes syllabi, notes and course material relating to her tenure at YDS; manuscripts, notes and correspondence relating to her publications; reports, minutes and correspondence concerning work on denominational bodies, ecumenical task forces and committees, nonprofit organizations, and professional associations; correspondence; and memorabilia.
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John T. McNeill papers, circa 1904 -- 2000

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John Thomas McNeill was a theological historian and Calvin scholar, Professor of History of European Christianity at the University of Chicago, and later Professor of Church History and Auburn Professor Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary. The collection contains material related to McNeill's career, including teaching materials, research notes, sermons, correspondence, and an unpublished autobiography.
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Autobiography, circa 2000 Box 39

Autobiography of John T. McNeill, completed by his son William H. McNeill, titled "Grandfather Stories." This book was not published but was circulated amongst the McNeill family, and contains the fullest account of McNeill's life and family history, including assessments of his scholarly purpose and achievements.

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Research, circa 1950 -- 1962 Box 22

Various writings, 1950s; Richard A. Stauffer writings, 1950s ; Calvin and the Word of God, 1950s ; Luther, 1950s ; Levellers, 1950 (?) ; Notes, 1951 ; Papacy, 1951 (?); The Encyclopedia Americana, 1953 and 1961 ; Mystics, 1954 (?); Notes on Blaise Pascal, 1954; The Thirkield-Jones Lectures, 1955; Robert Hastings Nichols, 1955; Edwards, 1955 ; Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, 1955; Book review (1956) and misc. notes (undated); Introduction to Calvin's Institutes, 1957; Photostats of Calvin's Institutes, 1957; Foundation for Reformation Research, 1959-1962

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Mary C. Boys papers, 1973 -- 2001

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Mary C. Boys, a Roman Catholic, was the Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. The collection contains material relating to her activities in the Practical Field Program of Union Theological Seminary; material from the Catholic-Jewish Colloquium; and manuscripts of articles and her book, Has God Only One Blessing?: Judaism as a Source of Christian Self Understanding (Paulist Press, 2000).
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Presbyterian Welcome records, circa 1997 -- 2010

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Media, a banner, administrative and financial material, digital photographs.

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Reinhold Niebuhr papers, circa 1913 -- 1998

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Reinhold Niebuhr was the Dodge Professor of Applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary from 1928-1960, and his scholarship centered on Christian ethics as a means to articulate a Realist vision of American democracy. The collection contains annotated typescripts, galley proofs, and drafts with corrections of some of Niebuhr's published work, select Niebuhr correspondence, and general files including the Bible given to Niebuhr as a remembrance of his ordination, obituaries of both Reinhold and Ursula Niebuhr, photocopies from Niebuhr's biography with underlines by President Jimmy Carter, and notes relating to an exhibition on Niebuhr by Burke Library staff.
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Sarah's Circle records, 1989 -- 1996

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Sarah's Circle was a Catholic women's group founded in 1989 and based in Binghamton, New York; the group was dedicated to promoting the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. The collection contains member lists and biographies, meeting minutes and schedules, correspondence, newspaper articles, materials on worship services and theatre productions, information on conferences, VHS cassettes, and the organization's T-shirt.
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The Re-Imagining Community records, 1988 -- 2016

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The Re-imagining Community was a grassroots, ecumenical movement (centered in Minneapolis, Minnesota) that was organized to challenge what it saw as a patriarchal church hierarchy, promoting justice and equality in the church and society as a whole. The collection contains newsletters and other publications, audio recordings of annual conferences and video recordings of responses to the 1993 conference, records relating to the planning of the annual conferences, and administrative records of the organization.
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Joan Brown Campbell papers, 1990 -- 2000

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Joan Brown Campbell served as the General Secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ from 1991 to 1999. The collection contains speeches, sermons, and interviews given by Joan Brown Campbell while serving as the General Secretary of the NCCC, as well as audiotapes of some of those appearances. Additional materials include biographical files, news releases, and press clippings.
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Biographical files, news releases, drafts and correspondence, circa 1990 -- 1999 Box 13

"A Season for Justice" Biographical Information on Joan Brown Campbell The book… (see also Watley/Judson) "For Such a Time As This" Early version of Esther (JBC) Articles written by and interviews with… Miscellaneous News Releases and clippings Scripture texts copied UTS archives Watley/Judson (see also the book….) Wedding address Women in Christian Thought Project 1992

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Speeches, Sermons, Interviews, 1999 Box 1

"And a Little Child Shall Lead Them" Riverside Church [2000] 1999 World Peace Globe Lighting, UN [12/7/99] Speech 50th Anniversary Of Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio, Inc. [11/18/99] "Report of the General Secretary" Cleveland, OH [11/11/99] Big Apple Summit for Volunteer Action, Pace University, NY [10/20/99] Dedication of UMC Board of Church & Society Building, Washington DC [10/6/99] Stern Social Action Lecture, Beachwood, OH [9/20/99] "Ecumenical Life Lessons" Montreat, NC [8/11-13/99] The book…Speech, City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH [7/19-21/99] "A House Divided Against Itself" Chautauqua Institute [7/9/99] "Comes the Moment to Decide" Chautauqua Institute [7/8/99] "Fight the Good Fight of Faith" Chautauqua Institute [7/6/99] "Reconciliation: The Glue of the Good Society" Chautauqua Institute [7/5/99] "All Are Children of God" Chautauqua Institute [7/4/99 evening] "E Pluribus Unum: Out of the Many-One" Chautauqua Institute [7/4/99 morning] "Thirty Good Minutes", Chicago Sunday Evening Club [6/23/99] Evangelical Celebration, Havana, Cuba [6/18-21/99] "Comes the Moment to Decide" Cleveland, OH [5/30/99] "Comes the Moment to Decide" Riverside Church [5/9/99] Report on Yugoslavia Trip [5/99] Worship on Christian Unity, St. Paul, MN [4/23/99] Violence at Columbine, NPR interview [4/22/99] "Science, Religion, Healing" Providence, RI [2/26/99] A Call Reconciliation, US Senate Office Building, Washington, DC [2/25/99] Bethlehem 2000 International Conference, Rome, Italy [2/18/99] Untitled Sermon, Ciudad Hanaba, Cuba [1/29-2/4/99] "The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness" Chicago Sunday Evening Club [1/19/99] "The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness" Washington, DC [1/10/99]

  1. Joan Brown Campbell papers, 1990 -- 2000

Speeches, Sermons, Interviews, 1998 Box 2

Christmas Message to NCCC Staff [12/17/98] Speech, WCC Assembly, Harare, Africa [12/3-5/98] "God's Own People: Two Witnesses" [11/28/98] Report of General Secretary to General Board, NCCC, Chicago, IL [11/9-13/98] "Religion, Liberty, and the Constitution" Providence, RI [10/23/98] Untitled Sermon, Nashville, TN [10/18/98] "Feast of St. Francis" New York, NY [10/4/98] Untitled Sermon, Washington DC [10/3/98] North American Academy of Ecumenist [9/25-27/98] "Fight the Good Fight in Faith" Philadelphia [9/27/98] Religion, Politics, Morality. Washington, DC [9/16/98] Untitled Sermon, Diocese of Armenian Church of America, New York, NY [9/13/98] Greetings to Rabbi David Gelfand, East Hampton, NY [7/31/98] Untitled Sermon, Children's Defense Fund Haley Summer Institute, Knoxville, TN [7/24/98] Address, Ecumenical Institute, Hartford, CT [7/21-22/98] Speech, General Assembly, PCUSA, Charlotte, NC [6/17/98] Ecumenical Address, Reformed Church General Synod, Holland, MI [6/7/98] Untitled Sermon, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Cuba [5/31/98] "Suffer the Children" UMC Annual Conf. SW TX, Corpus Christi, TX [5/28/98] "For Such a Time As This" Baccalaureate, Wake Forest Univ., Wake Forest, NC [5/17/98] Sermon (2) Student's Chapel and Mothers' Day, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH [5/10 and 5/11/98] Sermon, Ellis Island Medals of Honor Ecumenical Service, St. Patrick's Cathedral, NY [5/9/98] Speech, Interfaith Gathering on Health Care, Memphis, TN [5/4/98] "State of the Ecumenical Movement" Allentown, PA [4/30/98] "Racism, the Ecumenical Challenge" Allentown, PA [4/30/98] Episcopal Council for Global Mission, NY [4/25/98] Address, Workshop on Christian Unity, St. Paul, MN [4/23/98] Address, Boston Theological Institute [4/98] "It is Finished" The Miller Theatre, NY [4/9/98] "One Shepard, One Flock" Princeton Theological Seminary [2/10/98] "The State of the Souls of the Faithful" Lecture 3, OH Council of Churches, Columbus, OH [1/28/98] "The Moral State of the Nation" Lecture 2, Columbus, OH [1/27/98] "The State of the Ecumenical Movement' Lecture 1, Columbus, OH [1/26/98] "Managed Care" Columbus, OH [1/26/98] "Be Led by the Spirit in Hope" Graymoor Ecumenical Institute, NY [1/18/98] "Common Witness in a Changing World" [1/4/98]

  1. Joan Brown Campbell papers, 1990 -- 2000
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George W. Barrett papers, 1974 -- 1999

0.75 linear feet
George West Barrett was an Episcopal Church minister who in New York and California who irregularly ordained Episcopal women priests in Washington D.C. in 1975. The collection contains correspondence, publications and audio-visual materials related to the Washington irregular ordinations.
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Ecumenical Programs records, circa 1950 -- 1999

7.75 linear feet
The Ecumenical Programs at Union Theological Seminary were designed to help students through programs within the Seminary and through exploration of opportunities for exchange study with seminaries around the world. The collection contains correspondence, reports, pamphlets, negatives, slides and other material.
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James Melvin Washington papers, circa 1968 -- 1997

133 linear feet

Personal and professional papers including correspondence, subject files, course files, and writings.

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Nancy A. Hardesty papers, circa 1960 -- 2002

8.5 linear feet
Nancy A. Hardesty was a church historian, feminist scholar, and Professor of Religion at Clemson University. The collection contains support materials for Hardesty's 1998 application for tenure at Clemson University, materials related to Hardesty's writings and publications, materials related to a proposed book about adult children of fundamentalists (ACOF), manuscript outlines of sermons, materials relating to the Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus (EEWC) conferences between 1975 and 2002, as well as personal and professional correspondence, journals, and speeches.
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National Council of Churches Justice for Women Working Group records, circa 1988 -- 1993

9 Linear Feet

Correspondence, financial material, publications, media, resources, denominations material.

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Annie Ruth Powell papers, circa 1987 --2002

8.5 Linear Feet

Correspondence, UTS files, Pastor's office, photos, cassettes, course materials, subject files.

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Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry (SACEM) records, 1960 -- 1995

1 linear feet
The Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry (SACEM) was created in 1967 by a group of ministers and educators concerned over the lack of concerted continuing education programs for the nation's pastors. The collection contains reports, articles and books by SACEM memebers, correspondence, an oral history transcript, and other materials.
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Edwin Oliver Kennedy papers, circa 1952 -- 1984

0.25 linear feet
Edwin Oliver Kennedy was a Union Theological Seminary alum, pastor, and professor of practical theology. The collection contains correspondence and personal writings.
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Edwin Oliver Kennedy papers, circa 1952 -- 1984 0.25 linear feet

This series contains correspondence between Union Theological Seminary and Fordham University while Edwin O. Kennedy served as the secretary of the Seminary, as well as Kennedy's two-part biographical essay, written while he was in his 70s. Part two, added first, is entitled "The Days of My Years: Another Decade 1971 – 1981." Part one, added later, is entitled "The Days of My Years: An Autobiography."

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Carter Heyward papers, 1967 -- 2017

22.5 linear feet
Carter Heyward is an Episcopal priest, theologian, activist and writer, and a Professor Emerita of the Episcopal Divinity School. The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, sermons, publications, audio and video tapes and artifacts documenting Heyward's ordination to the Episcopal priesthood in 1974 and her career as professor at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Box 44, circa 1983 -- 1994 Box 44

Political pins/buttons Radish seeds 1983 Honduras press Packet Repercusiones Del Terrorismo de estado de la adminstracion Reagan en la vida del pueblo nicaraguense The Witness - a 1994 General convention Supplement Cakes for the Queen of Heaven. A 10-session adult seminar in Feminist Theology by Shirley Ann Ranck

  1. Series 4: Oversize materials, circa 1974 -- 1994

Box 42, circa 1979 -- 1999 Box 42

Visual Sexual Ethics and Justice Making (9/27/90-9/29/90), San Francisco Eve's Daughter Meat Pie 2/90 After our War, How will Love Speak? 11/19/86 EDS 5/83 Audio Compassionate Remembering: Spirituality, Sanity & Morality in a Dismembered World 1990 American Psychiatric Assn. NY Theme: Retrospective of Recent Work about Lesbian Sexuality and Religion, 1991 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, 11/23-26/91, Kansas City, MO Fleshing Out the Spirit -Women's Week 1992 Chapel Homily-Acts 2:17-21, 11/3/92 Lecture, 11/3/92 Ethics Lecture, 11/4/92 Faith Journey, Nancy W. Gezies and C. Heyward Sex, Gender and Power: A Lesbian Feminist Liberation Perspective KAIROS Lecture Series, 4/20/92, Cambridge, MA Inheriting our Mother's Gardens Tape #1-Katie Cannon, et. al Tape #2-Responses (C. Heyward) Tape #3-Getting out of the Garden UTS Oral Exam 2/16/79 T284 (Lecture) 3/7/89 (Lecture) 11/24/85 On Recovery (WTC Health Fair) 4/15/89 "Ideas and Issues" WETS-FM 5/30/99 Micro-cassette tape 10/19/89 Accession AWTS-2023-007: Heyward preaching at memorial service for Suzanne Hiatt (on VHS, June 17, 2002); Heyward preaching at ordination of BK Hipsher (on CD, March 2008); miscellaneous documents (on CD, 2004).

  1. Series 3: Audiovisual materials, circa 1979 -- 1999
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Gay L. Byron papers, circa 1980 -- 2015

13 linear feet

Personal papers including coursework, teaching materials, conference materials, committee work, research files, correspondence, grant materials, manuscript drafts, and other materials.

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Russell Haden Davis papers, circa 1977 -- 1991

3.5 linear feet

Personal and administrative records, including syllabi, lecture notes, field examinations, correspondence, and other materials documenting Davis's years at UTS as a PhD student and then on the Psychiatry and Religion faculty, circa 1977-1991.

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Pamela Cooper-White papers, circa 1975 -- 2023

13 linear feet

Personal papers including presentation material, manuscript drafts, research files, correspondence, sermons, and other personal papers.

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Euan Cameron papers, circa 1975 -- 2023

12 linear feet

Personal papers including teaching, conference, committee, and Union administrative materials, manuscript drafts, research files, correspondence, and other personal papers.

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Obery Hendricks papers, circa 1975 --2018

19 Linear Feet
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Camille Taylor collection of Black Music Caucus Gospel Choir Competitions recordings, circa 1975 -- 2009

21 linear feet

Includes recordings and photo albums of elementary, middle, high school, and college gospel choir competitions sponsored by the Black Music Caucus between the late 1970s and 2009, with the bulk dating from 1986 through 2009. Audiovisual media is on DVDs, audiocassettes, and VHS tapes located in Boxes 1-15. There are many duplicates, especially DVDs. Photo albums and paper files are also included in Boxes 16-21 of the collection.

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Ann Robb Smith papers, 1970 -- 2004

1 linear foot
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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Mary Ely Lyman papers, 1916 -- 1996

0.5 linear feet
Mary Ely Lyman was the Jesup Professor of English Bible and Dean of Women Students at UTS, the first woman to hold a full professorship and endowed chair and first woman dean at UTS, as well as an author and wife of UTS professor Eugene W. Lyman. The collection contains correspondence, lectures, news clippings, UTS publicity releases, UTS alumna records, photographs, and other materials.
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S. Wyndham Anderson papers, 1961 -- 1994

1 box
UTS Alumnus of 1964; collection contains correspondence from and clippings about UTS faculty.
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Daughters of Sarah records, circa 1974 -- 1979

15.5 Linear Feet

Daughters of Sarah administrative and financial records and copies of Daughters of Sarah magazine.

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Kwok Pui Lan papers, circa 1972 -- 2018

9 Linear Feet

Personal and professional papers.

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Reginald Humphrey Helfferich papers, 1832 -- 1982

7.25 linear feet
Helfferich was a pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and served the Church World Service of the National Council of Churches of Christ from 1949-1970. This collection contains Reginald Helfferich's correspondence, diaries, family and biographical material, publications, and other personal materials; professional materials including information about Heifer Project International, photographs, materials related to Helfferich's ministerial work as pastor of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church of Bath, Pennsylvania, and materials related to Helfferich's work with Church World Service (CWS); as well as audio and visual memorabilia from both Helfferich's personal and professional life, primarily Kodachrome diapositive slides, photographs, and postcards from Helfferich's travels in Europe, Africa, India, South America, and beyond.
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Clarence Richmond Thayer papers, 1947 -- 1974

3 linear feet
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.
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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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Mixed materials, circa 1960 -- 1967 Box 1, Folder 2

Articles and clippings, [196?] – 1967: Center for Cuban Studies pamphlet, [196?]; Pai nosso que estás nos céus. Bíblia hoje, v.1; Hoffman, Ronan. Social Change in Latin America, report, 1967; Educación para una nueva sociedad en América Latina, pamphlet; "A parábola dos trabalhadores na vinha" Biblia hoje, v.10 ; Arias, Rev. Mortimer. An Easter Manifesto to the Bolivian Nation, Methodist Church, 1967

  1. Series 1: Latin American Churches and Social Movements, 1962 -- 1971
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Records of the Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cristianos por el Socialismo (PELCS), circa 1971 -- 1973

1 linear foot
The Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cristianos por el Socialismo was a conference organized by a group of 80 Chilean priests (known as "Las Ochenta" and later as "Cristianos por el Socialismo"). The primary goals of the conference were to unite Latin American Christian groups across the church's hierarchical and denominational divides and to foster the integration of Christian and socialist ideologies. The PELCS records consist of reports, correspondence, publications, and other materials relating to the conference, including essays on the conference's 10 themes: 1. Underdevelopment, dependence and the transition to socialism in Latin America; 2. Mobilization of the masses; 3. Conditions for a strategic alliance between Christians and Marxists; 4. Ideology and religion, cultural revolution and the Christian faith; 5. Class struggle, ethical positions and obstacles for Christians; 6. Christian institutions and ideology, a critical evaluation; 7. Political action and faith, liberation theology; 8. Popular parties, unions, and pragmatic Christianity; 9. Field-labor movements and church initiatives; 10. The middle class, women in the revolution, and the Christian factor.
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Records, circa 1971 -- 1973 Box 1, Folder 1

Documento final, edición popular; Índice de documentos; Áreas I-V: I. Sub-desarrollo, dependencia y transición al socialismo II. Movilización Popular III. Condiciones de una alianza estratégica entre cristianos y marxistas IV. Ideología y religión, revolución cultural y fe cristiana V. Lucha de clases--posiciones y bloqueos éticos de los cristianos

  1. Records of the Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cristianos por el Socialismo (PELCS), circa 1971 -- 1973
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Hugh Porter papers, 1915 -- 1978

2 boxes
Hugh B. Porter (1897-1960) was a musician and educator who graduated from the UTS School of Sacred Music in 1930, and served as faculty from 1930 until his death in 1960. This collection contains correspondence, alumni material, hymnody, and material related to professional activities.
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Alice Browne Frame papers, 1905 -- 1971

0.5 linear feet
Alice Browne Frame was a Mount Holyoke College alumna, missionary worker in China, and teacher and Dean at North China Union Women's College, Beijing, Yenching University 燕京大學. The collection contains correspondence and other materials.
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Kathleen Hurty papers, circa 1970 -- 2007

3 Linear Feet

Church Women United records, NCC ecumenism records (including local and regional ecumenism documents, and a complete set of CORLETTERs), Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Commission on Church and Society documents.

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Miner Searle Bates papers, 1927 -- 1984

0.25 linear feet
Miner Searle Bates taught history at Nanking University 南京大學, was a member of the International Committee for Nanking Safety Zone in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and Professor of Missions at Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1950-1965. The collection contains papers, meeting minutes, articles, reports, and other publications collected or created by Bates regarding missions in 20th century China.
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Peter Beebe and Women's Ordination Now (WON) records, circa 1970 -- 1979

3 linear feet

Peter Beebe and WON records, including Episcopal trial documents, media coverage, correspondence, publications, 4 transparencies (slides); photos of irregular and early Episcopal women priests, and video and audio tapes.

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Sophia Lyon Fahs papers, circa 1850 -- 1987

3 linear feet
Sophia Lyon Fahs was a Unitarian educator, author, editor, minister, innovator in religious education of children, one of the first women faculty members at Union Theological Seminary, and wife of Methodist minister Charles Harvey Fahs. The collection contains papers from Sophia Lyon Fahs' UTS Alumni File as well as her personal files, including materials related to her husband Charles Fahs' writings; correspondence with her biographer Edith Hunter as well as general correspondence; Riverside Church Sunday School papers and religious education publications; and materials donated by Dorothy Beck Fahs, including articles about SLF, memorials, and correspondence, as well as drafts and correspondence related to Cobb and Dorothy Fahs' work on Old Tales for a New Day (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1981), the companion volume to Sophia Fahs' earlier books on mythic stories for children.
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Series 1: General and alumni files, circa 1850 -- 1982 0.5 linear feet

This series contains a combination of papers from Sophia Lyon Fahs' UTS Alumni File as well as her personal files, including materials related to her husband Charles Fahs' writings.

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David Langston papers, 1968 -- 1971

1.5 linear feet
David J. Langston; M.Div, UTS 1971; Ph.D. English-American Literature, Stanford 1977; student member of Union's Core Experimental Program 1968-1970. The collection includes primary drafts, proposals, memoranda, ephemera, photographs, and published matter concerning Core programming at Union during the late 1960s-early 1970s as well as student activities in and around Union on issues such as anti-war activism, racial justice, and anti-apartheid organizing.
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Charles Eli Bronson papers, 1845 -- 1966

1.25 linear feet
Charles Eli Bronson (1857-1926) was a UTS alumnus of 1884, graduate of Amherst College, and an ordained Presbyterian minister who served in Marlborough, New York; Saginaw, Michigan; and West Hope Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia; and as President of the Philadelphia School of Christian Workers. This collection contains Bronson's sermons and writings, as well as personal materials related to the Bronson immediate and extended families, including genealogical research.
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Johannes Christiaan Hoekendijk papers, circa 1965 -- 1975

1.5 Linear Feet
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American Bilateral Conversations records, 1932 -- 1975

3 linear feet
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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East Harlem Protestant Parish records, 1942 -- 2007

21 linear feet
The East Harlem Protestant Parish (EHPP) was an interdenominational ministry seeking to provide leadership in the development of community life, and was an excellent example of an ecumenical ministry in a local, inner-city setting. The collection contains documents and photographs of the churches, individuals, programs, and committees of the EHPP.
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EHPP documentary film, circa 1965 Box os10

This file contains 16mm and AB footage rolls of a documentary film made about the EHPP by filmmaker George Anderson, via contact with his friend and UTS professor Robert Nichols. The film contains shots of neighborhoods, daily life, and people going to service and working with children.

  1. Series 3: Publicity materials, 1947 -- 1973
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Marvin D. Markowitz papers, 1962 -- 1973

1.75 linear feet
Marvin D. Markowitz is a social science scholar and psychologist who carried out field research in Africa. The collection contains publications focusing on the Belgian Congo and Africa as well as two social science publications; Markowitz's writings on the Belgian Congo, including drafts and the final publication of a book review submitted to Africa Today; general writings on psychology and Markowitz's correspondence with several academic institutions; teaching materials; and psychological reports written by Markowitz.
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Robert Tobias papers, circa 1960 -- 1961

1.25 linear feet
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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Arthur Mason Brown papers, 1921 -- 1984

2 linear feet
Arthur Mason Brown (1921-1989) was an ordained minister, UTS Assistant Dean of Students, Professor at the University of Cairo, Egypt, professor at Converse College, Professor at Bates College, and professor at American University of Beirut. This collection contains sermons, bulletins, articles and clippings, photographs, and personal materials, including a diploma and poetry notebooks.
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Roger Haight papers, 1959 --2017

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This collection contains the papers of Roger Haight, including notes on authors; published and unpublished papers; speeches; retreats; photos; subject files; and course files including syllabi, notes, lectures, "Xtian cmmty in history", and miscellaneous materials.
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Dorothy E. Pecht slides, 1959 -- 1980

3 linear feet
Dorothy E. Pecht was a Christian missionary who worked in Africa with Eternal Love Winning Africa and the Sudan Interior Mission. The collection contains dated and undated 35mm slides depicting the work of these organizations as well as daily life in Africa.
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Dorothy E. Pecht slides, 1959 -- 1980 3 linear feet

This series contains three boxes of 35mm photographic slides from Dorothy E. Pecht's years as a missionary in Nigeria and Liberia. Slides depict daily life in Africa, as well as the work of organizations with which Pecht was involved, including Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) and the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM).

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Burke Library collection on Allen Wright, circa 1957 -- 1988

0.25 linear feet
This collection contains material related to Allen Wright (Kiliahote), a Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870) and the first Native American graduate of UTS (class of 1855), including biographical material, as well as correspondence about and programs for ceremonies honoring Wright at the Capitol in Oklahoma City and at UTS.
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Burke Library collection on Allen Wright, circa 1957 -- 1988 0.25 linear feet

This series contains material related to Allen Wright (Kiliahote), a Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870) and the first Native American graduate of UTS (class of 1855), including biographical material, as well as correspondence about and programs for ceremonies honoring Wright at the Capitol in Oklahoma City and at UTS.

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City Councils of Churches records, 1909 -- 1970

3 linear feet
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.
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Lutheran World Federation records, 1946 -- 1967

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The Lutheran World Federation is an international organization of Lutheran Congregations and serves as the highest governing body for member churches. The collection contains documents from the second and third Lutheran World Federation Assemblies in 1952 and 1957, yearly runs of the News Bulletin of the Lutheran World Federation from 1946 to 1950, press releases made by the Lutheran World Federation, and the Newsletter of the 3rd Assembly.
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Burke Library collection of missionary photograph albums, circa 1900 -- 1965

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This is an artificial collection that contains two albums: an African Missionary photograph album, dating from approximately 1900-1910, and including 60 photographs chiefly depicting missionary activities in Sub-Saharan Africa; and a Mennonite African missionary photograph album, dating from approximately 1955-1965, and including approximately 350 photographs chiefly depicting missionary activities in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, and other unidentified locations likely in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Mennonite African missionary photograph album, circa 1955 -- 1965 1 album Box 1, Folder 2

Collection of approximately 350 photographs, taken approximately 1955-1965, chiefly depicting missionary activities in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, and other unidentified locations likely in Sub-Saharan Africa. Depictions include: individual and group portraits of missionaries and their families and African men, women, and children in both Western and traditional dress; individuals engaged in weddings, baptisms, agriculture, cooking, construction, and other activities; boats, airplanes, automobiles; landscape and livestock; building interiors and exteriors.

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Burke Library collection of missionary photograph albums, circa 1900 -- 1965 0.25 linear feet

This series contains two albums: an African Missionary photograph album, dating from approximately 1900-1910, and including 60 photographs chiefly depicting missionary activities in Sub-Saharan Africa; and a Mennonite African missionary photograph album, dating from approximately 1955-1965, and including approximately 350 photographs chiefly depicting missionary activities in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, and other unidentified locations likely in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Paul Tillich papers, circa 1930 -- 2002

1.75 linear feet
Paul Tillich (1886-1956) was a prominent theologian and professor at UTS from 1933-1955. The collection includes speeches, sermons, and other materials; a 1953 stenographic transcription in 4 copies of Tillich's lecture notes for his Spring 1953 course, Church History Systematic Theology 108-Introduction to the History of Christianity; a photocopy and a bound copy of Tillich's Systematic Theology [Vol.1], the preliminary draft meant for his students' private use, in five parts; as well as a separately sourced preliminary draft of Tillich's Systematic Theology [Vol.1] annotated by Eric Gault Finley.
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Mercy Oduyoye papers, circa 1954 -- 2010

5.5 Linear Feet

Unpublished papers and addresses; father's sermons.

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Fund for Theological Education records, circa 1953 -- 2019

37 linear feet
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