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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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Theological education in Japan, 1930

1 box

Questionnaire for faculty members by Harvey H. Guy and George L. Maxwell.

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Missionary Education Movement records, 1910 -- 1931

2.75 linear feet
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 Education Movement records, 1910 -- 1931 2.75 linear feet

Missionary Education Movement records, 1910 -- 1931

This series contains photographs depicting the "World in" Exhibitions, held in major cities throughout the United States, from 1910-1911, as well as an item-level list of each photograph and persons in them. This series also contains reports and information for members.

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Fund for Theological Education records, circa 1953 -- 2019

37 linear feet
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Commission on Christian Education in Japan Records, 1931

1 box

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

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Missionary Research Library collection on higher education institutions in China, 1857 -- 1957

0.5 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library on a variety of missionary higher education projects in China, including Christian Missionary education. Materials include publications, reports, clippings, correspondence, minutes, surveys, and book lists.
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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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Christian evangelistic and religious education posters and Christian scrolls and Bible verses, 1930-1949

8 boxes
Posters and scrolls produced as visual aids to education and proselytization by Protestant missionaries working in China. Most scrolls include Chinese text and use images specifically designed for the Chinese mission field.
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Letty Mandeville Russell papers, 1947 -- 2005

51.5 linear feet
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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Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Africa, 1903 -- 1972

4.25 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Africa during the early and mid 20th century, including material pertaining to committees, conferences, education, churches, Christianity, religion, missions, missionaries, and other subjects and topics in Africa. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, and a drum.
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Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Africa, 1903 -- 1972 4.25 linear feet

, conferences, education, churches, Christianity, religion, missions, missionaries, and other subjects and

This series contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Africa during the early and mid 20th century, including material pertaining to committees, conferences, education, churches, Christianity, religion, missions, missionaries, and other subjects and topics in Africa. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, and a drum.

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Missionary Research Library collection on ecumenical and world-wide mission work, 1792 -- 1990

14 linear feet
This collection contains material related to ecumenical and world-wide mission work and committees and conferences, education, churches and religion, and missionaries, as well as photographs and maps and subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, negatives and maps.
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Education, 1921 -- 1970 Box 2: 2

Education, 1921 -- 1970
Christian Colleges; Missionary Education; Theological Colleges; Board of Christian Education
; Institute of International Education; Problems in Administration of Missionary Education; Sunday School

Christian Colleges; Missionary Education; Theological Colleges; Board of Christian Education; Institute of International Education; Problems in Administration of Missionary Education; Sunday School

  1. Series 2: Education, 1909 -- 1970

Series 2: Education, 1909 -- 1970 1.25 linear feet

Series 2: Education, 1909 -- 1970
This series contains material related to Education.

This series contains material related to Education.

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