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Creator: Thirlwall, Connop, 1797-1875
Abstract Or Scope: Photostatic copies of letters from Thirlwall to Richard Monckton Milnes, first Lord Houghton, 1833-1872; letters to Thirlwall from Lord Houghton, Thomas Carlyle, T.B. Macauley, George Grote, and others, and from Elizabeth Johnes, 1867-1872, a friend.

Creator: Williams, Daniel Day, 1910-1973
Abstract Or Scope: Daniel Day Williams was a United Church of Christ (Congregational) minister, systematic theologian, and Union Theological Seminary professor. The collection contains documents related to Williams's research, teaching, and publishing, including material related to conferences and lectures on science and theology, sermons, and material specifically related to the Theology-Science Discussion Group to which he belonged.

Creator: Chamberlin, David, 1870-
Abstract Or Scope: John Eliot, 1604-1690, was a Puritan minister and translator of the Bible into the Native American Algonquian language, originally published in 1663. His translation was the first Bible printed in North America. The collection, gathered by Eliot biographer David Chamberlain, includes articles, illustrations, photographs, pamphlets and correspondence related to Eliot's work, as well as the 300th Anniversary of Massachusetts.

Creator: Parker, David Lecour, 1923-2016
Abstract Or Scope: David Lecour Parker was a Union Theological Seminary alumnus and former secretary to UTS President Henry Pitney Van Dusen, as well as a Methodist minister who served congregations throughout New York and New Jersey, and an activist for civil rights and women's rights. The collection contains notes from Parker's UTS coursework from 1947 and 1948.

Creator: Benedict, Don, 1917-2008
Abstract Or Scope: Materials consist of correspondence, administrative materials; personal writings and drafts of publications; autobiographical material; ephemera; photographs.

Creator: Buchanan, E. S (Edgar Simmons), 1872-1932
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence, 1904-1932; articles, in English, about his discoveries; newspaper clippings; notebooks; photographs; reviews relating to Morgan, Huntington, and Harkness manuscripts; and autobiographical, or partly autobiographical and partly argumentative materials.

Creator: Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908
Abstract Or Scope: The diary is a detailed account of Abbott's trip from Sydney, Australia to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao, China and Japan. There are numerous pen-and-ink sketches of landscape, architecture, historical sites, and inhabitants, and maps, some in water color. Pasted in the volume are memorabilia such as menus, hotel brochures, postcards, photographs, clippings, calling cards, etc. Of special interest are his accounts of the various native Christian communities he visited. Following the text there is a name index. In addition to the volume there are some related letters, documents, memorabilia and published maps.

Creator: Robinson, Edward, 1794-1863
Abstract Or Scope: 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.

Creator: Proelss, Eitel Frederick, 1906-1996
Abstract Or Scope: Eitel Frederick George Proelss (1906-1996), born in Germany, Union Theological Seminary class of 1953, Episcopal priest in the Diocese of New York, and senior chaplain of Riker's Island Prison in New York. The collection contains writings by Proelss and others in the form of note cards, jottings, clippings, and one annotated manuscript, used to help Proelss gain an understanding of criminality so as to better assist the incarcerated people whom he served.

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