6881468Jacalyn Shelley papers6881468Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-22 20:45:27 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.2021-04-27PDF converted to EAD and description updated by Leah Edelman. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary Jacalyn Shelley papers Shelley, Jacalyn 6881468 English /repositories/5/resources/375 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box 2002 -- 2007 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). Conditions Governing Access

The following boxes are located offsite: Box 1. Please note that requests for use of boxes held in offsite storage must be made three business days in advance.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Jacalyn Shelley donated these papers to the Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship in July 2007.

 Biographical / Historical

Jacalyn Shelley is an Episcopalian layperson and poet based in New Jersey who has significant service in the Church as a Vestry member, Warden and Diocesan Convention deputy.

 Burke Library record group:

Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship (AWTS)

 Preferred Citation

Item description, AWTS: Jacalyn Shelley papers, 2002-2007, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

 Processing Information

Folded materials were flattened and staples and metal clips were removed. All materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. The finding aid was created by Ruth Tonkiss Cameron in 2008, and edited by Leah Edelman in 2021.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains Jacalyn Shelley's Monmouth University Master's thesis on the subject of the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church, as well as her preliminary 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). Some transcript folders contain correspondence or annotations to the transcripts. A donation letter for the collection is also included.

 Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Information concerning copyright, fair use, and reproduction requests can be consulted at Columbia's Copyright Advisory Office.

 Conditions Governing Use

Special conditions of release exist for the transcripts; please consult the release forms attached to the transcripts.

 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged by format.

 Shelley, Jacalyn -- : Archives Donation letter/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313717July 200711Interview Transcript: Rev. Frances Catherine B. Bickerton/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313718200312Conditions Governing Use

Special conditions of release exist for the transcripts; please consult the release forms attached to the transcripts.

Interview Transcript: [Name withheld]/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313719200213Conditions Governing Use

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Interview Transcript: Rev. Louise L. Kingston/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313720200214Conditions Governing Use

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Interview Transcript: Rev. Susan B. Norris/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313721200215Conditions Governing Use

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Interview Transcript: Rev. Rose Sasso-Crandall/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313722200216Conditions Governing Use

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Interview Transcript: Rev. Dr. Virginia Sheay/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313723200217Conditions Governing Use

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Interview Transcript: Rev. Jean R. Smith/repositories/5/archival_objects/1313724200218Conditions Governing Use

Special conditions of release exist for the transcripts; please consult the release forms attached to the transcripts.

Changing Gender Roles in Late Twentieth Century America: Ordination of Women in the Protestant Episcopal Church/repositories/5/archival_objects/13137252003-04-2619Scope and Contents

Changing Gender Roles in Late Twentieth Century America: Ordination of Women in the Protestant Episcopal Church, by J. Shelley, MA Thesis, Monmouth University, NJ, Apr 26, 2003