Ecumenical Programs records, circa 1950 -- 1999

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Series 1: Program background, circa 1970 -- 1991

This series is open for research.

1.75 linear feet; 1.75 linear feet; 4 boxes

This series contains administrative documents such as those related to budget and finance, policies and guidelines for the programs, and weekly calendar notices of events; notes by Robert McAfee Brown, Professor of Ecumenics and World Christianity; and a five-year plan for the World Christianity Program. Also available are source files, including books, brochures, and other informative materials. One folder is specific to resources relating to Africa. Internal correspondence within Union and correspondence with outside individuals is available. Among the notable correspondents are Elie Wiesel and Bishop Desmond Tutu. Other correspondence includes letters from Union Students studying abroad. Other records included document trips taken to Latin America, Africa and Argentina by Kosuke Koyama, Professor of Ecumenics and World Christianity at Union from 1980-1996, on behalf of the program.

This series is unarranged.



Box 1 Folder 1 Association of Theological Schools, circa 1970 -- 1977


Box 1 Folder 2 Committee on US-USSR Understanding, 1985


Box 1 Folder 3 Consultation in Global Solidarity in Theological Education, 1980


Box 1 Folder 4 Events, circa 1970 -- 1984


Box 1 Folder 5 Five-Year Plan for World Christianity Program, circa 1970 -- 1980


Box 1 Folder 6-7 Global Solidarity in Theological Education Conference, 1981


Box 1 Folder 8 Notes – Robert McAfee Brown, 1976 -- 1977


Box 1 Folder 9 Program History, circa 1970 -- 1975


Box 1 Folder 10 Research – Ecumenical Ministries of Union's Neighbors, 1979 -- 1982


Box 1 Folder 11 World Christianity Committee, 1980 -- 1984


Box 1 Folder 12 General, circa 1970 -- 1991



Box 2 Folder 1-2 Correspondence, 1979 -- 1988


Box 2 Folder 3 Letters from Abroad, 1982 -- 1991


Box 2 Folder 4 Budget, 1979 -- 1991


Box 2 Folder 5 Job Descriptions and Qualifications, 1980 -- 1989


Box 2 Folder 6 Policies and Guidelines, circa 1980 -- 1991


Box 2 Folder 7 Weekly Calendar Notices, circa 1980 -- 1988


Box 2 Folder 8-9 General, circa 1980 -- 1991



Box 3 Professor Koyama's Trips, circa 1980 -- 1989

History of Trips, [198?]-1989 Latin America Trip, 1981 Africa Trip, 1981-1982 Argentina (ISEDET) Trip, 1985



Box 4 Source Files, circa 1970 -- 1990

Series 2: Oikoumene, circa 1970 -- 1992

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains material related to Oikoumene, which focused on presenting various activities for the Seminary community with topics relating to religious, sociological, political, world, national, or local themes. Included in this series are newsletters, lists of events and worship activities, as well as materials relating to the appointment of Oikoumene Co-Chairs.

This series is unarranged.



Box 5 Oikoumene activities, co-chairs, newsletters, and worship, circa 1970 -- 1992

Series 3A: Exchange and Cross-Cultural Studies, Luce Foundation, 1978 -- 1991

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains materials relating the Luce Foundation grant that supported the three-year Union-Asia-Union program, an exchange between Asian and American theological faculty members and students. Materials in this subseries include reports to the Luce Foundation; those relating to the Luce Visiting Professorship; and materials relating to each of the three years of the grant, plus the preparatory year.

This series is arranged in rough chronological order.



Box 6 Folder 1 Reports to Luce Foundation, 1978 -- 1983


Box 6 Folder 2 Luce Visiting Professorship, 1981 -- 1991


Box 6 Folder 3 Preparation year, 1984 -- 1985


Box 6 Folder 4-6 Year One through Three, 1985 -- 1989

Series 3B: Exchange and Cross-Cultural Studies, Travel seminars, 1979 -- 1992

This series is open for research.

1.5 linear feet; 1.5 linear feet; 4 boxes

This series contains material related to the January trips to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Among the materials included are correspondence relating to each trip, memos, reports, and programs. Also included are the student papers from each year's trip, plus slides of select years in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

This series is unarranged.



Box 7 Folder 1 Presentation in James Chapel, circa 1980 -- 1982


Box 7 Folder 2 "From Roots to Reality" Booklet, 1987 -- 1990


Box 7 Folder 3 Drafts of "From Roots to Reality" Booklet, 1987 -- 1990


Box 7 Folder 4-6 Student papers, circa 1980 -- 1986



Box 8 Student papers, circa 1980 -- 1988



Box 9 January travel seminar, 1979 -- 1992



Box 10 Folder 1 Photographs, circa 1980 -- 1989


Box 10 Folder 2 Negatives – January Travel Seminar, circa 1980 -- 1989


Box 10 Folder 3-8 Slides, 1982 -- 1988

Including January travel seminar, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico

Series 3C: Exchange and Cross-Cultural Studies, Exchange programs, circa 1970 -- 1991

This series is open for research.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains material relating to the Program's exchange programs, and includes student requests to study abroad, student applications to study abroad, correspondence, as well as materials specifically related to the exchange programs in Africa, Nicaragua, and Africa.

This series is arranged alphabetically.



Box 11 Folder 1 African Theological Schools, circa 1980 -- 1982


Box 11 Folder 2 Africa Peace Tours, 1986


Box 11 Folder 3 Nicaragua (Witness for Peace), 1985 -- 1991


Box 11 Folder 4 Special Exchange in the Philippines, 1981


Box 11 Folder 5 Student Requests and Plans, 1980 -- 1991


Box 11 Folder 6 General , circa 1970 -- 1990

Series 4: International students, circa 1970 -- 1991

This series is open for research.

0.2 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains materials relating to the international students at Union. Included are orientation materials intended to get visiting students familiar with New York City and Union's surrounding neighborhood, as well as materials relating to the international student advisor position.

This series is unarranged.



Box 12 Orientation materials and advisor position, circa 1970 -- 1991

Series 5A: Theological Education, Plowshares Institute, circa 1977 -- 1999

This series is open for research.

2.25 linear feet; 2.25 linear feet; 5 boxes

This series contains administrative materials for the Pilot Immersion Program, such as correspondence, budget and funding information and minutes of the Globalization of Theological Education Coordinating Committee. There are folders for each of the immersion experiences – India, Brazil, Africa, and New York City – which include applications to the program, related correspondence, memos, notes, and readings.

This series is arranged alphabetically by box.

The Plowshare Institute was a program for which Union was chosen to be one of twelve participating seminaries for a five-year project. The plan was to cluster three or four dissimilar theological schools and form teams of people to go on three-week travel seminars together, then to return and to try to use this experience to help evaluate education at their schools. The immersion seminars went to India, Brazil, southern Africa, and local areas of New York City.



Box 13 Folder 1 Columbia Theological Seminary, 1991


Box 13 Folder 2-9 Correspondence, circa 1980 -- 1992



Box 14 Folder 1-4 Funding and budget, 1989 -- 1992


Box 14 Folder 5-6 Pilot Immersion Program, 1977 -- 1991


Box 14 Folder 7-9 Immersion applications, 1989 -- 1992



Box 15 Folder 1-6 Immersion India, circa 1980 -- 1992


Box 15 Folder 7-10 Minutes, Globalization of Theological Education Coordinating Committee, circa 1980 -- 1992



Box 16 Folder 1 Mixed Pedagogies Project, 1991 -- 1992


Box 16 Folder 2 Newsletters, circa 1980 -- 1992


Box 16 Folder 3 Programs for New Initiatives, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 16 Folder 4-5 Resources, circa 1980 -- 1993



Box 17 General, circa 1980 -- 1992

Series 5B: Theological Education, Course offerings, 1980 -- 1988

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains a listing of ecumenical courses at Union as well as materials specifically relating to the course J251: Church and Society. These materials include a course outline, surveys, findings, and other related documents.

This series is unarranged.



Box 18 Ecumenical courses: general and J251 (Church and Society), 1980 -- 1988

Series 6A: Special formats, photographs, circa 1950 -- 1999

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains photographs and unidentified negatives, including images of India in the 1950s, a photograph of Professor William Bean Kennedy, the Clearwater trip, and a closing dinner event. This series also contains material which did not pertain specifically to other previously mentioned programs.

This series is arranged chronologically.



Box 19 Folder 1 India, circa 1950 -- 1955


Box 19 Folder 2 James Rutebuka and Professor William Bean Kennedy, 1983 -- 1984


Box 19 Folder 3 Clearwater trip, 1986


Box 19 Folder 4 Closing Dinner Event – Global Awareness, 1993


Box 19 Folder 5-6 Unidentified 35MM Negatives, circa 1980 -- 1999

Series 6B: Special formats, cassette tapes, circa 1980 -- 1991

This series is open for research.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains 40 cassette tapes, including recorded lectures from visiting professors and Union's own Professor Koyama, chapel services, and those which relate to the Pilot Immersion Project orientation for India.

This series is unarranged.



Box 20 40 cassette tapes, circa 1980 -- 1991