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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary |
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ArrangementArrangementThis collection is arranged in two series: Series 1: Class notes; and Series 2: General.
DescriptionScope and ContentsThis collection contains manuscript and typescript notes for term papers and lectures at Union Theological Seminary. Included are lectures on the Old Testament by Julius A. Bewer, the New Testament by Ernest F. Scott, systematic theology by John Baillie and Paul Tillich, philosophy of religion by Henry Pitney Van Dusen and Mary Ely Lyman, history of religions and church history by Cyril Richardson, practical theology by Henry Sloane Coffin, and religious education and psychology by Harrison S. Elliott. Also included in this collection are 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.
Burke Library record group:Union Theological Seminary Archives: UTS 1, papers of faculty and students Using the CollectionBurke Library at Union Theological Seminary Conditions Governing AccessThis collection is open for research. 
Boxes in this collection are located offsite. Please note that requests for use of boxes held in offsite storage must be made three business days in advance. Conditions Governing UseSome 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. Preferred CitationItem description, UTS 1: Paul Edwin Spiecker papers, 1933-1938, series #, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York. Custodial HistoryThis collection is part of the Union Theological Seminary Archives, which comprises institutional and administrative records of the Seminary, combined with the papers of many organizations, scholars, pastors, laypersons, and others connected with the school. The materials in this collection were part of a large group of unprocessed material that was organized in 2015. Immediate Source of AcquisitionThe exact provenance of this collection is unknown. About the Finding Aid / Processing InformationColumbia University Libraries, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary Processing InformationSome material was cataloged by Lynn A. Grove on 1988-07-14. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Acidic items were separated from one another by interleaving with acid-free paper as needed. Any items in an advanced state of deterioration were placed in Mylar envelopes. The finding aid was created by Margaret Kaczorowski and Brigette C. Kamsler in 2015 with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, and edited by Leah Edelman in 2022. Revision Description2022-05-17 PDF converted to EAD and description updated by Leah Edelman. Subject HeadingsThe subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives. All links open new windows. Subject
History / Biographical NoteBiographical / HistoricalPaul Edwin Spiecker was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1908. He graduated from the Pennington School in New Jersey in 1929 and Boston University in 1933 prior to attending the Union Theological Seminary. The Reverend Paul Edwin Spiecker attended UTS from 1933-1936, and went on to work as Pastor of Trinity Church in Stony Point, NY. Reverend Spiecker died in 2000. |