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Columbia University: Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Columbia University: Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
New York, NY 10027, United States
Located on the campus of Union Theological Seminary, the Burke Library is the largest theological library in the western hemisphere, containing rich collections for theological study and research. With holdings of over 700,000 items, the Library is recognized as one of the premier libraries in its field and includes extensive holdings of unique and special materials.

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Warnshuis, A. L (Abbe Livingston), 1877-1958

Includes correspondence; diaries; notes for lectures; sermons; articles, minutes, memoranda, and other papers related to Warnshuis' work with the International Missionary Council, the National Council of Churches of China, the World Council of Churches and the Reformed Church in America; and numerous international committees on religious liberty.

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Isasi-Díaz, Ada María

The collection consists of lectures, correspondence, working papers, publications, sermons, liturgies, professional awards and other related materials from the files of Ada María Isasi-Díaz. The materials in this collection span much of her professional career as an activist and theologian. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and publications from her work with women's organizations, manuscripts of lectures and articles, syllabi and teaching notes and conference materials. Also included are personal correspondence, audio- and videotapes, and clippings from magazines and newspapers.

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Collection of 60 photographs, taken approximately 1900-1910?; chiefly depicting missionary activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Depictions include: individual and group portraits of missionaries, with African men, women, and children in both Western and traditional dress; individuals engaged in agriculture, carpentry, printmaking, and other activities; landscape, livestock, and buildings.

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Embree, Ainslie Thomas
Ainslie Embree (1921-2017) was a leading scholar of modern South Asian history and notable for his influence on the introduction of the field into United States university curricula. He was Professor of History at Columbia University and Director of the Southern Asia Institute. The collection contains material related to Embree's scholarly work, including teaching, research, and writing and publishing, as well as some personal materials.
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al-Adawiya , Aisha (Sister Aisha)
This collection contains the papers and records of Sister Aisha al-Adawiya, co-founder and executive director of Women In Islam, Inc., documenting her various efforts relating to Islam, gender equity, conflict resolution, cross-cultural understanding, and social justice, as well as Muslim and Black community life in New York City, interfaith organizing for social justice causes in New York City, small scale Muslim women's publications (newsletters, magazines); and local and small scale Muslim newsletters across North America. Includes correspondence, administrative and organizational materials, published materials, mixed media, and personal materials.
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Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965
Albert Schweitzer was a medical missionary in Lambaréné, Africa and was renowned for his ideas on theology, philosophy, music, ethics, and nuclear war. The collection contains Schweitzer's lecture on Goethe given at the International Goethe Convocation in 1949 (on two vinyl records), as well as a record booklet of the Albert Schweitzer International Convocation in 1966.
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Cheek, Alison M.

Correspondence, memoirs and reminiscences, diaries, photos, writings, speeches, family materials, records of Women's outreach: Greenfire retreat center, audiotapes for D.Min project, audio interviews with Bishop DeWitt and Roman Catholic women, mdiv diploma, certificates and awards. Additionally includes Order of service: memorial celebration of the life and witness of Alison M. Cheek, Nov 2, 2019; "My Happiness Book," resource that Cheek used for meditation in later years; Doctor of Ministry thesis, 1990; 90th birthday invitation, 2017; "farewell to our good friend Alison Cheek" with timeline of her life and work; letters to Cheek; obituaties (2019) and notes to Carter Heyward about Alison from this time; miscellaneous photos and items pertaining to her ministry; outline of hermeneutical model Cheek used (learned from adviser Elisabeth Schusler Fiorenza) and a number of essays by Cheek.

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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
This collection details conversations discussing topics such as unity, baptism, women in the Church, the Eucharist and intercommunion, mixed or intermarriage, the nature of sin, and the purpose and role of the Church, and includes papers written by experts of all faiths including Peter Day, an ecumenical officer for the Episcopal Church, Bishop Arthur A. Vogel of the Anglican Church, Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of the Roman Catholic Church, and Robert T. Handy, a Baptist pastor and Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary. The collection also contains records of minutes, reports, correspondence, position papers, and books and news statements drafted at bilateral meetings of the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant churches.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), organized in 1810, was the first successful North American agency dedicated to foreign missions. ABCFM existed until 1961 when it merged with the Board of International Missions to form the United Church Board for World Ministries. The collection concerns missions in South Africa in Rhodesia and Zulu; missions in Asia including Turkey, India, Japan, and China; missions in the Philippine Islands; and ABCFM organization in general.
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American Constantinople Relief Committee
The American Constantinople Relief Committee formed in 1912 to raise money for war refugees in Turkey and surrounding area, and disbanded in 1914 after questions of integrity were raised against the secretary's fundraising practices. The collection contains correspondence, committee minutes, reports sent to missionaries in the field, news clippings, photographs, and publicity materials.
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American Institute of Christianity
The American Institute for Christianity was incorporated in 1923 to enable the planning and production of a proposed 12 volume American Encyclopaedia of Christianity. Denominational councilors, writers, editors and supporters were contacted across the USA. The Institute was unable to attract adequate funding to produce the Encyclopaedia. The bulk of the Records consist of planning documents and correspondence.
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American Marathi Mission
This collection contains material related to the American Marathi Mission, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) first Protestant mission in Western India, compiled in 1962 by Louise Gliem Fisher. Materials include general background information and reports on various mission stations, as well as typescript material pulled together from minutes, reports, diaries, brochures, and correspondence.
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McGrew Bennett, Anne, 1903-1986
Anne McGrew Bennett was a feminist theologian and a founder of the Center for Women and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and was married to John C. Bennett, a president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. This collection contains materials reflecting McGrew Bennett's activism against the Vietnam War, her feminist theology, and her involvement in the life of Union Theological Seminary.
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Smith, Ann Robb
Ann Robb Smith was a member of the women's ordination planning group prior to the ordination of the first women Episcopal priests at the Church of the Advocate, in Philadelphia, July 29, 1974 ["the Philadelphia 11"]. She was the lay presenter for the ordination of Sue Hiatt, and a member of the National Advisory Committee of Women's Ordination Now. She was an ordained Assistant at the Church of the Advocate. The collection contains working papers, correspondence, clippings, and other related materials which tell the story of the ordination of the Philadelphia 11, from the planning stage to the immediate responses and later anniversaries of the event, including papers relating to Women's Ordination Now.
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Brown, Arthur Mason, 1921-
Arthur Mason Brown (1921-1989) was an ordained minister, UTS Assistant Dean of Students, Professor at the University of Cairo, Egypt, professor at Converse College, Professor at Bates College, and professor at American University of Beirut. This collection contains sermons, bulletins, articles and clippings, photographs, and personal materials, including a diploma and poetry notebooks.
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Padmanji, Baba, 1831-1906
This collection contains a 381-page handwritten English translation, completed in 1944 by D.D. Chandekar, of Arunodaya. The Autobiography of Bãbã Padmanjí, containing a description of his former life as a Hindu and the causes which led to his conversion, which gives a brief history of his life as a Hindu, his conversion to Christianity, and details the religious, political, personal and familial struggles he endured as a result.
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Auburn Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
The papers of Auburn Theological Seminary consist of records of the institution, including historical documents dating from its founding, institutional publications such as catalogues, and detailed alumni records as well as personal papers, scrapbooks, some photographs and sermons from faculty and alumni. The move from Auburn to New York City is well documented. The majority of the collection consists of manuscript notebooks, correspondence, sermons and personal papers with miscellaneous deeds, photographs and other documents.
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Ram, Augustine Ralla, 1888-1957
Augustine Ralla Ram was General Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of India, Burma, and Ceylon; Vice President of the World Student Christian Federation; Executive Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Christian Council; and Editor of "The Christian Messenger," among other titles. The collection contains one book of tribute to Ram, a report, correspondence, and research and writings.
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Mírzá Muhammad ʻAlí, 1853-1937

Collection contains English translations of two letters written by Badiullah and Muhammed Ali to the newly-established House of Justice in the United States, as well as correspondence from 1944 between Ruth White, Grace Provost Bestedo, and Union Theological Seminary regarding controversies about the Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler branch of Bahai.

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Davis, Bertha Ettie, 1871-1970
Bertha E. Davis was an American Baptist foreign missionary to Burma from 1899 to 1931, where she helped establish schools. The collection contains diaries, address books, expense records, photographs, a copy of the 1946 Anglican Bishops Report from the Diocese of Rangoon, and other personal items relating to Davis's life before, during, and after her missionary work.
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Mugrauer, Bertha, 1907-1968
Bertha Mary Magdalen Mugrauer was a professor at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and founded a chapter of Caritas, a women's religious organization including women of all races dedicated to working and living among the poor. The collection contains six microcards of Mugrauer's 1950 dissertation "A Cultural Study of Ten Negro Girls in an Alley."
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Beverly Wildung Harrison Papers, 1927-2013, bulk 1970-2000 80 boxes 10 oversized boxes 9 records cartons

Harrison, Beverly Wildung, 1932-

This collection consists of lectures, notes, course materials and correspondence related to teaching, research notes and manuscripts on the topics of feminism and womanism, sexual and economic ethics, liberalism and church and society. Included are materials from Harrisons participation in the American Academy of Religion and Society of Christian Ethics and personal correspondence with former students, colleagues and family members. The collection also includes materials related to her retirement in Redbud Spring, North Carolina, photographs and memorabilia.

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Nederlands Zendelinggenootschap
The Netherlands Missionary Society (Nederlands Zendeling Genootschap) was established in 1797 by the Netherlands Reformed Church and merged in 1951 with other Dutch missionary societies to form Board of Foreign Missions of the Netherlands Reformed Church (Raad voor de Zending Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk). Records include manuscript describing activities of the Society, indexes, and related correspondence.
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Briggs, Emilie Grace

Charles Augustus Briggs projected a commentary on the Song of Songs; after his sudden death, his children Alanson and Emilie Grace took over the project. Collection consists of introduction, extensive commentary on the Song of Songs, notes on a variety of topics; concordance; Hebrew words; location and archaeological notes; and sketches.

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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
This collection contains material related to Allen Wright (Kiliahote), a Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870) and the first Native American graduate of UTS (class of 1855), including biographical material, as well as correspondence about and programs for ceremonies honoring Wright at the Capitol in Oklahoma City and at UTS.
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Ch'oe, Pyŏng-hŏn, 1858-1927
Byung Hun Choi, also referred to as Taksa, was a Korean philosopher and theologian and one of the first Methodist ministers in Korea, who assisted in translating the New Testament and the Book of Genesis to Korean. The collection contains primary and secondary source materials on the biographical history of Choi, his theological philosophies and writings, correspondence, as well as detailed descriptions of the Methodist movement in Korea.
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Pinkham, Caroline Worth, 1897-1984
Caroline Worth Pinkham (1897-1984) was a UTS alumna 1933-1935, the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia and Union Theological Seminary in the History and Comparative Study of Religion, and a writer whose several years of living in India in the early 1920s and interest in women's status in scripture influenced much of her work. This collection contains a manuscript autobiography that includes correspondence and photographs, and manuscripts of a number of published and unpublished works by Pinkham.
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Heyward, Carter
Carter Heyward is an Episcopal priest, theologian, activist and writer, and a Professor Emerita of the Episcopal Divinity School. The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, sermons, publications, audio and video tapes and artifacts documenting Heyward's ordination to the Episcopal priesthood in 1974 and her career as professor at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Fu ren da xue (Beijing, China)
Two copies of a book, titled 基督教聖蹟圖 (Christian Sacred Pictures), of 13 photographs of ink paintings produced by students in the Art Department of the Catholic University of Beiping, and exhibited at the California College in China in February 1937. Paintings depict Christian scenes using traditional Chinese artistic motifs and techniques.
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Briggs, Charles A (Charles Augustus), 1841-1913

Correspondence, sermons, Hebrew-English lexicon, research notes, scrapbooks of clippings, letters copied into journals by Emilie Grace Briggs, books, pamphlets, Bibles, University of Virginia papers, University of Berlin papers, Union Theological Seminary papers, material relating to the Presbyterian Church, articles and miscellaneous. Also included is heresy material relating to Briggs' trial before the Presbytery of New York, 1892, and record of trial proceedings.

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Stoddard, Charles Augustus, 1833-1920
Charles Augustus Stoddard was a Presbyterian clergyman, editor, and writer. The collection contains newspaper clippings and religious service bulletins, sermons and prayers, professional correspondence, genealogical materials including family trees and photographs, personal correspondence, a journal and a diary.
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Bronson, Charles Eli, 1857-1929
Charles Eli Bronson (1857-1926) was a UTS alumnus of 1884, graduate of Amherst College, and an ordained Presbyterian minister who served in Marlborough, New York; Saginaw, Michigan; and West Hope Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia; and as President of the Philadelphia School of Christian Workers. This collection contains Bronson's sermons and writings, as well as personal materials related to the Bronson immediate and extended families, including genealogical research.
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Boynton, Charles Luther, 1881-1967

The majority of the collection consists of bound volumes of missionary recordkeeping and statistics, including directories of Protestant missionaries in China, and reports from the National Christian Council of China. Also included are personal correspondence, biographical and autobiographical writings, and clippings from magazines and newspapers.

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Fagnani, Charles Prospero, 1854-1940
Charles Prospero Fagnani (1854-1940) was a Union Theological Seminary graduate of the class of 1882, an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a professor and professor emeritus of Old Testament languages and literatures at UTS from 1899-1926. The collection contains a speech given by Fagnani to the centennial celebration of the Société Asiatique in 1922, and related invitations, programs, ephemera, and notes from the event.
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Gillett, Charles Ripley, 1855-1948
Charles Ripley Gillett (1855-1948) was a Presbyterian minister and Union Theological Seminary librarian. The collection contains writings produced during his roles as librarian and occasional instructor at Union and in his secretarial capacity with the New York Presbytery, notes and drafts of his history of Union Theological seminary, as well as correspondence pertaining to his academic and personal affiliations and his investment in heretical trials of the day.
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Chi Alpha (New York, N.Y.)

Manuals (annual) containing historical sketch, constitution, list of members and officers, 1882-1937 (incomplete); meeting records including order of exercises, 1883-1926, and Centennial Meeting , 1829-1929, Nov. 30, 1929; scrapbook, 1829-1929, containing letters, programs, and clippings; minutes, including original transcript of minutes of the first meeting of Chi Alpha, Nov. 28, 1829, first book of minutes, 1829-1933, minutes, Nov. 27, 1829-Feb. 26, 1938 (21 v.) and Jan. 4, 1964-Dec. 16, 1967 (2 v.); Secretary's annual report, 1852-1938; Treasurer's annual report, 1858-1926; Topic Committee's annual report, 1897-1925; two committee reports, 1845, 1881; thirteen letters, 1838-1901; address, essays, and poems related to Presidents' inaugurals, 1867-1926, and other events, 1863-1938; obituaries of members, 1816-1937; and six memorial pamphlets.

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Missionary Research Library (New York, N.Y.)
The China Information Committee 中國情報委員會 was established in late 1937 as part of the newly-formed Chinese Ministry of Information, an organ of the Chinese Nationalist Party (guomindang 國民黨), to produce propaganda for a foreign audience regarding the ongoing hostilities between China and Japan. The collection contains a series of propaganda news releases in English produced during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), reports on the wartime Chinese economy, war crimes, refugees, and the gradual retreat and relocation of industries and offices to Chongqing in West China.
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Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee on East Asia
This collection contains records of the Subcommittee of the East Asian Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA), who organized a study conference about Christian work in post-war China. Included is correspondence, schedules, and records from the conferences.
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Chinese Church of Christ in Korea
The Chinese Church of Christ in Korea was founded in 1912 by American missionary C. S. Deming, with Cheh Tao-hsin as one of the first elders of the church in Seoul and Li Kwohfeng as one of his first pastors, to address the increasing population of the Chinese in Korea. The collection contains reports, letters, research on Christian Education Mission Schools, facts sheets on human rights violations, and other materials.
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Lutheran Missionary Societies
This collection contains a memorandum with information about religious training; social training; language; training of girls and women; higher and mass education; and intermediate schools and native administration schools in Tanganyika Territory, East Africa. The document resulted from discussions at a Lutheran Missionary Societies conference in 1932.
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Reference and original research Materials produced for the Laymen's Foreign Missions I nquiry, 1930 - 1931; Papers from McGruder Ellis Sadler, Fred Roy Yoder, Margaret Elizabeth Forsyth, Thoburn Taylor Brumbaugh, Harvey Hugo Guy, George L. Maxwe ll, Nunokawa Magoichi 布川孫市, Chozo Yukimasa, Gentaro Suyehiro, Eijiro Honjo, Charles Hatch Sears
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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service
The Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946, merging three pre-existing organizations, and continues to provide aid and support worldwide after merging with the National Council of Churches in 1965. The collection contains administrative material, including meeting minutes, by laws, reports, and financial papers; publications, including newsletters, published and unpublished articles, promotional materials, reports, and correspondence; as well as personal stories from those who worked for CWS.
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Thayer, C. R. (Clarence Richmond), 1901-1986

Clarence Richmond Thayer, United Presbyterian Psychologist who spent his life studying and testing missionaries in attempt to predict the success of potential missionaries. Various boards and thousands of missionaries from Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA) participated in studies. Collection includes correspondence, computer cards and a large number of test results encompassing all of Thayers work.

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Congress on Christian Work in Latin America (1916 : Panama, Panama)

The records of the Congress on Christian Work in Latin America consist of the reports, correspondence, publications, and other related administrative records of this congress spanning the years from 1914-1916. The majority of the collection is comprised of the commissions' questionnaires along with the reports received from Protestant missionaries in Latin America.