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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

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The Burke Library is one of the largest theological libraries in North America, with holdings of over 700,000 items, including extensive special collections. The mission of the Burke Library is to identify, acquire, organize, provide access to, interpret, and preserve for the future information in the field of theology and contextually related areas of study.
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Near East College Association records, 1928 -- 1943

3.25 linear feet
The Near East College Association formed in 1927 to combine financial and administrative work in a joint office for efficiency in management and to help raise endowment funds for institutions from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Bulgaria, and Iraq. The collection contains administrative records, correspondence, publications, and records related to partner institutions.
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YMCA and YWCA records, 1925 -- 1949

4.25 linear feet
The Young Mens and Womens Christian Associations were founded as a response to unhealthy social and living conditions in cities at the end of the Industrial Revolution. The collection contains pamphlets, reports, and correspondence regarding the YMCA 19th World Conference in Helsinki, Finland; pamphlets, correspondences, minutes, and questionnaires related to the YMCA Constantinople Branch in Turkey between 1926-1928; reports regarding the history and progress of the YMCA and YWCA in different countries; and pamphlets, questionnaires, records, and history of the YMCA in different parts of the world including Japan, Czechoslovakia, Poland, China and Belgium.
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Near East Relief Committee records, 1904 -- 1950

10.25 linear feet
This collection contains records related to the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, established in 1915 to respond to the Armenian Genocide, and incorporated through an Act of Congress and renamed Near East Relief in 1919.
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Series 2: Near East Relief, 1914 -- 1936 7.5 linear feet

Armenians. These records show aid extended to Armenia, Syria, Persia, Beirut, Greece and other locations in

This series contains records (largely collected by Talcott Williams) which show the expanded mission of the organization, including bulletins, cablegrams and other correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases and fundraising materials, Executive Committee dockets, and minutes from other committees as well as reports on topics such as education in orphanages and religious education. Notable members of the organization, such as Cleveland Dodge and Charles Vernon Vickrey, Executive Secretary of Near East Relief, are represented, as is the plight of many displaced groups, such as Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians. These records show aid extended to Armenia, Syria, Persia, Beirut, Greece and other locations in Asia Minor. The series concludes with information from the Golden Rule Society, also collected and owned by Williams.

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Clark P. Hard papers, 1863 -- 1923

2.25 linear feet
Clark P. Hard was a Methodist Episcopal missionary in South India beginning in 1874. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and personal items relating to Hards life and missionary work.
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F, 1920 -- 1923 Box 1, Folder 2

[17] Flickinger, Roy C., American School of Classical Studies, Olympia, Greece, November 27, 1923 [18

Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, June 29, 1923 [10] Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, July 9, 1923 [9] Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, July 18, 1923 [11] Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, July 24, 1923 [12] Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, August 15, 1923 [13] Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, August 20, 1923 [14] Faulkner, J.A., Drew Theological Seminary, Department of Church History, Madison, NJ, October 24, 1923 [15] Felt, F.R., Methodist Episcopal Church in Southern Asia, Jubbulpore, India, May 13, 1920 [16] Felt, F.R., Methodist Episcopal Church in Southern Asia, Jubbulpore, India, December 7, 1920 [17] Flickinger, Roy C., American School of Classical Studies, Olympia, Greece, November 27, 1923 [18] Finger, Peter W., Committee on Conservation and Advance of the Council of Boards of Benevolence, Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL, August 17, 1923 [19] Fritchley, C. P., Calcutta, India, November 27, 1922 [20] Fritchley, C. P., Children's Lantern Service Mission, Calcutta, India, November 27, 1923 [21]

  1. Series 1: Correspondence, 1914 -- 1923
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Edward Robinson papers, 1826 -- 1838

2.75 linear feet
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.
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Series 1: Writings, 1836 -- 1838 1.75 linear feet

– Introduction. Greece and Egypt, pp.1-78 Section II – Cairo to Suez, pp.79-123 Section III – Suez to Mount Sinai

This series contains the manuscript originally entitled "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South," as well as appendices of English-Arabic lists and language exercises, travel itineraries, a guide to Arabic pronunciation and supplementary materials relating to travel. Included are all bound sections of Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South; most of the text is in English, while annotations, notes, and the Arabic index and related notebooks include text in English, German, Hebrew, and Arabic. Pagination is contiguous with sections titled by place-name or subject. Folder titles delineate sections and breaks, which correspond to the following themes: Section I – Introduction. Greece and Egypt, pp.1-78 Section II – Cairo to Suez, pp.79-123 Section III – Suez to Mount Sinai pp.124-271 Section IV – Mount Sinai to 'Akabah pp.279-320 Section V – 'Akabah to Jerusalem, pp.321-406 Section VI – Jerusalem – Incidents and first impressions, pp.407-460 Section VII.I – Jerusalem topography and antiquities, pp.461-550 VII.II – Tower of Hippicus [sic] and other towers, pp.551-649 Section VIII – Jerusalem – History, statistics, etc., pp.650-764 Section IX – Excursion from Jerusalem to Bethel, etc., pp.765-820 Section X.I – Excursion to 'Ain Jidy, the Dead Sea, Jordan, etc., pp.821-924 X.II – [Untitled], pp.925-1021 Section XI – From Jerusalem to Gaza and Hebron, pp.1022-1190 Section XII.I – From Hebron to Wady Mûsa and back, pp.1191-1329 XII.II – [Untitled], pp.1330-1396 Section XIII – From Hebron to Ramleh and Jerusalem, pp.1397-1470 Section XIV – From Jerusalem to Nazareth and Mount Tabor, pp.1471-1650 Section XV – From Mount Tabor by the Lake of Tiberias to Safed, pp.1651-1790 Section XVI – From Safed by Tyre and Sidon to Beirut, pp.1791-1884 Section XVII – Religious Sects in Syria and Palestine, pp.1885-1904

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Robert Tobias papers, circa 1960 -- 1961

1.25 linear feet
Robert Tobias was a scholar, professor and leader of the ecumenical movement. The collection contains files pertaining to the potential founding of a World Association of Theological Schools, including correspondence, draftts, and catalogues and course descriptions from seminaries.
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Roswell Dwight Hitchcock papers, circa 1879 -- 1887

1 linear feet
Roswell D. Hitchcock (1817-1887) was a Presbyterian Congregational minister, church historian, and Union Theological Seminary president. The collection contains lecture notes taken by students of Hitchcock, correspondence, and manuscript material by Hitchcock and others.
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