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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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Emilie M. Townes papers, 1960 -- 2022

36.25 linear feet
Emilie M. Townes is a womanist ethicist and an author and speaker on African American women and the church, specializing in themes such as the oppressive forces of race, sex, and sexuality in the church and society. She has held appointments at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, the Yale Divinity School, and Union Theological Seminary. The collection contains addresses and sermons, publications, correspondence, coursework and teaching material, memorabilia, and other related materials that reflect her life, work, and thought as a womanist theologian.
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Bertha Mary Magdalen Mugrauer papers, 1950

0.25 linear feet
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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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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Seminaries, United States and Canada: N, circa 1961 Box 2, Folder 6

, Cambridge, Massachusetts New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminaries, New Orleans, Louisiana North American

New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, New Jersey New Church Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminaries, New Orleans, Louisiana North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

  1. Robert Tobias papers, circa 1960 -- 1961

Seminaries, United States and Canada: N-P, circa 1961 Box 2, Folder 7

School of Religion, Berkeley Louisiana Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California Payne

North American Theological Seminary, Jacksonville, Texas North Park College and Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, Minneapolis, Minnesota Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley Louisiana Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio

  1. Robert Tobias papers, circa 1960 -- 1961
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Hezekiah Waterman Ripley papers on the American Home Missionary Society, 1860 -- 1869

0.25 linear feet
This collection contains one volume (211 pages) handwritten and compiled by Hezekiah Waterman Ripley, assistant treasurer and then Director for Life of the American Home Missionary Society, titled "Sketch of the History of the American Home Missionary Society."
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