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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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Burke Library collection of missionary photograph albums, circa 1900 -- 1965

0.25 linear feet
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This is an artificial collection that contains two albums: an African Missionary photograph album, dating from approximately 1900-1910, and including 60 photographs chiefly depicting missionary activities in Sub-Saharan Africa; and a Mennonite African missionary photograph album, dating from approximately 1955-1965, and including approximately 350 photographs chiefly depicting missionary activities in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, and other unidentified locations likely in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Emory Warren Ross papers, 1877-1971, bulk 1900-1965

14.75 linear feet
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Circular letters of Conseil Protestant au Congo, 1929-1960; minutes, reports, and other documents, including materials and correspondence on the Jubilee history of the Conseil Protestant du Congo, 1928; Protestant mission and religious liberty in the Congo; Catholic-Protestant relations and relations between missions and government; Commission pour la protection des indigenes; reports of Foreign Missions Conference of North America, Africa Committee, 1929-1964; report letters from American Presbyterian Congo missionaries, 1931-1960; other correspondence including some with Chester Bowles and Alan Paton, 1920-1965; articles by Emory Ross, 1919-1956; and pamphlets and documents on various church and other organizations.

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Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast records, 1908 -- 1942

0.25 linear feet
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This collection contains records relating to the educational aims of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, including memorandums to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church that address integrating the church and Christian doctrine with the customs and society of the local tribes.
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Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Africa, 1903 -- 1972

4.25 linear feet
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This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Africa during the early and mid 20th century, including material pertaining to committees, conferences, education, churches, Christianity, religion, missions, missionaries, and other subjects and topics in Africa. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, and a drum.
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All Africa Christian Conference records, 1959 -- 1972

0.5 linear feet
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This collection contains records of the All Africa Christian Conference, including correspondence, photographs, memos, publications, and meeting minutes and supplemental materials.
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Erwin Hart Richards correspondence, 1905 -- 1907

0.5 linear feet
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Erwin Hart Richards was a Congregational missionary for thirty-three years in South East Africa. The collection consists of correspondence from the period when Richards was treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions for the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Albert Schweitzer papers, 1949; 1966

1.75 linear feet
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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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Robert Hamill Nassau papers, 1856 -- 1976

1.5 linear feet
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Robert Hamill Nassau was a Presbyterian missionary who served throughout West Africa, including Benita; Belambla; Kangwe; Talaguga; Baraka (Libreville); and Batanga. The collection contains letters sent to and received by Nassau from friends and family, and a selection of personal and biographical information.
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