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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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E. Allen Mellen collection on St. Mary's Episcopal Church and the ordination of women, 1973 -- 2012

0.25 linear feet
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This collection contains correspondence and other materials relating to the sponsorship by St. Mary's Episcopal Church of two women deacons of the parish, Carter Heyward and Emily Hewitt (Union Theological Seminary alumnae), for Episcopal ordination in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Diocese of New York, in December 1973.
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E. Allen Mellen collection on St. Mary's Episcopal Church and the ordination of women, 1973 -- 2012 0.25 linear feet

Ann Robb Smith papers, 1970 -- 2004

1 linear foot
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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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Pre-1974 Statements and Addresses on ordination of women, 1970 -- 1972 Box 1, Folder 1

Philadelphia 11 reactions: Correspondence, statements and reports, 1974 Box 1, Folder 10

George W. Barrett papers, 1974 -- 1999

0.75 linear feet
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George West Barrett was an Episcopal Church minister who in New York and California who irregularly ordained Episcopal women priests in Washington D.C. in 1975. The collection contains correspondence, publications and audio-visual materials related to the Washington irregular ordinations.
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Jacalyn Shelley papers, 2002 -- 2007

0.25 linear feet
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Jacalyn Shelley is an Episcopalian layperson and poet based in New Jersey. The collection contains a donation letter, her Master's thesis on the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church, as well as her research in the form of transcripts of her oral history interviews with seven Episcopal Women priests from the Diocese of New Jersey (the first generation of women priests in Diocese of New Jersey).
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Changing Gender Roles in Late Twentieth Century America: Ordination of Women in the Protestant Episcopal Church, 2003-04-26 Box 1, Folder 9

Jacalyn Shelley papers, 2002 -- 2007 0.25 linear feet

Peter Beebe and Women's Ordination Now (WON) records, circa 1970 -- 1979

3 linear feet
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Peter Beebe and WON records, including Episcopal trial documents, media coverage, correspondence, publications, 4 transparencies (slides); photos of irregular and early Episcopal women priests, and video and audio tapes.

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Suzanne R. Hiatt papers, 1922-2003, bulk 1971-1998

71 boxes 1 oversized box
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The collection includes correspondence, academic course materials, publications and other material documenting the career of Suzanne Hiatt, including the battle for ordination of women clergy in the Episcopal Church.

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Alison Palmer papers, 1937-2010, bulk 1960-2010

27.25 linear feet
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This collection contains liturgies, correspondence, litigation, ordination and Foreign Service documents, photographs, awards, newspaper articles, autobiography and books.

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Madeleine Sue Seid-Martin papers, 1988 --1998

0.5 linear feet
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Madeleine Sue Seid-Martin was a music liturgist, worship director, composer, and lay leader, and taught at the University of Notre Dame and at the University of St. Thomas School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota. The collection contains manuscript music, notes, publications, correspondence, papers related to the 1993 Reimagining Event, lecture notes and drafts, works by others, and clippings from magazines and newspapers.
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