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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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Caroline Worth Pinkham papers, 1867 -- 1984

2.50 linear feet
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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a manuscript autobiography that includes correspondence and photographs, and manuscripts of a number of published and unpublished works by Pinkham.
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Theological audiocassette collection, circa 1968 -- 1990

1 linear feet
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This is an artifical collection composed of audiocassette recordings, held by the Burke Library, of various theological conferences and events, including the Evangelical Women's Caucus, the First International Congress on the Meaning of Human Suffering, God's Call to a New Beginning Conference, and the 1986 and 1987 National Workshop on Christian Unity, among others.
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Theological Discussion Group papers, 1934 -- 1961

2.25 linear feet
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The Theological Discussion Group, meeting twice yearly in weekend retreat initially at Yale University, included Reinhold Niebuhr, Richard Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, Henry Van Dusen, James Luther Adams, Georgia Harkness and many other leading Christian thinkers. Papers were presented and critiqued, and issues concerning the evolution of Christianity and the modern world discussed. The collection contains typescript addresses presented to the Theological Discussion Group, as well as a small amount of administrative correspondence, including lists of members.
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Walter Rauschenbusch papers, 1913 -- 1914

0.25 linear feet
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Walter Rauschenbusch was a leading scholar of the Social Concern Movement and the Church in America, and taught at the Rochester Theological Seminary. This collection consists of two letters written by Rauschenbusch to Dr. Thomas C. Hall, Professor at Union Theological Seminary, discussing courses and anti-German sentiment after World War I.
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Harry Frederick Ward Papers, 1880-1979

46 boxes
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Correspondence, sermons, addresses, lecture notes, articles, scrapbooks, Religious Freedom Committee, House Un-American Activities Committee.

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Arnold J. Toynbee manuscript, 1956

0.25 linear feet
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Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975) was a British philosopher and historian. The collection contains a manuscript of Toynbee's lecture titled, "Christianity and the Non-Christian Faith in the Contemporary World."
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Hendrik Kraemer papers, 1954

0.25 linear feet
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Hendrik Kraemer was a Dutch Reformed layman, professor, and church and missionary leader. The collection contains a series of lectures given on "The Christian Faith and Non-Christian Religions" at the University of Geneva in January and February 1954.
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Hendrik Kraemer papers, 1954 0.25 linear feet

John T. McNeill papers, circa 1904 -- 2000

17.25 linear feet
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John Thomas McNeill was a theological historian and Calvin scholar, Professor of History of European Christianity at the University of Chicago, and later Professor of Church History and Auburn Professor Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary. The collection contains material related to McNeill's career, including teaching materials, research notes, sermons, correspondence, and an unpublished autobiography.
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Research, circa 1900 -- 1979 Box 26

Julius Müller manuscript, circa 1840 -- 1849

0.25 linear feet
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Julius Müller was a German theologian, professor at Halle University, and and preacher at Breslau and Göttingen Universities. The collection consists of a manuscript of a lecture given at Halle University with the abridged title, "Dogmatik A," likely a transcription by one of Müller's students of his Dogmatische Abhandlungen.
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Paul Tillich papers, circa 1930 -- 2002

1.75 linear feet
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Paul Tillich (1886-1956) was a prominent theologian and professor at UTS from 1933-1955. The collection includes speeches, sermons, and other materials; a 1953 stenographic transcription in 4 copies of Tillich's lecture notes for his Spring 1953 course, Church History Systematic Theology 108-Introduction to the History of Christianity; a photocopy and a bound copy of Tillich's Systematic Theology [Vol.1], the preliminary draft meant for his students' private use, in five parts; as well as a separately sourced preliminary draft of Tillich's Systematic Theology [Vol.1] annotated by Eric Gault Finley.
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