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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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Robert Hastings Nichols Papers, 1876-1946, bulk 1923-1925

5.75 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes and reports, and miscellaneous printed materials including pamphlets, articles, and clippings. Among topics included are the Auburn Affirmation; Committee on Protestant Liberties; protest against the action of the 1927 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy within the New York Presbytery; and the Presbyterian Advance.

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Chi Alpha, 1816-1967

14 boxes
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Manuals (annual) containing historical sketch, constitution, list of members and officers, 1882-1937 (incomplete); meeting records including order of exercises, 1883-1926, and Centennial Meeting , 1829-1929, Nov. 30, 1929; scrapbook, 1829-1929, containing letters, programs, and clippings; minutes, including original transcript of minutes of the first meeting of Chi Alpha, Nov. 28, 1829, first book of minutes, 1829-1933, minutes, Nov. 27, 1829-Feb. 26, 1938 (21 v.) and Jan. 4, 1964-Dec. 16, 1967 (2 v.); Secretary's annual report, 1852-1938; Treasurer's annual report, 1858-1926; Topic Committee's annual report, 1897-1925; two committee reports, 1845, 1881; thirteen letters, 1838-1901; address, essays, and poems related to Presidents' inaugurals, 1867-1926, and other events, 1863-1938; obituaries of members, 1816-1937; and six memorial pamphlets.

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Ezra Hall Gillett papers, 1797 -- 1906

6.75 linear feet
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E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett (1823-1875) was a UTS alum, Presbyterian minister in Harlem, N.Y., and a Professor of political science at New York University. The collection consists of sermons by Gillett and his father, other writings including diaries, and teaching and class notes.
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James H. Ecob papers, 1892 -- 1894

0.25 linear feet
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This collection contains 42 letters written to former Presbyterian minister James H. Ecob, the majority concerning his resignation from the Presbyterian church in protest of the heresy trial of Charles Augusts Briggs.
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Arthur C. McGiffert Sr. papers, 1882 -- 1926

3.75 linear feet
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Arthur C. McGiffert Sr. was a Presbyterian Congregational minister, church historian, and UTS President (1917-1926). The collection consists of correspondence, sermons, addresses, personal and professional papers, and two photographs.
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