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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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Missionary Research Library questionnaire collection, 1955

2.5 linear feet
This collection contains completed questionnaires from foreign missionaries, churches, and mission boards compiled by the Missionary Research Library in 1955 to research factors related to selection, training, placement, and withdrawal of missionary personnel.
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Abbe Livingston Warnshuis papers, 1877-1963, bulk 1910-1958

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Includes correspondence; diaries; notes for lectures; sermons; articles, minutes, memoranda, and other papers related to Warnshuis' work with the International Missionary Council, the National Council of Churches of China, the World Council of Churches and the Reformed Church in America; and numerous international committees on religious liberty.

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Missionary Research Library collection on ecumenical and world-wide mission work, 1792 -- 1990

14 linear feet
This collection contains material related to ecumenical and world-wide mission work and committees and conferences, education, churches and religion, and missionaries, as well as photographs and maps and subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, negatives and maps.
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Subject and Topic Files, 1929 -- 1956 Box 6: 11

; Evangelism; Mussolini; SeventhDay Adventists; Christian Libraries in New York City; Reformed Church in
America

Correspondence, Letters and Articles; International Relations Commission; Post-War Planning; Evangelism; Mussolini; SeventhDay Adventists; Christian Libraries in New York City; Reformed Church in America

  1. Series 6: Subject and Topic Files, 1792 -- 1990
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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: W, circa 1961 Box 3, Folder 2

Reformed Church in America, Holland, Michigan Wycliffe College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Wartburg Theological Seminary, American Lutheran Church, Dubuque, Iowa Wesley Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church, Washington, District of Columbia Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, Holland, Michigan Wycliffe College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  1. Robert Tobias papers, circa 1960 -- 1961
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China Planning Committee records, 1944 -- 1945

1 linear feet
This collection contains records of the Subcommittee of the East Asian Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA), who organized a study conference about Christian work in post-war China. Included is correspondence, schedules, and records from the conferences.
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Correspondence A-Y, 1944 -- 1945 Box 1

1 51 Reformed Church in America 1 52 Reformed Church in America (Woman's Board of Foreign Missions

1 1 A 1 2 American Advent 1 3 American Friends (5 years meeting) 1 4 Augustana Synod, Lutheran (Board of Foreign Missions) 1 5 B 1 6 C 1 7 Christian Reformed Board of Missions 1 8 Church of England in Canada (Missionary Society) 1 9 Church of England in Canada (Woman's Auxiliary to the Missionary Society) 1 10 Church of the Brethren 1 11 Church of the Nazarene 1 12 Congregational (American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions) 1 13 Cross, Rowland 1 14 Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Board of Foreign Missions) 1 15 D 1 16 Decker, J.W. 1 17 Disciples of Christ (United Christian Missionary Society) 1 18 Dixon, Stanley 1 19 Evangelical and Reformed Church 1 20 Evangelical and Reformed Church ( Women's Guild) 1 21 Evangelical Church 1 22 Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio, Missouri, etc. 1 23 Evangelical Mission Covenant Church 1 24 F 1 25 Free Methodist Church of North America (General Missionary Board) 1 26 Foreign Mission Conference of North America 1 27 G 1 28 H 1 29 L 1 30 M 1 31 Mennonite Brethren in Christ (Board of Missions of the Pennsylvania Conference) 1 32 Mennonite Brethren of North America 1 33 Mennonite of North America, General Conference 1 34 Methodist Church 1 35 Methodist Church (Women's Division of Christian Service) 1 36 Mickle, Joe J. 1 37 National Christian Council in China 1 38 National Holiness Missionary Society\ 1 39 Northern Baptist Convention (American Foreign Mission Society) 1 40 Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society [Northern?] 1 41 Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (Board of Foreign Missions) 1 42 P 1 43 Presbyterian Church in Canada 1 44 Presbyterian Church in Canada (Women's Missionary Society) 1 45 Presbyterian Church in the United States 1 46 Presbyterian Church in the United States (Committee on Woman's Work) 1 47 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America 1 48 Protestant Episcopal Church 1 49 Woman's Auxiliary to the National Council Protestant Episcopal Church 1 50 R 1 51 Reformed Church in America 1 52 Reformed Church in America (Woman's Board of Foreign Missions) 1 53 S 1 54 Scandinavian Alliance 1 55 Schwenkfelder Church 1 56 Seventh Day Baptist 1 57 Seventh Day Baptist General Conference (Woman's Executive Board) 1 58 Southern Baptist Convention (Foreign Mission Board) 1 59 T 1 60 United Brethren in Christ 1 61 United Brethren in Christ (Women's Missionary Association) 1 62 United Church of Canada 1 63 United Church of Canada (Woman's Missionary Society) 1 64 United Free Gospel 1 65 United Lutheran Church in America 1 66 United Lutheran Church in America (Women's Missionary Society) 1 67 Women's Union Missionary Society of America 1 68 Yale-in-China Association 1 69 YMCA 1 70 YWCA 1 71 General

  1. China Planning Committee records, 1944 -- 1945
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John Goodman Hall papers, 1837 -- 1863

0.5 linear feet
John Goodman Hall graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1839 and went on to serve as a Congregational pastor in South Egremont, Mass., Cherry Valley, NY, Fort Plain, NY, and in Ohio. The collection contains two journals, a scrapbook of clippings including selections from Hall's sermons and letters, a pew plan, and brief family history.
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