Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

Letty Mandeville Russell was a renowned theologian and Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School (YDS) and an alumna of Harvard Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary, who worked in East Harlem Protestant Parish, was a director of Religious Education at Church of the Ascension, and a PCUSA home missionary. The collection includes syllabi, notes and course material relating to her tenure at YDS; manuscripts, notes and correspondence relating to her publications; reports, minutes and correspondence concerning work on denominational bodies, ecumenical task forces and committees, nonprofit organizations, and professional associations; correspondence; and memorabilia.

This collection contains the working papers, correspondence, publications, and other related materials of Lesley Northup, a writer, teacher, and Episcopal priest, and Associate Professor of Religion and Culture and Associate Dean of the Honors College, Florida International University, including manuscripts, notes and clippings, correspondence related to Northup's choice to become a single parent by artificial insemination, and responses to the Forms of Address for Episcopal Women Clergy survey.

Carter Heyward is an Episcopal priest, theologian, activist and writer, and a Professor Emerita of the Episcopal Divinity School. The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, sermons, publications, audio and video tapes and artifacts documenting Heyward's ordination to the Episcopal priesthood in 1974 and her career as professor at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.