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Yale Divinity Library Special Collections

Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Special Collections Reading Room Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Contact: Martha.Smalley@yale.edu 203 432-5289. Methods of locating primary sources in Yale Divinity Library Special Collections:.

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Yale Divinity Library Special Collections

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  1. Yale Divinity Library Special Collections

  2. Special Collections Reading Room Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Contact: Martha.Smalley@yale.edu 203 432-5289

  3. Methods of locating primary sources in Yale Divinity Library Special Collections: • Talk to the Special Collections Librarian – Martha Smalley • Browse our holdings at: http://www.library.yale.edu/div/speccoll.html • Use the Yale Finding Aid Database: http://findingaids.library.yale.edu • Search Orbis after setting “Limits” to “Divinity Library” as Collection and “Archives and Manuscripts” as the Item Type.

  4. Types of primary sources available in Yale Divinity Library Special Collections: • Personal papers -- letters, diaries, writings, subject files, photographs, etc. • Archives of organizations • Microfilm or microfiche collections of personal papers and archives held elsewhere • Pamphlets and ephemeral materials • Artifacts

  5. A sampling of collections relevant to American religious history: Personal papers • Enoch Hale:Congregational clergyman in Westhampton, Massachusetts (1779-1829), brother of Nathan Hale, Secretary of Hampshire Missionary Society; correspondence, diaries, notes, sermons. Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.066 • Dutton Family Papers: Aaron Dutton and his son Samuel were clergymen in Guilford and New Haven 1800-1880. They were known for their abolitionist stances. Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.063 • Horace Bushnell: Pastor of North Church, Hartford, CT from 1833-1859. He was the author of God in Christ (1849) and Christ in Theology (1851), as well as other works uncongenial to the orthodox theology of his times. Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.039 • Dwight L. Moody: Famous evangelist (1837-1899) Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.028 • Henry Baldwin: City missionary in New York; detailed diary covering the years 1864-1866Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.030 (under Baldwin) • Gerald Beard: Congregational minister in Bridgeport, CT during a time of liberal resurgence in American Protestantism. His sermons (1888-1921) address the urban problems of the Gilded Age. With the onset of the First World War, Beard participated in the prevailing surge of patriotism bolstered by theology. Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.065

  6. A sampling of collections relevant to American religious history: Archives of organizations • Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions: The SVM was an organization that sought to recruit university students in the United States for missionary service abroad. The archives provide valuable information on various aspects of American religious life during the period 1886-1964. Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.042 • YMCA-Student Division: Organization for ecumenical student work in the U.S. (1886-1967) Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.058 • Freedmen's Aid Society: (Microfilm: Film Ms300): Founded in 1866, the Freedmen's Aid Society was an agency of the Methodist Episcopal Church created to establish schools and colleges for Blacks in the South. Printed guide in Special Collections • Missionary Society of Connecticut:(Microfilm: Film Ms.58) The collection is comprised of incoming correspondence, dating 1793-1899, and administrative records, dating 1759-1948, which document the mission efforts of the Society. Printed guide in Special Collections • Moravian mission among the Indians of North America: (Microfilm: Film Ms115) Guide: http://microformguides.gale.com/BrowseGuide.asp?colldocid=3079000&Page=1 • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Mission to American Indians: (Microfilm: Film Ms179) Almost 14,000 letters written by Presbyterian missionaries describing their work among native Americans in the United States.(1833-1893)

  7. A sampling of collections relevant to American religious history: Pamphlet and ephemeral material • Records of Religious and Benevolent Societies and Organizations Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.034 • New England Church Records: Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.048 • Congregational Church Records: Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.056 • Issues of Peace and War Pamphlet Collection: Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.061 • Social Ethics Pamphlet Collection: Finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.073

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