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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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James Whitford Bashford diaries, 1905 -- 1918

2 linear feet
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James Whitford Bashford was a resident Methodist bishop in Shanghai and Peking, China, and former president of Ohio Wesleyan University. The collection contains diaries which include notes on religion, lands, people, and history of China; and index to the diaries; as well as photographs and collection notes.
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Joseph Whiteside diaries, 1899 -- 1929

3.5 linear feet
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Joseph Whiteside was a missionary and professor at Soochow University 東吳大 學. The collection contains manuscript diaries, including clippings, correspondence and other ephemera.
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Samuel Dodd and Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd papers, circa 1925 -- 2014

0.5 linear feet
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Samuel Dodd was an American United Presbyterian missionary in Ningbo, China and Hangzhou, China; Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd was his eldest son, born in Ningbo, China. The collection contains a copy of Samuel Dodd's 1861-1877 journal typed and with notes by his son, as well as correspondence and photographs.
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William Edward Smith papers, 1897 -- 1936

2.75 linear feet
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Diaries and notebooks written by Dr. William Edward Smith while living in Sichuan, China as a medical missionary for the Canadian Methodist Mission, later known as the West China Mission. Includes correspondence and ephemera inserted into the diaries.
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