Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

The collection consists of primary source material (correspondence, photographs, administrative files) related to the life and activities of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran theologian, professor, and member of the German resistance. Includes unique material related to Bonhoeffer's residence at Union Theological Seminary in 1930-1931, such as transcripts, correspondence, and Bonhoeffer's "Deceased Alumnus file" a collection transferred from the UTS Alumnae/i Office. Other highlights include: photographs of Bonhoeffer and the concentration camp at Flossenburg where he was imprisoned; remembrances of Bonhoeffer (correspondence and articles) by his friends and family (mostly copies of originals from Princeton Theological Seminary and the National Lutheran Council); and Bonhoeffer's correspondence with Richard Ern and his family from 1930-1931; Gift Books inscibed by Bonhoeffer and an account by Paul Buesing of his study and contact with Bonhoeffer at the Finkelwalde Seminary.

Includes photographs of Edinburgh, 1910; Stockholm, 1925; Lausanne, 1927; Oxford, 1937; Utrecht to Amsterdam; Amsterdam, 1948; Lund, 1952; youth conference at Kottayam, India, 1952; Evanston, 1954; and Union Theological Seminary and the ecumenical movement.

Correspondence, 1904-1932; articles, in English, about his discoveries; newspaper clippings; notebooks; photographs; reviews relating to Morgan, Huntington, and Harkness manuscripts; and autobiographical, or partly autobiographical and partly argumentative materials.

Correspondence; minutes; reports; surveys of conferences and Home Missions congresses and the American Indian, Indian tribes, reservations, and agencies; maps; photographs; and slides.