MS. Manuscript Collections

The M. Richard Shaull Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence to and from Shaull; writings and publications by Shaull and others on Christianity and theology in Latin America, liberation theology, theology and political theory, ethics; subject files, lecture and course notes; and photographs and memorabilia Shaull collected during his ministry and teaching careers in the United States, Brazil, and Costa Rica.

Thirty typewritten lectures on classic western civilization delivered at the Labor Temple in New York. Included are lectures given in 1938 on H.G. Wells' "The Anatomy of Frustration" and William Morris' "News from Nowhere." The collection also contains a series of eleven lectures on "Spiritual Values in World Literature" given in 1937 by Morris Gordin, labor activist, Russian revolutionary, and one-time Press Commissar of the Third International, according to a notice about the series.

One scrapbook compiled of newspaper clippings

William McElwee Miller was a Presbyterian missionary and author who served in Persia from 1919 to 1962. This collection consists of the correspondence, works, documents, and memorabilia accumulated over the period of his lifetime from 1899 to 1993 and beyond.

The Paul M. van Buren papers consist of university notes, correspondence, organizational materials, course materials, research, sermons and published and unpublished works.

Organizations and affilliations found within this collection include Temple University, University of Basel, Shalom Hartman Institute (SHI), World Council of Churches (WCC), and the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ).

Max L. Stackhouse, Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary, was a central figure in Christian ethics and a pioneer in the study of globalization and public theology. This collection contains correspondence, research, and writings collected during his career at Andover Newton Theological School and Princeton Theological Seminary.

One folder of handwritten correspondence and receipts, including the note: "This packet of papers is designed to illustrate my books on Baptism & belongs to that collection. S.A."

Includes a photocopy of a letter from Samuel Agnew to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1856 June 28, given to Special Collections by the Pierpont Morgan Library.

Materials consist of correspondence, course syllabi, writings and lectures on science and religion; and drafts and other papers pertaining to publication of his book, Alone in the World? Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology.

The collection consists of papers and mixed media from the academic and professional careers of Davies. Included are Davies course notebooks from his doctoral study at Oxford University, essays and sermons from his ministry in South Africa and elsewhere, and course and lecture notebooks on worship, theology and the arts from his tenure at Princeton University. Also here are slides, photos, and prints to accompany and illustrate those lectures and a course on Christian art.

The travel journals of Langley Kitching, English gentleman and botanist, during his visit of missionary settlements in South Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius.