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Archives of Organizations
Geographical Index
Nanking Massacre Project
Personal Papers
United Board

Collection Migration in Progress

Where possible, collections are being migrated to the Yale Digital Collections System (DCS) and other systems of record.

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Research Guides

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Archives of Organizations

Comprehensive listing of organizational archives held at Yale Divinity Library including mission agencies, churches, and Christian institutions.

China Missionaries

Personal papers and collections of missionaries who served in China, with links to finding aids.

Geographical Index

Guide to archival collections relating to specific geographical areas.

Personal Papers

Complete listing of personal papers collections at Yale Divinity Library with links to online finding aids and archival information.

Microform Finding Aids

Resources to help locate materials in the library's microform collections.

South Asia Mission Archives

Historical records of mission activities in South Asia.

Books and Periodicals

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Mission Directories

Directories and listings of missionary organizations and personnel.

Missionary Bibles

Collection of Bibles used and distributed by missionaries.

Missionary Periodicals and Annual Reports

Listings of digitized periodicals and annual of mission agencies and church bodies.

United Mission to Nepal Publications

Digitized issues of United Mission to Nepal (UMN) annual reports and UMNews.

Digitized Archives

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Abbie Sanderson Papers

Scanned documents from boxes 1-8 of the Abbie Sanderson Papers.

China Colleges Project

Resources documenting Christian colleges in China.

Documentation of Chinese Christianity

Collaborative project with Hong Kong Baptist University preserving Chinese Christian materials.

Foster Papers

Collection of papers from the Foster Family Papers.

Hildreth Papers

Scanned documents from boxes 3-10 of the Ellison and Lottie Hildreth Papers.

Horace Waller Papers

Scanned documents from box 1, folders 13-16, of the Horace Waller Papers.

Nanking Massacre Project

Selected documents from the Divinity Library's collection related to the Nanking Massacre.

Norvin Hein Papers

Record Group 310: Hein Collection.

United Board

Scanned documents from Series IV of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia records.

Digitized Photographs

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David and Virginia Stowe Slides

Digitized slides from around the world, given by the Stowe family.

Divinity Library Photographs

Digitized photographs from Divinity Library special collections.

Nepal Church History Project

Photographs from the Nepal Church History Project.

Transcriptions

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Basel Mission Karnataka

Documents related to the Basel Mission in Karnataka, India.

Beard Papers

Transcriptions of correspondence from the Willard Livingstone Beard Family Papers.

Hans Frei Transcripts

Transcripts and papers of theologian Hans Frei.

Library Information

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Exhibits

Digital versions of past and current library exhibits.

Latourette Initiative

Program to preserve and provide access to documentation of world Christianity through microfilming and digitization.

Global

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Archives of Organizations

Comprehensive listing of organizational archives held at Yale Divinity Library including mission agencies, churches, and Christian institutions.

Geographical Index

Guide to archival collections relating to specific geographical areas.

Personal Papers

Complete listing of personal papers collections at Yale Divinity Library with links to online finding aids and archival information.

Microform Finding Aids

Resources to help locate materials in the library's microform collections.

Mission Directories

Directories and listings of missionary organizations and personnel.

Missionary Bibles

Collection of Bibles used and distributed by missionaries.

Latourette Initiative

Program to preserve and provide access to documentation of world Christianity through microfilming and digitization.

David and Virginia Stowe Slides

Digitized slides from around the world, given by the Stowe family.

East Asia

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China Missionaries

Personal papers and collections of missionaries who served in China, with links to finding aids.

Abbie Sanderson Papers

Scanned documents from boxes 1-8 of the Abbie Sanderson Papers.

China Colleges Project

Resources documenting Christian colleges in China.

Documentation of Chinese Christianity

Collaborative project with Hong Kong Baptist University preserving Chinese Christian materials.

Foster Papers

Collection of papers from the Foster Family Papers.

Hildreth Papers

Scanned documents from boxes 3-10 of the Ellison and Lottie Hildreth Papers.

Nanking Massacre Project

Selected documents from the Divinity Library's collection related to the Nanking Massacre.

United Board

Scanned documents from Series IV of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia records.

Missionary Periodicals and Annual Reports

Listings of digitized periodicals and annual of mission agencies and church bodies.

South Asia

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Basel Mission Karnataka

Documents related to the Basel Mission in Karnataka, India.

Beard Papers

Transcriptions of correspondence from the Willard Livingstone Beard Family Papers.

Horace Waller Papers

Scanned documents from box 1, folders 13-16, of the Horace Waller Papers.

Nepal Church History Project

Photographs from the Nepal Church History Project.

Norvin Hein Papers

Record Group 310: Hein Collection.

South Asia Mission Archives

Historical records of mission activities in South Asia.

United Mission to Nepal Publications

Digitized issues of United Mission to Nepal (UMN) annual reports and UMNews.

United States

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Hans Frei Transcripts

Transcripts and papers of theologian Hans Frei.

Divinity Library Photographs

Digitized photographs from Divinity Library special collections.

Exhibits

Digital versions of past and current library exhibits.