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Consists of roughly 3,000 individual postcards depicting early twentieth century Christian missionary activities in Africa.

Contains one signed letter addressed to Julius Plug.

Indulgence for priests and other clergy issued at the instance of Johann Tetzel to support the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Consists of seven woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer.

Contains records and administrative files of the American Academy of Religion.

The Berlin UMC collection consists of disaffiliation materials, deeds, membership records, church history, and photographs of the current building.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, charge conferences, deeds, photographs, and a clergy list.

Artificial collection containing drawings, plans, correspondence, and subject files related to buildings and facilities at Candler School of Theology.

The North Dutch Book of Hours, inclusive of the "Hours of the Eternal Wisdom," by Gerard Groot (a member of the Brothers of the Common Life), Hours of the Virgin, and Penitential Psalms.

Consists of items from Charles and Elva Griffith during their time as missionaries in South America from 1895 to 1906.

Consists of the correspondence and other unpublished manuscripts of the Methodist leader Charles Wesley and his family.

Consists of one commission issued by the court of the Bishop of Chester, Bowyer Edward Sparke granting authority to George Case and Thomas Leyland to renovate the Parish Church of Walton-on-the-Hill.

A collection consisting of nineteen communion tokens primarily from Scotland.

Consists of individual illuminated manuscript leaves dating from the 12th through 15th centuries.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, finance records, church registrars, meeting minutes, and charge conferences. It also includes trustees’ reports, deeds, clergy lists, photographs, and women’s group records.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, deeds, photographs, and a clergy list.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, deeds, photographs, and a clergy list.

Each year, Pitts Theology Library purchases a book or manuscript item to honor the contributions that retiring faculty members have made to the Candler School of Theology community. The acquisition of these materials are intentional and relate to the faculty member’s area of scholarship.

Handwritten letter, in German, addressed to Samsons Schoffler zu Seyda and Mathes Pustewald, concerning the parish of Neuerdorff, and the death of the Rev. Wust.

Consists of three letters written by Georg Spalatin, the German humanist, theologian, and reformer.

A collection of letters written by George Whitefield, a popular evangelical preacher in the eighteenth century.

This collection contains two engravings by Hendrik Goltzius in the Life of the Virgin series.

Historic Rural Churches of Georgia (HRCGA) was founded in 2012 by Sonny Seals and George Hart with a mission to research, document and ultimately preserve historic rural churches across the state. The items in this collection constitute 3D renderings of various rural churches documented by the HRCGA.

A plenary indulgence issued by Pope Leo X.

Contains 83 sermons written for Sundays, religious holidays, and as inducements into the religious profession.

Consists of the papers of James F. Hopewell, Professor of Religion and the Church at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

Contains a handwritten copy of the speech made by James Radcliffe, third Earl of Derwentwater, from the scaffold on February 24, 1716.

Contains twenty distichs (couplets) inspired by important events in the life of Martin Luther.

Contains one letter written by Cochlaeus to Julius von Pflug, the last Prince Bishop of Naumburg.

Consists of a set of questions written by Bennet, here referred to as queries, posed to Count Niclaus Ludwig graf von Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravian Church.

Contains six letters, a postcard, a memorandum, and an artist's proof of an 1857 engraved portrait of Newman.

Includes one copybook containing notes from a sermon in English along with brief essays.

Consists of diaries, correspondence, and related materials of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement.

Contains a signed, handwritten letter by John, Elector of Saxony.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, deeds, photographs, and clergy lists.

Consists of one photo album with scenes from Gerdine’s mission work in Korea, and a framed silk embroidered representation of the Chong Dong Church, the first Methodist Church in Korea.

Contains a single receipt, on paper, for 20 Gulden which Jonas received as salary from the City Council of Erfurt.

Contains one letter by Cruciger to Veit Dietrich, pastor of St. Sebald’s Church at Nuremberg.

This collection includes digital board minutes from 2009-2023 from respective councils within the church, disaffiliation records, membership records, deeds, photographs, policies and procedures.

This collection includes digital board minutes from respective councils within the church, disaffiliation records, membership records, charge conferences, deeds, photographs, homecoming bulletins, and a clergy list.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, charge conferences, deeds, and photographs.

This collection includes digital meeting minutes from respective councils within the church, disaffiliation records, membership records, finance records, advent readings, deeds, photographs, and a clergy list.

Consists of one manuscript in Martin Luther's own hand, "Notes on Two Chronological Difficulties in the Old Testament" as well as a translation and transcription of the manuscript.

This collection includes digital board minutes from 2023 from respective councils within the church, church conference records, membership records, and photographs.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, and photographs.

Consists of handwritten and conference minutes, reports, and roll book, and one photograph of the Cape May Commission.

A manuscript leaf of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job previously used as binding material.

This collection includes digital disaffiliation records, membership records, membership transfer records, meeting minutes, legal documents, letters, church notes, homecoming bulletins, and a pastor’s report. It also contains digital charge conferences, clergy lists, deeds, finances, general announcements, news articles, photographs, and sale of parsonage records.

Contains a wax rubbing of the tablet, done in sections on four different pieces of tissue paper.

The Oostanaula United Methodist Church (Rome, Ga.) collection includes apportionments, church programs, committee records, finance committee records, lay leadership, nomination committee minutes, staff/parish relations committee information, trustee records, conference reports, deeds, disaffiliation records, financial materials, church histories, membership records, and phohtographs.

Contains a copy of Palestine Through the Stereoscope by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut along with a stereoscope, stereoscopic slides, and photographs.

Contains official text, in Spanish, of the famous royal cedula by which King Philip II promulgated the Catholic Church's reply to the Protestant revolt from the church.

Contains one unpublished manuscript, signed and dated by Philipp Melanchthon.

Eight copper engravings by Philippe Galle, depicting the seven spiritual acts of mercy.

The Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church (Temple, Ga.) collection includes photographs, deeds, church histories, membership lists, clergy lists, and disaffiliation materials.

Contains one contemporary report of a remonstration against the Imperial policy of Charles V for participation in the recently convened ecumenical Council of Trent on terms proposed by the new Pope Julius III (del Monte).

Consists of three letters, addressed to Raffaele de' Medici, concerning Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms.

Consists of woodcuts from the early to mid sixteenth century portraying biblical scenes, places, and Reformation-era persons.

The Reverend Gordon Taylor Collection of Church Histories consists of more than 10,000 short works on English churches, monasteries, and cathedrals published from the early nineteenth century to the present.

The Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection was established in 1987, when Richard and Martha Kessler donated their private collection of Reformation imprints and manuscripts to Emory University.

Contains the correspondence of Robert Paine, a nineteenth-century bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Contains correspondence and scrapbooks of Morrell and Lois Robinson during related to their missionary work in Cuba during the 1950s and 1960s.

The Rush Chapel United Methodist Church (Rome, Ga.) collection contains administrative council minutes, church histories, deeds, disaffiliation materials, membership roles, baptisms, weddings, and death records, photographs, and miscellaneous materials.

Collection of letters written by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, dating from 1774 to 1791.

The Siloam UMC collection contains membership lists, church histories, clergy lists, photographs, deeds, and documents related to disafilliation.

The Silver Creek UMC collection consists of disaffiliation materials, deeds, membership records, church history, charge conference records, and photographs of the current building.

Contains one pardon granted to Sir Gilbert Pickering by Charles II.

Records created by the Society, which includes administrative files, committee work, publications, and materials related to the annual, international, and regional meetings of the Society.

This collection includes digital deeds, disaffiliation records, membership records, and photographs.

One palm-leaf manuscript of the Telugu Mahābhārata, Udyōga Parva (The Book of Effort), circa 1700.

Consists of the original records of 79 trials signed by the Inquisitors.

The Turin United Methodist Church (Turin, Ga.) collection includes deeds, church histories, photographs, and disaffiliation materials.

Contains one handwritten manuscript listing people from Zwickau, Saxony (Germany) who enlisted or were paid to participate in the field campaign against the Turkish invasion of Marseille.

The Washington First UMC collection consists of church history, charge conference records, and photographs of the church building.

An artificial collection containing more than 260 artifacts relating to John Wesley, his family, and Methodism.

Consists of sermons and writings from both William Jackson Callahan and Martha Taylor Callahan, as well as two photograph albums.