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| Title: | Burton, Ernest DeWitt. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1875-1969 |
| Size: | 45 linear feet (87 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The papers of Ernest DeWitt Burton comprise 45 linear feet of personal and professional material. The papers document his career as a New Testament scholar at Newton Theological Institute and the University of Chicago as well as his interest in missionary work and religious education in east Asia. The collection consists primarily of correspondence as well as publications, addresses, and a small amount of course materials from the New Testament Department. From his involvement in missionary organizations and commissions, such as the Oriental Investigation Commission and the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, there are minutes, correspondence, financial records, photographs, and reports. The collection also includes personal materials including family history, a large number of memorials and some journals and notebooks. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Burton, Ernest DeWitt. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Ernest DeWitt Burton was born on February 4, 1856 in Granville, Ohio. He was the third son of Nathan Smith Burton and Sarah Johns Fairfield Burton. His father was a Baptist minister and both his parents were teachers. Burton began his college education in 1872 at Griswold College in Davenport, Iowa but after one year he transferred to Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He received his B.A. from Denison in June 1876.
After graduating, Burton taught at a number of schools including Kalamazoo College in Michigan and Norwood School in Ohio, and in 1879 he entered Rochester Theological Seminary in Rochester, New York. His former teacher and mentor, W. Arnold Stevens was now part of the faculty there. Burton spent three years at the seminary, studying the New Testament, and graduated in 1882. He taught New Testament Greek at the seminary the following year. He was ordained a Baptist minister in the summer of 1883 and soon thereafter received a post at the Newton Theological Institution near Boston.
Burton had met Frances Mary Townson in Rochester and when he had secured a permanent position at Newton, they were married. The ceremony was performed on December 28, 1883 by Burton’s father, N. S. Burton. Ernest and Mary Burton had one daughter, Margaret, who shared many of her father’s interests in religious work.
Burton enjoyed his work at Newton where he befriended Charles Rufus Brown, an Old Testament scholar, and Shailer Mathews, a fellow student from Rochester who would later join him at the University of Chicago. In 1889 at Newton he also became friends with William Rainey Harper when the latter was giving a series of lectures in Boston.
When Harper became the president of the newly formed University of Chicago in 1891 he invited Burton to join the New Testament Department. Burton was reluctant to leave Newton, however, and initially refused the invitation. Nevertheless, Harper was persistent, and after three months of negotiations, in March 1892 Burton was elected professor of New Testament Interpretation in the Divinity School, professor of New Testament instruction and head of all New Testament work in the university.
After entering his new post in July 1892, Burton’s responsibilities immediately expanded. He became associate editor of Biblical World, a journal established at the opening of the university. In 1897 he temporarily left this journal to become the editor of the Journal of Theology. Additionally, he became involved in the American Institute for Sacred Literature in 1889, an organization that promoted the systematic study of the Bible outside of schools. The Institute produced pamphlets, leaflets and correspondence courses to encourage popular study of the Bible. Burton, with Harper, the Institute’s organizer, was an enthusiastic participant in the production of these materials
Burton’s research interests in the New Testament and New Testament Greek are reflected in his publications. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek was published in 1893, soon after his arrival in Chicago. With W. A. Stevens he published A Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels for Historical Study in 1894 and Records and Letters of the Apostolic Age one year later. Burton was a scholar who had adopted modern historical techniques for the study of the Bible, an approach that some traditionalists criticized. Burton remained unmoved by his critics, saying that he would continue to use and teach the modern approach.
Burton was awarded an honorary D.D. in 1897 by his Alma Mater, Denison University.
Burton’s health was in decline in 1901 and while recuperating at Harper’s request he researched building design and architecture. He collected information on campuses throughout the country and especially on library buildings.
Burton’s New Testament work continued with the publication of Constructive Studies in the Life of Christ with Shailer Mathews in 1901 and Principles and Ideals of the Sunday School also with Mathews in 1908. In the interim between these two books he also published Short Introduction to the Gospels, Studies in the Gospel of Mark, and Principles of Literary Criticism and Their Application to the Synoptic Problem. In addition he produced many essays, articles, and editorials for the Biblical World and the American Journal of Theology.
Besides teaching and writing, Burton was also deeply interested in missionary work. This interest had begun early in his seminary days, and he had seriously considered becoming a missionary. In 1908 he was appointed head of a commission of investigation to the east to explore “educational, social, and religious conditions in the Far East.” The Oriental Investigation Commission was to be organized by the University of Chicago and its expenses met by John D. Rockefeller. Travelling through England, Turkey, India, China, Japan, and Korea, the commission’s journey lasted for more than a year. Burton kept detailed notes of interviews and records of what he learned in his journal and reports. He was also involved in many missionary organizations such as the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, the Foreign Missions Conference of North America and the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference.
In 1910 Burton became the director of the University libraries. Under his tenure as director, Harper Library was built and the books were reorganized in the Library of Congress system of classification. Besides centralizing the location of many books, the library holdings grew from approximately 218,000 volumes to one million. Burton remained Director of Libraries until his death.
Burton continued to research and write on the New Testament, publishing A Harmony of the Synpotic Gospels in English with Edgar Goodspeed in 1917 among other works. He also maintained his interest in missionary work in the east and was appointed chairman of the China Educational Commission in 1920. The purpose of this commission was to investigate the state of Christian education in China, and Burton traveled with other members of the commission to that country in 1921. Later the commission produced and published a report of their findings.
Burton was elected acting president of the university in January 1923 to replace the retiring Harry Pratt Judson. Subsequently he was elected president in July 1923 and served as president until his death in 1925. Although his tenure in office was short, he made great strides to improve the university through a program of building, an increase in fundraising, and initiating the development of a medical school.
Ernest DeWitt Burton died on May 26, 1925 in Chicago.
The Ernest DeWitt Burton papers have been divided into seven series: I. Personal, II. Writings, III. Foreign Education and Missions, IV. Universities and Colleges, V. YMCA, VI. National Religious Organizations and VII. University of Chicago.
The concentration of material covers the period from 1890 to 1925. Burton was a prolific letter writer, and the majority of the collection is correspondence. He also preserved many of his notes and journals, which contain research ideas, drafts of lectures, and his observations. Much of the material centers on his interest on missionary work and education. This includes not only the material in Series III but also in series IV, V and VI. The divisions between the series are not strict and the subjects overlap in the series divisions. Included in the first series, Personal, is a small amount of the correspondence of Frances Mary Townson Burton, his wife; Margaret Burton, his daughter; and Eleanor Burton, his niece.The seventh series, University of Chicago, includes little material from Burton’s presidency.
The following related resources are located in the Special Collections Research Center:
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Harper, Judson, and Burton Admministrations.Records
William Rainey Harper. Papers
University of Chicago. Divinity School. Records
American Journal of Theology. Records
Baptist Theological Union. Records
University of Chicago. Board of Trustees. Minutes
Series I: Personal |
Series I, Personal, contains Burton’s personal correspondence, genealogical materials, memorials, and other personal papers including his certificate of ordination and marriage license and covers the period 1879 to 1969. It is divided into five subseries: 1. General, 2. Correspondence, 3. Family History, 4. Memorials and 5. Notebooks.
Subseries 1, General, covers the period 1875 to 1931. It contains a few poems that Burton wrote, invitations, convocation programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and postcards. Also of note in this subseries is the memorandum of a conversation between Harper and Burton that took place just before Harper’s death.
Subseries 2, Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. It covers the period 1888 to 1969 and includes correspondence with William Rainey Harper, Harold Swift, Shailer Mathews, and Edgar Goodspeed. Earlier correspondence with Charles Rufus Brown, a colleague in the Old Testament Department at Newton Theological Seminary can also be found here. Also included at the end of the subseries is the correspondence of Burton’s wife, Mary Burton, his daughter, Margaret Burton, and his niece, Eleanor Burton.
Subseries 3, Family History, contains genealogical information about Burton’s family, a biography of Mary Burton by her daughter Margaret, and a number of photographs. The majority of this material is undated, but the bound life of Nathan S. Burton is dated to 1915.
Subseries 4, Memorial, includes tributes, bound memorials, letters of condolence, and a scrapbook of press clippings about Burton’s death. The materials date from 1925 to 1957. Also included in this subseries is the biography of Burton by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed.
Subseries 5, Notebooks, covers the period from 1875 to 1923. The earliest notebooks contain notes from Burton’s student days at Denison University. These notebooks contain notes on many topics including notes on addresses and future topics of research and are arranged chronologically. The most extensive notebooks are from his trip to east Asia with the Oriental Education Commission in 1908 to 1909.
Subseries 1: General |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Autograph book, 1908-1909 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Card to Mrs. Burton |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Christmas cards, n.d. |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Convocation, 1923 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Convocation, 1924 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Convocation, 1925 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Convocation, 1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Datebook, 1919 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Datebook, 1921 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Financial records, 1901-1918 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Friends and colleagues |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | "Friendship calendar" from daughter |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Guest book, 1906-1924 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Guest book, 1923-1924 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Guest book, n.d. |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Handwritten notes |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Harper Library "party" program cards, n.d. |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Invitations |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Library order slips |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Memorandum of conversation of Burton and Harper shortly before his death |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Marriage invitation |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Ordination, 1879 |
| Box 2 Folder 10-14 | Newspaper clippings |
| Box 3 Folder 1-5 | Newspaper clippings |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Passport photographs |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Patent, 1923 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Poetry |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Poetry for daughter, Margaret |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Photographs of Burton home, 1911 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Postcards from Newton, MA and Rochester, NY |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Smith, H. J. "Sojourn on a Summit" |
Subseries 2: Correspondence |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | A
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| Box 3 Folder 14 | Barnes - Burbank
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| Box 3 Folder 15 | Burton, Margaret - Burton, Mary
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| Box 3 Folder 16 | Burton, N. S. - Buttrick
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| Box 4 Folder 1 | C
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| Box 4 Folder 2 | D
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| Box 4 Folder 3 | E
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| Box 4 Folder 4 | F
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| Box 4 Folder 5 | G
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| Box 4 Folder 6 | H
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| Box 4 Folder 7 | J
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| Box 4 Folder 8 | K
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| Box 4 Folder 9 | L
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| Box 4 Folder 10 | M
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| Box 4 Folder 10 | M
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| Box 4 Folder 11 | O
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| Box 4 Folder 12 | P
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| Box 4 Folder 13 | R
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| Box 4 Folder 14 | S
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| Box 4 Folder 15 | T
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| Box 4 Folder 16 | W
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| Box 4 Folder 16 | W
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| Box 4 Folder 17 | fragments, unknown author |
| Box 4 Folder 18 | Correspondence of Eleanor Burton |
| Box 4 Folder 19-21 | Correspondence of Frances Mary Townson Burton |
| Box 4 Folder 22-23 | Correspondence of Margaret Burton |
Subseries 3: Family History |
| Box 4 Folder 24 | Burton, Boniface, biographical information |
| Box 4 Folder 25 | Burton, Charles S., biographical information |
| Box 4 Folder 26 | Burton, Frances Mary Townson, biography by her daughter, Margaret |
| Box 5 Folder 1-2 | Burton, Frances Mary Townson, photographs, oversize |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Burton, Frances Mary Townson and Margaret Burton, photograph |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Burton, Henry Fairfield, biographical information |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Burton, Henry Fairfield, Helen Elizabeth Burton, Charles Smith Burton, Edmund Fairfield Burton, and Ernest DeWitt Burton, color photocopies of photographs |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Burton, Margaret |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Burton, Nathan S., biography |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Burton, Nathan S. |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Burton, Nathan S. and Sarah Johns Fairfield Burton |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Burton, Smith, and Elizabeth Wilcox Burton, paternal grandparents, color photocopies of photographs |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | DeWitt, notes on the name "DeWitt" |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Fairfield, Micaiah, (maternal grandfather) biographical info |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Fairfield, Micaiah, and Hannah Withers Wynn Neale Fairfield, maternal grandparents, photographs |
Subseries 4: Memorials |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | Alumni club, resolution, 1925 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | "An Appreciation," Bailey, J.W., 1929 |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | The Baptist, June 6, 1925 |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | Baptist Theological Union, memorial, 1925 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Board of Trustees, resolution, 1925 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | "The Burton Courier", 1931 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Chicago City Council, resolution, 1925 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Chicago Society of Biblical Research, memorial, 1925 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, memorial concert in Mandel Hall, 1925 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | City of Chicago |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | The Commercial Club of Chicago |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Denison Alumni Bulletin, 1925 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Distinguished Service Professorship, 1955-1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, memorial, 1926 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Fountain Street Baptist Church, 1926 |
| Box 8 Folder 1-2 | Funeral Service |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Goodspeed biography, 1926 |
| Box 8 Folder 4-6 | Goodspeed biography, correspondence, 1925-1948 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Goodspeed biography, reviews and notices |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Institute of Social and Religious Research, 1925 |
| Box 8 Folder 9-11 | Letters of condolence |
| Box 9 Folder 1-8 | Letters of condolence |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Memorial window - Harper Library, 1928 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | Memorial window - Hyde Park Baptist Church, 1953-1954 |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | Memorial fund, 1925-1940 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | "The Daily Maroon" - May 25 - June 9, 1925, oversize |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | "The Daily Maroon" - January, 1923, oversize |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Convention - Board of Education, n.d. |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Portrait, 1926 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Religious Education Association, n.d. |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Rockefeller Foundation, 1926 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | Smith, H.J., "His Victory" |
| Box 11 Folder 6-7 | Tributes and memorials, 1925-1927 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | University of Chicago Chapel- plaque, 1933 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | University of Chicago Magazine, 1925-1927 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | University Record, 1925-1926 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | Will and estate, 1925 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | Will and estate - bequest to University |
| Box 12 Volume 1 | Scrapbook of press clippings concerning Burton’s death |
Subseries 5: Notebooks |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | 1875 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | 1876 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | "Newspaper Cuttings", 1877-1899 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | 1879 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | "Index Rerum", 1879 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | 1880 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | 1890-1891 |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | 1902-1905 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | 1906 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | 1907-1912 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | "An Unofficial Record of an Unscientific Journey up the Yangtsze Kiang", 1909 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | "China’s Far West", 1909 |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | "Notes of a 10 Days Stay in Chentu", 1909 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | 1913-1916 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | 1916-1918 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | 1921-1922 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | 1919-1923 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Shorthand notebook, 1916 |
Series II: Writings |
Series II, Writings, covers the period 1870 to 1927 and has been divided into three subseries: 1. Addresses and Reports, 2. Publications, and 3. Speeches. Each subseries is arranged chronologically.
Subseries 1, Addresses and Reports, includes lectures, addresses, sermons, and reports given by Burton from his student days until his presidency at the University of Chicago. Many of the address are handwritten although some are published reprints. The interests reflected in this subseries echo Burton’s concern for missionization and the relationship between education and religion found in Series III, Foreign Education and Missions.
Subseries 2, Publications, contains both bound volumes of Burton’s works, often annotated, and reprints of his journal articles. The two harmonies of the synoptic gospels which Burton wrote with William Arnold Stevens and Edgar Goodspeed, respectively, indicate his scholarly interests in the New Testament as does his Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek. At the end of this subseries is correspondence concerning Burton’s publications. It is arranged by publication.
Subseries 3, Speeches, consists of a small collection of funeral addresses and memorials given by Burton. It covers the period 1906 to 1923.
Subseries 1: Addresses and Reports |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | Compositions from Griswold College, 1870-1872 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | "Eloquence and Truth," manuscript essay, 1875 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | 1893
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| Box 15 Folder 7 | 1895
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| Box 15 Folder 8 | 1896
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| Box 15 Folder 9 | 1897
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| Box 15 Folder 10 | 1898
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| Box 15 Folder 11 | 1899
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| Box 15 Folder 12 | 1900
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| Box 15 Folder 13 | 1901
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| Box 15 Folder 14 | 1903
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| Box 15 Folder 15 | 1905
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| Box 15 Folder 16 | 1907
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| Box 16 Folder 1 | 1908
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| Box 16 Folder 2-3 | 1909
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| Box 16 Folder 4 | 1910
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| Box 16 Folder 5 | 1911
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| Box 16 Folder 6-8 | 1913
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| Box 16 Folder 9 | 1914
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| Box 16 Folder 10 | 1915
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| Box 16 Folder 11 | 1916
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| Box 16 Folder 12 | 1917
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| Box 17 Folder 1 | 1918
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| Box 17 Folder 2 | 1919
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| Box 17 Folder 3 | 1920
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| Box 17 Folder 4 | 1921
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| Box 17 Folder 5 | 1922
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| Box 17 Folder 6 | 1923
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| Box 17 Folder 7-8 | 1924
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| Box 17 Folder 9-10 | undated
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| Box 17 Folder 10 | undated
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Subseries 2: Publications |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and William Arnold Stevens, Outline of the Life of Christ, [n. p. 1885?]. (bound) |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Papers Grammatical and Other, 1889-1891, (bound) |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and William Arnold Stevens, Outline of the Life of Christ, [n. p.], 1891. (bound) |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and William Arnold Stevens, An Outline Handbook of the Life of Christ from the Four Gospels, Boston: The Bible Study Publishing Co., 1892. (bound, 2 copies) |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1893. (bound) |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Inserts from Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Two announcements of the publication of Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Burton, Ernest Dewitt, Essays,1893 -1898 (bound) |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and William Arnold Stevens, A Harmony of the Gospels for Historical Study, Boston: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1894. (bound) |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Old and New Testament Student," The Biblical World 5, no. 6 (June 1895): 401-409. |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, The Records and Letters of the Apostolic Age, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1895. (bound) |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Inserts from The Records and Letters of the Apostolic Age. |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, The Six Generally Accepted Letters of the Apostle Paul and their Testimony; A Syllabus of Nine Lecture-Studies, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1895 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Kingdom and the Individual," The Monthly Bulletin of the University of Michigan 17, no. 7 (April 1896): 112-132. |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, The Study of the Bible in Christian Schools, The American Institute of Sacred Literature, no. 3, 1896. |
| Box 19 Folder 11 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Function of Interpretation in Relation to Theology," American Journal of Theology 2 (January 1898): 52-79. |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Politarchs in Macedonia and Elsewhere," The American Journal of Theology 2 (July 1891): 598-262. |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Essays, 1898-1915 (bound). |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Inserts from Essays |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Personal Religion of Jesus," Biblical World [?] (December 1899): 3-12, and manuscript notes. |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "He That Committeth Sin is a Slave to Sin," The Standard, 1899 photocopy. |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, The Life of the Christ, Chicago: The American Institute of Sacred Literature, 1904. (bound) |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and William Arnold Stevens, A Harmony of the Gospels for Historical Study, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904. (bound) |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Inserts from A Harmony of the Gospels for Historical Study |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "What Should the Churches Demand of the Theological Schools?" Biblical World 25, no. 1 (January 1905): 20-29. |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and William Arnold Stevens, Harmony of the Gospels arranged in Sgaw Karen by Reverend David Gilmore, M.A., Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1905. (bound) |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, A Handbook of the Life of the Apostle Paul, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906. (bound) |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | Inserts from A Handbook of the Life of the Apostle Paul |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Prof. Burton Explains to Ways and Means ..." Chicago Commerce 5, no. 22, (October 8, 1909): 6-11. |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Educational Work in China, January 12, 1910. |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Status of Christian Education in India" The American Journal of Theology 14, no. 2, (April 1910): 169-184. |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Christian Education in China," The American Journal of Theology 14, no. 3, (July 1910): 428-440. |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Place of the New Testament in a Theological Curriculum," The American Journal of Theology 16, no. 2, (April 1912): 181-195. |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Some Phases of the Synoptic Problem," The Journal of Biblical Literature 31, part 2, (1912): 95-113. |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Some Implications of Paulinism," The Journal of Biblical Literature 40, no. 6, (December 1912): 403-412. |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and Fred Merrifield, The Origin and Teaching of the New Testament Books, Outline Bible Study Series of the American Institute of Sacred Literature, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1913. (bound) |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, The Salt of the Earth, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1915. |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, The Scope of the Missionary Enterprise, Boston: American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1915. |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Exceptional Opportunities for Investment by Baptists," The Standard; A Baptist Newspaper, 1 April 1916, and manuscript notes. |
| Box 21 Folder 14 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Education and the Church, Boston: The Baptist Board of Education, 1917. |
| Box 21 Folder 15 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "While the Armies Fight What Shall We at Home Do?" The Standard; A Baptist Newspaper, 29 September 1917. |
| Box 21 Folder 16 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt and Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, A Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels for Historical and Critical Study, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1917. (bound) |
| Box 21 Folder 17 | Inserts from A Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels for Historical and Critical Study. |
| Box 21 Folder 18 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Is the Golden Rule Workable between Nations?" War and Religion Pamphlets no. 3, Chicago: The American Institute of sacred Literature, 1918. |
| Box 21 Folder 19 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "George Burman Foster," The Standard January 4, 1919. |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Ought the United States to be a Missionary Nation?" The Baptist, 21 February 1920 and "Ought the United States to be a Missionary Nation?" reprint of Chapter VII in The Triumph of the Missionary Motive, Philadelphia: The American Baptist Publication Society, 1920. |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Recent Tendencies in the Northern Baptist Churches," The American Journal of Theology 24, no. 3 (July 1920): 321-338. |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "A Saint Without Renown," The Baptist, 14 February 1920. |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Jesus of Nazareth, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1920. (bound) |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The Business of a University" and "The Business of a College," Alumni Pamphlets 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1923. |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Reviews of A Source Book for the Study of the Teaching of Jesus in its Historical Relationships by Ernest DeWitt Burton, Boston Evening Manuscript 5 September 1923. |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Changes in Baptist Restrictions on University," The University of Chicago Magazine 15, no. 8 (June 1923): 297-298. |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Religion and Education, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1924. |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Religion and Education," The Divinity Student 1, no. 4 (November 15, 1924): 81-94. |
| Box 22 Folder 10 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "A Message to Alumni," University of Chicago Magazine 17, no. 1 (November 1924): 6-7. |
| Box 22 Folder 11 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, A Convocation Statement, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1924. |
| Box 22 Folder 12 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Echoes of Convocation Day, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1924. |
| Box 22 Folder 13 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "A School of Politics A Need of American Life," The American Bar Association Journal, (December 1924): 1-4. |
| Box 22 Folder 14 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Why I Believe in Praying," Chicago: The American Institute of Sacred Literature, 1924. |
| Box 22 Folder 15 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The University of Chicago and the City," [?] (spring number, 1925): 19. |
| Box 22 Folder 16 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Thou Art The Way," The Christian Century [?] (May 12, 1927): 587 and manuscript copies. |
| Box 22 Folder 17 | Reviews of New Testament Word Studies, 1927. |
| Box 22 Folder 18 | Reviews of Education in a Democratic World by Ernest DeWitt Burton, and manuscript introduction and preface by William F. Russell, editor, 1927. |
| Box 22 Folder 19 | Reviews of Christianity in the Modern World by Ernest DeWitt Burton, 1927. |
| Box 22 Folder 20 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, A Word to College Students, issued by Board of Education of Northern Baptist Convention, Boston: Griffith-Stillings Press, [?]. |
| Box 22 Folder 21 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "The History of New Testament Times," - one page missing. |
| Box 22 Folder 22 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Jesus as a Thinker," (proofs?) Biblical World |
| Box 22 Folder 23 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, Baptists and Education, [n. p., n. d.]. |
| Box 22 Folder 24 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Religion in the Christian College" [n. p., n. d.]. |
| Box 22 Folder 25 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Education, Old an New, in China," The World Today [n. d.] |
| Box 22 Folder 26 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, "Business and Scholarship," [n. p. n. d.]. |
| Box 22 Folder 27 | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, editorials, n.d. |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | correspondence on publications, Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels, 1909-April 1916 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | correspondence on publications, Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels, May-December 1916 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | correspondence on publications, Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels, 1917 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | correspondence on publications, Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels, 1918-1923 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | correspondence on publications, Commentary on Galatians, 1917-1921 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | correspondence on publications, Christianity in a New World, 1919-1921 |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | correspondence on publications, The Teaching of Jesus, 1920-1923 |
Subseries 3: Speeches |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Funeral addresses and memorials, 1906 - 1923 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Funeral addresses and memorials, undated |
Series III: Foreign Education and Missions |
Series III, Foreign Education and Missions, covers the period 1879 to 1923 and is divided into three subseries: 1. Subject files, 2. The Oriental Education Commission, and 3. Correspondence. The material in this series is predominately correspondence and reflects Burton’s interest in missionization, especially in East Asia. Burton was active in a number of Baptist organizations, which were involved in missionary activity, and participated in University sponsored commissions that had an interest in furthering education. Burton’s concern for religious education both in the United States and abroad is indicated in this series as well as by certain publications in Series II.
The first subseries, Subject Files, is organized alphabetically by the name of the organization. The papers of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society consist of correspondence, minutes, and some financial statements. The China Educational Commission, of which Burton was a member, was a commission sponsored by the Foreign Missions Conference of North America with the cooperation of similar group in England. Its purpose was to study Christian educational work in China and evaluate its progress and included a trip to China in 1921. Similar interests are reflected in Burton’s involvement in the Commission on Education of the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference. The Foreign Missions Conference of North America and its subsidiary, the Board of Missionary Preparation, was a multi-denominational conference that aided in the coordination of a number of missionary organizations. The Rockefeller Foundation materials include copies of the U. S. Senate bill incorporating the foundation and Burton’s correspondence with foundation officers. The Tokyo Tabernacle folders include correspondence and other papers related to the rebuilding of the Baptist Central Tabernacle in Tokyo, which had been destroyed by fire.
Subseries 2, Oriental Education Commission, contains the papers of this commission, sent to East Asia in 1908-1909 to investigate educational, social, and religious conditions in the region. Burton was head of the commission, which was sponsored by the University and funded by John D. Rockefeller. The Report of the Oriental Education Commission found in this subseries was never published but was influential in work done by the Rockefeller Foundation for the next two decades. The commission traveled to China via England, Turkey, Egypt, and India and included a two month journey up the Yangtze River. Many of the photographs in this subseries are from the time spent in China. Burton’s wife and daughter accompanied him, and the correspondence of Mary Burton, his wife, includes a rice paper scroll that she wrote during the trip. Other material includes correspondence, particularly the correspondence between Burton and Edgar Goodspeed, which Goodspeed had bound and presented to Burton as a gift. Burton’s journal from the trip is included as are newsclippings announcing the commission and pamphlets and other publications that Burton collected on the trip.
Subseries 3, Correspondence, overlaps in subject matter with the other two subseries, especially Subseries 1. This subseries dates from 1909 to 1923. It is arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. Correspondence with the organizations itemized in Subseries 1, Subject Files, can be found here as well as general correspondence about education and missionization.
Subseries 1: Subject Files |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1911 |
| Box 24 Folder 2-3 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1912 |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1913 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1914 |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1915 |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, January - April, 1916 |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, May - July, 1916 |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, August - December, 1916 |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1916 |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1916 |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1917 |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1918 |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1919 - 1922 |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, undated |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Board of Missionary Preparation, 1912 - 1913 |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Board of Missionary Preparation, 1913 - 1915 |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Board of Missionary Preparation, 1916 |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | Board of Missionary Preparation, 1917 - 1922 |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | China Educational Commission, conference proceedings, May 29-30, 1920 |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | China Educational Commission, 1920 |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | China Educational Commission, January - June, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | China Educational Commission, July, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 4 | China Educational Commission, August 9 - August 17, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | China Educational Commission, August 17, 1921 - August 30, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | China Educational Commission, September 1, 1921 - September 14, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | China Educational Commission, September 1, 1921 - September 30, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 8 | China Educational Commission, October - November, 1921 |
| Box 26 Folder 9 | China Educational Commission, December 1 - December 8, 1921 |
| Box 27 Folder 1 | China Educational Commission, December 15 - December 26, 1921 |
| Box 27 Folder 2 | China Educational Commission, December 27 - December 29, 1921 |
| Box 27 Folder 3 | China Educational Commission, 1922 |
| Box 27 Folder 4 | China Educational Commission, undated |
| Box 27 Folder 5 | China Educational Commission, minutes from meetings |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, 1909 |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, January, 1910 |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, February, 1910 |
| Box 28 Folder 1 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, March - May, 1910 |
| Box 28 Folder 2 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, June - December, 1910 |
| Box 28 Folder 3 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, 1911 - 1912 |
| Box 28 Folder 4 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, 1913 |
| Box 28 Folder 5 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, February - July, 1914 |
| Box 28 Folder 6 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, August 1914 - December 1915 |
| Box 28 Folder 7 | Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, 1916 - 1920 |
| Box 28 Folder 8 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1911, 1914 |
| Box 28 Folder 9 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1915 |
| Box 28 Folder 10 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1916 |
| Box 29 Folder 1 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1917 - 1918 |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1919 |
| Box 29 Folder 3 | Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1920 - 1923 |
| Box 29 Folder 4 | Latin American Conference |
| Box 29 Folder 5 | Rockefeller Foundation, 1910 - 1914 |
| Box 29 Folder 6 | Rockefeller Foundation, 1914 |
| Box 29 Folder 7 | Rockefeller Foundation, January - February, 1915 |
| Box 29 Folder 8 | Rockefeller Foundation, March - December, 1915 |
| Box 29 Folder 9 | Rockefeller Foundation, 1916 - 1923 |
| Box 29 Folder 10 | Student Conference, 1879 |
| Box 29 Folder 11 | Tokyo Tabernacle, 1913 |
| Box 30 Folder 1 | Tokyo Tabernacle, 1914 |
| Box 30 Folder 2 | Tokyo Tabernacle, 1915 - 1919 |
Subseries 2: Oriental Education Commission |
| Box 30 Folder 3 | Address before the Imperial Educational Association, July 13, 1909 |
| Box 30 Folder 4 | Arabic newspaper |
| Box 30 Folder 5 | Calling cards |
| Box 30 Folder 6 | Chinese articles |
| Box 30 Folder 7 | Chinese documents |
| Box 30 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Questions on India and Burma, 1908 |
| Box 30 Folder 9 | Correspondence, Replies to questionnaire, January - March, 1909 |
| Box 30 Folder 10 | Correspondence, Replies to questionnaire, May 1909 - 1910 |
| Box 30 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1908 |
| Box 30 Folder 12 | Correspondence, 1909 |
| Box 31 Folder 1 | Correspondence, 1910 |
| Box 31 Folder 2 | Correspondence, 1918 |
| Box 31 Folder 3 | Correspondence concerning Report and Journal of 1908-1909 |
| Box 31 Folder 4 | Correspondence and notes, undated |
| Box 31 Folder 5 | Edgar Goodspeed correspondence, July - September, 1908 |
| Box 31 Folder 6 | Edgar Goodspeed correspondence, October - December, 1908 |
| Box 31 Folder 7 | Edgar Goodspeed correspondence, January - March, 1909 |
| Box 31 Folder 8 | Edgar Goodspeed correspondence, April - August, 1909 |
| Box 31 Folder 9 | Edgar Goodspeed correspondence, bound, "An Unofficial Record of an Unscientific Journey on the Yangtze Kiang" [bound] |
| Box 31 Folder 10 | Itineraries |
| Box 31 Folder 11 | Journal - part 1 |
| Box 32 Folder 2 | Journal - part 2 |
| Box 32 Folder 2 | Journal - pages 713-822 |
| Box 32 Folder 3 | Journal - part 1 |
| Box 32 Folder 4 | Journal - part 2 |
| Box 32 Folder 5 | Journal - part 2 - pp. I - XXXIV |
| Box 33 Folder 1 | Journal - part 1 (pp. 225 - 408 only) |
| Box 33 Folder 2-3 | Newspaper clippings |
| Box 33 Folder 4-5 | Newspaper clippings - photocopies (see folders 2-3) |
| Box 33 Folder 6 | Pamphlets |
| Box 33 Folder 7-9 | Photographs |
| Box 33 Folder 10 | Poem, Christmas card |
| Box 33 Folder 11 | Postcards and photographs |
| Box 33 Folder 12 | Postcards and photographs |
| Box 33 Folder 13 | Proposal - "American Japanese Educational Society" |
| Box 33 Folder 14 | Reports |
| Box 34 Folder 1 | Report |
| Box 34 Folder 2 | Report - photographs |
| Box 34 Folder 3 | Report (draft) - introduction, Turkey, Egypt, India |
| Box 35 Folder 1 | Report (draft) - China |
| Box 35 Folder 2 | Report (draft) - China |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | Report (draft) - China |
| Box 35 Folder 4 | Report (draft) - China |
| Box 35 Folder 5 | Report (draft) - Japan |
| Box 35 Folder 6 | Report (draft) - Japan |
| Box 35 Folder 7 | Report (draft) - Korea |
| Box 35 Folder 8 | YMCA reports |
| Box 36 Folder 1 | Arabic newspapers, oversize |
| Box 36 Folder 2 | Imperial Rescript on Education in Japan, oversize |
| Box 36 Folder 3 | poster - "God Save the Sultan," oversize |
| Box 36 Folder 4 | Maps - University of Nanking, oversize |
Subseries 3: Correspondence |
| Box 37 Folder 1 | Correspondence, A-Ai
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| Box 37 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Am
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| Box 37 Folder 3 | Correspondence, An-Ay
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| Box 37 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Ba
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| Box 37 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Ba
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| Box 37 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Ba-Be
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| Box 37 Folder 7 | Correspondence, Be-Bi
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| Box 37 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Bi-Bo
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| Box 37 Folder 9 | Correspondence, Bo
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| Box 37 Folder 10 | Correspondence, Bo-Br
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| Box 38 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Br-Bu
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| Box 38 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Bu
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| Box 38 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Ca-Co
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| Box 38 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Co-Cr
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| Box 38 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Cr-Cu
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| Box 38 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Da-Di
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| Box 38 Folder 7 | Correspondence, Di-E
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| Box 38 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Fa-Fo
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| Box 39 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Fo-Fr
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| Box 39 Folder 2-4 | Correspondence, Fr
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| Box 39 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Fr-Fu
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| Box 39 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Ga
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| Box 39 Folder 7 | Correspondence, Ga-Go
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| Box 39 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Go-Gr
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| Box 39 Folder 9 | Correspondence, Gr
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| Box 40 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Ha
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| Box 40 Folder 2-3 | Correspondence, Ha
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| Box 40 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Ha-He
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| Box 40 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Hi-Ho
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| Box 40 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Hu
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| Box 40 Folder 7-8 | Correspondence, Hu
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| Box 41 Folder 1-4 | Correspondence, Hu
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| Box 41 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Hu-Jo
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| Box 41 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Ju-K
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| Box 41 Folder 7 | Correspondence, La-Lo
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| Box 41 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Lu-Ly
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| Box 42 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Ma
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| Box 42 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Ma-Mi
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| Box 42 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Mi-Mo
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| Box 42 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Mo
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| Box 42 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Mo-Mu
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| Box 42 Folder 6 | Correspondence, N
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| Box 42 Folder 7 | Correspondence, O
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| Box 42 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Pa-Pe
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| Box 42 Folder 9 | Correspondence, Pe-Po
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| Box 43 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Pr
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| Box 43 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Pr
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| Box 43 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Pr-Py
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| Box 43 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Ra-Ru
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| Box 43 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Ru
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| Box 43 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Sa
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| Box 43 Folder 7-9 | Correspondence, Sa
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| Box 44 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Sa
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| Box 44 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Sa
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| Box 44 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Sa-Sc
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| Box 44 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Se-Sm
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| Box 44 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Sm-Sp
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| Box 44 Folder 6 | Correspondence, St
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| Box 44 Folder 7 | Correspondence, St
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| Box 44 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Su-Sw
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| Box 45 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Ta-Th
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| Box 45 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Th-Tu
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| Box 45 Folder 3-5 | Correspondence, Tu
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| Box 45 Folder 6 | Correspondence, Tu-Tw
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| Box 45 Folder 7 | Correspondence, V
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| Box 45 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Wa
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| Box 45 Folder 9 | Correspondence, We-Wh
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| Box 46 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Wh-Wo
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| Box 46 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Wo-Wr
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| Box 46 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Y
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| Box 46 Folder 4 | Correspondence
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Series IV: Universities and Colleges |
Series IV, Universities and Colleges, contains information Burton collected on educational institutions from 1909 to 1923. These universities and colleges were located in China, Japan, and India. This series contains correspondence, minutes, descriptive pamphlets, and financial statements, and it reflects Burton’s interest in missionary work and education.
| Box 47 Folder 1 | Buddhist University of Nishi-Hongwanji, udated |
| Box 47 Folder 2 | Canton Christian College, 1909 - 1922 |
| Box 47 Folder 3 | Central China University, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 4 | Chengtu College, 1909 |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | East China Union Medical College, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 6 | Japanese Women’s University, 1909 - 1913 |
| Box 47 Folder 7 | Jaro Industrial School, 1914 - 1915 |
| Box 47 Folder 8 | Jorhat Christian Schools, 1915 |
| Box 47 Folder 9 | Madras Christian College, 1914 - 1915 |
| Box 47 Folder 10 | Madras Christian College, 1915 - 1923 |
| Box 47 Folder 11 | Peking Federated University, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 12 | Rangoon Baptist College, 1913 - 1921 |
| Box 47 Folder 13 | Serampore College, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 14 | Shanghai Baptist College, 1911 - 1921 |
| Box 47 Folder 15 | Tokyo Imperial University, 1915 |
| Box 47 Folder 16 | University of Nanking, 1910 |
| Box 47 Folder 17 | University of Nanking, 1911 - 1912 |
| Box 48 Folder 1 | University of Nanking, January - June, 1913 |
| Box 48 Folder 2 | University of Nanking, July - December, 1913 |
| Box 48 Folder 3 | University of Nanking, 1914 |
| Box 48 Folder 4 | University of Nanking, 1914 |
| Box 48 Folder 5 | University of Nanking, 1915 |
| Box 48 Folder 6 | University of Nanking, 1916 |
| Box 48 Folder 7 | University of Nanking, 1917 |
| Box 48 Folder 8 | University of Nanking, 1918 |
| Box 48 Folder 9 | University of Nanking, 1918 - 1922 |
| Box 48 Folder 10 | University of Nanking, photographs |
| Box 48 Folder 11 | University of Nanking, undated |
| Box 48 Folder 12 | Waseda University, 1910 - 1912 |
| Box 48 Folder 13 | Waseda University, January - June, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 1 | Waseda University, July - December, 1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 2 | Waseda University, 1914 - 1922 |
| Box 49 Folder 3 | West China University, 1909 - 1920 |
| Box 49 Folder 4 | West China University, 1921 - 1922 |
Series V: YMCA |
This small series, YMCA, covers the period 1908 to 1916 and is arranged chronologically. It contains memos and correspondence concerning the Young Men’s Christian Association in China, Japan, and Korea. This series is also related to the material on the YMCA in the United States found in Series VI, National Religious Organizations, and the YMCA at the University of Chicago, found in Series VII, Subseries 1, University Correspondence.
| Box 49 Folder 5 | Young Men’s Christian Association; China, Japan, Korea, 1908 -1910 |
| Box 49 Folder 6 | Young Men’s Christian Association; China, Japan, Korea, 1911 -1913 |
| Box 49 Folder 7 | Young Men’s Christian Association; China, Japan, Korea, 1914 -1916 |
Series VI: National Religious Organizations |
Series VI, National Religious Organizations, covers the period 1910 to 1923 and is arranged topically. The American Baptist Home Mission Society material is correspondence with this affiliate of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, found in Series III. Educational Activity includes correspondence with the American Baptist Educational Society among others, some minutes, and reports, and it overlaps with other subjects in this series. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and the Interchurch World Movement are both small collections of correspondence, minutes, and reports; Burton was a member of both groups. He was also actively involved in the Northern Baptist Convention, which is heavily represented here in the form of correspondence, minutes and reports. Burton was also a member of the Northern Baptist Laymen, a group which gathered to consider the duty of the Christian Church and the Baptist Denomination in the context of World War I. The Young Men’s Christian Association, which is also found in Series III and Series VII, is represented here; the correspondence of the YMCA in this series refers to the organizations activity in the United States.
| Box 49 Folder 8 | American Baptist Home Mission Society, 1913 - 1922 |
| Box 49 Folder 9 | Educational Activity, 1911 - 1912 |
| Box 49 Folder 10 | Educational Activity, 1913 |
| Box 50 Folder 1 | Educational Activity, 1914 |
| Box 50 Folder 2 | Educational Activity, January - July, 1915 |
| Box 50 Folder 3 | Educational Activity, August - December, 1915 |
| Box 50 Folder 4 | Educational Activity, 1916 - 1919 |
| Box 50 Folder 5 | Educational Activity, 1920 - 1921 |
| Box 50 Folder 6 | Educational Activity, January - May, 1922 |
| Box 50 Folder 7 | Educational Activity, 1913 |
| Box 50 Folder 8 | Educational Activity, June 1922 - 1923 |
| Box 50 Folder 9 | Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America |
| Box 51 Folder 1 | Interchurch World Movement, 1919 |
| Box 51 Folder 2 | Interchurch World Movement, 1920-1921 |
| Box 51 Folder 3 | Interchurch World Movement, undated |
| Box 51 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1910 |
| Box 51 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, April - August, 1911 |
| Box 51 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, August - December, 1911 |
| Box 51 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1912 |
| Box 51 Folder 8 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1913 |
| Box 51 Folder 9 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1914 |
| Box 51 Folder 10 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1915 - 1917 |
| Box 51 Folder 11 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1918 |
| Box 52 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, May 1 - May 26, 1919 |
| Box 52 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, May 27 - May 31, 1919 |
| Box 52 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 1 - 3, 1919 |
| Box 52 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 4 - 8, 1919 |
| Box 52 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 9 - 10, 1919 |
| Box 52 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 11 - 13, 1919 |
| Box 52 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 14 - 17, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 18, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 18, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 18, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 19 - 24, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 25, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 26 - 30, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, July 1 - 6, 1919 |
| Box 53 Folder 8 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, July 7 - 31, 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, August 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, September 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, October 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, November - December 1919 |
| Box 54 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, January - February 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, March - April, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, May, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 1 - 20. 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June 21 - 31, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, July 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, August - October, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, November - December, 1920 |
| Box 55 Folder 8 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, January 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, January, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, February - May, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June - July, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, August - December, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, January - April, 1920 |
| Box 56 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, May, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, June - December, 1921 |
| Box 56 Folder 8 | Northern Baptist Convention, General Board of Promotion, 1923 |
| Box 57 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Laymen, October - December, 1917 |
| Box 57 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Laymen, December, 1917 |
| Box 57 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Laymen, January, 1918 |
| Box 57 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Laymen, February - May, 1918 |
| Box 57 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Laymen, June - July, 1918 |
| Box 57 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Laymen, August - September, 1918 |
| Box 57 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Laymen, October, 1918 |
| Box 57 Folder 8 | Northern Baptist Laymen, November, 1917 |
| Box 58 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Laymen, December, 1918 |
| Box 58 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Laymen, January, 1919 |
| Box 58 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Laymen, February, 1919 |
| Box 58 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Laymen, March 1-15, 1919 |
| Box 58 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Laymen, March 16-31, 1919 |
| Box 58 Folder 6 | Northern Baptist Laymen, April 1-14, 1919 |
| Box 58 Folder 7 | Northern Baptist Laymen, April 15-30, 1919 |
| Box 59 Folder 1 | Northern Baptist Laymen, May 1 - 11, 1919 |
| Box 59 Folder 2 | Northern Baptist Laymen, May 12 - 31, 1919 |
| Box 59 Folder 3 | Northern Baptist Laymen, June - August, 1919 |
| Box 59 Folder 4 | Northern Baptist Laymen, undated |
| Box 59 Folder 5 | Northern Baptist Laymen, undated |
| Box 59 Folder 6 | Young Men’s Christian Association, 1912 - 1923 |
Series VII: University of Chicago |
Series VII, University of Chicago, is divided into four subseries: 1. University of Chicago Correspondence, 2. General Correspondence, 3. Committee on Buildings, and 4. New Testament Department. It covers the period 1890 to 1925.
Subseries 1, University Correspondence, is divided by subject and arranged alphabetically by subject title. Most of this correspondence consists of administrative matters. The correspondence with the Press relates to the publication of Burton’s books.
Subseries 2, General Correspondence, covers a wider range of subjects and includes correspondence with William Rainey Harper, Shailer Mathews, Eri Hulbert, and other correspondents outside the university community. It is arranged chronologically.
Four notebooks that Burton kept on university buildings make up Subseries 3, Committee on Buildings and Grounds. He kept notes on both University of Chicago buildings and the buildings of other universities. It also includes a brochure on University of Chicago development plans from 1924.
Subseries 4, New Testament Department, contains copies of examinations, course notes, correspondence, class schedules and other administrative materials. The series is arranged chronologically and covers the period 1893 to 1922.
Subseries 1: University Correspondence |
| Box 60 Folder 1 | Association of American Colleges, 1915 - 1923 |
| Box 60 Folder 2 | American Association of University Professors, 1914 - 1918 |
| Box 60 Folder 3 | George Peabody College for Teachers, 1911 - 1912 |
| Box 60 Folder 4 | George Peabody College for Teachers, 1913 - 1922 |
| Box 60 Folder 5 | Illinois Centennial Fair, January - June, 1918 |
| Box 60 Folder 6 | Illinois Centennial Fair, July - December, 1918 |
| Box 60 Folder 7 | Library Commission, 1900 - March 1902 |
| Box 60 Folder 8 | Library Commission, March - June, 1902 |
| Box 60 Folder 9 | MacDougal Visit, 1915 |
| Box 60 Folder 10 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, October, 1915 - February, 1916 |
| Box 61 Folder 1 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, March 1916 |
| Box 61 Folder 2 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, April 1916 |
| Box 61 Folder 3 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, May 1916 |
| Box 61 Folder 4 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, June 1 - 15, 1916 |
| Box 61 Folder 5 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, June 16 - 30, 1916 |
| Box 61 Folder 6 | Quarter Centennial Celebration, July 1916 - December 1917 |
| Box 61 Folder 7 | United War Work Campaign, August - October 1918 |
| Box 61 Folder 8 | United War Work Campaign, November 1 - 5, 1918 |
| Box 62 Folder 1 | United War Work Campaign, November 6 - 15, 1918 |
| Box 62 Folder 2 | United War Work Campaign, November 16, 1918 |
| Box 62 Folder 3 | United War Work Campaign, undated |
| Box 62 Folder 4 | University of Chicago Press, 1899 - 1904 |
| Box 62 Folder 5 | University of Chicago Press, January - June 1905 |
| Box 62 Folder 6 | University of Chicago Press, July - December 1905 |
| Box 62 Folder 7 | University of Chicago Press, January - July 1906 |
| Box 62 Folder 8 | University of Chicago Press, August - December 1906 |
| Box 63 Folder 1 | University of Chicago Press, 1907 |
| Box 63 Folder 2 | University of Chicago Press, January - April 1908 |
| Box 63 Folder 3 | University of Chicago Press, May - December 1908 |
| Box 63 Folder 4 | University of Chicago Press, 1909 |
| Box 63 Folder 5 | University of Chicago Press, 1910 |
| Box 63 Folder 6 | University of Chicago Press, 1911 |
| Box 63 Folder 7 | University of Chicago Press, 1912 |
| Box 63 Folder 8 | University of Chicago Press, January - June 1913 |
| Box 64 Folder 1 | University of Chicago Press, July - December 1914 |
| Box 64 Folder 2 | University of Chicago Press, 1914 |
| Box 64 Folder 3 | Young Men’s Christian Association at the University, 1911 - 1913 |
| Box 64 Folder 4 | Young Men’s Christian Association at the University, 1914 - 1915 |
| Box 64 Folder 5 | Young Men’s Christian Association at the University, 1916 - 1918 |
| Box 64 Folder 6 | Young Men’s Christian Association at the University, 1919 - 1921 |
| Box 64 Folder 7 | Young Men’s Christian Association at the University, 1922 - 1923 |
| Box 64 Folder 8 | Young Men’s Christian Association at the University, undated |
Subseries 2: General Correspondence |
| Box 65 Folder 1 | 1890 |
| Box 65 Folder 2 | January - May 1891 |
| Box 65 Folder 3 | June - December 1891 |
| Box 65 Folder 4 | January - February 1892 |
| Box 65 Folder 5 | March 1892 |
| Box 65 Folder 6 | April - May 1892 |
| Box 65 Folder 7 | June - July 1892 |
| Box 65 Folder 8 | August - September 1892 |
| Box 66 Folder 1 | October 1892 |
| Box 66 Folder 2 | November 1 - 15, 1892 |
| Box 66 Folder 3 | November 16 - 30 1892 |
| Box 66 Folder 4 | December 1892 |
| Box 66 Folder 5 | January - April 1893 |
| Box 66 Folder 6 | May - July 1893 |
| Box 66 Folder 7 | August - October 1893 |
| Box 66 Folder 8 | November - December 1893 |
| Box 66 Folder 9 | January - March 1894 |
| Box 66 Folder 10 | June - July 1894 |
| Box 67 Folder 1 | January - April 1895 |
| Box 67 Folder 2 | May - October 1895 |
| Box 67 Folder 3 | November - December 1895 |
| Box 67 Folder 4 | January - March 1896 |
| Box 67 Folder 5 | April - December 1896 |
| Box 67 Folder 6 | January - June 1897 |
| Box 67 Folder 7 | July - September 1897 |
| Box 67 Folder 8 | October - December 1897 |
| Box 68 Folder 1 | January - June 1898 |
| Box 68 Folder 2 | July - September 1898 |
| Box 68 Folder 3 | October - December 1898 |
| Box 68 Folder 4 | January - June 1899 |
| Box 68 Folder 5 | July - December 1899 |
| Box 68 Folder 6 | January - April 1900 |
| Box 68 Folder 7 | May - August 1900 |
| Box 68 Folder 8 | September - December 1900 |
| Box 69 Folder 1 | January - May 1901 |
| Box 69 Folder 2 | June - December 1901 |
| Box 69 Folder 3 | January - February 1902 |
| Box 69 Folder 4 | March - December 1902 |
| Box 69 Folder 5 | January - February 1903 |
| Box 69 Folder 6 | March - August 1903 |
| Box 69 Folder 7 | September - December 1903 |
| Box 69 Folder 8 | January - April 1904 |
| Box 70 Folder 1 | May - December 1904 |
| Box 70 Folder 2 | 1905 |
| Box 70 Folder 3 | January - August 1906 |
| Box 70 Folder 4 | September - December 1906 |
| Box 70 Folder 5 | January - March 1907 |
| Box 70 Folder 6 | April - September 1907 |
| Box 70 Folder 7 | October - December 1907 |
| Box 70 Folder 8 | January 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 1 | February - March 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 2 | April 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 3 | May 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 4 | June 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 5 | July 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 6 | August 1908 |
| Box 71 Folder 7 | September 1908 |
| Box 72 Folder 1 | October 1908 |
| Box 72 Folder 2 | November 1-15, 1908 |
| Box 72 Folder 3 | November 16-30, 1908 |
| Box 72 Folder 4 | December 1908 |
| Box 72 Folder 5 | January 1-14, 1909 |
| Box 72 Folder 6 | January 15 - February, 1909 |
| Box 72 Folder 7 | March - April, 1909 |
| Box 72 Folder 8 | May 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 1 | June 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 2 | July 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 3 | August 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 4 | September 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 5 | October 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 6 | November 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 7 | December 1909 |
| Box 73 Folder 8 | January 1910 |
| Box 73 Folder 9 | February 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 1 | March 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 2 | April 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 3 | May - July 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 4 | August - September 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 5 | October 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 6 | November - December 1910 |
| Box 74 Folder 7 | January - March 1911 |
| Box 74 Folder 8 | April - July 1911 |
| Box 75 Folder 1 | August - September 1911 |
| Box 75 Folder 2 | October - December 1911 |
| Box 75 Folder 3 | January - September 1912 |
| Box 75 Folder 4 | October - December 1912 |
| Box 75 Folder 5 | January - June 1913 |
| Box 75 Folder 6 | July - December 1913 |
| Box 75 Folder 7 | January - April 1914 |
| Box 76 Folder 1 | May - August 1914 |
| Box 76 Folder 2 | October - December 1914 |
| Box 76 Folder 3 | January - March 1915 |
| Box 76 Folder 4 | April - June 1915 |
| Box 76 Folder 5 | July - September 1915 |
| Box 76 Folder 6 | October - November 1915 |
| Box 76 Folder 7 | December 1915 |
| Box 76 Folder 8 | January - April 1916 |
| Box 77 Folder 1 | May - August 1916 |
| Box 77 Folder 2 | September - December 1916 |
| Box 77 Folder 3 | January - June 1917 |
| Box 78 Folder 1 | July - December 1917 |
| Box 78 Folder 2 | January - March 1918 |
| Box 78 Folder 3 | April - June 1918 |
| Box 79 Folder 1 | July - September 1918 |
| Box 79 Folder 2 | October - November 1918 |
| Box 79 Folder 3 | December 1918 |
| Box 79 Folder 4 | January 1919 |
| Box 79 Folder 5 | February 1919 |
| Box 79 Folder 6 | March - July 1919 |
| Box 79 Folder 7 | August - December 1919 |
| Box 79 Folder 8 | January - April 1920 |
| Box 80 Folder 1 | May 1920 |
| Box 80 Folder 2 | June 1920 |
| Box 80 Folder 3 | July - September 1920 |
| Box 80 Folder 4 | October - December 1920 |
| Box 80 Folder 5 | January - February 1921 |
| Box 80 Folder 6 | March - April 1921 |
| Box 80 Folder 7 | May - November 1921 |
| Box 80 Folder 8 | December 1921 |
| Box 81 Folder 1 | January - March 1922 |
| Box 81 Folder 2 | April - June 1922 |
| Box 81 Folder 3 | July - August 1922 |
| Box 81 Folder 4 | September 1922 |
| Box 81 Folder 5 | October 1922 |
| Box 81 Folder 6 | November 1922 |
| Box 81 Folder 7 | December 1922 |
| Box 82 Folder 1 | January 1-17, 1923 |
| Box 82 Folder 2 | January 18-20, 1923 |
| Box 82 Folder 3 | January 21-27, 1923 |
| Box 82 Folder 4 | January 28-31, 1923 |
| Box 82 Folder 5 | February 1923 |
| Box 82 Folder 6 | March - December 1923 |
| Box 82 Folder 7 | 1924 |
| Box 82 Folder 8 | 1925 |
| Box 83 Folder 1 | undated correspondence |
Subseries 3: Committee on Buildings and Grounds |
| Box 83 Folder 2 | General notebook |
| Box 83 Folder 3 | Notebooks on University of Chicago buildings |
| Box 83 Folder 4 | Notebooks on college and university buildings |
| Box 83 Folder 5 | "The Plan for the Development of the University of Chicago," brochure, 1924 |
Subseries 4: New Testament Department |
| Box 83 Folder 6 | Examination copies, 1918-1923 |
| Box 83 Folder 7 | Course notes, 1918-1922 |
| Box 83 Folder 8 | 1893-1911 |
| Box 83 Folder 9 | 1912 |
| Box 84 Folder 1 | January - July 1913 |
| Box 84 Folder 2 | August - October 1913 |
| Box 84 Folder 3 | November - December 1913 |
| Box 84 Folder 4 | January - February 1914 |
| Box 84 Folder 5 | March - May 1914 |
| Box 84 Folder 6 | June - December 1914 |
| Box 84 Folder 7 | January - February 1915 |
| Box 84 Folder 8 | March - April 1915 |
| Box 85 Folder 1 | May - June 1915 |
| Box 85 Folder 2 | July - August 1915 |
| Box 85 Folder 3 | September - December 1916 |
| Box 85 Folder 4 | January - May 1916 |
| Box 85 Folder 5 | June - September 1916 |
| Box 85 Folder 6 | October - December 1916 |
| Box 85 Folder 7 | January - May 1917 |
| Box 86 Folder 1 | June - December 1917 |
| Box 86 Folder 2 | January - June 1918 |
| Box 86 Folder 3 | July - November 1918 |
| Box 86 Folder 4 | December 1918 |
| Box 86 Folder 5 | January - March 1919 |
| Box 86 Folder 6 | April - December 1919 |
| Box 86 Folder 7 | January - February 1920 |
| Box 86 Folder 8 | March 1920 |
| Box 86 Folder 9 | April - May 1920 |
| Box 87 Folder 1 | June - December 1920 |
| Box 87 Folder 2 | January - April 1921 |
| Box 87 Folder 3 | May - December 1921 |
| Box 87 Folder 4 | January - June 1922 |
| Box 87 Folder 5 | July - December 1922 |
| Box 87 Folder 6 | 1923 |
| Box 87 Folder 7 | undated |