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| Title: | Baptist Union Theological Seminary. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1866-1922 |
| Size: | 4.5 linear feet (7 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Baptist Union Theological Seminary was founded in 1865 by the Baptist Theolological Union to meet the needs of students of the first University of Chicago who wished to prepare for the ministry. The Seminary became the Divinity School of the present-day University of Chicago in 1892. |
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The Baptist Theological Union was founded to meet the needs of students at the first University of Chicago [1856-1866] who wished to prepare for the ministry. On August 13, 1863, "The Baptist Theological Union located at Chicago" was organized, and on August 27, incorporated under a general law. On Feb. 16, 1865, the Illinois legislature granted the Union a charter for "the founding, endowment, support, and direction of an institution for theological instruction." That same year, Dr. Nathaniel Colver began to give instruction to a few students in his study. Later, classes were held in Douglas Hall of the old University of Chicago.
The formal work of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary begins with the appointment of Dr. George W. Northrup as President and Professor of Systematic Theology. In the fall of 1867, courses in that subject as well as Ecclesiastical History and Biblical Literature and Exegesis were given to nineteen students. On July 1, 1869, the seminary building was dedicated. Debts connected with this building and the offer of free land in the Chicago suburb of Morgan Park encouraged the move to new quarters in 1877. When John D. Rockefeller made his subscription of $1,000,000.00 toward the founding of The University of Chicago, he made it a condition of the gift that the seminary become the Divinity School of the new institution. This took place formally on July 1, 1892, with the B.T.U. continuing as a separate organization.
The Baptist Union Theological Seminary Records include notes and correspondence from faculty and leaders of the Seminary, biographical and academic records of students, catalogs and brochures, and financial records.
Documents relating to the founding and operations of the Seminary may also be found in the records of the Baptist Theological Union.
University of Chicago. Divinity School. Records
Baptist Theological Union. Records
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Seventy-Five Years: History of The Baptist Union Theological Seminary, 1867-1892, notes by C. E. Hewitt |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Agreement to donate land and money for the establishment of The Baptist Theological Seminary at Morgan Park, August 15, 1876 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Baptist Union Theological Seminary; early descriptive pamphlets and memorabilia, circa 1870s-1880s |
| Box 1 Folder 3A | Baptist Union Theological Seminary, |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Baptist Union Theological Seminary Annual Reports. 1869-1888 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Reports of the Board of Visitors to the Seminary 1885-1889 |
| Box 1 Folder 6-7 | Matriculation forms, alumni records, and course records for matriculants, 1886-1892 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Colver, Nathaniel. “Restricted Communion,” Sermon deliver at Union park Church, July 9, 1865 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Colver, Nathaniel. “Lectures on Doctrinal Theology,” lectures 1-2 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Colver, Nathaniel. “Lectures on Doctrinal Theology,” lectures 3-5 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Colver, Nathaniel. “Lectures on Doctrinal Theology,” lectures 6-8 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Colver, Nathaniel. “Lectures on Doctrinal Theology,” lectures 9-10 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Colver, Nathaniel. “Lectures on Doctrinal Theology,” lectures 11-13 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | “Notes on Lectures to the Theological Class of Chicago University, Rev. N. Colver, D.D., 1866” |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Reports of Professors Boise, Hulbert, and Price; recitation schedules, 1889-1892 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Conference of Representatives of Baptist Seminaries, minutes, New York, 1892 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | General Catalogue of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, 1st edition, 1867-1890; 2nd edition, 1867-1892 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Baptist Union Theological Seminary Library; charge book, circa 1880 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Alphabetical Catalogue of the library of the Rev. G.B. Ide given to Seminary, 1871 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Northrup, George W. “List of books in the library of Dr. George W. Northrup given to the U. of C. Library, May 1, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Northrup, George W. “Fragmentary Notes.” |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Northrup, George W. “Lectures on Church History,” 2 vol., winter, 1870-1871 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Notes on Theology by Dr. Northrup, Old University of Chicago (Chicago University), 1868 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Pattison, R.E. “Analysis of the Bible,” 1870-1871 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Alumni Association minutes; B.U.T.S., 1876-1892; The Divinity School of the University of Chicago, 1892-1922 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Class of 1888; Tenth Reunion, 1898 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Student Exams; Middle Theology, A-G, 1880-1881 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Student Exams; Middle Theology, H-W, 1880-1881 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Student Exams; Senior Theology, 1880-1881 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Student Exams; History of Doctrine, 1881 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Student Exams; History of Doctrine, 1882 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Student Exams; Hebrew, Middle, 1880 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Student Exams; Hebrew, Senior & Junior, 1881 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Student Exams; Hebrew, 1881 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Catalogs and brochures, 1866-1870 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Catalogs and brochures, 1870-1873 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Catalogs and brochures, 1873-1875 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Catalogs and brochures, 1875-1878 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Catalogs and brochures, 1878-1881 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Catalogs and brochures, 1881-1883 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Catalogs and brochures, 1883-1886 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Catalogs and brochures, 1886-1888 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Catalogs and brochures, 1888-1890 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Catalogs and brochures, 1890-1892 |
| Box 7 | Biographical Records; Students of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary; Class History, 1865-1881; The Divinity School of the U. of C., 1893-1906. Bound volume |