Archives ofthe American Theological Library Association, 1945-1997

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Archives ofthe American Theological Library Association, 1945-1997

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.163

This record group includes organizational andadministrative records, board and committee records, materials from annualconferences, and ATLA publications. The American Theological LibraryAssociation was founded in 1947 to strengthen ties among theological libraries,to support theological and religious librarianship, to improve theologicallibraries, and to interpret the role of libraries in theologicaleducation.

Totalarchival boxes 133; total linear footage 63'

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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American theological library association

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See Record Group 163 for the earlier history of the American Theological Library Association. In 1990 ATLA was reorganized so that the Index Board and Preservation Board were placed directly under the Board of Directors. In 1991 Albert Hurd was appointed chief executive officer of ATLA. This restructuring made Executive Director responsible for all staff appointments, with the Board of Directors now construed as a policy making body that vested management of the Association in the E...

Morris, Raymond P.

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Raymond Philip Morris, born in Garnett, Kansas in 1904, was educated at Baker University (B.A., 1925), Garrett Biblical Institute (B.D., 1929) and Columbia University (B.S., 1930 and M.S., 1932). He served as Librarian of Garrett Biblical Institute, 1931-1932 and of Yale Divinity School, 1932-1972. He taught Religious Literature at Yale Divinity School, 1941-1972. He received honorary doctorates from Baker University (1952) and Drake University (1965). He died in 1990. From the descr...