Records, 1865-1924 (inclusive).

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Records, 1865-1924 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, student examinations, pamphlets, lectures, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Records document the founding and administration of the Baptist Theological Union, instruction at the Theological Seminary, and relations between the BTU and the University of Chicago.

6 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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Baptist Union Theological Seminary Morgan Park, Ill

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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...

Baptist Theological Union (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Baptist Theological Union was organized in 1856 for the purpose of founding and supporting an institution for theological instruction. Instruction began at the Baptist Union Theological Seminary in the fall of 1867. The Theological Seminary moved from Chicago to Morgan Park in 1877. In 1892 the Theological Seminary became the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. The Baptist Theological Union continued as a separate organization. From the description of Records, 1865-1924...

University of Chicago. Divinity school

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