American Theological Library Association

Theological Libraries:  Historical Sources

Allison, W.H. Theological Libraries.  The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (New York:  Funk & Wagnalls, 1908-1912),  336-41.  Cited March 2, 2001. 

Allston, C. Cyprian.  Abbey of St. Gall. The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908) 6:347-48. Cited Mar. 19, 2001.

Beach, Robert F. Protestant Theological Seminaries and their Libraries.  Reprinted with permission from Library Trends 9 (2),October 1960: 131-148. Copyright 1960 The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Publications website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/ (PDF)

Briggs, Charles Augustus.  History of the Study of Theology.  (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916) (PDF)

Burns, J.A. "Alcuin of York." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908) 6:347-48. Cited June 3, 2003.

Burton, Edwin. "William of Malmesbury."  The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908) 15:663-64. Cited Mar. 19, 2001.

Clark, J.W. Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.  (File 1; File 2)The Rede Lecture, 1894. (Chicago: Argonaut, Inc., Publishers, 1968). (PDF)

Clugnet, Leon.  "St. Catherine of Alexandria." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908) 3: 445-46. Cited Feb. 26, 2001. 
Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/03445a.htm. Cited March 18, 2001.

Dare,  Philip N. "Theological Libraries."  Encyclopedia of Library History, eds. Wayne A. Wiegand and Donald M. Davis, Jr.  (New York and London:  Garland, 1994): 621-23.  Used with permission. (PDF)

Eisenhart, Ruth C.  "The Classification of Theological Books."  Reprinted with permission from Library Trends 9 (2),October 1960: 257-69. Copyright 1960 The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Publications website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/(PDF)

Foss, Sam Walter, "Some Cardinal Principles of Librarians' Work." Public Libraries14:77-81, 1909 (PDF)

Gamble, Connolly C.  "The Seminary Library and the Continuing Education of the Minister." Reprinted with permission from Library Trends 9 (2),October 1960: 270-280. Copyright 1960 The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Publications website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/) (PDF)

Gapp, Kenneth S.  "The American Theological Library Association." Reprinted with permission from Library Trends 9 (2),October 1960: 194-200. Copyright 1960 The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Publications website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/)(PDF)

_______________.  Theological Libraries, in L. Loettscher, ed.  The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Grand Rapids:  Baker, 1955.  Vol 2: 1101-2. (PDF)

Geuns, André J., and Wolf-Dahm, Barbara. Theological Libraries - An Overview on History and Present Activities of the International Council of Associations of Theological Libraries. INSPEL 32(1998)3: 139-158

Harrington, John H.  "Catholic Theological Seminaries and their Libraries." Reprinted with permission from Library Trends 9 (2),October 1960: 149-67. Copyright 1960 The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Publications website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/)(PDF)

Hayes, P.J. "Ecclesiastical Archives." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), I: 697. Cited March 5, 2001.
Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/01696a.htm

Hirsch, Felix E.  "The Scholar as Librarian:  to the Memory of Adolf von Harnack."  Library Quarterly  IX(3), July 1939: 299-320. Reprinted with the permission of the University of Chicago Press. (PDF)

Huddleston, G. Roger.  "Abbey of Monte Cassino." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 10: 526-28. Cited Mar. 19, 2001.
 Online:  http://newadvent.org/cathen/10526b.htm

__________________.  "Glastonbury Abbey." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 6: 579-82.  Cited Mar. 19, 2001.
Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/06579a.htm

Jordahl, Ron.  "The Interdisciplinary Nature of Theological Librarianship in the United States."  Libraries and Culture 25(2), Spring 1990: 153-170. Reprinted with permission. Cited June 13, 2001 (PDF)

Kansfield, Norman J. The Origins of Protestant Theological Libraries in the United States. (M.A. Thesis, University of Chicago, 1970). Cited June 17, 2003. Scanned and posted with the author's permission.(PDF)

______________________.  Study the Most Approved Authors: the Role of the Theological Library in Nineteenth-Century American Protestant Ministerial Education. (Ph.D Dissertation, University of Chicago, 1981). Cited June 19, 2003. Scanned and posted with the author's permission. (PDF)

Karp, Rashelle S., and Keck, Andrew K. "Theological Librarianship: Toward a Profile of a Profession." College and Research Libraries 57 (January 1996): 35-52. (PDF)
 
Kiev, I. Edward.  "Jewish Theological Seminaries and Their Libraries." Reprinted with permission from Library Trends 9 (2),October 1960: 168-174. Copyright 1960 The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Publications website: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/) (PDF)

Kirsch, J.D. "St. Lawrence."  The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 9:89-90.  Cited Feb. 5, 2001  

Laugher, Charles T. Thomas Bray's Grand Design: Libraries of the Church of England in America, 1695-1785 (Chicago: American Library Association, 1973). Used with the permission of A.L.A. Posted July 25, 2003. (PDF)

LeJay, Joseph, and Otten, Paul.  "Cassiodorus." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 3:405-7.Cited Feb, 28, 2001.
Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/03405c.htm

Lennox, P.J.  "Richard de Bury." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 15: 42-43. Cited Mar. 19, 2001.
 Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/13042b.htm

Mehl, Warren G. "The Protestant Theological Library in America:  past, present, and future."  Theology and Life 7 (Autumn, 1964): 230-43. (PDF)

Morris, Raymond P.  "Theological Librarianship as a Ministry."  Annual Conference Proceedings, American Theological Library Association 7(1953): 31-39.   (PDF)

_______________.  "The Libraries of Theological Seminaries," from The Education of American Ministers,  vol. III, The Institutions That Train Ministers,  ed. Mark A. May. (New York: Institute of Social and Religious Research, 1924): 129-91. (PDF)

Newhall, Jannette E. "A Theological Library Manual."  (London: The Theological Education Fund, 1970). Used with permission of WCC Publications, World Council of Churches, Geneva.  Posted August 6, 2001. (PDF)

O'Donnell, James. Cassiodorus. (Berkeley: University of California Press,1979); "Postprint" 1995. Copyright by James J. O'Donnell: may be read or copied without prior permission for any noncommercial use. Quotation and citation permitted with attribution.

Ott, Michael.  "St. Benedict Biscop."  The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 2:441. Cited March 2, 2001.

Pearson, Lennart. The Life and Work of Julia Pettee, 1872-1967. ATLA  Newsletter, vol. 18 (2), Supplement, November 14, 1970.

Pettee, Julia E.  Outline of the Classification Worked out for the Union Theological Seminary Library (New York: Union Theological Seminary,1939)(PDF)

Richardson, Ernest Cushing. Biblical Libraries: A Sketch of Library History from 3400 B.C. to A.D. 150 (Princeton University Press, 1914).

Rockwell, William.  "Theological Libraries in the United States."  Religion in Life 13(1943-44):545-555. (PDF)

Saltet, Louis.  "Jerome."  The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 8:341-343. Cited August 7, 2000. Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm

Southern, Richard.  "A Benedictine Library in a Disordered World."  Used with permission from The Downside Review  94(July 1976): 163-77. Cited March 19, 2001. (PDF)

Spoor, Richard D.  "Julia Pettee and Her Contribution to Theological Librarianship."  From: Graham, M. Patrick, et al, eds.   The American Theological Library Association:  Essays in Celebration of the First Fifty Years. (ATLA 1996): 183-195. Used with permission. (PDF)

Thompson, James Westfall. Ancient Libraries. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1940). Scanned with the permission of the publishers. (PDF)

Thurston, Herbert.  "Bede, The Venerable." The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908) 2:384-86. Cited Mar. 19, 2001.
Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/02384a.htm

_____________.  "Libraries."  The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York:  Robert Appleton, 1908), 8: 228-32.Cited March 5, 2001. Online: http://newadvent.org/cathen/09227b.htm

Trotti, John B. "The Theological Library: In Touch With the Witnesses." Reformed Review 35(1982): 157-61.Cited 14 October, 2004 (PDF). Used with permission of Reformed Review.