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Episcopal Divinity School

Website: http://www.eds.edu
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30-5
Phone Numbers:
Main school switchboard(617) 868-3450
Main administration building: please address fax to Episcopal Divinity(617) 864-5385
Email Addresses:
Address:Episcopal Divinity School
99 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Link to Map:View Map
Access Policy:
Open by appointment.
Extent of Collections:ca. 270 linear ft.
Dates:1862-1974
Holdings Description:The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia (ca. 40 linear ft.): Collection includes minutes for the Board of Trustees, Board of Overseers, Joint Boards, and Faculty (1862-1974); school catalogues (1865-1974); audits (1933-1974); journals and ledgers (bulk 1966-1974); some publications, photos and oversized items. Also some records of St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, predecessor to St. Andrew's Collegiate Chapel at PDS. The collection is strongest in the records of the governing bodies; the Bursar's office, particularly concerning the 1974 merger; and property records, especially visual records of St. Andrew's Chapel.

Episcopal Theological School (ca. 120 linear ft. of unprocessed records): Collection includes Trustees Minutes, Faculty Minutes and papers, Deans papers, records of St. John's Chapel, school cataloges, publications, photos and other records.

Episcopal Divinity School (ca. 110 linear ft. of unprocessed records): Records of the Faculty and students, the PDS and ETS merger, publications, photos. Records of the Institute of Theological Research.

Printed Guides & Catalogs:For PDS records: inventory with box list. For ETS and EDS: some general lists.
Contact for permission to publish requests:David Siegenthaler: (617) 868-3450, ext. 328
Reproduction services:
Photocopying by staff only.
Items allowed in Reading Room:
Laptops
Tape Recorders


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