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Several of the libraries’ collections are worthy of special note. Among them are the
Karl Barth Research Collection, founded in 1997, which aspires to collect a copy of
everything written by and about Karl Barth, and the Abraham Kuyper Collection
of Dutch Reformed Protestantism, established in 2001, which aims to acquire
a copy of every publication by the theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper
(1837–1920). In recent years, the Special Collections Department also has acquired
the papers and libraries of Markus Barth and Thomas F. Torrance. The Louis F.
Benson Collection of Hymnology, numbering more than 10,000 volumes, provides
exceptional resources for the study of all fields of American and foreign hymnology.
The Grosart Library of Puritan and Nonconformist Theology, acquired in 1885
and added to regularly, now contains more than 5,000 volumes. The Sprague
Collection is an unusually large collection of early American theological pamphlets.
The Moffett Korea Collection contains more than 1,000 volumes related to Korean
missions, history, and culture. The Agnew Baptist Collection features more than
2,000 volumes and 3,000 pamphlets dealing with the controversy regarding the
proper form of baptism. The Latin American Periodical Collection, with more than
1,200 titles, is one of the largest collections of Spanish- and Portuguese-language
theological journals outside of Latin America.
Support
The libraries are supported by an annual appropriation and by income from
restricted endowment funds provided by Mrs. Elizabeth Parke Ballantine, Dr.
Louis F. Benson, Mr. John G. Buchanan, Mrs. John F. B. Carruthers, Mary Cheves
Dulles, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Egner, Dr. Katherine Finney and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Finney, Miss Mabel Gillespie, Mr. John C. Green, the Reverend Samuel M. Hamill,
Professor Theodore W. Hunt, Mrs. R. L. Kennedy, Mrs. Helen M. T. Locke, Mrs. Alice
M. Newberry, Mrs. Charlotte W. Newcombe, Mr. John P. Orendorff, Messrs. R. L.
and A. Stuart, Mr. William L. Ulyat, Miss Margaret I. Vaughan, and other alumni/ae
and friends.
Additional Facilities in Speer and Luce Libraries
Photocopying machines, located near the circulation desk of Speer Library, are
available to patrons who wish to make photocopies of library materials that are in
the public domain as well as single copies of copyrighted material, within the provisions
of the principle of fair use. It is the patron’s responsibility to be acquainted
with and to comply with the copyright laws. Borrowing privileges are accorded to
anyone who presents a current Princeton Theological Seminary identification card.
Others may inquire at the circulation desk concerning borrowing privileges.
Online access to the library catalog is provided through the Voyager information
system. Public terminals for the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) are located in
the lobby and at various locations in the buildings. In addition, the library catalog
is available on the Internet at http://catalog.ptsem.edu. Various electronic research
tools are available on the campus network, which also provides email capabilities
and a gateway to resources in other institutions.
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