Day Missions Reading Room, Yale Divinity Library

The Day Missions Reading Room, Yale Divinity School Library © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

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Trowbridge Reading Room © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

Completely renovated in 2017, the Trowbridge Reading Room is a popular space for students and scholars who need to consult the Library's reference collection, or simply read or write in a quiet, inspiring ambience. © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

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Shelved Books

A close-up view of the stacks...

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Memorandum of a payment or contribution of oil, from Oxyrhynchus

Memorandum of a payment or contribution of oil, from Oxyrhynchus [Bahnasā], Minya Governatorate, Egypt, 5th century CE. Formerly part of Andover Newton Theological School

Related Links: Andover Newton Oxyrhyncus Papyri Collection
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The Divinity Library Rotunda

The Divinity Library Rotunda  © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

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The Day Missions Reading Room

The Day Missions Reading Room, Yale Divinity School Library © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

Related Links: Day Missions Collection - Divinity Library on Facebook
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Chinese Port View

Glass lantern slide from the Lin Collection, acquired by the Yale Divinity Library in 2016. The Lin Collection is a curated set of photographs and printed materials visually documenting Chinese society through the eyes of Western missionaries. Consisting of ca. 900 original photographs, printed materials, rare books, and other artifactshis, the collection pays particular attention to cross-cultural interactions between China and the West, the growth of Christianity in China in the early 20th century, and the development of the indigenous Chinese church.

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Students in the Trowbridge Reading Room

Completely renovated in 2017, the Trowbridge Reading Room is a popular space for students and scholars who need to consult the Library's reference collection, or simply read or write in a quiet, inspiring ambience.

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Newly Available Collection Highlights Edwards and Dwight Families

Read more about the Adele Shepard Collection of Edwards and Dwight Family Papers, a new collection in the Divinity Library. Adele Shepard, a descendant of Edwards and Dwight families, gifted the collection to Yale in 2018 and it is now open for research. The papers focus primarily on the individuals in Shepard's line of descent, including Jonathan Edwards, his grandson Timothy Dwight (President of Yale College from 1795 to 1817), great-grandson William T. Dwight (1795-1865) and others.

New exhibit: Biblical Scholarship at YDS - A Bicentennial Retrospective

Continuing the YDS bicentennial celebration, this exhibit in the Current Periodical area and Day Missions Room traces the development of the biblical studies faculty at YDS, including Timothy Dwight, Abraham Malherbe, Brevard Childs, and many others. The exhibit also documents Bible translation and revision activities at YDS, including records of the committee that produced the Revised Standard Version.