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This extensive collection documents Everett H. Jones’ service to The Episcopal Church, from his college days to his years as rector of St. Mark’s Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his eventual retirement as the fourth Bishop of West Texas. Included are family papers, travel diaries, sermons, addresses, and course outlines, as well as extensive correspondence with parishioners and church officials.

Malcolm Riker’s archive is made up of photographic slides from his many trips to Europe, focusing on historic sites, churches, and picturesque landscapes. This collection of transparency slide images documents Malcolm Riker’s ministry of education, his love of history, and interest in travel.

This collection contains primary sources created, collected, and/or annotated by William White and his descendants, including correspondence, sermons and manuscripts, financial and family estate records, printed illustrations and photographs, and research materials. The collection covers a broad period from 1643 to 1957, although the bulk of White’s papers dates from around 1784 to 1836, when White was most active in the Episcopal Church until his death.

The Papers of the Reverend Canon Robert Brooks contains material mostly related to Brooks’ time as Director of Government Relations from 1988-1998. It also brings together many of his professional roles including: the Standing Liturgical Commission consultant and member; Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council board member; senior advisor to the president of the People for the American Way Foundation; Center for National Policy board member; and President of the Episcopal Urban Caucus, a position that he held until 2017.

The papers of Frederic W. Fitts include sermons, commentaries, observations, and writings relating to the liturgy, worship protocols, and sacramental elements of Christian life.

This archive comprises the personal papers of the Rev. Dr. Leonel Lake Mitchell, primarily from his time spent teaching liturgics at The University of Notre Dame and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. It includes: liturgical materials, particularly on baptism and ministry; authored works on the subject of liturgics; correspondence and course materials; and memorabilia.

This archive is a comprehensive set of the personal papers of Helen Brogden Turnbull from early grade school to her retirement and beyond. The materials are centered on her professional endeavors with the Church, including her work with the World Council of Churches, United Church Women, and Windham House.

This collection comprises the personal papers of the Rt. Rev. Walter Righter, from early adulthood through his retirement, with writings added up to the year 2009. Included are: records collected by Righter before, during, and after his trial for heresy; materials relating to his ministerial career; and family history and genealogy research.

The papers of Peter Gray Sears document his life and career as a southern priest at the end of the 19th century and his move to the rapidly growing city of Houston, Texas at the beginning of the 20th century. The majority of the collection is correspondence between Sears and his friends and colleagues, including Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson and Bishop George Herbert Kinsolving. There are also letters to and from family members, including his son Claudius Wistar Sears and his wife. Also included are sermons dating from the early 1900s preached in various churches in Mississippi and Texas.

This collection of Jonathan Daniels historical materials was assembled almost entirely by donations to the Episcopal Divinity School Sherrill Library. It includes materials generated by EDS in the course of responding to the Daniels tragedy and establishing the Jonathan Daniels Fellowship Fund and related programming. It also includes oral interviews, photographs, books, articles, and clippings relating to Daniels; published and unpublished audio and video recordings; transcripts of the trial of Thomas Coleman, the man who shot Daniels; and research files donated by authors of works about Daniels. Copies of original works by Daniels (school papers and exams, articles, correspondence, and sermons) round out the collection.