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The Philadelphia Divinity School (PDS) archive comprises minutes, reports and memoranda, correspondence, financial records, publications, photographs and slides, microfilm, and some artifacts that describe the corporate history of the seminary from its founding in 1857 to its merger with the Episcopal Theological School (ETS) in 1974 to form the Episcopal Divinity School (EDS).

This collection contains extensive organizational materials for over 100 years of its operation, particularly 1867 through the 1960s. It is particularly strong in the area of corporate minutes and reports, financial history, membership, publications, and grant awards. There is also a fine set of recorded sermons that may have been created as exemplars for educational purposes.

The Records of the North Conway Institute (NCI) document the organization’s ecumenical mission, public policy advocacy, and educational outreach during its most active period in the 1970s and 1980s. Records reflect strong ties to religious denominations, government agencies, academia, and the private sector.

The collection includes organizational records such as meeting minutes, correspondence, policy statements, reports, financial documents, and planning files. Programmatic materials document conferences, seminars, and public education initiatives, and include agendas, proceedings, speaker notes, evaluations, and related ephemera. Publications and communications consist of newsletters, brochures, press releases, and promotional materials. The archive also contains extensive collected resource materials including gray literature, pamphlets, clippings, and subject files related to alcoholism, treatment, and public health.

The Papers of Maurice Votaw document his tenure at the School of Journalism at St. John’s University in Shanghai, China, which he also helped found. Correspondence, reports, published material, photographs, oral history transcripts, and memorabilia make up the collection. A significant portion of the correspondence details his efforts on behalf of the missionaries in China during WWII.

The Papers of Elizabeth Griffin contains two items: a bound manuscript volume titled “A Catalogue of the Lands, Buildings, Memorials and Institutions of the Missionary District of the Philippine Islands.”; and a small notebook of her expenditures and receipts for the communion wafers she made for various mission churches and missionaries.

The Stines Papers include correspondence, sermons, printed material, legal documents, and photographs that document Fr. Stines' ministerial work building multiracial and black Episcopal parishes, his promotion of racial equality in the South through the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU), and issues of racism and sexism in the Episcopal Church. Other personal interests and experience in ministry are also found in the archive.

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.

Scrapbooks, correspondence, sermons, printed material, and photographs comprise the personal papers of the Rev. Leslie J. A. Lang. Also found is correspondence, printed material, sermons, and photographs relating to Bishop Horace William Baden Donegan and Bishop William T. Manning, which were collected by Lang.

The Papers of Daisuke Kitagawa include biographical and education materials, including records from his education and research in Japan, writings, anti-war activities, and records of his leadership in the World Council of Churches and on the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church. One of the more significant aggregations of material within the collection is a series of papers documenting both his internment and resettlement following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Materials from other family members, including his wife Fujiko, round out the collection.

This collection documents Jones’ service to The Episcopal Church from his early career as a rector in Texas parishes through his retirement as the fourth Bishop of West Texas. Materials include sermons, newspaper columns, and lectures. The collection also contains collected articles, publications, research materials and meeting materials related to his involvement with Alcoholics Anonymous and his founding of the first AA chapter in San Antonio.

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 collection contains materials related to Green’s academic, ecumenical, and religious work. It includes collected records on Green’s participation in the Anglican Orthodox Theological Consultation (bulk 1986-1992); course preparation and curricula files for his courses at Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest (ETSS); research materials on Paul Tillich; a large number of writings, sermons, and prayers; and collected materials written by other authors.

This collection contains reports generated during the National Council period. Most significantly, it contains a complete set of National Council Annual Reports and a large number of Church General Program and missionary bishop reports. It also contains a smaller number of Triennial reports, bylaws, Bulletins of the Presiding Bishop and Council, and Church Pension Fund reports.

The records of the Committee on World Relief and Inter-Church Aid consist almost entirely of agendas, minutes, and related correspondence.

A category of record relating to specific programs to attract new members and retain existing members through educational activities, congregational support, local giving capacity building, special conferences and revivals, and targeted membership development, particularly the youth. The records include evangelical events, planning, publications, video marketing and appeals.