“A central task was to connect McCormick’s archival materials with collections elsewhere. All records relating to Lane Seminary are now united under the care of the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia; unpublished papers of historian Philip Scha昀昀 joined his o昀케cial archive at Union Seminary in New York; and other smaller collections went to appropriate archives at seminaries, museums, and universities. A special e昀昀ort saved antebellum newspapers by sending them to be part of a digitization project at the University of Kentucky at Lexington. Additionally, we sent books and manuscript materials to Chicago’s Newberry Library to join McCormick’s rare book collection there. This collection includes Presbyterian and Reformed materials including several Geneva Bibles, works of the Reformers Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin, as well as hundreds of rare Presbyterian pamphlets and sermons. “It was a great gift to work with McCormick archives. Each item is a testimony to faithful lives in service to this remarkable community. As we settle into this good new home, our past continues to inform our current work. The archival work continues as today’s e昀昀orts in the classroom and among our wonderful alums After 20 years at the corner of 54th Street and University Avenue, McCormick moved to become part of McCormick’s history. its third home in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The seminary’s new address is 5416 S. Cornell Avenue where it will share a campus with the Catholic Theological Union and “When I think about it, my 43 years at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. McCormick just might qualify me to be one of Top left: Lizz Shapiro organizes 昀椀les for a digitization project at the University of the seminary’s artifacts!” Kentucky. Top right: abby mohaupt (M.Div’10, THM’12), her parents and daughter stop by to lend a hand and o昀昀er encouragement. Bottom left: The vault in the JKM library had Ken Sawyer been home to McCormick’s historical documents and artifacts. Bottom right: Armando Professor of Church History Del Valle, Property and Facilities assistant, gets things moving, starting the archive’s one- mile journey to its new home.
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