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services for the theology school, contact
Barbara Day Miller, associate dean of
worship and music, at 404.727.6153.
For information about University
Worship and other public events, contact
Sonja Jackson, program coordinator, at
404.727.4449.
Pitts Theology Library
One of the premier theological collections
in North America, Pitts combines the
holdings of Candler School of Theology
Library, founded in 1914, and the book
collections of the Hartford Seminary
Foundation of Connecticut, founded in
1834 and acquired by Emory in 1975. In
2011 it received almost 90,000 volumes
from General Theological Seminary. Pitts
Library contains about 570,000 volumes
as well as large microform and archival
holdings, making it one of the largest
theological libraries in North America.
Collections include more than 125,000
microform units, about fifteen hundred
linear feet of archival and manuscript
materials, and more than 120,000 rare
books. Annual acquisitions exceed 7,000
volumes, and the library receives about
1,300 periodicals.
The library is strong in traditional
theological disciplines, as well as in materials
from Sub-Saharan Africa that reflect
the globalization of Christianity. The
Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
features more than 3,500 original,
sixteenth-century imprints related to the
German Reformation and is one of North
America’s finest collections of such materials.
The Hymnody Collection’s 17,000
items make it second only to the Library
of Congress. The Wesleyana Collection,
with more than 2,700 items and many first
editions of the works of John and Charles
Wesley, is complemented by a 30,000+ volume
English Religious History Collection
that reflects the context for the development
of English Methodism.
Information technology plays an
important role in the library. In addition
to the computers dedicated to bibliographic
and Internet searches, two
computer labs are available in the Pitts
building—one on the ground floor; the
other on the second floor. Pitts offers students
access to scanning and CD-burning
equipment, with staff available to assist
with this technology. The library’s
digitization programs make a range of
materials and resources available for
student use. The Digital Image Archive,
for example, offers more than 40,000
images—biblical illustrations, portraits of
religious leaders, etc.—to the public and
adds more than 5,000 images annually
from the library’s special collections.
The library staff includes sixteen regu-