TARA: Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity
Sponsored by the American Society of Church History
Link to resource: Missionary Letters of Eunice Ott Created by: Richard Ott This website is dedicated to the letters of Eunice Ott, a missionary who served in Africa between 1950 and 1956. These personal letters, which she wrote to her family in the United States, offer a unique window into the social, cultural, and religious … Read more
Link to resource: Christian Response to Disease and Pandemics Created by: Nathan Jérémie-Brink (New Brunswick Theological Seminary) This resource was created by Nathan Jérémie-Brink of New Brusnwick Theological Seminary and his graduate student research assistant Susan McGeown. It provides students and researchers with the opportunity to explore events, locations, and sources related to Christian responses to … Read more
Visualizing Countryside: Syriac Orthodox Architecture of Northern Mesopotamia is a digital archive of photographs of medieval churches and monasteries in the Tur Abdin region in northern Mesopotamia (modern day south-east Turkey). It includes images of buildings, decorations, architectural details, and landscapes. Although most of the buildings photographed were built in the medieval era (roughly from … Read more
The China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) is a new digital tool for the study of Chinese Christianity from 1550 to 1950. The CHCD is hosted by the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. The CHCD quantifies and visualizes the place of Christianity in modern China (1550-1950). It provides users the tools to … Read more
The historical images in the International Mission Photography Archive come from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections held at a number of centers in Britain, Europe, and North America. The photographs record missionary endeavors and reflect the missionaries’ experience of communities and environments abroad.
Visual presentation of photos showing the complex interaction or encounters between Basel Missionaries – usually Swiss or German – and West Africans, Indians, and Chinese between 1850 and 1950.
Searchable database of women who entered the English convents on continental Europe from the foundation of the first new house in Brussels in 1598 until 1800.
VHMML School teaches about scripts and manuscripts, introducing learners to the sciences of paleography and codicology, as well as transcription.
Highlights some of the rare and unique resources that are available as bibliographic citations and finding aids for the history of women religious through the Catholic Resource Research Alliance (CRRA)’s consortial database, the Catholic Portal.
The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame have several exhibits of material from their digital special collections, some Catholic-themed.