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ARC Mss 81
ARC Mss 81
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Title: Edgar White Burrill scrapbooks
Identifier/Call Number: ARC Mss 81
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.7 linear feet
(4 flat oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1945
Abstract: Four scrapbooks that consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, correspondence and related material of Minister
Edgar White Burrill's activites within the New Thought movement.
creator:
Burrill, Edgar White, 1883-1958
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Edgar White Burrill scrapbooks, 1934-1945, ARC Mss 81. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
American Religions Collection, ARC Mss 1, Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Purchased by Special Research Collections, 2016.
Edgar White Burrill (1883-1958) prior to the 1930s was known for his literary endeavors, which included teaching at Columbia
and Northwestern Universities, publishing book reviews and plays, and running the Literary Vesper series of lectures held
at New York City's Town Hall. Burrill also gave dramatic readings on radio. By the 1930s, however, Burrill became interested
in the principles of Divine Science epoused by Emmet Fox and other New Thought ministers. Attracted to the New Thought beliefs,
Burrill traveled to Denver, Colorado to study and eventually become ordained to the ministery.
In 1934, while traveling and lecturing, Burill became the acting minister of the First Divine Church in Denver. By 1937 Burrill
had moved to Buffalo, New York, and became leader of the Buffalo Unity Society. In early 1942, a schism occurred, and Burrill
left the Unity Society to found the Buffalo Truth Center/Church of the New Age.
The collection consists of four scrapbooks, dating from 1934 to 1945, pertaining to Edgar White Burrill's role in the Church
of Divine Science as well as the activities and philosophies of the New Thought movement. The scrapbooks contain newspaper
clippings, photographs, correspondence, programs, pamphlets, and other ephemera.
The scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fox, Emmet, 1886-1951
Church records
Divine Science Church (U.S.)
New Thought--Relations--Christianity.
Scrapbooks