Library Collection
Trask Library Collections
The General Collection
Andover Newton's library collection
contains approximately 260,000 volumes of which 200,000 are located in the Trask Library.
The remaining volumes, primarily periodicals and 19th century theological works, are
housed at the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at the Harvard Divinity School in
Cambridge. Dating from the first half of the nineteenth-century, our collection has
considerable historical depth in every field from biblical studies to pastoral ministry.
We have particularly strong collections in the fields of Congregational and Baptist
histories, modern Protestant theology, and religion and psychology.
Named Book Collections
For over two decades the Trask Library has developed four book collections:
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Ann Hasseltine Judson Collection of Mission Studies
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Henry Obookiah Collection of Pacific-Asian Studies
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Alberto Rembao Collection of Hispanic-American Studies
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George Washington Williams Collection of Afro-American Studies
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Ann Hasseltine Judson Collection of
Mission Studies
Ann Hasseltine Judson (Dec. 22, 1789-Oct. 24, 1826), with her husband Adoniram Judson, was a pioneer American
missionary to Burma. Courageous and devoted, she endured the pain of separated
associations when she converted from Congregationalist to Baptist; the perils of 19th
century travel; the death of an infant son; the stress of marriage to a husband
imprisoned 17 months; and her own compromised health on the mission field.
The Judson Collection contains monographs pertaining to world missions and ecumenical
studies that have been added to the circulating collection since 1986. A book plate is
placed in the front of each volume. Funds for this collection come from the Friends of
the Library account.
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Henry Obookiah Collection of Pacific-Asian
Studies
Born on Owhyhee (Hawaii), Henry Opukaha'ia (Obookiah) (c.1792-Feb. 17, 1818) went from
being an orphaned, isolated, disheartened, Hawaiian speaking, idol worshipper to becoming
a world traveler, a student of English, Greek and Hebrew, a professing Christian, a
church member, a candidate for Christian ministry, a translator of the Scriptures into
Hawaiian, the originator of a Hawaiian alphabet, a speaker who evoked positive responses
for missions when making his appeals in English throughout New England. His
Memoirs detail the fascinating story of the remarkable man.
The Obookiah Collection contains monographs pertaining to Pacific and Asian religious
studies that have been added to the collection since 1986. . A bookplate is placed in the
front of each volume. Funds for this collection come from the Friends of the Library
account.
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Alberto Rembao Collection of Hispanic-American
Studies
Clergyman, writer and ecumenist, Alberto Rembao (1895-1962) was a forerunner of the
emerging Hispanic theology in the United States. He taught at several schools in his
native Mexico, Cuba and the U.S. From 1935-62 he edited La neuva
democracia, a periodical founded in 1920 to reach Latin American intellectuals
with the Christian message. Under his editorial guidance it became the most influential
Hispanic theological-cultural journal in the Americas.
The Rembao Collection contains monographs pertaining to Hispanic-American religious
studies that have been added to the collection since 1986. A bookplate is placed in the
front of each volume. Funds for this collection come from the Friends of the Library
account.
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George Washington Williams Collection of Afro-American
Studies
African-American Baptist clergyman, Union colonel, journalist, author, lawyer and state
representative, George Washington Williams (Oct. 16, 1849-Aug. 4, 1891) made a critical
survey of the conditions in Congo Free State that led to international outrage of the
methods that Belgium officials employed to exploit the African region's people and
resources.
The Williams Collection contains monographs pertaining to African-American religious
studies that have been added to the collection since 1986. A bookplate is placed in the
front of each volume. Funds for this collection come from the Friends of the Library
account.
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Updated September 23, 2003