Collections
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Periodicals
- Reference Collection
- Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
- English Religious History Collections
- English and American Hymnody and Psalmody Collection
- North European Theological Dissertations
- Thomas Merton Collection
- Sub-Saharan African Collections
- Digital Image Archive
- Sermon Collections
- Digital Collections
- The Alonzo L. McDonald Lecture Materials
- Suggest a Purchase
Collections at Pitts Theology Library
Pitts Theology Library, one of Emory University's six instructional libraries, is a distinguished collection of theological materials. With over 520,000 volumes, the library provides unusually rich resources for the Candler School of Theology and Emory University and has attracted international attention for some of its collections.
The Pitts Library subscribes to more than 1,300 periodicals, with special strength in titles from sub-Saharan Africa, and typically adds over 7,000 issues to its collections annually. The Special Collections of the library are extensive, including over 100,000 rare or special books and almost 2,000 linear feet of unpublished archival materials. These collections include:
- over 3,300 books and several rare manuscripts documenting the history of the Protestant Reformation in Germany down to 1570,
- about 11,000 early North European theological dissertations,
- about 15,000 works of English and American hymnody and psalmody,
- over 35,000 books and extensive archival materials related to English religious history from 1660 to 1920, and
- extensive institutional records of Methodist organizations and of organizations concerned with pastoral care and theological education.