General preservation assessment, training, and preservation supplies project

FAIN: PG-287693-22

Chicago Theological Seminary (Chicago, IL 60637-2902)
Yasmine Abou-El-Kheir (Project Director: January 2022 to October 2024)

A general preservation assessment, training for staff in collections care, and preservation supplies to protect archival materials documenting the history of the Chicago Theological Seminary from 1855 to the present.

Established in the boomtown of Chicago in 1855, the Chicago Theological Seminary’s first mission was to train church leaders on what was then America’s western boundary. Throughout our history, CTS has been a leader in theological education, social justice, and societal transformation. Materials in the CTS Humanities Collections document the history, culture, and political thought during key social movements in American history telling the story of religious training in the late 19th and 20th centuries when the seminary was at the forefront of various social and cultural movements in the United States.