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Completely renovated in 2017, the Trowbridge Reading Room is a popular space for students and scholars who need to consult the Library's reference collection, or simply read or write in a quiet, inspiring ambience. © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

Glass lantern slide from the Lin Collection, acquired by the Yale Divinity Library in 2016. The Lin Collection is a curated set of photographs and printed materials visually documenting Chinese society through the eyes of Western missionaries. Consisting of ca. 900 original photographs, printed materials, rare books, and other artifactshis, the collection pays particular attention to cross-cultural interactions between China and the West, the growth of Christianity in China in the early 20th century, and the development of the indigenous Chinese church.

Leaf from a Samaritan Pentateuch with a fragment of the Book of Numbers, originally in the Trask Library, Andover Newton Theological School

Completely renovated in 2017, the Trowbridge Reading Room is a popular space for students and scholars who need to consult the Library's reference collection, or simply read or write in a quiet, inspiring ambience.

Camel Caravan Going Under Memorial Archways. Glass lantern slide from the Yale Divinity Library's "Earle and Thelma Ballou Papers" (Record Group 165)

The Day Missions Reading Room, Yale Divinity School Library © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

The Day Missions Reading Room, Yale Divinity School Library © Photo by Lisa Kereszi

Stop by Yale Divinity Library's Latourette Learning Center for a new exhibit, Ephemeral Legacies of World Missions, that showcases materials produced by and for missionaries around the world.

A new online exhibit documents the history of teaching the practice of ministry at Yale Divinity School.