ESR Archives
Earlham School of Religion has a rich history going back to its beginning in 1960. A wealth of material is maintained at ESR and in the Friends Collection in the Lilly Library at Earlham College. These documents include photos, recordings, and books or articles written by people associated with Earlham School of Religon in the past. Look for more items to be added in the future.
The ESR Story
In 1985 ESR published the book The ESR Story: A Quaker Dream Come True written by Wilmer Cooper. Click on The ESR Story to download a PDF (9.5MB) of this book. The new formatting is designed to view on screen or print on letter size paper.
ESR Images
Here are links to archived images of academic years at ESR.
ESR Who's Who
Many people have been a part of ESR whose work and ministry deserve to be listed here. As time permits, more will be added.
Alexander C. Purdy, Professor of New Testament, 1960-1965
ESR Film
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A New People to be Gathered (web page with embedded QuickTime movie. Film is 30 minutes long, but download time will vary.)
Broadband access 60Mb
Modem access 15Mb
Instructions to play: Click the link to go to the
ESR Film page. To begin playing the movie, click the triangle icon on
the left. The file will begin downloading and, after a pause, will begin
to play. Besides requiring the QuickTime
plugin, you will also need computer speakers or headphones.
Instructions for download: To download the
high-quality movie, click here; for the highly-compressed
movie, click here. PCs right-click,
Macs option-click
In the late 60's Earlham School of Religion produced a film for use in its capital campaign. Although the clothing and hairstyles are outdated and the lack of participation on the part of women is striking, the message of the film continues to ring true in many ways. The beginning of the film is a brief overview of Quaker history with scenes shot on location. The second part of the film follows a young man's call to ministry and how that vision can be fulfilled at Earlham School of Religion.
Wilmer Cooper gave information about the film and its purpose. Wes Miller in Media Services converted the film to VHS. Seminary Computing Services converted the VHS to QuickTime format.
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