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Reverdy C. Ransom Memorial Library

Due to COVID-19, library visits are by appointment only at this time.

We, the Payne family, bear the challenge of COVID-19 with you trusting and operating in the fullness of God’s unflinching love for all of creation.  The Seminary has benefited from this love: Teaching and learning have not been disrupted.  Online distance education, into which we prophetically stepped several years ago, is allowing our mission and vision to persist, not least over the last several months of the pandemic’s grasp.

That said, we are institutionally observing protocols to protect faculty and staff while they are on campus.  Never more than 50 percent of our professional community, for example, is working in the main administrative building at once.  To that end, while the library is currently staffed, we request that you arrange an appointment if you want to visit.  You may email library@payneseminary.edu or call 937.971.2853.  Appointments allow us to protect you and ourselves through social distancing and face covering (required).  Appointments can be made from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm, Monday through Thursday.   

Otherwise, you may find statewide information at coronavirus.ohio.gov. 

 

Use the Search box below to Search the Wilberforce-Payne Unified Library and beyond.

Library Hours

Monday 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Friday CLOSED
Saturday & Sunday CLOSED

Staff

Ms. Lynn Ayers

Library Cataloger
(937) 971-2853
library@payneseminary.edu

 

Research

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This guide will help get your research started. Seek and ye shall find.

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E-books

Collections of e-books including scholarly, reference, American and English Literature.

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An A-Z list of databases accessible to the Payne Seminary academic community.

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About the Archive

Learn about the Payne Theological Seminary’s archive and collections.

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About the Archive

The Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom Memorial Library Archives is dedicated to the collection and preservation of The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) and Payne Theological Seminary history.

The majority of  archives documents the history of the AMEC and the church tradition while chronicling the leadership of Payne Theological Seminary, from its inception to present-day leadership.

Through our physical and digitized items, the library archive provides discovery opportunities for the institutional community, as well as the world. 

 

Digital Collections

Explore our digital collections on the Theological Commons.

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Discover items within the Bishop Reverdy Ransom and Reverend George A. Singleton collections.

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