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Ellen M. Barrett papers Barrett, Ellen M. Ms.2007.009 21 Linear Feet (20 records center boxes and 2 letter-size Hollinger document cases) 1946-2013 Ellen M. Barrett, a scholar specializing in medieval monastic history, was the first openly gay person, and one of the earliest women, to be ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. Beginning in 1975, when she was ordained deacon, through 1977 when she was ordained priest, the collection documents her path to ordination and the far reaching international reaction to her ordination. The collection covers her subsequent, nearly thirty-year career as priest in the Episcopal Church and her eventual postulancy in an Anglican women's monastic community. 21 linear feet (20 records center boxes and 2 letter-size Hollinger document cases) Barrett (Ellen M.) papers Biographical note

Ellen M. Barrett, an Episcopal priest and monastic, was the first openly gay person and one of the earliest women to be ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. She was born on February 10, 1946 in Lawrence, Kansas where she was baptized at Trinity Episcopal Church in September of that year. The family later moved to Lexington, Virginia, where her father was a professor at Washington and Lee University, chairing the Department of Roman Languages, until his death in March of 1972. Her mother, Marie Hamilton McDavid Barrett, was for many years secretary of the English Department at Virginia Military Institute. She and her husband translated the book, The Americas and Civilization by Darcy Ribeiro, a Brazilian anthropologist, politician and founder of University of Brasilia.

Barrett was confirmed in the R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, Virginia. She began school at the Colegio Americano de Quito at age 5, while her father was attaché to the U.S. embassy in Ecuador from 1951 to 1953. Shortly after enrollment there, she was withdrawn from the school due to illness; she was then tutored under the Calvert System by her mother. Her secondary schooling began in Stuart Hall, an Episcopal school for girls in Staunton, Virginia. She later graduated from Lexington High School in Virginia. Her undergraduate career had two stages: she first attended Southern Seminary Jr. College in Buena Vista, Virginia, graduating in 1967; from there she went to Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1970 with a BA in English literature.

In 1965, Barrett converted to Roman Catholicism. Four years later, in the fall of 1969, she worked with a community of Roman Catholic missionary sisters in New Mexico, hoping to discern whether she had any vocation for the life of a mission sister. Not long after that, she moved to New York City where she worked for the New York Public Library. During this period, she matriculated to New York University for a graduate program in medieval history, from which she graduated with an MA in 1972, and reverted back to Episcopalianism, rediscovering its catholicity and the overall flexibility of its church polity. She was formally received back into the Episcopal Church in April of 1972.

In 1975, Barrett was awarded a M.Div. with honors from the General Theological Seminary, a member of its second class to admit women. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in medieval history from New York University in 1982, writing her dissertation on the only indigenous religious order in medieval England, the Gibertines, covering the order from its foundation in 1131 to the canonization of St. Gilbert of Sempringham in 1202.

Barrett was ordained in the Episcopal Church in the diocese of New York by the Right. Rev. Paul. Moore, Jr., first as deacon in 1975 and then as priest in 1977. From approximately 1975 to 2005 she served as Episcopal cleric in a variety of city and suburban parishes, beginning her career in Berkeley, California and eventually settling in dioceses in the New York and New Jersey areas. She held clerical positions ranging from non-stipendiary Assisting Priest to paid Curé. She eventually specialized in interim ministry in parishes where a long-term rector had retired or the incumbent had been removed for misconduct. In addition to the usual pastoral and liturgical responsibilities of an Episcopal priest, Barrett ran a number of educational programs for parishioners, aimed at both adults and children. She also led numerous spiritual retreats and quiet days, and served on various diocesan councils and committees.

In addition to her work within the church, Barrett taught medieval and church history at a variety of academic institutions in the Greater New York area, including Fordham University, New York University, Manhattan College, Union Theological College, New York Theological Seminary, and the Theological School of Drew University. Her scholarly work on Church history includes an essay entitled Validity and Regularity, an Historical Perspective, published in the Anglican Theological Review in July of 1976. She also presented papers at a number of academic conferences.

From 1974-1975, Barrett served with Jim Wickliff as one of the first co-presidents of Integrity, a non-profit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Episcopalians. She was an associate with the Ecclesiastical History Society of Great Britain and served as Chaplain to the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science and the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America.

Barrett is an associate of St. John the Evangelist. Her interests include singing, drawing, reading and traveling. Her trips to Israel in 2000 and Russia in 2001 reveal her ongoing interest in various spiritual traditions, including Russian Orthodoxy and the Hindu philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.

In the spring of 2002, Barrett entered the Community of the Holy Spirit, an Episcopal religious order for women in New York, as a postulant. She left the order in the summer of 2003 and resumed her career as an Episcopal priest. Two years later, in July 2005, she entered the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, an Anglican religious order for women in Wantage, England, as an aspirant.

 Ordination Series 1 1 1-25 Application forms and processes 1972-1976 1 1-2 1972-1975 1 1 1975-1976 1 2 Diaconate 1 3-8 Ellen M. Barrett Ordination 1975 1 3 Invitation amd program 1975 1 4 Letters of reaction 1975-1976 1 5 Ordination of a Deacon : Order of service 1975 Dec 15 1 6 Press and print 1975-1976 1 7 St. Peter's Episcopal Church (NYC) : Order of service 1975 Dec 14 1 8 Priesthood 1 9-19 Correspondence, CAM protests 1976-1977 1 9 Correspondence, Clergy and Church organizations, anti-gay priesthood 1977 1 10 Correspondence, Clergy and Church organizations, pro-gay priesthood 1977 1 11 Correspondence, friends and relatives, pro-gay priesthood 1997 1 12 Correspondence, misc. persons, anti-gay priesthood 1977 1 13 Correspondence, misc. persons, pro-gay priesthood 1977 1 14 Correspondence, requests, invitations 1977 1 15 Invitations and programs, ordination to priesthood 1977 Jan 10 1 16 Reactions, press and print 1977-1978 1 17 Reaffirmation of ordination vows 1987 Sept 16 1 18 Twenty-fifth anniversary celebration 2002 Jan 12 1 19 Rt. Rev. Paul Moore 1 20-25 Barrett Lay Reader license 1973 Jan 1 1 20 Correspondence 1975-1977 1 21 Correspondence 1978-1987, 1989 1 22 Miscellany n.d. 1 23 Statements (Diaconate) 1975-1976 1 24 Statements (Priesthood) 1977 1 25 Ministry Series 2 1-9 26-352 Churches Series 2. Subseries A 1-6 26-153 Bergen Episcopal Area Minstry (BEAM) (N.J.) 1991-2000 1-2 Church of the Atonement, with Ellen M. Barrett sermon 1999-2000 1 26 Closing 1999-2000 1 27 Contract and institution 1999-2000 1 28 Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1991 1 29 Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1994 1 30 Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1996 1 31 Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1997 1 32 Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1998 1 33 Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1999 1 34 Letter of Institution of Ministers 1996 Nov 2 2 35 Liturgy 1996 2 36 Liturgy 1997 2 37 Liturgy 1998 2 38 Liturgy 1999 2 39 Miscellany 1996 2 40 Miscellany, No. 1 1997 2 41 Miscellany, No. 2 1997 2 42 Miscellany 1998 2 43 Miscellany 1999 2 44 Newsletters 1998 2 45 Reorganization 1999 2 46 Rutherford Senior Manor Board 2000 2 47 St. Martin's 1999-2000 2 48 St. Martin's, Annual vestry meeting 2000 Feb 3 2 49 St. Paul's (Englewood, N.J.), All souls service 1999 Feb 2 2 50 St. Peter's (Rochelle Pk., N.J.) 2000 2 51 Tenebrae undated 2 52 Videocassette : Celebration of a New Ministry 1996 Nov 1 19 Church of St. Luke in the Field (N.Y.C.) 1980-1999 2-3 Application for employment 1995 2 53 Fire and rebuilding, misc. materials 1981 2 54 Robert D. Gillespie, RIP 1999 Oct 9 2 55 Miscellany 1980 2 56 Miscellany 1981 2 57 Miscellany 1981 2 58 Miscellany 1983 3 59 Miscellany 1984 3 60 Miscellany 1985 3 61 Miscellany, No. 1 1986-1988 3 62 Miscellany, No. 2 1986-1988 3 63 Reprints, Ellen M. Barrett sermons 1986-1988 3 64 Church of the Atonement (Fairlawn, N.J.) 1998, 2000 3 65-66 Farewell 2000 3 65 V. K. McCarty 1998 May 17 3 66 Church of the Mediator (Bronx, NY) n.d. 3 67 Church of the Mediator (Bronx, NY) 3 67 Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and Holy Communion (South Orange, N.J.) 2000-2002 3 68-74 Annual Report (2001) 2002 Jan 20 3 68 Farewell, etc. 2002 3 69 Letter of recomendation 2001 may 30 3 70 Miscellany, No. 1 2000-2001 3 71 Miscellany, No. 2 2000-2001 3 72 Miscellany, No. 3 2000-2001 3 73 Miscellany, No. 4 2000-2001 3 74 St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.) 1946-2005 3-5 75-123 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament undated 3 75 1993 Jan 31 3 76 Casali, Richard 1993-1995 3 77 Ceremonies of the Sacred Ministers, No. 1 3 78 Ceremonies of the Sacred Ministers, No. 2 3 79 Novena before Christmas undated 3 80 Ceremonies: Solemn Collectts for Good Friday, etc. 3 81 Corpus Christi 1995-1996 4 82 Correspondence, business, pamphlets, No. 1 4 83 Correspondence, business, pamphlets, No. 2 4 84 Creche Story undated 4 85 Early Customaries 1990 4 86 Hitchcock, Jr., H. Gaylord. 4 87 Liturgies 1980, 1991, 1993, 1995 4 88 Low mass undated 4 89 The Mass 1990 4 90 The Mass (draft of proposed new ed.) 1995 Feb 22 4 91 Mass books various dates 4 92 Mass of the Resurrection 1995 Dec 11 4 93 Miscellaneous liturgical materials 4 94 Miscellany 1991 4 95 Miscellany 1992 4 96 Miscellany 1993 4 97 Miscellany 1996-1999 4 98 Miscellany undated 4 99 Miscellany various dates 4 100 New Year Consecration Prayer undated 4 101 Norris, Jr., Richard Alfred : Funeral 2005 May 6 4 102 Orders of service 1991 4 103 Orders of service 1992 4 104 Orders of service 1993 4 105 Orders of service 1994 4 106 Orders of service 1995 4 107 Orders of service 1996 4 108 Phillps, Charles William various dates 4 109 Pontificalia various dates 4 110 Resignation as Priest Associate 1996 5 111 Self-study 1995 5 112 Sermons 1990 5 113 Sermons 1991 5 114 Sermons 1992 5 115 Sermons 1992-1993 5 116 Sermons 1994 5 117 Sermons 1995 5 118 Sermons 1996 5 119 Seventy-fifth Anniversary History 1946 5 120 Solemn Preface of the Dedication undated 5 121 Sung Mass 1995 5 122 Sung Mass 1996 5 123 St. James Episcopal Church (Upper Montclair, N. J.) 2005 5 124-125 Miscellany, No. 1 2005 5 124 Miscellany, No. 2 2005 5 125 St. John's in the Village (New York, N.Y.) 1988-1992 5 126-145 Business, correspondence, minutes, etc. 1988 5 126 Correspondence 1988 5 127 Correspondece 1989-1991 5 128 Customaries 1988-1991 5 129 Great Litany (Peter R. Hallock, setting for cantor, etc.) 1988 5 130 Liturgical matters 1989-1990 5 131 Miscellaneous print 1988 5 132 Miscellany 1989-1990 5 133 Miscellany 1991 5 134 Notes and meditations (Ellen M. Barrett) 1989-1990 5 135 Orders of service 1988 5 136 Orders of service 1989-1991 5 137 Orders of service 1991-1992 5 138 Parish printed materials 1988-1989 5 139 Resume (Ellen M. Barrett) 1988 5 140 Sermons (Ellen M. Barrett) with accompanying orders of service 1988 5 141 Sermons (Ellen M. Barrett), with accompanying orders of service, No. 1 1989-1992 5 142 Sermons (Ellen M. Barrett), with accompanying orders of service, No. 2 1989-1992 5 143 Sermons (Ellen M. Barrett), reprints 1990-1991 5 144 Weddings and funerals 1989-1990 5 145 St. Mark's Episcopal Church 1975-1980 6 146 Miscellany 1975-1980 6 146 Supply Ministry 1982-1988 6 147-153 Church of St. John the Divine (Hasbrouch Heights, N.J.) 1988 6 147 Church of the Mediator (Bronx, N.Y.) 1982-1984 6 148 Grace Episcopal Church (Hastings-on-the-Hudson, N.Y.) 1988 6 149 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Bronx, N.Y.) 1988 6 150 St. Peter's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.) 1988 6 151 St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Bronx, N.Y.) 1988 6 152 Wittig, Nancy H. 1988 6 153 Trinity Episcopal Church (Easton, PA) n.d. Programs and correspondence 2012 23 591 Programs and correspondence 2013 23 592 Miscellany Series 2. Subseries B 6-8 154-277 Anglican Communion 6 154-157 Lambeth, No. 1 1998 6 154 Lambeth No. 2 1998 6 155 Misc. emails 1999 6 156 Post-Lambeth 1999 6 157 Conferences 6 158-160 Conference of Anglican Religious Orders in the Americas 2002 6 158 Seasons of leadership (Diocese of Newark) 2001 6 159 Trinity Institute's 34th National Conference (New York, N.Y.) 2003 6 160 Diocese 6-7 161-221 Diocese of California : St. Mark's (Berkeley, Ca.), Licensing to officiate 1977 6 161 Diocese of California : Swing, Rt. Rev. William E., Correspondence 1981 Nov 13 6 162 Diocese of Long Island n.d. 6 163 Diocese of Massachusettes : Consecration of Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, S.S.J.E. : Video cassette 1994 Sep 24 15 Diocese of New Jersey : Controversy with Rt. Rev. J.M. Doss 1988-1989 6 164 Diocese of New York : Coadjuter election 1988-1989 6 165 Diocese of New York : Coadjutor election 1997 6 166 Diocese of New York : Committee on Canons various dates 6 167 Diocese of New York : Concordat with Evangelical Luther Church of America (ELCA), 1997 1997 6 168 Diocese of New York : Convention 1996 6 169 Diocese of New York : Dennis, Rt. Rev. Walter D. 1988 6 170 Diocese of New York : Ellen M. Barrett's 20th anniversary as Priest 1997 6 171 Diocese of New York : Constitution, Canons, Rules of Order 1976 6 172 Diocese of New York : Correspondence 1979 6 173 Diocese of New York : Grace Episcopal Church (Nyack, N.J.) 1999 6 174 Diocese of New York : Grein, Rt. Rev. Richard F. : The Bishop's Newsletter 1989-1992 6 175 Diocese of New York : Grein, Rt. Rev. Richard F. : Correspondence 1990-1991 6 176 Diocese of New York : Grein, Rt. Rev. Richard F. : Letters Dimissory 1997 April 17 6 177 Diocese of New York : Liturgical Commission of the Diocese of N.Y. 1979-1994 6 178 Diocese of New York : Multi-vocational clergy 1977-1981 6 179 Diocese of New York : Obituaries 1990-1996 6 180 Diocese of New York : Policies, guidelines various dates 6 181 Diocese of New York : Renewal of vows 1991 Mar 26 6 182 Diocese of New York : Requiem Mass for Rev. Timothy A. Marshall, 1993 1993 Sep 25 6 183 Diocese of New York : Requiem Mass for Rev. Vincent Alfred Ioppolo 1991 Oct 05 6 184 Diocese of New York : St. Andrew's (Hartsdale, N.Y.) 1996 6 185 Diocese of New York : Services, programs, people 1975-1988 6 186 Diocese of New York : Sex abuse seminars 1993-1994 6 187 Diocese of New York : Sisk, Rt. Rev. Mark Sean : Installation of 2001 Sep 29 6 188 Diocese of New York : Stewardship 1991 6 189 Diocese of New York : Wetmore, Rt. Rev. James Stuart : Retirement 1987 Nov 20 6 190 Diocese of New York : Journal of Convention : Nos. 1-22 1976-1996 19 Diocese of New York : Constitution, Canons, Rules of Order, Standing Resolutions and Statutes : No. 22 1971 19 Diocese of Newark : Annual Diocesan Convention, 123rd 1997 Jan 24 7 191 Diocese of Newark : Annual Diocesan Convention, 124th 1998 Jan 30-1998 Jan 31 7 192 Diocese of Newark : Annual Diocesan Convention, 125th, 1999 Jan 29 7 193 Diocese of Newark : Annual Diocesan Convention, 126th 2000 Jan 28-2000 Jan 29 7 194 Diocese of Newark : Annual Diocesan Convention, 128th 2002 Jan 25-2002 Jan 26 7 195 Diocese of Newark: Anti-Racism Training Manual n.d. 7 195a Diocese of Newark : Canons 1997 7 196 Diocese of Newark : Coadjutor election 1998 7 197 Diocese of Newark : Clergy Conference 1999 7 198 Diocese of Newark : Clergy renewal of vows 1999 7 199 Diocese of Newark : Clergy/Spouse/Partner Retreat 2000 Apr 7-2000 Apr 9 7 200 Diocese of Newark : Croneberger, Rt. Rev. John P. : Consecration, sermon, correspondence, print 1998 7 201 Diocese of Newark : Diocesan Council 2000 7 202 Diocese of Newark : Diaconate ordinations 2005 Jun 11 7 203 Diocese of Newark : Dure, Rev. Lucy Ann (Church of the Holy Spirit) : Clergy renewal of vows (Trinity and St. Philip's Cathedral 2001-2002 7 204 Diocese of Newark : Ecclesiastical Court, Clergy Class of 2003 1999 7 205 Diocese of Newark : Evangelism Conference with Rev. Mark MacDonald 1998 7 206 Diocese of Newark : Evangelism Conference with Rev. Martin Smith, SSJE, 1999 1999 7 207 Diocese of Newark : McKelvey, Rt. Rev.Jack M. 1998 Nov 12 7 208 Diocese of Newark : Miscellany 1996-1998 7 209 Diocese of Newark : Miscellany 1999 7 210 Diocese of Newark : Miscellany 2000-2001, 2005 7 211 Diocese of Newark : Miscellany, handouts 2006-2013 7 211a Diocese of Newark : OASIS and other misc. materials 2004-2005 7 212 Diocese of Newark : Planned giving at St. Luke's (Haworth, N.J.) 1999 7 213 Diocese of Newark : Provincial Synod Class of 2001 1999 7 214 Diocese of Newark : Renewal of vows 2000 Apr 18 7 215 Diocese of Newark : Rollins, Rev. John A. 1998 7 216 Diocese of Newark : Spong, Rt. Rev. John Shelby 1997, 1999-2000 7 217 Diocese of Newark : Strohmier, Rev. Linda 2000 7 218 Diocese of Newark : St. Paul's Church in Bergen : Sermon (Ellen M. Barrett) and application for employment 1998-1999 7 219 Diocese of Newark : Trinity and St. Phillip's Cathedral, Class of 2003 2000 Feb 03 7 220 Diocese of Newark : Wallace, Rev. Tanya R. n.d. 7 221 Diocese of Newark : Ordination & Consecration of John Palmer Croneberger, 9th Bishop of Newark (videocassette) 1998 Nov 21 15 Episcopal Church (USA) 7 222-227 Church affairs, misc. materials 1997-1999 7 222 Clergy compensation statistics 1999 7 223 Cooke, Ellen : Misappropriating of funds 1999 7 224 Earth Day 1999 Apr 22 7 225 Millenium 3 : Winter, Vol. 4, No. 1 1999 7 226 Synod meeting of Province II : Albany 1999 May 6-1999 May 8 7 227 Consecration of Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, S.S.J.E. : Video Cassette 1994 Sep 24 19 Constitutions and Canons : No. 1-2 1964-1967 19 Liturgy 7-8 228-256 Bed blessing, background information n.d. 7 228 Christmas, Midnight Mass n.d. 7 229 Columbarium Internment (after Sunday Mass) n.d. 7 230 Compline n.d. 7 231 Dedication of a Church n.d. 7 232 Exsultet: Varoius versions n.d. 7 233 Good Friday, Solemn collects (old) n.d. 7 234 Great Litany n.d. 7 235 Latin prayers n.d. 7 236 Lay Eucharistic visitings n.d. 7 237 Minor Propers (preface, Mason Martens) 1975 7 238 Miscellany n.d. 7 239 Ordination prayer : Kore Anastasis : and note card from VK) 1999 7 240 Orthodox liturgies n.d. 7 241 Passion Gospels (edited by Mason Martens) n.d. 7 242 Plainchant tomes n.d. 7 243 Preparation for Mass prayer n.d. 7 244 Prostrations/Venia n.d. 7 245 Requiem book, Wantage, photocopy n.d. 7 246 Requiem, general, black vestments n.d. 8 247 Requiem : for Casali, Rev. Richard Joseph 1995 Feb 15 8 248 Scapulars n.d. 8 249 Special hymns n.d. 8 250 Stations of the Cross, visual representions by Ellen M. Barrett (at St. Ignatius and CHS) n.d. 8 251 Stowe Missal (Lorrha) n.d. 8 252 Tenebrae n.d. 8 253 Tenebrae, Wantage 1946 8 254 Vesting prayers, English n.d. 8 255 Vestments, origins 8 256 Other materials 8 257-277 Akathist, the Inexhaustible Cup n.d. 8 257 All Saints' Church (Glen Rock, N.J.) n.d. 8 258 Amma in N.Y. 2003 Jul 17-2003 Jul 19 8 259 Amma in N.Y. 2003 Jul 19-2003 Jul 21 8 260 Churches and religious organizations 1988-1991 8 261 Churches and religious organizations : Sermon (Ellen M. Barrett), Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) 1989 Jul 02 8 262 Churches and church organization : Sermons (Ellen M. Barrett) , etc. 1986-1992 8 263 Communion bread recipe n.d. 8 264 Ehanna Woyakapi n.d. 8 265 India pilgrimage 2003 Dec 28-2004 Jan 14 8 266 India Yatra journal 2003 Dec 28-2004 Jan 14 8 267 Merton, Thomas quote, etc. n.d. 8 268 Orthodox Monasticism n.d. 8 269 Pithru Pooja n.d. 8 270 Russia Journal August 2001 8 271 Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection (N.Y., N.Y.) n.d. 8 272 St. Seraphim of Sarov : Elder Sampson n.d. 8 273 Salon for Creative Leadership 2000 8 274 Sanyasa diksa (by Henri Le Saux) n.d. 8 275 Services, various 2003-2004 8 276 Sri Arunachala Aksharamanamalai (Marital Garland of Letters) n.d. 8 277 Assorted Floppy discs : Nos. 1-7 n.d. 19 Scope and Contents note

Includes sermons, lectures & articles, and resume.

 Notebooks, Journals Series 2. Subseries C 1987-2000 8 278 Notebooks, Journals 1987-2000 8 278 Religious Orders Series 2. Subseries D 8-9 279-334 Brotherhood of St. Gregory 8 279 Rules and rites n.d. 8 279 Companions of St. Luke Abbot Michael-John Inhibition and Exit 2009 23 579 Application 2008 23 580 Candidates Guide 2008 23 581 Convocation - Postulant 2008 23 582 Convocation - Clothing 2009 23 583 Convocation - Abbot Michael-John meltdown 2009 23 584 Convocation - The Taking of Simple Vows 2010 23 585 Convocation - Abbatial election 2010 23 586 Convocation 2011 23 587 Convocation 2012 23 588 Convocation 2012 23 589 Miscellaneous n.d. 23 590 Community of St. John the Baptist 8 280-281 Francis, Sr. Eleanor n.d. 8 280 Miscellany various dates 8 281 Miscellany 2008-2011 8 281a Miscellany 2013 8 281b Community of St. Mary the Virgin 8 282-292 Alongsider visit 2004 Aug-2004 Sep 8 282 Alongsider visit 2005 Jan 17 8 283 Claire, Mother Barbara : Sermon at St. Paul's 2005 Mar 06 8 284 Correspondence (beginning through first visit) 2004 8 285 Correspondence 2004 May-2004 Jul 8 286 Correspondence 2004 Sept-2004 Dec 8 287 Correspondence 2005 Jan-2005 Mar 8 288 Correspondence 2005 Apr-2005 Jun 8 289 Documents for entrance 2004 8 290 Ellen M. Barrett entry as aspirant 2005 8 291 Ruth, Sr. Gillian : Though It Be Night n.d. 8 292 Community of the Holy Spirit 8-9 293-314 Associates Newsletter 1999 8 293 Cowley, The Great O Antiphons n.d. 8 294 Application 2001 8 295 Ellen M. Barrett sermons, correspondence 1992-1997 8 296 Grace, Sr. Catherine n.d. 8 297 Habit (prayers) n.d. 8 298 Holy Week liturgies n.d. 8 299 Marie, Sr. Helen 2005 8 300 Miscellany 2001-2002 8 301 Miscellany 2005 8 302 Miscellany n.d. 8 303 Miscellany n.d. 9 304 Mythic Journey/Vision Quest 2003 May 9 305 Newsletters 2001-2002 9 306 Notes n.d. 9 307 Novitiate notes and materials, etc. n.d. 9 308 Occasional paper/Stirrings n.d. 9 309 Passages, No. 1 n.d. 9 310 Passages, No. 2 n.d. 9 311 Vision Fast 2002 Jun 20-2002 Jun 30 9 312 Vision Fast Journal, No. 1 2002 Jun 9 313 Vision Fast Journal, No. 2 2003 May 9 314 Order of St. Helena 9 315 Rules n.d. 9 315 Order of the Ascension n.d. 9 316-317 Reception of the promise of members, companions and associates 1988 Jan 30 9 316 Rules, etc. 9 317 Order of the Holy Paraclete n.d. 9 318 Miscellany 9 318 Sisterhood of St. John the Divine n.d. 9 319 Miscellany 9 319 Society of St. Francis n.d. 9 320 Berge, Br. Clark, Life profession of vows 1998 Dec 12 9 320 Society of St. John the Evangelist n.d. 9 321-334 Allen, David, SSJE 9 321 Associate and Oblate rules 9 322 Chapter Office 9 323 Emery House retreat 2000 9 324 Fifer, Adam M., SSJE 9 325 Greenfield, Bob, SSJE 9 326 Koester, James, SSJE 9 327 Maury, Jonathan 9 328 Miscellany 9 329 Psalm distribution 9 330 Shaw, Rt. Rev. M. Thomas 9 331 Shaw, Rt. Rev. M. Thomas and the Diocese of Mass 9 332 Smith, Martin, SSJE 9 333 Wessinger, Paul 9 334 Retreats Series 2. Subseries E 9 335-342 Architecture for the Spirit (Community of the Holy Spirit) 1998 Feb 07 9 335 Clergy, Spouses, and Partners Retreat (Diocese of Newark) 2001 May 4-2001 May 6 9 336 In the Beginning (Advent Retreat) 2002 9 337 Leading retreats and Quiet Days, outline n.d. 9 338 Prayer, Ways in Being with God (Episcopal and Newman Catholic Ministries) 1988 9 339 Quiet Day Retreat (St. Ignatius of Antioch, N.Y.C.) 1994 9 340 Recognition, Repentance and Reconciliation (Community of the Holy Spirit) 1996 Mar 2 9 341 Too Busy to Pray? (Community of the Holy Spirit) 1993 Sep 25 9 342 Theology Series 2. Subseries F 9 343-352 Atonement, Theology of, 1979 Prayer Book 1979 9 343 Brianchaninov, Bp. Ignatii : Vigilance n.d. 9 344 Ignatian meditation (by Ellen M. Barrett) 1995 Apr 02 9 345 Lent, Notes on 1990 9 346 Original sin, Orthodox view n.d. 9 347 Prayer and devotional pamphlets n.d. 9 348 Resurrection, Various interpretations n.d. 9 349 Saints Augustine, Benedict, Francis, etc. (From BEAM Lenten) 1998 9 350 Stowe, Fr. : Spirituality class n.d. 9 351 United States saints (including Drexel) n.d. 9 352 Personal Series 3 9-11, 17, 19 353-420 Documents Series 3. Subseries A 9 353 Birth and baptism certificate, passports, etc. n.d. 9 353 Church documents, miscellaneous 1946-1997 9 353a Church Pension Group - Fund for Special Assistance 2012 9 353b Barretts Series 3. Subseries B 9 354-392 Barrett, Arthur Lomas 9 354-355 Barrett, Arthur Lomas n.d. 9 354 Barrett, Arthur Lomas (and offspring) n.d. 9 355 Barrett, Linton Lomas 9-10 356-366 Benedictine memorial 1972 Mar 15 9 356 Burial office 1972 Mar 11 9 357 Clipping from Buena Vista News 1967 Jun 01 9 358 Letters of Condolence 1972 9 359 Obituary : Washington and Lee University n.d. 9 360 Passports, diplomatic license, photos n.d. 9 361 Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament memorial 1972 Mar 8 10 362 University of Kansas, Lawrence n.d. 10 363 Various news articiles and telegram n.d. 10 364 Washington and Lee University : Memorials, fraternity and correspondence n.d. 10 365 Washington and Lee University : Miscellany (including reprints of writings) n.d. 10 366 Barrett, Marie Hamilton McDavid 10 367-373 Ancestry n.d. 10 367 Dramatis Personae : Portraits from Four Centuries 1987 Nov 10 368 Family Album of Jan Cornelis van den Heuvel : Highlight of the Lives of my Dutch Ancestors 1986 Oct 10 369 Dutch-related materials n.d. 10 370 Francis Peabody : note card n.d. 10 371 Miscellany n.d. 10 372 Task Force of Human Sexuality, Doicese of N.C. 1977 10 373 V. K. McCarty 10 374-392 Baptism of Ana Clair Nelson (Chama, Albuquerque, N. M.) 1996 Jun 21 10 374 Family n.d. 10 375 Holy Land Cruise 1999 10 376 Maryland Ballet Theatre School of the Arts Blessing 1996 Apr 13 10 377 Miscellany, No. 1 1990-1991 10 378 Miscellany, No. 2, Pt. 1 1992 10 379 Miscellany, No. 2, Pt. 2 1992 10 380 Miscellany, No. 3 1993 10 381 Miscellany, No. 4 1994 10 382 Miscellany, No. 4.1 1995 10 382A Miscellany, No. 5 1996 10 383 Miscellany, No. 6 1997 10 384 Miscellany, No. 7 1998 10 385 Miscellany, No. 8 1999 10 386 Miscellany, No. 9 2000 10 387 Miscellany, No. 10 ca. 2001 10 388 Miscellany, No. 11, Pt. 1 2001 10 389 Miscellany, No. 11, Pt. 2 2001 10 390 Miscellany, No. 12 undated and various dates 10 391 Poetry 1991 Jun 14 10 392 Birthday (Ellen M. Barrett) Series 3. Subseries C 1996, 1999-2000 10 393-395 Birthday (1996) : 50th 1996 10 393 Birthday (1999) 1999 10 394 Birthday (2000) 2000 10 395 Calendars Series 3. Subseries D 1981-2005 19 Desk Calendars : Nos. 1-9 1988-2005 19 Pocket Calendars : Nos. 1-17 1981-2004 19 Friends Series 3. Subseries E 10 396 McGrath, Maureen 2005 Jun 10 396 Get well cards sent while at St. John's and Mount Kemble Home in New Jersey 2008-2011 10 396a Genealogy Series 3. Subseries F 10-11 397-403 Barrett Family : data n.d. 10 397 Hamilton, Alexander : Dedication of Hamilton Grange National Memorial 1995 Apr 10 398 Hamilton, Alexander : Discovery Channel program and other materials 1993 10 399 Hamilton, Alexander : Hamilton trip to Saratoga n.d. 10 400 Hamilton, Alexander : Hamilton Grange move protest 1994 Mar 10 401 Hamilton, Alexander : Hamilton Heights Preservation Association n.d. 10 402 Hamilton, Alexander : Junior Achievement : National Hall of Fame 1995 Apr 11 403 Mr. Jefferson Becomes an American : Video Cassette n.d. 19 Scope and Contents note

Documentary

 Highlights from the 1995 JA Hall of Fame and the Alexander Hamilton Induction : Video cassette n.d. 19 Miscellany Series 3. Subseries G 11 404-408 Greeting cards n.d. 11 404 Images, Favorite (icons, women, etc.) and music score (Record of John) n.d. 11 405 Interesting data (Jewish knots, academic dress) n.d. 11 406 Legion Etranger n.d. 11 407 Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America 1982 11 408 Scrapbooks Series 3. Subseries H 17 Scrapbooks, Nos. 1-2 n.d. 17 Scope and Contents note

Baby and childhood scrapbooks kept by Ellen M. Barrett's mother

 Scrapbooks : Nos. 3-4 n.d. 17 Scope and Contents note

Includes collections of family memorabilia, theatrical programs and photographs, drawings and newspaper clippings.

 Shows and museums Series 3. Subseries I 11 409-412 Exhibition catalogs n.d. 11 409 Ghosts of Versailles, Premier 1991 11 410 Oratorio Society of New York : Miscellany n.d. 11 411 Takarazuka 1989 11 412 Travel Series 3. Subseries J 11 413-420 Alaska, No. 1 1998 Aug 1-1998 Aug 11 11 413 Alaska, No. 2 1998 Aug 01-1998 Aug 11 11 414 Alaska and Orthodoxy n.d. 11 415 Ecuador 2002 11 416 Israel : Postcards 2000 11 417 Israel : Community of the Holy Spirit trip 2000 11 418 Ontario, Canada : Niagra Falls 1999 Aug 11 419 Russia : Elder Samson materials 2001 11 420 Israel/Russia Journals : Floppy disk (3 1/2 in.) n.d. 20 Yearbooks (high school and college) Series 3. Subseries K 1959-1969 17 Yearbooks : Nos. 1-7 1959-1964 17 Scope and Contents note

High school and college

 Yearbooks : Nos. 8-11 1967-1969 19 Scope and Contents note

High school and college

 Seminary and University Series 4 11-12 420-462 Conferences Series 4. Subseries A 11- 420-424 Berkshire Conference, 6th (Smith College) 1984 Jun 1-1984 June 3 11 420a Berkshire Conference, 7th (Wellesley College) 1987 Jun 19-1987 Jun 21 11 421 Fordham University Conference Impact of Monasticism on Medieval Society 1986 Mar 21-1986 Mar 22 11 422 Institute on Religion in an Age of Science Conference, 37th (Gosport, N.H.) 1990 Jul 28-1990 Aug 04 11 423 Institute on Religion in an Age of Science Conference, 38th (Gosport, NH) 1991 Jul 27-1991 Aug 3 11 424 Documents Series 4. Subseries B 11 425-426 Diplomas, certificates, transcripts n.d. 11 425 Faculty/Staff identification card (Drew University) n.d. 11 426 General Theological Seminary Series 4. Subseries C 11-12 427-440 Alumnae Week, 30th 2005 Mar 29-2005 Apr 01 11 427 Basic Homiletics (including works by Ellen M. Barrett) 1973 11 428 Dean's installation 1993 11 429 Graduation, 153rd Commencement 1975 May 20 11 430 Miscellany 1972-1976 11 431 Miscellany 1977-1978 11 432 Miscellany 1988-1998 12 433 Philadelphia Eleven : Anglican Theological Review article Validity and Regularity, A[n] Historical Perspective by Ellen M. Barrett 1976 12 434 Pittenger, Rev. Dr. William N. : Funeral Service 1997 Sep 26 12 435 Readings (mostly Patristics) n.d. 12 436 Student papers 1972-1975 12 437 Syllabi 1972-1975 12 438 Thesis, (M.Div.) : Validity and Regularity, A[n] Historical Perspective, By Ellen M. Barrett 1975 May 20 12 439 Women at General : A celebration 1999 Apr 19 12 440 Gilbertine Research Series 4. Subseries D 12 441-451 Forgille, Raymonde : "St. Gilbert of Sempringham, c.1083/89-1189 , His Life and Achievement" n.d. 12 441 Gilbertine Rite (A.A. King %amp; Wooley n.d. 12 442 Gilbertine Rule n.d. 12 443 Gilbertines and The Nunneries of Northern England in the Twelfth Century 1986 12 444 Gilbertiniana n.d. 12 445 Graham, Rose. Excavations on the site of Sempringham Priory n.d. 12 446 Jones & Addyman Excavation n.d. 12 447 Knowles, David. & St. Joseph, J.K.S. Monastic sites from the air n.d. 12 448 Maps n.d. 12 449 Nun of Watton paper for the Seventh Berkshire Conference (1987) 1987 Jun 21 12 450 Lincoln Theological Seminary Series 4. Subseries E 12 451-453 Miscellany, No. 1 1983-1984 12 451 Miscellany, No. 2 1983-1984 12 452 Summer 1983 12 453 New York University Series 4. Subseries F 12 454-458 Commencement 1972 May 31 12 454 Dissertation : "From the Zeal of Seven Women" (chapters 1-2) 1986 Feb 12 455 Dissertation : "From the Zeal of Seven Women" (chapters 3-4) 1986 Feb 12 456 Graduation programs and transcripts n.d. 12 457 Seminar Paper : "Women in the Early Church" 1972 Jan 17 12 458 Research materials Series 4. Subseries G 12 459-461 Brother William of Paris / Urs Graf woodcut reproduction n.d. 12 459 Maron Polly pamphlet on censorship 1991 12 460 Religion in America, readings n.d. 12 461 Union Theological Seminary Series 4. Subseries H 12 462 Ash Wednesday retreat 1996 Feb 21 12 462 Women Series 5 12-13 463-490 Conferences Series 5. Subseries A 12 463-470 Festival '78 Feminism 1978 12 463 Fordham University, Center for Medieval Studies Conference : Women & Power n.d. 12 464 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, 65th and Triennial Meeting of the Women of the Episcopal Church, 35th 1976 Sep 11-1976 Sep 23 12 465 Philadelphia 11, Twenty-five years later : essay by Sharon Sheridan 1999 May 12 466 Hunter College : poster of Ellen M. Barrett lecture, Women in Religion 1997 Mar 18 12 467 National Women's Conference (Houston, Texas) 1977 Nov 18-1997 Nov 21 12 468 Pearls : God's Holy Irritants (thirtieth anniversary celebration of thirty years of feminism in the church and the ordination of women as priests in the Anglican Communion 2004 Sep 29 12 469 University of North Carolina Women's Festival 1978 Jan 22-1978 Jan 28 12 470 Liturgy (non-liturgy) Series 5. Subseries B 13 471 Mother Thunder Mission : daily office of Christian worship in non-sexist language 1976 13 471 Miscellany Series 5. Subseries C 13 472-473 Diocese of N.Y. 1979-1984 13 472 Various assorted materials : print, email various dates 13 473 Ordination Series 5. Subseries D 13 474-487 Caldbeck, Elaine Sue 1995 13 474 Campbell, Janet Fulton Bragg n.d. 13 475 Hall, Charlotte Melissa 2003 Dec 6 13 476 Harris, Barbara 1989 13 477 Kathy and Bp. Waynick n.d. 13 478 Miscellany, No. 1 n.d. 13 479 Miscellany, No. 2 n.d. 13 480 Miscellany, No. 3 n.d. 13 481 Miscellany, No. 4 n.d. 13 482 Roskam, Catherine Anna Scimeca 1996 Jan 27 13 483 Tenth anniversary of Priesthood, Church of the Holy Apostles (New York City) 1987 Jan 10 13 484 Twenty-first anniversary service, St. Paul's (Paterson, N.J.) 1998 Jan 13 13 485 Twenty-fifth anniversary 1999 13 486 Wilson, Sandye Antoinette 2004 May 15 13 487 Print Series 5. Subseries E 13 488-490 Miscellany, No. 1 1972-1988 13 488 Miscellany, No. 2 1980-2001 13 489 Witness (Episcopal Church Pub. Co.) 1972-1988 13 490 Lesbian & Gay Series 6 13-14 491-551 Conferences Series 6. Subseries A 13 491-496 Conference for Catholic Lesbians 1989 May 13 13 491 Council on Homosexuality and Religion 1978 13 492 Dignity/Milwaukee Women's Retreat, 2nd 1979 Nov 9-1979 Nov 11 13 493 ECUSA & Anglicana, post-Lambeth 1988 : Lesbian & Gay issues 1999 13 494 Gay Interreligious Convocation 1981 Sep 20 13 495 Indiana Gay Awareness Conference, 3rd 1977 Apr 15-1977 Apr 17 13 496 Crew, Louie Series 6. Subseries B 13 497-500 Changing the Church 1997 13 497 Postcard, holiday 1996 13 498 Crew & Doubleday : Ellen M. Barrett's resignation from Integrity 1978 13 499 Renewal of vows (Clay-Crew) 1974 Feb 2 13 500 Individuals Series 6. Subseries C 13 501-508 Andries, Rev. William L. n.d. 13 501 Barrett, George W. n.d. 13 502 Cortes, Harold 1996 13 503 Judge, Fr. Mychal 2001 13 504 Moore, Rt. Rev. Paul 1977 13 505 Righter, Rt. Rev. Walter C. 1996 13 506 Shepard, Matthew & Gaither, Billy Jack 1998 13 507 Spong, Rt. Rev. John S. 1997 13 508 Integrity Series 6. Subseries D 13-14 509-520 Chapter newletters & Ellen M. Barrett sermon 1977-1978 13 509 Church & Gays, various materials : Ellen M. Barrett sermons (for Integrity) 1980-1982 13 510 Ellen M. Barrett & 15th Anniversary of Women's Ordination 1992 13 511 Integrity Convention (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1978 Aug 17-1978 Aug 20 13 512 Integrity Convention(New Orleans & Santa Monica) 1982 13 513 Integrity Convention (San Francisco) : 15th anniversary 1989 Jun 30-1989 Jul 3 13 514 Integrity Forum (Journal for gay Espiscopalians & their friends) 1977-1981 13 515 Integrity Gay Pride Week Service 1989 Jun 22 14 516 Integrity/Dignity : Feast of Aelred 1990 Jan 14 14 517 Integrity/Dignity : Statement on homosexuality and the church n.d. 14 518 Miscellany, No. 1 1984 14 519 Miscellany, No. 2 1988-1989 14 520 Miscellany Series 6. Subseries E 14 521-522 Gays and the Church (email correspondence) 1999 14 521 General topic (email correspondence) 1998-1999 14 522 Outreach Series 6. Subseries F 14 523-528 Bay Area 1977-1980 14 523 Bronx Aids Ministries 1988 14 524 Diocese of N.Y. : Correspondence 1984 May 22 14 525 Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion : Email correspondence n.d. 14 526 Miscellany 1968-1995 14 527 Requests for interviews n.d. 14 528 Preston, John Series 6. Subseries G 14 529-530 Mr. Benson : Ms. Benson (James Prince) : print & photocopies n.d. 14 529 Flesh and the Word : A John Preston Gathering : Brown University 1995 Oct 6-1995 Oct 8 14 530 Print (Ellen M. Barrett works) Series 6. Subseries H 14 531-533 Hastings Law Journal : "Legal Homophobia and the Christian Church" 1979 Mar 14 531 Insight : "Being the Church" 1980 14 532 Witness 1977 Oct 14 533 Religious organizations Series 6. Subseries I 14 534-539 CLOUT (San Francisco, CA) 1991 14 534 Dignity : Ellen M. Barrett homily, Advent 1981 14 535 Dignity Tenth Anniversary Convention (San Diego, CA) 1979 Aug 31-1979 Sep 3 14 536 Garrison, Anne. C. : "In Celebration of Lesbians and Gay Men" n.d. 14 537 MCC : Inter-Religious Council for Gay Concerns in South East Florida and Ellen M. Barret sermon 1977-1978 14 538 OASIS (Diocese of Newark) 1989 14 539 Seminary and University materials Series 6. Subseries J 14 540-546 Gay Academic Union of Los Angeles, UCLA : Dorian Group, University of Washington : Hastings Law Journal Correspondence 1978-1979 14 540 General Theological Seminary (NYC) 1972 14 541 General Theological Seminary (NYC) : Duncan, Bruce manuscript : "The Ordination of Ellen Barrett, A Journey and Its Consequences" 1988 Dec 08 14 542 Nashotah House (Nashtah, Wisconsin) 1976 Feb 6 14 543 Union Theological Seminary (NYC) : Alumni/ae Day 1983 May 17 14 544 Vancouver School of Theology : University of British Columbia 1980 14 545 Yale Divinty School : Gay/Straight Coalition 1983 Oct 3-1983 Oct 7 14 546 Unions Series 6. Subseries K 14 547-550 Blessings of gay relationships : Liturgies n.d. 14 547 Holy Union of M. E. Ward and C. N. Sorriero and proposed rite for the blessing of a Holy Convenant of Union 1988 Jul 14 14 548 Lambda Legal Defense Fund and Education Fund : Gay marriage 1995 14 549 Michael Galluccio and Jon Holden-Galluccio 1998 14 550 Writings Series 6. Subseries L 14 551 Miscellaneous speaking engagements and essays 1972-1979 14 551 Photographs Series 7 14-18 552-572 Churches and religious orders Series 7. Subseries A 14 552-557 Begen Episcopal Area Ministry (BEAM) and Diocese of Newark n.d. 14 552 Community of the Holy Spirit : Ellen M. Barrett in habit n.d. 14 553 St. Andrew and Holy Communion (N.J.) 2000-2002 14 554 St. Ignatius of Antioch (N.Y.C.) 1990-1996 14 555 St. Mark's (Berkeley, CA) : St. Luke in the Fields (N.Y.C.) : St. John's in the Village (N.Y.C.) 1975-1992 14 556 Society of St. John the Evangelist : Community of the Holy Spirit n.d. 14 557 Family Series 7. Subseries B 14 558-562 Ellen M. Barrett 1946-1977 14 558 Miscellany, No. 1 n.d. 14 559 Miscellany, No. 2 n.d. 14 560 V. K. McCarty, No. 1 1990-2002 14 561 V. K. McCarty, No. 2 2000 14 562 Miscellany Series 7. Subseries C 14 563-565 Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi 2003-2004 14 563 Vision Fast 2002 14 564 Vision Fast 2003 14 565 Ordination Series 7. Subseries D 14 566 Priesthood : Contact sheets & miscellaneous photos 1977 14 566 Seminary/University Series 7. Subseries E 15 567 Gilbertine research n.d. 15 567 Travels Series 7. Subseries F 15 568-572 Alaska n.d. 15 568 Russia, No. 1 2001 15 569 Russia, No. 2 2001 15 570 Russia, No. 3 2001 15 571 Russia, No. 4 2001 15 572 Photograph albums Series 7. Subseries G 15-18 Family Photograph Albums : Nos. 1-5 n.d. 15 Family Photograph Albums : Nos. 10-12 n.d. 16 Family Photograph Album : No. 14 n.d. 17 Miscellaneus Photograph Album : No. 13 n.d. 16 Scope and Contents note

Consecration of Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, S.S.J.E. as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

 Miscellaneous Photograph Albums : Nos. 15-16 n.d. 18 Scope and Contents note

Includes collections of family, travels, school and church photographs

 Travel Photograph Albums : Nos. 6-9 n.d. 15 Scope and Contents note

Includes collections of photographs of Niagra Falls, Alaska and Russia.

 Travel Photograph Albums : Nos. 17-18 n.d. 18 Scope and Contents note

Includes collections of photographs of India and Ecuador.

 Artifacts/Museum Objects Series 8 20 Ordination stole n.d. 20 Graduation gown n.d. 20 Arm band, black n.d. 20 Baby shoe from Ellen M. Barrett's baptism 1946 20 Name plate, desk n.d. 20 Locks of hair and coins (in cardboard box) n.d. 20 Religious medalions, mala, souvenir (miniature plaque, Diocese of Lincoln, England), tie clip, pins, crucifix pendants (in box) n.d. 20 Deck of playing cards (Naipe Poker Bridge por Mingote) n.d. 20 Wall calendar (Sri Ramana Maharshi) 2004 20 Pillow n.d. 20 Restricted materials Series 9 n.d. 21-22 572a-578 Scope and Contents note

Please contact the University Archivist for details.

 Collection information Scope and Contents note

The Ellen Barrett papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, research materials, and a wide range of personal documentation such as birth and baptismal certificates, passports, photo identification cards, journals, scrap books, desk calendars, and date books. The collection includes a variety of print materials, such as liturgical programs, church bulletins, high school yearbooks, and both religious and secular periodicals. In addition, the collection comprises a wide range of ephemeral materials, such as newspaper clippings, pamphlets, theater programs, greeting cards, name tags and ticket stubs, as well as a variety of religious artifacts such as a vestment, prayer beads, and a collection of cruciform pendants and sacred medallions. Most of the materials in this collection date from Barrett's birth, in 1946, to her entry into the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, an Anglican religious order, as an aspirant, in 2005.

The portion of the collection that covers Barrett's personal information is wide and varied. It is replete with an extensive collection of biographical materials ranging from her original birth and baptismal certificates, and one of the original shoes she wore at her baptism, to her college diplomas and the many bibles, prayer books, hymnals, and date books she owned as an Episcopal priest. It includes scrapbooks she kept as a child, her high school yearbooks, and an extensive collection of photographs of her family, friends, and travels abroad. It also contains materials relating to Barrett's ancestry, with particular reference to genealogical data tracing her maternal lineage back to Alexander Hamilton.

What is especially noteworthy about this collection is its documentation of Barrett's experiences as the first openly gay person and one of the earliest women to be ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. It thoroughly traces Barrett's tumultuous path to ordination in the diocese of New York City by the then Right Reverend Paul Moore, Jr., from 1975 to 1977. It includes correspondence between Barrett and Moore, and documents some of their personal, official and public statements about the ordination. It also includes extensive documentation of the worldwide reaction to Barrett's ordination, both within and without the Anglican Communion.

The collection also provides a comprehensive record of Barrett's vocation as an Episcopal priest, mostly within dioceses in the New York and New Jersey areas. It includes most, if not all, of the original manuscripts of her sermons, thereby allowing a definitive study of her theological reflections and development. It also offers an extensive collection of Episcopal Church literature, including a substantial collection of newsletters and bulletins, liturgical programs and other official church documentation. Of particular note are materials relating to Barrett's concern for and ministry to the gay community and women. Much of the ministerial documentation includes materials relating to Barrett's involvement with and membership in a variety of religious organizations. Materials documenting her affiliation with Anglican monastic communities for women and her eventual formal entries into both the Community of the Holy Spirit (New York) and the Community of St. Mary the Virgin (Wantage, Oxfordshire, England) are especially noteworthy.

The collection also provides some documentation of Barrett's involvement with the Episcopal organization Integrity early on in its formation, being one of the first co-presidents along with Jim Wickliff. Also of note are some materials that provide a glimpse of Barrett's pastoral work with gay men inflicted by AIDS in New York City during the early 1980s.

The collection incorporates a significant amount of materials documenting Barrett's educational experiences, including such items as college transcripts, course syllabi, commencement programs, and school yearbooks. The collection includes Barrett's original master's thesis on ecclesiastical polity and discipline entitled Validity and Regularity: An Historical Perspective (General Theological Seminary: 1975). It also provides ample documentation of Barrett's scholastic interests in medieval monastic history and includes materials she acquired for her research on the Gilbertine Order from its foundation in 1131 to the canonization of St. Gilbert of Sempringham in 1202. A complete copy of her subsequent doctoral dissertation From the Zeal of Seven Women: The Evolution and Monastic ideals of the Gilbertine Order, 1131-1202 (New York University: 1986), is included in the collection.

In summary, the Ellen Barrett papers represent a valuable resource for those who are interested in gay and lesbian history, women's history, contemporary social and religious history, theology, and church history. The collection also offers some documentation on the history and sociology of monastic orders for women, both past and present and includes primary source materials relating to Anglican monastic communities for women.

Conditions Governing Use note

Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the Brown University Library. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.

 Preferred Citation note

Ellen M. Barrett papers, Ms. 2007.009, Brown University Library.

 Arrangement note

The collection is divided into the following series: 1. Ordination 2. Ministry 3. Personal 4. Seminary/University 5. Women 6. Lesbian and Gay 7. Photographs (arranged alphabetically by subject) 8. Artifacts/Museum objects 9. Restricted Materials

Conditions Governing Access note

Some of the material in this collection is restricted. Contact the University Archivist for details. Please note that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. Advance notice is required to view born-digital records. Born-digital materials in this collection have not been reformatted yet. Researchers may request access to copies by contacting the John Hay Library with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. Access to original physical digital media is restricted.

 Administrative information Immediate Source of Acquisition note

This collection was donated by Ellen M. Barrett over a period of years from 1996-2005. It comprises the following accessions; A96-101, A99-148, A2000-56, A2002-27, A2002-30, and A2005-35.

 Accruals note

Additional materials are anticipated for this collection.

 Additional information General note

Brown University catalog record for this collection: Ellen M. Barrett papers

Separated Materials note

The books from the Ellen M. Barrett Papers are cataloged separately and can be found in the Library's catalog under the heading: Ellen M. Barrett papers (Brown University)

Names Barrett, Ellen M. Crew, Louie, 1936- Gilbert of Sempringam, Saint, 1083?-1189 Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Spong, John Shelby Moore, Paul, 1919- Anglican Communion--United States--Clergy--Biography Community of the Holy Spirit (New York, N.Y.) Community of S. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church--Clergy--Biography Gilbertines Integrity, Inc. Subjects Publications Lesbian Clergy -- United States -- Biography Lesbian nuns -- United States -- Biography Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Occupations Clergy Types of Materials Artifacts Awards Manuscripts (documents) Certificates Ephemera Letters (Correspondence) Manuscripts for publication Photographs Printed ephemera