The Marjory Stanway Collection of African Language Materials at Trinity School for Ministry

Abstract

The Marjory Stanway Collection was established in 2007. The Collection has been developed to honor the efforts of the African church, and to provide a corpus for research in Bible translation. By 2009, the collection had outgrown its original alcove shelving and location, and was moved to its own room. Most of the approximately 650-volume collection is comprised of African language Bibles and prayer books, with other items such as hymnals also present.  In the present essay, three complicating factors of funding, acquisition and cataloging are discussed in turn.