Meadville Lombard Theology School

As a Unitarian Universalist library, Wiggin Library contains over 35,000 volumes, specializing in Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism. This collection is available to faculty, students, and community members, and most of our books can be circulated through the mail. The material on this page is not meant to be exhaustive or representative, but these resources are all organized chronologically or by individual named entries, making them excellent reference resources. 

Meadville Lombard’s Archives and Special collections include congregational records and a special collection of archival material produced by communities that have been traditionally excluded from archival collections, in both digital and non-digital forms. This resource provides access to the full range of archival holdings.

The Meadville Lombard UUA Congregational Records contain a file about every single UUA congregation that existed during the twentieth century. Most files contain dozens of pages, with some larger congregational files numbering hundreds of pages. Documents within these files include field reports from regions, districts, and the national office; congregational histories; photographs; correspondence between the congregation and the UUA; paperwork filed to the UUA; sermons and orders of service; and other printed ephemera. Meadville Lombard also houses the MidAmerica listing of congregational histories.